2014 National League speedway season

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2014 National League speedway season
League National League
Champions Cradley Heathens
Knockout Cup Cradley Heathens
Individual Danny Halsey
Pairs Stoke Potters
Fours Cradley Heathens
Division/s above 2014 Elite League
2014 Premier League

The 2014 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway was contested by nine teams. The Cradley Heathens won the title. The Isle of Wight Islanders were missing from 2012, and the Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons have joined the league. [1]

Contents

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLPts
1 Cradley Heathens 16150151
2 Coventry Storm 15110435
3 Kent Kings 16101534
4 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 15100532
5 King's Lynn Young Stars 1681730
6 Stoke Potters 1580725
7 Devon Demons 13301010
8 Buxton Hitmen 1620147
9 Scunthorpe Stags 1610152

[2] PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

SCORING SYSTEM Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 Home win by 7 points or more = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BUX COV CH DEV KK KL MIL SCU STO
Buxton Hitmen 43–4636–5352–4132–5639–5339–5551–4030–64
Coventry Storm 65–2746–4341–2254–3947–3742–4771–1855–37
Cradley Heathens 71–1957–3563–3065–2764–2455–3172–1864–30
Devon Demons 50–43–36–5440–4938–56–56–28–
Kent Kings 57–3753–3737–4164–2845–4548–4069–2356–36
King's Lynn Young Stars 62–3138–5229–6459–3644–4651–3971–1945–47
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 57–3642–4840–5060–3354–3955–3863–3064–29
Scunthorpe Stags 47–4326–6421–6829–6121–6219–7129–6341–48
Stoke Potters 59–3445–4443–4760–3255–3642–5054–3966–25
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide the championship. Cradley Heathens defeated Coventry Storm in the final. [4]

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
05/10Mildenhall41-48Cradley
03/10Coventry54-39Kent
30/09Cradley68-27Mildenhall
22/09Kent49-44Coventry

Final

21 October Cradley Heathens
Paul Starke 13
Max Clegg 11
Matt Williamson 9
Tom Perry 8
Steve Worrall 5
Danny Phillips 4
Nathan Greaves 2		52–42 Coventry Storm
James Sarjeant 14
Stefan Nielsen 9
Simon Lambert (guest) 8
Martin Knuckey 6
Dan Greenwood 4
Ryan Terry-Daley 1
Luke Priest 0		 Monmore Green Stadium

31 October Coventry Storm
James Sarjeant 14
Dan Greenwood 12
Simon Lambert (guest) 7
Stefan Nielsen 3
Luke Priest 3
Martin Knuckey 3
Ryan Terry-Daley 2		44–46 Cradley Heathens
Max Clegg 11
Paul Starke 10
Nathan Greaves 9
Danny Phillips 6
Tom Perry 5
Steve Worrall 4
Matt Williamson 1		 Beaumont Park Stadium

Final Leading averages

[5]

RiderTeamAverage
Lewis RoseKings Lynn10.82
Steve WorrallCradley10.46
Paul StarkeCradley9.75

National League Knockout Cup

The 2014 National League Knockout Cup was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Cradley Heathens were the winners for the second successive year. [6] [7]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
19/05Kent56-36Devon
15/03Devon38-51Kent

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
25/07Coventry60-34Buxton
29/06Buxton40-55Coventry
24/06Cradley59-33Mildenhall
23/06Kent50-40Stoke
18/05Mildenhall39-49Cradley Heath
05/07Stoke58-32Kent
06/04Scunthorpe37-56Kings Lynn
02/04King's Lynn67-24Scunthorpe

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
27/09Stoke49-40Kings Lynn
17/09/Kings Lynn54-39Stoke
26/09Coventry27-32Cradley Heath
09/09Cradley Heath63-28Coventry

Final

22 October King's Lynn Young Stars
James Cockle 14
Simon Lambert (guest) 11
Scott Campus 8
Tom Stokes 7
Marc Owen 2
Josh Bailey 1
Darren Mallett R/R		43–47 Cradley Heathens
Paul Starke 13
Max Clegg 11
Matt Williamson 9
Tom Perry 8
Steve Worrall 5
Danny Phillips 4
Nathan Greaves 2		 King's Lynn Stadium

28 October Cradley Heathens
Max Clegg 11
Paul Starke 9
Tom Perry 6
Nathan Greaves 6
Matt Williamson 4
Danny Phillips 3
Steve Worrall R/R		39–22 King's Lynn Young Stars
Ben Morley 8
James Cockle 5
Josh Bailey 4
Marc Owen 3
Tom Stokes 2
Layne Cupitt 0
Darren Mallett R/R		 Monmore Green Stadium

Riders' Championship

Danny Halsey won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 28 September at Rye House Stadium. [8] [9]

Pos.RiderTeamTotal
1 Danny Halsey Mildenhall14
2 Steve Worrall Cradley13
3 Ben Morley Kent12+3
4 Joe Jacobs Mildenhall12+2
5 Jon Armstrong Stoke9
6Dan GreenwoodCoventry8
7Marc OwenKing's Lynn7
8 James Cockle King's Lynn7
9Luke ChessellStoke6
10 James Sarjeant Coventry6
11 Paul Starke Cradley6
12 Max Clegg Cradley6
13Ben HopwoodStoke5
14Tom WoolleyBuxton3
15Danno Verge (res)Scunthorpe3
16Arron MogridgeScunthorpe2
17 Benji Compton Kent0

Pairs

The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Mildenhall Stadium, on 15 June 2014. The event was won by Ben Wilson and Jon Armstrong of the Stoke Potters. [10]

Final
PosTeamPtsRiders
1Stoke17Armstrong 9, Wilson 8
2Mildenhall16Jacobs 12, Halsey 4
3Kent12Lambert 9, Morley 3
4Buxton8Carr 5, Atkin 4

Fours

Cradley won the National League Fours, held on 26 October 2014 at Brandon Stadium. [11]

Final
PosTeamPtsRiders
1Cradley18Clegg 6, Greaves 6, Starke 6 Perry 0
2Coventry11Sarjeant 4, Nielsen 3, Priest 2, Greenwood 2
3Mildenhall11Bates 4, Johnson 3, Kingston 3, Phillips 1
4King's Lynn8Cockle 4, Owen 2, Terry-Daley 2, Stokes 0

Teams and final averages

Buxton Hitmen

Coventry Storm

Cradley Heathens

Devon Demons

Kent Kings

King's Lynn Young Stars

Mildenhall Fen Tigers

Scunthorpe Stags

  • Sam Chapman 5.45
  • Steven Jones 4.90
  • Arron Mogridge 4.36
  • Danno Verge 3.57
  • Reece Downs 3.33
  • Liam Sanderson 3.00
  • Ryan MacDonald 3.00
  • Michael Neale 3.00

Stoke Potters

  • Ben Wilson 9.04
  • Jon Armstrong 7.94
  • Ben Hopwood 7.28
  • Lee Payne 7.10
  • Chris Widman 4.81
  • Rob Shuttleworth 3.75
  • Adam Kirby 3.68
  • James McBain 3.00

Development Leagues

Midland Development League

PosteamPWDLPts
1Milton Keynes17150230
2Rye House16111423
3Belle Vue17101421
4Castleford17100720
5Stoke1690718
6King's Lynn1881917
7Coventry1470714
8Long Eaton17511111
9Sheffield1621135
10Buxton1613125

Northern Junior League

PosteamPWDLPts
1Castleford851211
2Berwick834110
3Workington84139
4Northside83147
5Redcar81163

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Major League Competitions". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "British Speedway Official Website".
  3. ↑ "2014 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "2014 Play Offs". Speedway Archive.
  5. ↑ "2014 Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  6. ↑ "National League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  7. ↑ "2014 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway Archive.
  8. ↑ "2014 National League Riders' Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Brilliant Halsey claims National League Riders Championship in last-heat decider". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "National League Pairs" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "2014 National League Fours" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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