2014 Premier League speedway season

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2014 Premier League speedway season
Champions Edinburgh Monarchs
Knockout Cup Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League Cup Edinburgh Monarchs
Individual Simon Stead
Pairs Edinburgh Monarchs
Fours Somerset Rebels
Highest average Craig Cook
Division/s above 2014 Elite League
Division/s below 2014 National League

The 2014 Premier League was the second division of British speedway. [1] [2]

Contents

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2014. The Somerset Rebels were the defending champions after winning in 2013. This season saw a change to the line-up of teams, with the Peterborough Panthers dropping down from the Elite League and replacing the Leicester Lions who moved up to take Peterborough's place in the Elite League. [3] [4]

Edinburgh Monarchs, led by Craig Cook and Sam Masters won the treble of League, Knockout Cup and League Cup, while going on a 27 match unbeaten run. [5] Masters and Max Fricke also won the Premier Pairs.

Final League table

[6]

PosClubMHomeAwayFAPts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Edinburgh Monarchs 2814000442041465110874
2 Somerset Rebels 2814000420351339108367
3 Ipswich Witches 2811030320361339121257
4 Berwick Bandits 2810301410181282124756
5 Scunthorpe Scorpions 2811201210291310126750
6 Workington Comets 279212110291191124141
7 Peterborough Panthers 2874121003101228130037
8 Newcastle Diamonds 289113001491277127236
9 Plymouth Devils 28101030002121224130434
10 Redcar Bears 284505101391194130331
11 Glasgow Tigers 2763041011111145131431
12 Sheffield Tigers 2854050010131164136325
13 Rye House Rockets 2880060001131164141825

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

'A' Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS NEW PET PLY RED RYE SCU SHE SOM WOR
Berwick Bandits 48–4155–4149–4155–3835–5252–4132–2863–3247–4659–3349–4355–37
Edinburgh Monarchs 57–3258–3256–3657–3851–4261–3159–3757–3859–3467–2755–3963–29
Glasgow Tigers 37–5243–4753–4046–4347–4546–4451–3948–4153–3755–4041–5152–41
Ipswich Witches 60–3445–4545–4545–4555–4058–3641–3452–3853–3954–3657–3560–36
Newcastle Diamonds 51–4044–4559–3446–4452–4161–3439–5054–3867–2253–4054–3844–49
Peterborough Panthers 52–3850–4346–4447–4354–4051–3145–4549–4045–4458–3843–5042–36
Plymouth Devils 43–5240–5253–4152–4148–4252–3850–4154–4155–4059–3738–4047–37
Redcar Bears 42–5041–5151–4240–5047–4347–4352–4048–4250–4053–3747–4347–45
Rye House Rockets 58–3736–5949–4144–4649–4157–3549–4055–4159–3552–3837–5834–56
Scunthorpe Scorpions 62–3443–4857–3655–3958–3858–3652–4354–3960–3554–3946–4453–37
Sheffield Tigers 48–4245–4752–4142–5150–4046–4432–3040–3852–3841–4939–5152–40
Somerset Rebels 56–3457–3562–3059–3159–3559–2558–3468–2466–2655–3549–4064–28
Workington Comets 41–4953–4340–5447–4350–4552–4051–4251–4163–3149–4150–4340–32
Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

'B' Fixtures & results

4 extra random matches per team were held counting towards the league standings

Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS NEW PET PLY RED RYE SCU SHE SOM WOR
Berwick Bandits 52–3152–43
Edinburgh Monarchs 65–2948–41
Glasgow Tigers 36–54ab
Ipswich Witches 59–3655–40
Newcastle Diamonds 51–3742–42
Peterborough Panthers 42–4747–35
Plymouth Devils 56–4054–40
Redcar Bears 42–4844–46
Rye House Rockets 42–4944–49
Scunthorpe Scorpions 46–4355–39
Sheffield Tigers 41–4952–40
Somerset Rebels 52–4272–20
Workington Comets 48–2745–45
Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Group 1

PosTeamP3w2wDL4w3wD1LLFAPts
1Edinburgh420001100021215813
2Workington41001000021721963
3Berwick41001000021702003

Group 2

PosTeamP3w2wDL4w3wD1LLFAPts
1Somerset42000000112021667
2Ipswich42000000021911776
3Scunthorpe41000000021572075

Final

First leg

Somerset Rebels
Charles Wright 13
Pontus Aspgren 12
Nick Morris 10
Paul Starke 8
Todd Kurtz 6
Edward Kennett (guest) 5
Brady Kurtz R/R
54 – 42 Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 15
Sam Masters 14
Max Fricke 7
Justin Sedgman 3
Aaron Fox 2
Derek Sneddon 1
Steve Worrall R/R
[4] [8]

Second leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Justin Sedgman 12
Max Fricke 11
Sam Masters 10
Aaron Fox 4
Derek Sneddon 3
Steve Worrall R/R
54 – 41 Somerset Rebels
Paul Starke 10
Nick Morris 9
Pontus Aspgren 8
Aaron Summers (guest) 6
Charles Wright 4
Todd Kurtz 4
Brady Kurtz R/R
[4] [9]

Edinburgh were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 96–95.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2014 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 47th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition. [10]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
26/06Sheffield45-45Berwick
15/06Glasgow53-37Rye House
14/06Rye House50-40Glasgow
26/05Scunthorpe46-44Peterborough
20/05Peterborough46-43Scunthorpe
09/05Somerset60-30Workington
08/05Redcar47-43Plymouth
03/05Berwick54-36Sheffield
03/05Workington52-38Somerset
25/04Plymouth49-41Redcar

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
28/09Glasgow35-55Newcastle
15/09Newcastle53-37Glasgow
25/07Edinburgh67-23Berwick
23/07Berwick51-39Edinburgh
03/06Peterborough46-44Plymouth
06/06Plymouth50-40Peterborough
13/06Somerset49-41Ipswich
05/06Ipswich65-25Somerset

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
12/10Newcastle44-46Edinburgh
10/10Edinburgh62-27Newcastle
26/09Plymouth47-43Ipswich
11/09Ipswich65-25Plymouth

Final

First leg

Ipswich Witches
Adam Ellis 9
Cameron Heeps 8
Ritchie Hawkins 7
Rohan Tungate 5
Morten Risager 5
Richie Worrall 3
Gino Manzares 0
37 – 53 Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 15
Max Fricke 13
Sam Masters 13
Justin Sedgman 8
Aaron Fox 3
Derek Sneddon 1
Steve Worrall R/R
[4] [11]

Second leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 13
Max Fricke 12
Sam Masters 11
Justin Sedgman 10
Aaron Fox 6
Joe Jacobs 0
Steve Worrall R/R
52 – 38 Ipswich Witches
Cameron Heeps 12
Richie Worrall 11
Adam Ellis 8
Ritchie Hawkins 4
Rohan Tungate 3
Morten Risager 0
Gino Manzares R/R
[4] [12]

Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–75.

Riders' Championship

Simon Stead won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 21 September at Owlerton Stadium. [13]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of England.svg Simon Stead 3 3 3 3 113-3
2 Flag of England.svg Danny King 3 3 2 3 314-2
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Ulrich Østergaard 1 1 3 2 31021
4 Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson 3 3 1 3 11130
5 Flag of England.svg Stuart Robson 2 2 2 2 2101
6 Flag of England.svg Craig Cook 3 1 2 1 3100
7 Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Bjerre 1 2 0 2 38
8 Flag of England.svg Kyle Newman 1 2 2 0 27
9 Flag of England.svg Jason Garrity 2 1 1 1 16
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper 2 1 1 2 06
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matěj Kůs 0 2 1 3 06
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris 0 0 3 1 26
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Grajczonek 2 3 0 04
14 Flag of England.svg Steve Worrall 1 0 0 0 23
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Douglas 0 fx 3 03
16 Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Risager 0 0 0 1 12
17 Flag of England.svg Nathan Greaves (res)00
18 Flag of England.svg James Sarjeant (res)00

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 11 July. The event was won by Edinburgh Monarchs. [14] [15]

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Somerset Rebels won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena. [16]

Final
PosTeamPtsRiders
1Somerset24Allen 8, Morris 7, Aspgren 5, Wright 4, Kurtz B 0
2Workington18Grajczonek 7, Bach 6, Howarth 4, Wells 1
3Scunthorpe15Howe 6, Douglas 4, Birks 3, Jorgensen 2
4Edinburgh15Worrall S 5, Sedgmen 4, Masters 3, Cook 3,

Final Leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of England.svg Craig Cook Edinburgh10.41
Flag of England.svg Simon Stead Sheffield9.70
Flag of England.svg Ben Barker Plymouth9.48
Flag of England.svg Danny King Newcastle9.34
Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson Redcar9.31
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Masters Edinburgh9.12
Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Bjerre Peterborough9.02
Flag of England.svg Oliver Allen Somerset8.83
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke Edinburgh8.76
Flag of England.svg Edward Kennett Rye House8.70

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Newcastle

Peterborough

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

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