2015 British Speedway Championship

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The 2015 British Speedway Championship is the 55th edition of the British Speedway Championship. [1] Tai Woffinden was the defending champion having won the title in 2013 and 2014. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Seven riders qualified from each semi-final and were joined by two nominated wildcards in the decider. The final took place in Wolverhampton on 15 June 2015 and was won by Woffinden. It was his third straight success, equalling the feat achieved by Andy Smith between 1993 and 1995. Craig Cook was second for the second year in a row, earning himself the wildcard place in the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain as a result. Cook had initially led the final, but Jason Garrity fell and a re-run was then required, which Woffinden won. Danny King took third place overall.

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Results

Semi-final 1

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Chris Harris 14(3,2,3,3,3)
2 Ben Barker 13(3,3,2,3,2)
3 Andre Compton 12(2,3,3,2,2)
4 Edward Kennett 11(3,3,1,3,1)
5 Lewis Blackbird 10(2,0,3,2,3)
6 Josh Auty 10(2,2,2,2,2)
7 Richard Lawson 9(3,1,2,0,3)
8 Jason Garrity 9(1,1,1,3,3)
9 Richie Worrall 7(2,3,D,1,1)
10 Paul Starke 7(1,2,1,2,1)
11 Ashley Birks 6(1,2,0,1,2)
12 Adam Ellis 4(0,0,3,1,0)
13 Ritchie Hawkins 3(0,1,2,0,0)
14 Luke Bowen 2(1,0,0,0,1)
15 Stuart Robson 2(0,1,D,1,0)
16 Ashley Morris 1(U,D,1,0,0)

Semi-final 2

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Scott Nicholls 11(2,3,3,3,0)
2 Danny King 11(3,3,0,3,2)
3 Leigh Lanham 11(R,3,3,2,3)
4 Craig Cook 11(3,2,3,1,2)
5 Kyle Howarth 11(3,2,2,3,1)
6 Tai Woffinden 10(2,3,2,3,F)
7 Carl Wilkinson 9(1,0,3,2,3)
8 Adam Roynon 9(1,2,1,2,3)
9 Charles Wright 8(3,1,2,0,2)
10 Steve Worrall 8(2,1,1,1,3)
11 Stefan Nielsen 7(1,2,2,1,1)
12 Simon Lambert 5(1,1,0,1,2)
13 Kyle Newman 4(0,0,1,2,1)
14 Robert Lambert 2(2,F,-,-,-)
15 Lewis Rose 2(0,1,1,0,0)
16Scott Campos1(-,-,0,0,1)
17 James Wright 0(0,0,X,-,-)
18 Ryan Kinsley 0(-,-,-,0,0)

The final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg (9) Tai Woffinden 13133331313
Silver medal icon.svg (5) Craig Cook 123033312332
Bronze medal icon.svg (14) Danny King 9302319621
4(11) Jason Garrity 13333221320
5(8) Scott Nicholls 10231131051
6(13) Richard Lawson 11122331140
7(10) Chris Harris 92032297
8(6) Kyle Howarth 81320288
9(1) Carl Wilkinson 73111179
10(15) Edward Kennett 722210710
11(12) Lewis Blackbird 602121611
12(4) Steve Worrall 621120612
13(7) Adam Roynon 301002313
14(2) Andre Compton 312000314
15(16) Leigh Lanham 200011215
16(3) Ben Barker 00----016
17(17) Max Clegg 0017
18(18) Matt Williamson0018
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos2122

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Under-21 final

Kyle Howarth won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship. The final was held at Brandon Stadium on 14 April. [5]

Pos.RiderPointsSFFinal
1 Kyle Howarth 14x3
2 Robert Lambert 15x2
3 Stefan Nielsen 1121
4 Ashley Morris 1230
5 James Shanes 91
6 Max Clegg 120
7 Josh Bates 8
8 Ben Morley 7
9 Marc Owen 7
10 Oliver Greenwood 6
11 Connor Coles 5
12 Tom Stokes 5
13 Connor Mountain 4
14 Josh Bailey 2
15 Danny Phillips 2
16 Ryan Terry-Daley 1
17 Danno Verge (res)0

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