2016 British Speedway Championship

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The 2016 British Speedway Championship is the 56th edition of the British Speedway Championship. [1] Tai Woffinden was the three-time defending champion having won the title in 2013, 2014 and 2015, however decided against competing in the 2016 event. [2] 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 at the National Speedway Stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester on 13 June 2016, and was won by Danny King, his first title. He beat Craig Cook, who finished second for the third straight year, Robert Lambert and Steve Worrall in the final.

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Results

Semi-Final 1

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Simon Stead 13(3,3,2,3,2)
2 Josh Auty 12(3,2,3,2,2)
3 Kyle Howarth 11(3,3,2,X,3)
4 Jason Garrity 11(2,2,3,3,1)
5 Chris Harris 11(2,3,3,1,2)
6 Robert Lambert 10(0,2,3,2,3)
7 Richard Hall 9(3,3,0,1,2)
8 Josh Bates 9(2,1,1,2,3)
9 Lewis Kerr 7(1,0,2,3,1)
10 Carl Wilkinson 7(1,1,2,3,0)
11 Leigh Lanham 5(0,0,0,2,3)
12 Simon Lambert 5(1,2,1,0,1)
13 Edward Kennett 4(2,1,1,R,0)
14 Stuart Robson 4(1,1,1,1,0)
15 Robert Mear 2(0,0,0,1,1)
16 Ashley Morris 0(0,0,0,0,0)
Danny Phillips DNS

Semi-Final 2

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Richard Lawson 13(3,3,3,3,1)
2 Scott Nicholls 13(3,2,3,3,2)
3 Steve Worrall 12(F,3,3,3,3)
4 Richie Worrall 12(3,3,1,2,3)
5 Paul Starke 12(2,3,2,2,3)
6 Craig Cook 10(3,R,2,3,2)
7 Ben Barker 8(2,1,2,2,1)
8 Charles Wright 7+3(2,2,2,1,0)
9 Danny Ayres 7+2(X,1,3,1,2)
10 James Sarjeant 5(2,2,1,F,0)
11 Lewis Rose 5(1,1,0,1,2)
12 Joe Jacobs 4(1,0,0,0,3)
13 Stefan Nielsen 4(1,2,0,0,1)
14 Adam Roynon 4(R,0,1,2,1)
15 Robert Branford 2(0,0,1,1,0)
16 Rob Shuttleworth 2(1,1,0,0,0)
17 Ryan MacDonald 0(R,-,-,-,-,-)
Blair Smith DNS

The Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg (4) Danny King 13233231313
Silver medal icon.svg (3) Craig Cook 12033331222
Bronze medal icon.svg (12) Robert Lambert 122233212331
4(2) Steve Worrall 103112310420
5(8) Richard Lawson 10112331051
6(9) Scott Nicholls 10131321060
7(10) Paul Starke 1032122107
8(5) Josh Auty 83121188
9(14) Richie Worrall 72302079
10(6) Simon Stead 620310610
11(15) Jason Garrity 53200-511
12(13) Chris Harris 502201512
13(16) Kyle Howarth 410201413
14(11) Richard Hall 300012314
15(7) Ben Barker 201010215
16(1) Josh Bates 210100216
17(17) Charles Wright 1117
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

Josh Bates won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship for the second time. The final was held at Owlerton Stadium on 14 April. [6]

Pos.RiderPointsSFFinal
1 Josh Bates 1133
2 Robert Lambert 15x2
3 Adam Ellis 13x1
4 Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 1120
5 Nathan Greaves 91
6 Max Clegg 110
7 Zach Wajtknecht 9
8 Oliver Greenwood 8
9 James Shanes 7
10 Jack Smith 6
11 Danyon Hume 5
12 Ellis Perks 4
13 Danny Phillips 4
14 Josh Bailey 3
15 Danno Verge (res)2
16 Alfie Bowtell 1
17 Liam Carr (res)1
18 Ben Basford (res)0

References

  1. ↑ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
  2. ↑ "Tai Woffinden statement". BSPA.
  3. ↑ "2016 British Semi-Final 1 Result" (PDF). BSPA.
  4. ↑ "2016 British Semi-Final 2 Result" (PDF). BSPA.
  5. ↑ "2016 British Final Result" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  6. ↑ "Speedway: Josh Bates comes out on top in British under 21 final". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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