2018 British Speedway Championship

Last updated

The 2018 British Speedway Championship was the 58th edition of the British Speedway Championship. [1] Craig Cook was the defending champion having won the title in 2017. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, with eight riders qualifying from each semi-final. The championship was won by Robert Lambert for the first time, scoring a maximum in the final. Dan Bewley finished second in his first ever appearance, while Cook took third place.

Contents

Results

Semi-Final 1

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Jason Garrity 15(3,3,3,3,3)
2 Kyle Howarth 12(1,3,2,3,3)
3 Josh Auty 12(2,3,2,3,2)
4 Edward Kennett 10(3,2,3,1,1)
5 Robert Lambert 10(3,2,2,2,1)
6 Rory Schlein ( Flag of Australia (converted).svg )10(2,1,3,2,2)
7 Dan Bewley 9(0,3,2,1,3)
8 Craig Cook 9(2,1,3,3,R)
9 Stefan Nielsen 70,2,1,1,3)
10 Carl Wilkinson 5(1,2,0,2,F)
11 Nathan Greaves 4(2,0,0,0,2)
12 Adam Roynon 4(0,R,1,2,1)
13 Charles Wright 4(1,X,1,0,2)
14 Zach Wajtknecht 3(3,0,0,0,0)
15 Max Clegg 3(0,1,1,0,1)
16 Danny Ayres 0(1,F,0,1,0)
Joe Lawlor DNS

Semi-Final 2

Pos.RiderPointsDetails
1 Richard Lawson 13(2,3,2,3,3)
2 Chris Harris 13(3,2,3,2,3)
3 Scott Nicholls 12(1,3,3,3,2)
4 Lewis Kerr 12(2,2,3,3,2)
5 Richie Worrall 11(3,3,3,2,-)
6 Danny King 9(3,3,2,1,N)
7 Ben Barker 8(1,2,2,0,3)
8 Adam Ellis 8(3,2,1,X,2)
9 Ashley Morris 6(1,0,2,3,0)
10 David Howe 6(2,1,1,2,0)
11 James Sarjeant 5(2,0,0,1,2)
12 Kyle Newman 5(0,1,1,2,1)
13 Ben Morley 5(1,1,0,1,1)
14 Simon Lambert 3(0,0,0,0,3)
15 James Shanes 3(0,1,1,0,1)
16 Matt Williamson 1(0,0,0,1,0)
17 Tom Woolley 1(-,-,-,-,1)

The Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg (7) Robert Lambert 15333331513
Silver medal icon.svg (4) Dan Bewley 112303311332
Bronze medal icon.svg (13) Craig Cook 11131331121
4(16) Jason Garrity 103032210420
5(12) Scott Nicholls 10231221051
6(8) Kyle Howarth 10212231060
7(3) Rory Schlein ( Flag of Australia (converted).svg )90233197
8(2) Danny King 83031188
9(10) Chris Harris 70320279
10(5) Josh Auty 711212710
11(1) Richard Lawson 612111611
12(6) Lewis Kerr 501220512
13(11) Adam Ellis 330000313
14(14) Richie Worrall 302001314
15(15) Steve Worrall 3210--315
16(9) Ashley Morris 310110316
17(17) Jack Smith 0017
18(18) Kyle Bickley 0018
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

Robert Lambert won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship for the second consecutive year. The final was held at Shielfield Park on 1 May. [5]

Pos.RiderPointsSFFinal
1 Robert Lambert 15x3
2 Connor Mountain 1032
3 Nathan Greaves 1021
4 Dan Bewley 12x0
5 Jack Thomas 91
6 Alfie Bowtell 120
7 Jack Smith 8
8 Zach Wajtknecht 7
9 Luke Ruddick 7
10 Josh Bailey 6
11 Kyle Bickley 5
12 Max Clegg 5
13 Drew Kemp 5
14 Joe Lawlor 2
15 Taylor Hampshire 2
16 Leon Flint (res)1
17 Jason Edwards 0

Related Research Articles

The British Speedway Under-21 Championship is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition. The winner of the final is declared British Under-21 Champion. Previous winners include former World Champions Mark Loram and Gary Havelock.

The 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 32nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 14th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 2014 British Speedway Championship was the 54th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 16 June at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by the defending champion Tai Woffinden, who beat Craig Cook, Ben Barker and Chris Harris in the final heat. It was the second time Woffinden had won the title.

The 2013 British Speedway Championship was the 53rd edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 13 May at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat defending champion Scott Nicholls, Chris Harris and Craig Cook in the final heat. It was the first time Woffinden had won the title.

The 2015 British Speedway Championship is the 55th edition of the British Speedway Championship. 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain</span>

The 2015 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 4 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

The 2016 British Speedway Championship is the 56th edition of the British Speedway Championship. 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. 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.

The 2017 SGB Premiership was the 83rd season of the top division of British Speedway. It was the first time that it was known as the SGB Premiership after changing its name from the Elite League.

The 2017 British Speedway Championship was the 57th edition of the British Speedway Championship. Danny King was the defending champion having won the title in 2016. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final, with eight riders qualifying from each semi-final. The final took place at the National Speedway Stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester on 19 June 2017 and was won by Craig Cook. It was Cook's first national title, having finished second in the three previous years. He dominated the final, scoring 14 points, before beating Steve Worrall, Ben Barker and Australian Rory Schlein in the deciding race. Schlein was competing in the event on a British racing licence.

The Speedway Great Britain Championship 2017 was the second division of British speedway. It was the first time that it was known as the SGB Championship after changing its name from the Premier League.

Thomas Brennan is a British Motorcycle speedway rider.

The 2018 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 July at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

The 2019 British Speedway Championship was the 59th edition of the British Speedway Championship. Robert Lambert was the defending champion having won the title in 2018. The competition consisted of one semi-final and a final, with six riders qualifying from the semi-final, there were 10 riders seeded to the final. These riders were Robert Lambert, Rory Schlein, Chris Harris, Dan Bewley, Craig Cook, Richard Lawson, Edward Kennett, Scott Nicholls, Adam Ellis and Danny King. However, Lambert and Ellis missed out on the final due to injury, so Lambert was unable to defend his title. The championship was won by Charles Wright for the first time, King finished second, while Cook took third place.

Rasmus Jensen is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He was the 2022 champion of Denmark.

The 2019 Revline Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the tenth and final race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 5 at the Marian Rose MotoArena in Toruń, Poland.

The 2020 British Speedway Championship was the 60th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The competition was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the semi-finals being cancelled. The final was originally set to take place at Ipswich with limited fans in attendance, however it was later switched to the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. due to bad weather Defending champion Charles Wright decided not to defend his title.

The 2022 SGB Championship season is the 75th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Championship.

The 2022 British Speedway Championship was the 62nd edition of the British Speedway Championship.

The 2023 Sports Insure SGB Premiership was the 88th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Premiership.

References

  1. "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
  2. "2018 British Semi-Final 1 Result" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  3. "2018 British Semi-Final 2 Result" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  4. "British Final". Speedway Great Britain.
  5. "Robert Lambert Retains Under 21 British Speedway Title". Auto Cycle Union. Retrieved 5 May 2023.