2020 British Speedway Championship

Last updated

Contents

The 2020 British Speedway Championship was the 60th edition of the British Speedway Championship. [1] 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, [2] however it was later switched to the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. due to bad weather [3] Defending champion Charles Wright decided not to defend his title.

The final was won by Australian Rory Schlein, who rode under an ACU (British) licence. He beat Richard Lawson and former three-time world champion Jason Crump, who also rode under an ACU (British) licence, in the final.

Results

The Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg (16) Rory Schlein ( Flag of Australia (converted).svg )12232231213
Silver medal icon.svg (11) Richard Lawson 11333111122
Bronze medal icon.svg (9) Jason Crump
( Flag of Australia (converted).svg ) 		112331211431
4(5) Steve Worrall 101133210620
5(4) Chris Harris 10022331051
6(7) Richie Worrall 11313311130
7(2) Drew Kemp 81313087
8(3) Danny King 82201388
9(13) Ben Barker 81212289
10(1) Lewis Kerr 730013710
11(15) Paul Starke 730202711
12(6) Josh Auty 520120512
13(12) Tom Brennan 511021513
14(14) Dan Thompson 302100314
15(8) Josh Bates 200200215
16(10) Joe Thompson 201001216
17(17) Ben Woodhull (res)0017
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

Dan Thompson replaced Edward Kennett in the meeting.
Chris Harris was a non starter in his first ride.
Josh Bates retired in his first two rides.
Dan Thompson retired in his first ride.
Ritchie Worrall fell in the semi-final whilst in second place.

Under 21 final

Dan Bewley won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship held at Shielfield Park on 21 October. [5]

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Dan Bewley 15
2 Leon Flint 14
3 Anders Rowe 13
4 Drew Kemp 12
5 Tom Brennan 8
6 Dan Thompson 8
7 Jack Thomas 8
8 Joe Lawlor 8
9 Jason Edwards 6
10 Jordan Palin 6
11 Joe Thompson 5
12 Dan Gilkes 4
13 Jamie Halder 4
14 Harry McGurk (res)3
15 Tom Spencer 3
16 Alex Spooner 1
17 Kyle Bickley 0
18 Mason Watson (res)0

Related Research Articles

The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 41st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 1984 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 39th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 1978 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 33rd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

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

The 1975 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 30th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 29th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 28th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.

The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th 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 2012 British Speedway Championship was the 52nd edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 30 July at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by defending champion Scott Nicholls, who beat Chris Harris, Tai Woffinden and Edward Kennett in the final heat. It was the seventh time Nicholls had won the title, making him the most successful rider in the history of the competition.

The 2011 British Speedway Championship was the 51st edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 6 June at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by Scott Nicholls, who beat defending champion Chris Harris, Tai Woffinden and Edward Kennett in the final heat. It was the sixth time Nicholls had won the title, equaling the record held by New Zealand's Barry Briggs.

The 2010 British Speedway Championship was the 50th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 14 June at Monmore Green in Wolverhampton, England. The Championship was won by defending champion Chris Harris, who beat Scott Nicholls, Ben Barker and Daniel King in the final heat. It was the third time Harris 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.

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 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 2018 British Speedway Championship was the 58th edition of the British Speedway Championship. 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.

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.

The 2021 British Speedway Championship was the 61st edition of the British Speedway Championship. The final was held at the National Speedway Stadium and was won by Adam Ellis.

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

References

  1. ↑ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
  2. ↑ "British Final taking shape". BSPA.
  3. ↑ "British Final put back 48 hours". BSPA.
  4. ↑ "SCHLEIN WINS BRITISH TITLE". Speedway Great Britain. 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bewley wins British Under-21 Championship". GB Speedway Team. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.