2026 SGB Championship

2026 SGB Championship

League	SGB Championship
No. of competitors	9
Champions	tbd
Knockout Cup	tbd
BSN Series	tbd
Pairs	tbd
Riders' Championship	tbd
Highest average	tbd
Division/s above	SGB Premiership
Division/s below	2026 NDL
← 2025 2027 →

The 2026 SGB Championship season will be the 79th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 9th known as the SGB Championship. ^[1]

Poole Pirates were the defending league champions and Knockout Cup champions, while Redcar Bears were the defending BSN Series champions.

Summary

The same nine clubs from 2025 competed in the 2026 Championship. The format also remained the same with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also returned, both following the same formats as in 2025. The Oxford promotion only entered teams for the Championship and NDL. ^[2]

The top four teams qualified for the playoffs, staged over two semi-finals and a final. The points limit for team building remained at 40 points with only one rider above an 8 average allowed in each team. ^[1]

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Oxford

Plymouth

Poole

Redcar

Scunthorpe

Workington

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Locations of the 2026 SGB Championship teams

League

Regular season

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
			W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	BER	EDI	GLA	OXF	PLY	POL	RED	SCU	WOR
Berwick		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Edinburgh	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Glasgow	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–
Oxford	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	–
Plymouth	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–
Poole	–	–	–	–	–		–	–	–
Redcar	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	–
Scunthorpe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
Workington	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

	Semi Finals							Grand Final
	1
	4
	3
	2

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final

First Leg

October		–

Second Leg

October		–

Knockout Cup

The 2026 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 58th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 9th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Round One

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final

First Leg

October		–

Second Leg

October		–

BSN Series

Scottish Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	BER	EDB	GLA
Berwick		-	-
Edinburgh	-		-
Glasgow	-	-

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	RED	SCU	WOR
Redcar		-	-
Scunthorpe	-		-
Workington	-	-

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	OXF	PLY	POL
Oxford		-	-
Plymouth	-		-
Poole	-	-

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stages

	Semi-finals						Final
		'

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final

First Leg

October		–

Second Leg

October		–

Pairs Championship

The 2026edition of the SGB Championship Pairsis to be arranged.

Qualifying heats

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Semi-finals

Team One	Team Two	Score	Result
		-
		-

Final

Team One	Team Two	Score	Result
		-

Riders' Championship

The 2026 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship is to be arranged.

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

Leading averages

	Rider	Team	Average
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

• averages include league, play offs, knockout cup & bsn series, min 6 matches

Squads and final averages

Berwick Bandits

• Jye Etheridge
• Lasse Fredriksen
• Peter Kildemand
• Nick Morris
• Victor Palovaara
• Jack Smith

Edinburgh Monarchs

• Michele Paco Castagna (capt)
• Mitchell Cluff
• Jonatan Grahn
• Jordy Loftus
• Justin Sedgmen
• Dan Thompson
• Kye Thomson

Glasgow Tigers

• Leon Flint
• Sam Hagon
• Chris Harris capt
• Mario Hausl
• Freddy Hodder
• Kyle Howarth
• Kevin Juhl Pedersen

Oxford Cheetahs

• Luke Killeen
• Sam Masters
• Mitchell McDiarmid
• Erik Riss
• Darryl Ritchings
• Anders Rowe
• Dayle Wood

Plymouth Gladiators

• Ben Barker
• Danny King
• Daniel Klíma
• Scott Nicholls
• Tom Spencer
• Joe Thompson
• Tobias Thomsen

Poole Pirates

• Fraser Bowes
• Will Cairns
• Zach Cook (capt)
• Dan Gilkes
• Lewis Kerr
• Richard Lawson
• Cooper Rushen

Redcar Bears

• Jake Allen
• Jason Edwards
• Jordan Jenkins
• Jake Mulford
• Ace Pijper
• Jody Scott
• Charles Wright (capt)

Scunthorpe Scorpions

• Luke Harrison
• Ryan Ingram
• Connor Mountain
• Josh Pickering

Workington Comets

• Troy Batchelor (capt)
• Craig Cook
• Vinnie Foord
• Jonas Jeppesen
• Tate Zischke

See also

• List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
2. "Oxford Cheetahs complete squad with two new signings". Oxford Mail. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.