British League Division Two Pairs Championship

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British League Division Two Pairs Championship
Sport Speedway
Founded1975
Ceased1994
CountryUnited Kingdom
Notes
replaced by the
Premier League Pairs Championship

The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, named the National League Pairs Championship in the years that the second division was known as the National League was a motorcycle speedway contest between the top two riders from each club competing in the British League Division Two/New National League/National League in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

Contents

Winners

YearWinnersRunners-up
National League Pairs
1975 [3] Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Brian Havelock)		 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Colin Goad)
1976 [4] Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Chris Turner)		 Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Joe Owen)
1977 [5] Boston Barracudas
(Rob Hollingworth & Colin Cook)		 Newport Dragons
(Jim Brett & Brian Woodward)
1978 [6] Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Steve Finch)		 Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Robbie Blackadder)
1979 [7] Milton Keynes Knights
(Andy Grahame & Bob Humphreys)		 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Steve Finch)
1980 [8] Middlesbrough Tigers
(Mark Courtney & Steve Wilcock)		 Boston Barracudas
(Rob Hollingworth & Gary Guglielmi)
1981 [9] Canterbury Crusaders
(Mike Ferreira & Denzil Kent)		 Berwick Bandits
(Wayne Brown & Steve McDermott)
1982 [10] Weymouth Wildcats
(Martin Yeates & Simon Wigg)		 Long Eaton Invaders
(Alan Molyneux & Dave Perks)
1983 [11] Weymouth Wildcats
(Martin Yeates & Simon Cross)		 Glasgow Tigers
(Jim McMillan & Steve Lawson)
1984 [12] Stoke Potters
(Nigel Crabtree & Tom Owen)		 Berwick Bandits
(Bruce Cribb & Steve McDermott)
1985 [13] Ellesmere Port Gunners
(Joe Owen & Louis Carr)		 Poole Pirates
(Martin Yeates & Stan Bear)
1986 [14] Edinburgh Monarchs
(Les Collins & Doug Wyer)		 Hackney Kestrels
(Barry Thomas & Andy Galvin)
1987 [15] Mildenhall Fen Tigers
(Dave Jessup & Melvyn Taylor)		 Peterborough Panthers
(Ian Barney & Kevin Hawkins)
1988 [16] Stoke Potters
(Graham Jones & Steve Bastable)		 Poole Pirates
(Steve Schofield & David Biles)
1989 [17] Stoke Potters
(Nigel Crabtree & Eric Monaghan)		 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
(Preben Eriksen & Peter Glanz)
1990 [18] Hackney Kestrels
(Steve Schofield & Andy Galvin)		 Exeter Falcons
(Steve Regeling & Peter Jeffrey)
1991 to 1993 competition not held
British League Division Two Pairs
1994 [19] [20] Swindon Robins
(Tony Olsson & Tony Langdon)		 Glasgow Tigers
(Nigel Crabtree & David Walsh)

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References

  1. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1991). The Complete History of the British League. Front Page Books. pp. 15–16. ISBN   0-948882-07-7.
  3. ↑ "1975 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "1976 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "1977 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "1978 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Diamonds out in semi finals" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 22 July 1979. Retrieved 22 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Tigers pairs champs" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 20 July 1980. Retrieved 22 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "1981 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Bruce snubs star event" . Sunday Mirror. 29 August 1982. Retrieved 23 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "1983 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Stoke stars take title" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 1 July 1984. Retrieved 23 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "1985 Ellesmere Port results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Speedway Pairs Out" . Newcastle Journal. 14 July 1986. Retrieved 25 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ↑ "Tigers triumph" . Cambridge Daily News. 27 July 1987. Retrieved 25 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ↑ "Stoke speedway pair triumph" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 24 August 1988. Retrieved 25 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 59. ISBN   0-948882-15-8.
  18. ↑ "Potters pairs bid comes unstuck" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 18 June 1990. Retrieved 26 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ↑ "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Top pair take a title at last" . Western Daily Press. 30 May 1994. Retrieved 9 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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