Premier League Four-Team Championship

Last updated
Premier League Four-Team Championship
Sport Speedway
Founded1995
Ceased2016
CountryUnited Kingdom
Notes
replaced the National League
Four-Team Championship in 1995

replaced by the
SGB Championship Fours in 2017

The Premier League Four-Team Championship was a contest between teams competing in the Premier League in the United Kingdom. Eight teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The winners and second place of each group competed for the Championship in the final. [1] [2]

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History

The competition replaced the National League Four-Team Championship (held from 1976 until 1994). [3] It was first staged in 1995 when the Premier League was the highest tier of British speedway because the top two divisions had merged. However, in 1996, it reverted back to a competition for second tier teams in the British Speedway system. [4]

In 2017, the competition changed its name to the SGB Championship Fours. [5]

Winners

YearWinners2nd Place3rd Place4th Place
1995 [6] Cradley Heathens Peterborough Panthers Bradford Dukes Arena Essex Hammers
1996 [7] Oxford Cheetahs Peterborough Panthers Hull Vikings Ipswich Witches
1997 [8] Long Eaton Invaders Edinburgh Monarchs Oxford Cheetahs Berwick Bandits
1998 [9] Peterborough Panthers Edinburgh Monarchs Hull Vikings Reading Racers
1999 [10] Sheffield Tigers Newport Wasps Isle of Wight Islanders Arena Essex Hammers
2000 [11] Sheffield Tigers Isle of Wight Islanders Swindon Robins Berwick Bandits
2001 [12] Workington Comets Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield Tigers Isle of Wight Islanders
2002 [13] Berwick Bandits Arena Essex Hammers Newport Wasps Hull Vikings
2003 [14] Swindon Robins Trelawny Tigers Newport Wasps Glasgow Tigers
2004 [15] Workington Comets Stoke Potters Glasgow Tigers Rye House Rockets
2005 Somerset Rebels Workington Comets Exeter Falcons Rye House Rockets
2006 Workington Comets Somerset Rebels Sheffield Tigers King's Lynn Stars
2007 Isle of Wight Islanders Somerset Rebels King's Lynn Stars Rye House Rockets
2008 Workington Comets King's Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels Scunthorpe Scorpions
2009 Workington Comets Somerset Rebels Edinburgh Monarchs Berwick Bandits
2010 Birmingham Brummies Edinburgh Monarchs Somerset Rebels Sheffield Tigers
2011 Ipswich Witches Leicester Lions Workington Comets Somerset Rebels
2012 Berwick Bandits Leicester Lions Workington Comets Plymouth Devils
2013 Edinburgh Monarchs Ipswich Witches Somerset Rebels Berwick Bandits
2014 Somerset Rebels Workington Comets Scunthorpe Scorpions Edinburgh Monarchs
2015 Edinburgh Monarchs Somerset Rebels Ipswich Witches Newcastle Diamonds
2016 Plymouth Devils Peterborough Panthers Workington Comets Berwick Bandits

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References

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  2. ↑ "Fours champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ↑ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN   978-0-7524-4250-1
  4. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Speedway" . Birmingham Daily Post. 7 August 1995. Retrieved 5 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Cheetahs race to four team title" . Hull Daily Mail. 5 August 1996. Retrieved 5 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Monarchs are right out of luck" . Daily Record. 4 August 1997. Retrieved 6 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Last heat fury" . Hull Daily Mail. 31 August 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Wasps speed wat to Premier Fours runners-up spot" . South Wales Echo. 30 August 1999. Retrieved 24 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "2000 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Racers flop at fours". Get Reading. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "2002 Premier League Four-Team Championship". You Tube. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "2003 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  15. ↑ "Comets set to host biggest ever meeting". Whitehaven News. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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