SGB Championship 2017

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SGB Championship 2017
League SGB Championship
Champions Sheffield Tigers
Knockout Cup Peterborough Panthers
Individual Nick Morris
Pairs Sheffield Tigers
Fours Peterborough Panthers
Highest average Craig Cook
Division/s above SGB Premiership
Division/s below National League

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. [1]

Contents

The season ran between March and October 2017 and 10 teams participated. [2]

The Sheffield Tigers were the champions defeating the Ipswich Witches in the Grand Final. [3] [4] [5] [6]

British TV broadcasting rights changed hands before the start of the 2017 SGB Championship season, when Sky withdrew from their negotiated contract with the BSPA. BT then obtained the broadcasting rights for the 2017 season to be shown on their BT Sport channels. [1]

Final League table

[7]

Pos.TeamMWDL4W3WD1LLFAPts
1 Sheffield Tigers 361800530371748151586
2 Ipswich Witches 361701330571736154877
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 3616113212101691158571
4 Glasgow Tigers 361404222841656154968
5 Redcar Bears 3613143113101627159760
6 Peterborough Panthers 3614132211121582165360
7 Newcastle Diamonds 3615120221131629161757
8 Workington Comets 3611250303121556170347
9 Scunthorpe Scorpions 3680101103131535169934
10 Berwick Bandits 369180002161490178430

Results

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS NEW PET RED SCU SHE WOR
Berwick Bandits 42–4844–4640–5051–3950–4034–5042–4841–5248–44
Edinburgh Monarchs 57–3345–4548–4053–3960–3052–4054–3649–4452–40
Glasgow Tigers 54–3857–3449–4351–4251–4152–4153–3755–3746–44
Ipswich Witches 56–3750–3948–4253–3960–3254–3859–3252–4159–33
Newcastle Diamonds 58–3345–4543–4752–3858–3446–4446–4448–4243–47
Peterborough Panthers 54–3848–4555–3746–4443–4751–4251–4245–4851–42
Redcar Bears 49–4352–4024–3254–3558–3440–5251–4241–4942–48
Scunthorpe Scorpions 56–3437–5347–4344–4654–3944–4644–4640–5061–30
Sheffield Tigers 61–3055–3546–4457–3360–3350–4054–3851–4151–39
Workington Comets 48–4251–4248–4554–3845–4558–3445–4548–4554–37
Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS NEW PET RED SCU SHE WOR
Berwick Bandits 49–4142–4245–4753–4047–4640–5248–4250–4056–37
Edinburgh Monarchs 53–3946–4348–4149–4158–3256–3452–4039–5152–40
Glasgow Tigers 58–3253–3941–5252–3840–5056–3655–3744–4943–47
Ipswich Witches 56–3646–4752–4154–3952–4151–3960–3252–3852–41
Newcastle Diamonds 60–3346–4453–3946–4458–3448–4154–3854–3862–29
Peterborough Panthers 53–3954–3835–3148–4230–3053–3951–3940–5050–43
Redcar Bears 54–3952–4147–4255–3855–3745–4561–3248–4249–44
Scunthorpe Scorpions 49–4041–4936–4843–4743–4653–3739–5049–4139–21
Sheffield Tigers 51–4258–3454–3652–3853–3751–4239–3354–3956–36
Workington Comets 58–3438–4347–4339–5146–4442–4848–4243–5044–46
Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

[9]

Semi FinalsGrand Final
          
Ipswich Witches 50 41 91
Edinburgh Monarchs 40 48 88
Ipswich Witches 37 44 81
Sheffield Tigers 53 46 100
Sheffield Tigers 59 31 90
Glasgow Tigers 31 34 65

Play-off Final

First leg

Sheffield Tigers
Josh Bates 13
Kyle Howarth 13
Todd Kurtz 7
Jan Graversen 7
Lasse Bjerre 7
George Wood 3
Josh Grajczonek 3
53 – 37 Ipswich Witches
Nathan Greaves 9
Danny King 9
Rory Schlein 8
Cameron Heeps 6
Kyle Newman 4
Tom Bacon 1
Justin Sedgman R/R
[6] [10]

Second leg

Ipswich Witches
Cameron Heeps 13
Danny King 9
Rory Schlein 7
Kyle Newman 7
Nathan Greaves 5
Alfie Bowtell 3
Justin Sedgman R/R
44 – 56 Sheffield Tigers
Scott Nicholls 12
Josh Bates 9
Kyle Howarth 9
Jan Graversen 7
Lasse Bjerre 6
Todd Kurtz 3
George Wood 0
[6] [11]

Sheffield were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Promotion and relegation play-off

9 October [12] Sheffield Tigers 3258 Leicester Lions Owlerton Stadium
Referee(s):
Craig Ackroyd


16 October [13] Leicester Lions 4941 Sheffield Tigers Beaumont Park Stadium
Referee(s):
Mick Bates

Knockout Cup

The 2017 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 50th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was the first time it would be known as the SGB Championship Knockout Cup. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition. [14]

First round

DateTeam OneScoreTeam Two
22/04Workington49-41Newcastle
13/04Redcar44-46Peterborough
09/04Peterborough49-39Redcar
02/04Newcastle49-41Workington

Quarter Final

Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
               
Peterborough Panthers 54 40 94
Scunthorpe Scorpions 36 50 86
Peterborough Panthers 50 45 95
Glasgow Tigers 40 45 85
Ipswich Witches 60 49 101
Berwick Bandits 30 49 79
Peterborough Panthers 47 45 92
Ipswich Witches 43 45 88
Sheffield Tigers 43 53 96
Edinburgh Monarchs 47 37 84
Sheffield Tigers 51 35 86
Ipswich Witches 39 55 94
Glasgow Tigers 46 46 92
Newcastle Diamonds 44 44 88

Final

First leg

Peterborough Panthers
Scott Nicholls 12
Paul Starke 9
Chris Harris 9
Ulrich Østergaard 7
Simon Lambert 7
Scott Campos 3
Bradley Wilson Dean R/R
47 – 43 Ipswich Witches
Danny King 13
Cameron Heeps 12
Kyle Newman 8
Connor Mountain 7
Nathan Greaves 3
Rory Schlein 0
Justin Sedgman R/R
[6] [15]

Second leg

Ipswich Witches
Scott Nicholls 13
Cameron Heeps 13
Nathan Greaves 8
Kyle Newman 5
Connor Mountain 3
Danny King 3
Justin Sedgman R/R
45 – 45 Peterborough Panthers
Chris Harris 12
Ben Barker 9
Paul Starke 8
Simon Lambert 6
Ulrich Østergaard 6
Jack Parkinson Blackburn 4
Bradley Wilson Dean 0
[6] [16]

Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92–88.

Riders' Championship

Nick Morris won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 13 October at Ashfield Stadium. [17]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris 1 2 3 2 21023
2 Flag of England.svg Chris Harris 2 2 2 3 312-2
3 Flag of England.svg Richie Worrall 3 3 3 3 315-1
4 Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson 2 3 1 2 31130
5 Flag of England.svg Stuart Robson 2 3 3 2 2121
6 Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Wells 2 3 1 3 R90
7 Flag of England.svg Paul Starke 1 1 3 1 39
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder R 2 2 3 18
9 Flag of England.svg Steve Worrall 3 2 0 1 28
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron Summers 1 1 2 1 27
11 Flag of England.svg Danny King 3 0 1 1 16
12 Flag of England.svg Josh Auty 0 FX 1 2 14
13 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Palm Toft 1 1 2 R4
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Masters 3 - - - -3
15 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Graversen 0 1 0 0 12
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Ryan MacDonaldF F 0 F 00
16 Flag of Scotland.svg Kevin Whelan (res)0 00

Pairs

The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Owlerton Stadium on 8 October. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers. [18] [19]

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the SGB Championship Fours, held on 6 August 2017, at the East of England Arena. [20]

Final
PosTeamPtsRiders
1Peterborough28Harris 9, Ostergaard 9, Starke 5, Lambert 5
2Redcar18Wright 7, Garrity 6, Barker 3, Andersen 2
3Sheffield16Howarth 6, Grajczonek 5, Kurtz 3, Bates 2
4Ipswich10King 6, Schlein 2, Sedgemen 1, Heeps 1

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of England.svg Craig Cook Workington10.30
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Grajczonek Sheffield9.77
Flag of England.svg Robert Lambert Newcastle9.74
Flag of England.svg Steve Worrall Newcastle9.44
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Peterborough9.22
Flag of England.svg Danny King Ipswich9.29
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ricky Wells Edinburgh9.24
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris Berwick9.07
Flag of England.svg Richie Worrall Glasgow9.03
Flag of England.svg Kyle Howarth Sheffield9.00

Teams and final averages

Berwick Bandits

Edinburgh Monarchs

Glasgow Tigers

Ipswich Witches

Newcastle Diamonds

Peterborough Panthers

Redcar Bears

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Sheffield Tigers

Workington Comets

See also

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