SGB Championship 2024

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SGB Championship 2024
League SGB Championship
No. of competitors9
Champions TBD
Knockout Cup TBD
BSN SeriesTBD
Pairs TBD
Riders' Championship TBD
Highest averageTBD
Division/s above SGB Premiership
Division/s below 2024 NDL

The 2024 SGB Championship season will be the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship. [1] The league was sponsored by Cab Direct.

Contents

Summary

Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024, [1] with Workington Comets replacing Birmingham Brummies following their respective league changes. [2] [3] Edinburgh Monarchs once again remained in the league despite problems surrounding their home venue. [4]

The league format will be the same as in 2023, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season.

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Locations of the 2024 SGB Championship teams

The top four teams qualify for the playoffs. The points limit for team construction was reduced from 40 to 38 points. [1]

Glasgow Tigers will defend the title, while Scunthorpe Scorpions will defend the knockout cup.

Scott Nicholls captains the Oxford Cheetahs Scott Nicholls speedway rider in 2017.jpg
Scott Nicholls captains the Oxford Cheetahs

League

Regular season

League table

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFABPts+/−
WSHLLWSHLL
1 Berwick Bandits 000000000000
2 Edinburgh Monarchs 000000000000
3 Glasgow Tigers 000000000000
4 Oxford Cheetahs 000000000000
5 Plymouth Gladiators 000000000000
6 Poole Pirates 000000000000
7 Redcar Bears 000000000000
8 Scunthorpe Scorpions 000000000000
9 Workington Comets 000000000000

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BER EDI GLA OXF PLY POL RED SCU WOR
Berwick 27/0722/0603/0818/0504/0511/0501/0610/08
Edinburgh 26/0709/0807/0617/0521/0605/0724/0519/07
Glasgow 21/0602/0823/0810/0526/0724/0519/0703/05
Oxford 24/0729/0521/0807/0819/0615/0505/0626/06
Plymouth 11/0602/0710/0820/0725/0504/0603/0814/05
Poole 29/0503/0731/0714/0817/0705/0607/0815/05
Redcar 10/0514/0601/0621/0623/0819/0703/0502/08
Scunthorpe 07/0628/0605/0710/0502/0809/0831/0526/07
Workington 11/0818/0511/0525/0515/0627/0703/0822/06
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Grand final

First leg

October–

Second leg

October–

Knockout Cup

The 2024 SGB Championship Knockout Cup will be the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 7th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Round OneQuarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
Berwick Bandits 54
Scunthorpe Scorpions 6139 100 Scunthorpe Scorpions 36
Plymouth Gladiators 29 5180 
 
Redcar Bears 51
Workington Comets 38
 
 
Glasgow Tigers 51
Oxford Cheetahs 39
 
 
Poole Pirates 49
Edinburgh Monarchs 40

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

Final

First Leg

October–

Second Leg

October–

BSN Series

Scottish Group [6]

Fixtures

Home \ Away BER EDB GLA
Berwick 47–4348–42
Edinburgh 53–37TBC
Glasgow 50–40TBC
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFABPts+/−
WSHLLWSHLL
1 Berwick Bandits 420000217218804-16
2 Edinburgh Monarchs 2100001968413+12
3 Glasgow Tigers 2100001928813+4

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away RED SCU WOR
Redcar 42–4844–46
Scunthorpe 52–3810/05
Workington 49–4128/04
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFABPts+/−
WSHLLWSHLL
1 Scunthorpe Scorpions 21001001008015+20
2 Workington Comets 2100100958515+10
3 Redcar Bears 400200216519500-30

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away OXF PLY POL
Oxford 46–4408/05
Plymouth 04/0525/05
Poole 61–2901/05
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFABPts+/−
WSHLLWSHLL
1 Poole Pirates 1100000612902+32
2 Oxford Cheetahs 21000017510502-30
3 Plymouth Gladiators 1000001444600-2

Knockout stages

Semi-finalsGrand Final
        
 
 
 
 
 
 

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

Grand Final

First leg

–

Second leg

–

Pairs Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs will take place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford.

Riders' Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship will take place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar.

Leading averages

The league averages are the top ten riders' end of season averages.

Squads

Workington Comets

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Brummies back in top flight". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sam McGurk is back for 2024". Workington Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "STELLAR MONARCHS TO ROAR INTO 2024". Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "2024 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "BSN Series". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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