SGB Championship 2025

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SGB Championship 2025
League SGB Championship
No. of competitors9
Pairs Redcar Bears
Riders' Championship Chris Harris
Division/s above SGB Premiership
Division/s below 2025 NDL

The 2025 SGB Cab Direct Championship season will be the 78th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 8th known as the SGB Championship. [1] [2]

Contents

Poole Pirates are the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series champions.

Summary

The same nine clubs from 2024 will compete in the Championship in 2025. The format also remains the same with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also return, both following the same formats as in 2024.

The top four teams will qualify for the playoffs, staged over two semi-finals and a final. The points limit for team building remained at 40 points.

League

Regular season

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFABPts+/−
WSHLLWSHLL
1 Glasgow Tigers (Q)16701602757683632+74
2 Poole Pirates (Q)16800404775664731+111
3 Redcar Bears (Q)15601404699649424+50
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 166022067187-3621+15
5 Oxford Cheetahs 16404206705732315-27
6 Workington Comets 13601006580589313-9
7 Plymouth Gladiators 15503007645702212-57
8 Berwick Bandits 13411007553599211-46
9 Scunthorpe Scorpions 16305107663774110-111

† Workington deducted 2 Championship points for breaching SCB regulations.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away BER EDI GLA OXF PLY POL RED SCU WOR
Berwick 37–3545–4544–4646–4448–4254–36
Edinburgh 51–3943–4750–4051–3942–4847–4348–4255–35
Glasgow 47–4353–3755–3553–3743–4748–4262–2848–42
Oxford 55–3544–4544–4647–4343–4641–4949–4150–40
Plymouth 46–4446–4440–5052–3747–4344–4642–4752–37
Poole 55–3553–3757–3348–4248–4251–3955–3547–43
Redcar 47–4350–4042–4848–4254–3646–4455–35
Scunthorpe 50–4040–5045–4541–4950–4040–5043–4558–32
Workington 47–4356–3449–4151–3951–3939–5158–32
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Semi FinalsGrand Final
          
1  
4  
 
 
3  
2  

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

Knockout Cup

The 2025 SGB Championship Knockout Cup will be the 57th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 8th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Round OneQuarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
Edinburgh Monarchs 4932 81
Edinburgh Monarchs 6545 110 Glasgow Tigers 41 5899
Workington Comets 24 4569 Glasgow Tigers 38
Poole Pirates 52
Plymouth Gladiators 4938 87
Poole Pirates 41 5293
 
 
Berwick Bandits 4737 84
Redcar Bears 43 5396
Redcar Bears
Oxford Cheetahs
Oxford Cheetahs 5542 97
Scunthorpe Scorpions 35 4883

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

BSN Series

Scottish Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away BER EDB GLA
Berwick 47–4343–47
Edinburgh 46–4344–46
Glasgow 48–4250–40
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 Glasgow Tigers (Q)4200200191169210+22
2 Berwick Bandits 410100217518413-9
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 410100217318602-13

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away RED SCU WOR
Redcar 57–3251–39
Scunthorpe 46–4461–29
Workington 36–5447–43
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 Redcar Bears (Q)420010120615328+53
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 420000218217715+5
3 Workington Comets 410100215120902-58

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away OXF PLY POL
Oxford 50–4045–45
Plymouth 41–4846–44
Poole 44–4658–32
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 Oxford Cheetahs (Q)411020018917029+19
2 Poole Pirates (Q)410110119116915+22
3 Plymouth Gladiators 410100215920002-41

Knockout stages

Semi-finalsGrand Final
        
Oxford Cheetahs 32
Poole Pirates 58
 
 
Redcar Bears
Glasgow Tigers

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

Pairs Championship

The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Saturday 5 April, at the GT Tyres Arena in Workington. [4] [5] It was won by Redcar Bears for the second season in a row, and the third time in the last four years.

Qualifying heats

PosTeamPtsRiders
1 Glasgow Tigers 25 Kyle Howarth 13, Chris Harris 12
2 Poole Pirates 24 Lewis Kerr 12, Zach Cook 12
3 Plymouth Gladiators 24 Nicolai Klindt 14, Ben Barker 10
4 Redcar Bears 20 Charles Wright 10, Erik Riss 10
5 Berwick Bandits 17 Drew Kemp 11, Danyon Hume 6
6 Oxford Cheetahs 16 Sam Masters 12, Jordan Jenkins 4
7 Scunthorpe Scorpions 12 Steve Worrall 12, Simon Lambert 0
8 Edinburgh Monarchs 12 Kye Thomson 12, Justin Sedgmen 0
9 Workington Comets 12 Antti Vuolas 10, Tate Zischke 2

Semi-finals

Team OneTeam TwoScoreResult
RedcarGlasgow7-2Wright 4, Riss 3, Harris 2, Howarth 0
PoolePlymouth6-3Cook 4, Klindt 3, Kerr 2, Barker 0

Final

Team OneTeam TwoScoreResult
RedcarPoole6-3Riss 4, Cook 3, Wright 2, Kerr X

Riders' Championship

The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place on Sunday 6 April at the Eddie Wright Raceway in Scunthorpe. [6] [7] It was won by Chris Harris of the Glasgow Tigers.

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of England.svg Chris Harris (Glasgow)3,3,1,2,0923
2 Flag of England.svg Kyle Howarth (Glasgow)0,2,3,2,31032
3 Flag of England.svg Steve Worrall (Scunthorpe)3,3,3,3,214-1
4 Flag of England.svg Charles Wright (Redcar)1,2,2,3,311-0
5 Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson (Poole)3,1,3,2,X91
6 Flag of England.svg Ben Barker (Plymouth)3,0,1,1,380
7 Flag of England.svg Danny King (Redcar)1,3,0,3,18
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Masters (Oxford)2,1,3,1,18
9 Flag of Finland.svg Antti Vuolas (Workington)2,2,2,0,28
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin Sedgmen (Edinburgh)0,1,2,3,17
11 Flag of England.svg Drew Kemp (Berwick)1,3,2,R,06
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Allen (Scunthorpe)2,0,0,2,26
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tate Zischke (Workington)0,2,0,0,35
14 Flag of England.svg Simon Lambert (Scunthorpe)2,1,1,1,05
15 Flag of England.svg Dan Thompson (Plymouth)1,R,1,1,25
16 Flag of England.svg Luke Harrison (Scunthorpe)-,-,-,-,11
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kye Thomson (Edinburgh)0,0,0,0,00

2025 squads

Berwick Bandits

Also rode

Edinburgh Monarchs

Also rode

Glasgow Tigers

Also rode

Oxford Cheetahs

Also rode

Plymouth Gladiators

Also rode

Poole Pirates

Also rode

Redcar Bears

Also rode

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Workington Comets

See also

References

  1. "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. "Oxford Speedway confirms three teams again for 2025". Oxford Mail. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. "2025 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. "Workington to host 2025 Championship Pairs". Workington Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  5. "Championship Pairs scorecard" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. "British Speedway AGM Statement". Scunthorpe Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  7. "CLRC scorecard" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 April 2025.