League | SGB Championship |
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No. of competitors | 9 |
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]
Poole Pirates are the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series champions.
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.
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Glasgow Tigers (Q) | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 757 | 683 | 6 | 32 | +74 |
2 | Poole Pirates (Q) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 775 | 664 | 7 | 31 | +111 |
3 | Redcar Bears (Q) | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 699 | 649 | 4 | 24 | +50 |
4 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 718 | 7-3 | 6 | 21 | +15 |
5 | Oxford Cheetahs | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 705 | 732 | 3 | 15 | -27 |
6 | Workington Comets | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 580 | 589 | 3 | 13† | -9 |
7 | Plymouth Gladiators | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 645 | 702 | 2 | 12 | -57 |
8 | Berwick Bandits | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 553 | 599 | 2 | 11 | -46 |
9 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 663 | 774 | 1 | 10 | -111 |
† Workington deducted 2 Championship points for breaching SCB regulations.
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Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
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 One | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edinburgh Monarchs | 49 | 32 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edinburgh Monarchs | 65 | 45 | 110 | Glasgow Tigers | 41 | 58 | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Workington Comets | 24 | 45 | 69 | Glasgow Tigers | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Poole Pirates | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plymouth Gladiators | 49 | 38 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poole Pirates | 41 | 52 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Berwick Bandits | 47 | 37 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redcar Bears | 43 | 53 | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oxford Cheetahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxford Cheetahs | 55 | 42 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scunthorpe Scorpions | 35 | 48 | 83 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Scottish Group
Fixtures
Table
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Glasgow Tigers (Q) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 169 | 2 | 10 | +22 |
2 | Berwick Bandits | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 184 | 1 | 3 | -9 |
3 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 186 | 0 | 2 | -13 |
Northern Group
Fixtures
Table
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Redcar Bears (Q) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 153 | 2 | 8 | +53 |
2 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 182 | 177 | 1 | 5 | +5 |
3 | Workington Comets | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 209 | 0 | 2 | -58 |
Southern Group
Fixtures
Table
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Oxford Cheetahs (Q) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 170 | 2 | 9 | +19 |
2 | Poole Pirates (Q) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 169 | 1 | 5 | +22 |
3 | Plymouth Gladiators | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 200 | 0 | 2 | -41 |
Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||
Oxford Cheetahs | 32 | ||||||||||
Poole Pirates | 58 | ||||||||||
Redcar Bears | |||||||||||
Glasgow Tigers |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
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
Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
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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 One | Team Two | Score | Result |
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Redcar | Glasgow | 7-2 | Wright 4, Riss 3, Harris 2, Howarth 0 |
Poole | Plymouth | 6-3 | Cook 4, Klindt 3, Kerr 2, Barker 0 |
Final
Team One | Team Two | Score | Result |
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Redcar | Poole | 6-3 | Riss 4, Cook 3, Wright 2, Kerr X |
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. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
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1 | ![]() | 3,3,1,2,0 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 0,2,3,2,3 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 3,3,3,3,2 | 14 | - | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 1,2,2,3,3 | 11 | - | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 3,1,3,2,X | 9 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() | 3,0,1,1,3 | 8 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() | 1,3,0,3,1 | 8 | ||
8 | ![]() | 2,1,3,1,1 | 8 | ||
9 | ![]() | 2,2,2,0,2 | 8 | ||
10 | ![]() | 0,1,2,3,1 | 7 | ||
11 | ![]() | 1,3,2,R,0 | 6 | ||
12 | ![]() | 2,0,0,2,2 | 6 | ||
13 | ![]() | 0,2,0,0,3 | 5 | ||
14 | ![]() | 2,1,1,1,0 | 5 | ||
15 | ![]() | 1,R,1,1,2 | 5 | ||
16 | ![]() | -,-,-,-,1 | 1 | ||
17 | ![]() | 0,0,0,0,0 | 0 | ||
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