SGB Championship Pairs Championship

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SGB Championship Pairs
formerly Premier League Pairs
Sport motorcycle speedway
Founded1997
CountryUnited Kingdom
Notes
replaced the
British League Division Two Pairs

The SGB Championship Pairs formerly the Premier League Pairs Championship (from 1997 to 2016) is a motorcycle speedway contest for the second tier teams in the SGB Championship in the United Kingdom. [1] The teams consist of the top two riders from each club competing. The meetings comprise ten teams of two riders drawn into two qualifying groups.

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Rules

In the Qualification Heats, riders are allocated starting gates. For the Semi-Finals, the group winners have first choice of gate positions (A&C or B&D). Gate A is on the inside of the track, whilst Gate D is on the outside. For the Final, the gate positions (A&C and B&D) are decided by the toss of a coin.

All heats are scored as follows:*1st = 4pts, 2nd = 3pts, 3rd = 2pts, 4th = 0pts. This system is used to encourage team riding. A pair finishing first and second will score seven points, whereas a pair finishing first and last will score only four. Race points scored over all Qualification Heats are used to determine the final group placings. Where two are tied for a place, the team who scored most points scored in the heat where they met go through. Where more than two teams are tied for a place, the tie is resolved as follows: most wins- most second places - a ballot

Past winners

YearWinnersRunners-upRef
Premier League Pairs
1997 Long Eaton Invaders
(Carl Stonehewer & Martin Dixon)		 Reading Racers
(Dave Mullett & Lee Richardson)		 [2] [3]
1998 Peterborough Panthers
(Glenn Cunningham & Brett Woodifield)		 Exeter Falcons
(Frank Smart & Michael Coles)		 [4]
1999 Workington Comets
(Carl Stonehewer & Brent Werner)		 Arena Essex Hammers
(Colin White & Leigh Lanham)		 [5]
2000 Workington Comets
(Carl Stonehewer & Mick Powell)		 Isle of Wight Islanders
(Ray Morton & Danny Bird)
2001 Workington Comets
(Carl Stonehewer & Peter Ingvar Karlsson)		 Newcastle Diamonds
(Jesper Olsen & Bjarne Pedersen)		 [6]
2002 Isle of Wight Islanders
(Adam Shields & Danny Bird)		 Newport Wasps
(Frank Smart & Craig Watson)		 [7]
2003 Workington Comets
(Carl Stonehewer & Simon Stead)		 Newport Wasps
(Frank Smart & Niels Kristian Iversen)
2004 Reading Racers
(Phil Morris & Danny Bird)		 Stoke Potters
(Paul Pickering & Alan Mogridge)		 [8]
2005 Glasgow Tigers
(Shane Parker & George Štancl)		 Somerset Rebels
(Magnus Zetterström & Glenn Cunningham)		 [9]
2006 Glasgow Tigers
(Shane Parker & Danny Bird)		 Sheffield Tigers
(Ben Wilson & Ricky Ashworth)		 [10]
2007 Isle of Wight Islanders
(Chris Holder & Jason Bunyan)		 Glasgow Tigers
(Shane Parker & Craig Watson)		 [11]
2008 Workington Comets
(Daniel Nermark & Kauko Nieminen)		 Somerset Rebels
(Jason Doyle & Emil Kramer)		 [12]
2009 Birmingham Brummies
(Jason Lyons & Tomasz Piszcz)		 Somerset Rebels
(Steve Johnston & Emil Kramer)		 [13]
2010 Sheffield Tigers
(Ricky Ashworth & Josh Auty)		 Birmingham Brummies
(Jason Lyons & Steve Johnston)		 [14]
2011 Glasgow Tigers
(Joe Screen & James Grieves)		 Workington Comets
(James Wright & Rusty Harrison)		 [15]
2012 Workington Comets
(Adam Roynon & Rene Bach)		 Scunthorpe Scorpions
(Thomas Jørgensen & Josh Auty)		 [16]
2013 Somerset Rebels
(Jason Doyle & Josh Grajczonek)		 Scunthorpe Scorpions
(David Howe & Josh Auty)		 [17]
2014 Edinburgh Monarchs
(Max Fricke & Sam Masters)		 Somerset Rebels
(Nick Morris & Oliver Allen)		 [18]
2015 Ipswich Witches
(Danny King & Rohan Tungate)		 Somerset Rebels
(Brady Kurtz & Josh Grajczonek)		 [19]
2016 Somerset Rebels
(Josh Grajczonek & Rohan Tungate)		 Edinburgh Monarchs
(Sam Masters & Ryan Fisher)		 [20]
SGB Championship Pairs
2017 Sheffield Tigers
(Lasse Bjerre & Kyle Howarth)		 Redcar Bears
(Charles Wright & Ben Barker)		 [21]
2018 Sheffield Tigers
(Charles Wright & Kyle Howarth)		 Workington Comets
(Ty Proctor & Nicolai Klindt)		 [22]
2019 Glasgow Tigers
(Craig Cook & Rasmus Jensen)		 Leicester Lions
(Ryan Douglas & Scott Nicholls)		 [23]
2020 & 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19
2022 Redcar Bears
(Charles Wright & Lewis Kerr)		 Poole Pirates
(Steve Worrall & Danny King)
2023 Glasgow Tigers
(Chris Harris & Benjamin Basso)		 Redcar Bears
(Charles Wright & Danny King)
2024 Redcar Bears
(Charles Wright & Danny King)		 Oxford Cheetahs
(Scott Nicholls & Sam Masters)		 [24]

See also

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  3. ↑ "Invaders stars win Best Pairs" . Nottingham Evening Post. 29 September 1997. Retrieved 22 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Speedway" . Birmingham Daily Post. 27 July 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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  10. ↑ Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 215–217. ISBN   978-07524-4250-1.
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  12. ↑ "PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS RESULT". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Lyons and Piszcz lead Birmingham win". Daily Express. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "BRUMMIES DUO LOSE OUT IN FINAL". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Grieves is enjoying life to the max". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Adam Roynon profile". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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  19. ↑ "PAIR-FECTION FOR WITCHES". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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