SGB Premiership 2024

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SGB Premiership 2024
League Premiership
No. of competitors7
Champions Belle Vue Aces
Knockout Cup Sheffield Tigers
Highest average Jason Doyle
Division/s below SGB Championship
NDL 2024

The 2024 SGB ROWE Motor Oil Premiership was the 89th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Premiership. [1]

Contents

The defending champions were Sheffield Tigers and Ipswich Witches were the defending Knockout Cup champions.

Belle Vue Aces won the title, [2] while Sheffield Tigers won the Knockout Cup.

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Locations of the 2024 SGB Premiership teams

Summary

The league consisted of seven teams despite the loss of Peterborough Panthers [3] and Wolverhampton Wolves. [4] They were replaced by Birmingham Brummies, who joined from the Championship (tier 2), [5] and Oxford Spires (a third and new team from the Oxford Cheetahs promotion).

League

Regular season

League table

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFABPts+/−
WSHLLWSHLL
1 Sheffield Tigers (Q)241101507112910001042+129
2 Leicester Lions (Q)24100251611251010940+115
3 Belle Vue Aces (Q)24110130910881030937+58
4 Ipswich Witches (Q)2480460610671051634+16
5 Oxford Spires 24912201010331091326-58
6 King's Lynn Stars 24813201010221105322†-83
7 Birmingham Brummies 2431810119671144211-177

† King's Lynn were deducted 2 Premiership points for breaching SCB regulations on postponing fixtures. [6]

A fixtures

Home \ Away BEL BIR IPS KLN LEI OXF SHF
Belle Vue 57–3355–3548–4251–3351–3925–35
Birmingham 47–4349–4143–4729–4342–4845–45
Ipswich 51–3949–4137–2360–3045–3950–40
King's Lynn 42–4849–4145–4538–5250–4051–39
Leicester 53–3753–3743–4747–4254–3644–46
Oxford 46–4447–4342–4847–4346–4447–43
Sheffield 54–3654–3644–4658–3250–4049–41
Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

B fixtures

Home \ Away BEL BIR IPS KLN LEI OXF SHF
Belle Vue 53–3758–2653–3748–4254–3648–42
Birmingham 44–4647–4343–4644–4623–3743–47
Ipswich 41–4944–4657–3336–5453–3738–52
King's Lynn 51–3957–3341–4948–4248–4248–42
Leicester 55–3548–4253–3748–4253–3753–37
Oxford 53–3746–4445–4554–3640–5048–42
Sheffield 56–3455–3546–4458–3145–4550–40
Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Semi FinalsGrand Final
          
1 Sheffield Tigers 39 5089
4 Belle Vue Aces 5140 91
Belle Vue Aces 5449 103
Leicester Lions 36 4177
3 Ipswich Witches 4939 88
2 Leicester Lions 41 5192

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

Grand Final

First leg

23 September [9] Belle Vue Aces
Dan Bewley 15
Brady Kurtz 10
Jaimon Lidsey 10
Niels Kristian Iversen (guest) 8
Norick Blödorn 6
Antti Vuolas 3
Jake Mulford 2		54–36 Leicester Lions
Ryan Douglas 7
Richard Lawson 6
Sam Hagon 6
Sam Masters 5
Luke Becker 5
Max Fricke 4
Lewis Kerr (guest) 3		 National Speedway Stadium
Referee(s):
Phil Griffin

Second leg

3 October [10] Leicester Lions
Sam Masters 11
Richard Lawson 8
Max Fricke 7
Ryan Douglas 7
Luke Becker 4
Sam Hagon 2
Drew Kemp (guest) 1		41–49 Belle Vue Aces
Dan Bewley 15
Brady Kurtz 11
Jaimon Lidsey 9
Ben Cook 4
Norick Blödorn 4
Jake Mulford 3
Antti Vuolas 3		 Beaumont Park
Referee(s):
Willie Dishington

Knockout Cup

The 2024 Knockout Cup was the 79th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Oxford Spires declined to enter.

Bracket

Quarter FinalsSemi FinalsFinal
Sheffield Tigers 40 5494
Belle Vue Aces 4941 90+2 King's Lynn Stars 5036 86
Sheffield Tigers 41 4990+7 Sheffield Tigers 5545 100
Ipswich Witches 35 4580
Birmingham Brummies 4439 83
Leicester Lions 4243 85 Ipswich Witches 46 5197
Ipswich Witches 48 4795

Home team scores are in bold, with overall aggregate scores noted in red

Final

First Leg

2 September [11] Sheffield Tigers
Jack Holder 18
Josh Pickering 17
Chris Holder 10
Jason Edwards 6
Kyle Howarth 3
Dan Gilkes 1
Tai Woffinden r/r		55–35 Ipswich Witches
Jaimon Lidsey (guest) 7
Keynan Rew 6
Tom Brennan (guest) 6
Adam Ellis 5
Dan Thompson 4
Danny King 4
Jordan Jenkins 3		 Owlerton Stadium
Referee(s):
Paul Carrington

Second Leg

5 September [12] Ipswich Witches
Keynan Rew 14
Tom Brennan (guest) 9
Dan Thompson 9
Danny King
Adam Ellis 4
James Pearson (guest) 0
Jason Doyle r/r		45–45 Sheffield Tigers
Josh Pickering 14
Chris Holder 11
Kyle Howarth 9
Jack Holder 8
Jason Edwards 2
Dan Gilkes 1
Tai Woffinden r/r		 Foxhall Stadium
Referee(s):
Chris Gay

Leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Ipswich9.94
2 Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov Ipswich9.50
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Holder Sheffield9.48
4 Flag of England.svg Tai Woffinden Sheffield9.35
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brady Kurtz Belle Vue9.33
6 Flag of England.svg Dan Bewley Belle Vue9.20
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Fricke Leicester9.18
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder Sheffield8.92
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Birmingham8.91
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rohan Tungate Oxford8.00

Squads & final averages

Averages include 2024 Premiership and Knockout Cup matches.

Belle Vue Aces

Birmingham Brummies

Ipswich Witches

King's Lynn Stars

Leicester Lions

Oxford Spires

Sheffield Tigers

See also

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