SGB Premiership 2024

SGB Premiership 2024

League	Premiership
No. of competitors	7
Champions	Belle Vue Aces
Knockout Cup	Sheffield Tigers
Highest average	Jason Doyle
Division/s below	SGB Championship NDL 2024
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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]

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.

Belle Vue

Birmingham

Ipswich

King's Lynn

Leicester

Oxford

Sheffield

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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.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
			W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L
1	Sheffield Tigers (Q)	24	11	0	1	5	0	7	1129	1000	10	42	+129
2	Leicester Lions (Q)	24	10	0	2	5	1	6	1125	1010	9	40	+115
3	Belle Vue Aces (Q)	24	11	0	1	3	0	9	1088	1030	9	37	+58
4	Ipswich Witches (Q)	24	8	0	4	6	0	6	1067	1051	6	34	+16
5	Oxford Spires	24	9	1	2	2	0	10	1033	1091	3	26	-58
6	King's Lynn Stars	24	8	1	3	2	0	10	1022	1105	3	22†	-83
7	Birmingham Brummies	24	3	1	8	1	0	11	967	1144	2	11	-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		57–33	55–35	48–42	51–33	51–39	25–35
Birmingham	47–43		49–41	43–47	29–43	42–48	45–45
Ipswich	51–39	49–41		37–23	60–30	45–39	50–40
King's Lynn	42–48	49–41	45–45		38–52	50–40	51–39
Leicester	53–37	53–37	43–47	47–42		54–36	44–46
Oxford	46–44	47–43	42–48	47–43	46–44		47–43
Sheffield	54–36	54–36	44–46	58–32	50–40	49–41

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		53–37	58–26	53–37	48–42	54–36	48–42
Birmingham	44–46		47–43	43–46	44–46	23–37	43–47
Ipswich	41–49	44–46		57–33	36–54	53–37	38–52
King's Lynn	51–39	57–33	41–49		48–42	48–42	48–42
Leicester	55–35	48–42	53–37	48–42		53–37	53–37
Oxford	53–37	46–44	45–45	54–36	40–50		48–42
Sheffield	56–34	55–35	46–44	58–31	45–45	50–40

Source: ^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

	Semi Finals							Grand Final
	1	Sheffield Tigers	39	50	89
	4	Belle Vue Aces	51	40	91
								Belle Vue Aces		54	49	103
								Leicester Lions		36	41	77
	3	Ipswich Witches	49	39	88
	2	Leicester Lions	41	51	92

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 Finals						Semi Finals						Final
							Sheffield Tigers	40	54	94
	Belle Vue Aces	49	41	90+2			King's Lynn Stars	50	36	86
	Sheffield Tigers	41	49	90+7									Sheffield Tigers	55	45	100
													Ipswich Witches	35	45	80
							Birmingham Brummies	44	39	83
	Leicester Lions	42	43	85			Ipswich Witches	46	51	97
	Ipswich Witches	48	47	95

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

	Rider	Team	Average
1	Jason Doyle	Ipswich	9.94
2	Emil Sayfutdinov	Ipswich	9.50
3	Jack Holder	Sheffield	9.48
4	Tai Woffinden	Sheffield	9.35
5	Brady Kurtz	Belle Vue	9.33
6	Dan Bewley	Belle Vue	9.20
8	Max Fricke	Leicester	9.18
8	Chris Holder	Sheffield	8.92
9	Fredrik Lindgren	Birmingham	8.91
10	Rohan Tungate	Oxford	8.00

• averages include league, play offs & knockout cup, min 6 matches

Squads & final averages

Averages include 2024 Premiership and Knockout Cup matches.

Belle Vue Aces

• Brady Kurtz (C) 9.33
• Dan Bewley 9.20
• Jaimon Lidsey 7.45
• Ben Cook 7.32
• Norick Blödorn 5.92
• Connor Mountain 4.95
• Antti Vuolas 4.83
• Connor Bailey (Rising Star) 3.79
• Jake Mulford (Rising Star) 2.67

Birmingham Brummies

• Fredrik Lindgren 8.91
• Tom Brennan 7.39
• Justin Sedgmen 6.79
• Zach Cook 6.65
• Steve Worrall (C) 5.90
• Piotr Pawlicki 5.44
• Wiktor Lampart 5.27
• Michael Palm Toft 4.74
• Václav Milík 4.57
• Leon Flint (Rising Star) 4.35

Ipswich Witches

• Jason Doyle 9.94
• / Emil Sayfutdinov 9.50
• Adam Ellis 6.92
• Danny King (C) 6.46
• Keynan Rew 6.43
• Dan Thompson (Rising Star) 5.34
• Jordan Jenkins 4.71

King's Lynn Stars

• Niels Kristian Iversen 7.33
• Tobiasz Musielak 7.30
• Benjamin Basso 7.16
• Nicolai Klindt 7.14
• Jan Kvěch 7.05
• Lewis Kerr 6.40
• / Vadim Tarasenko 6.15
• Anders Rowe (Rising Star) 6.14
• Patryk Wojdyło 5.30
• Michael Palm Toft 5.14

Leicester Lions

• Max Fricke (C) 9.18
• Richard Lawson 7.97
• Sam Masters 7.85
• Ryan Douglas 7.66
• Luke Becker 7.19
• Craig Cook 5.71
• Drew Kemp 4.67
• Sam Hagon (Rising Star) 2.54
• Joe Thompson (Rising Star) 2.07

Oxford Spires

• Rohan Tungate 8.00
• Maciej Janowski 7.93
• Charles Wright 7.67
• Chris Harris (C) 7.02
• Erik Riss 6.25
• Luke Killeen 3.83
• Ashton Boughen (Rising Star) 3.13

Sheffield Tigers

• Jack Holder 9.48
• Tai Woffinden 9.35
• Chris Holder 8.92
• Josh Pickering 7.50
• Kyle Howarth (C) 6.00
• Jason Edwards 4.00
• Dan Gilkes (Rising Star) 3.70

See also

• SGB Championship 2024
• 2024 National Development League speedway season
• British Speedway League Champions

References

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2. "Sensational Grand Final performance from West Cumbria's Dan Bewley". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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4. "Wolves bow out at Monmore". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
5. "Brummies back in top flight". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
6. "SCB Statement - King's Lynn Speedway - British Speedway Official Website". 18 May 2024.
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8. "2024 Premiership Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 12 March 2024.
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