SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship

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SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship
Formerly Elite League Riders' Championship
Sport Speedway
Founded2017
Country United Kingdom
Most recent
champion(s)		 Jason Doyle
Notes
division below
Championship Riders' Championship

The SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average points total from each club competing in the top-tier league in the United Kingdom. [1] [2]

Contents

The same format of Championship applies for the tier two and tier three leagues, that of the SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship (tier two) and National League Riders' Championship (tier three).

History

The competition replaced the Elite League Riders' Championship in 2017. [3]

Winners

YearVenueWinnerTeam
2017 [4] National Speedway Stadium Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren Wolverhampton Wolves
2018 [5] Poole Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Somerset Rebels
not held from 2019 to 2022

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References

  1. ↑ "SCB Speedway Regulations" (pdf). Speedway Control Board. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "League Riders' champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "2018 Riders' Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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