The 2014 Premier League was the second division of British speedway.[1][2]
Champions | Edinburgh Monarchs |
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Knockout Cup | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Premier League Cup | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Individual | Simon Stead |
Pairs | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Fours | Somerset Rebels |
Highest average | Craig Cook |
Division/s above | 2014 Elite League |
Division/s below | 2014 National League |
The season took place between March and October 2014. The Somerset Rebels were the defending champions after winning in 2013. This season saw a change to the line-up of teams, with the Peterborough Panthers dropping down from the Elite League and replacing the Leicester Lions who moved up to take Peterborough's place in the Elite League.[3][4]
Edinburgh Monarchs, led by Craig Cook and Sam Masters won the treble of League, Knockout Cup and League Cup, while going on a 27 match unbeaten run.[5] Masters and Max Fricke also won the Premier Pairs.
Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | Pts | |||||||
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3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | ||||||
1 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1465 | 1108 | 74 |
2 | Somerset Rebels | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1339 | 1083 | 67 |
3 | Ipswich Witches | 28 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1339 | 1212 | 57 |
4 | Berwick Bandits | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1282 | 1247 | 56 |
5 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1310 | 1267 | 50 |
6 | Workington Comets | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1191 | 1241 | 41 |
7 | Peterborough Panthers | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1228 | 1300 | 37 |
8 | Newcastle Diamonds | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1277 | 1272 | 36 |
9 | Plymouth Devils | 28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1224 | 1304 | 34 |
10 | Redcar Bears | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1194 | 1303 | 31 |
11 | Glasgow Tigers | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1145 | 1314 | 31 |
12 | Sheffield Tigers | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1164 | 1363 | 25 |
13 | Rye House Rockets | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1164 | 1418 | 25 |
Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points
Group 1
Pos | Team | P | 3w | 2w | D | L | 4w | 3w | D | 1L | L | F | A | Pts |
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1 | Edinburgh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 158 | 13 |
2 | Workington | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 196 | 3 |
3 | Berwick | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 170 | 200 | 3 |
Group 2
Pos | Team | P | 3w | 2w | D | L | 4w | 3w | D | 1L | L | F | A | Pts |
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1 | Somerset | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 202 | 166 | 7 |
2 | Ipswich | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 191 | 177 | 6 |
3 | Scunthorpe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 207 | 5 |
First leg
Somerset Rebels Charles Wright 13 Pontus Aspgren 12 Nick Morris 10 Paul Starke 8 Todd Kurtz 6 Edward Kennett (guest) 5 Brady Kurtz R/R | 54 – 42 | Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook 15 Sam Masters 14 Max Fricke 7 Justin Sedgman 3 Aaron Fox 2 Derek Sneddon 1 Steve Worrall R/R |
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Second leg
Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook 14 Justin Sedgman 12 Max Fricke 11 Sam Masters 10 Aaron Fox 4 Derek Sneddon 3 Steve Worrall R/R | 54 – 41 | Somerset Rebels Paul Starke 10 Nick Morris 9 Pontus Aspgren 8 Aaron Summers (guest) 6 Charles Wright 4 Todd Kurtz 4 Brady Kurtz R/R |
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Edinburgh were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 96–95.
The 2014 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 47th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.[9]
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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26/06 | Sheffield | 45-45 | Berwick |
15/06 | Glasgow | 53-37 | Rye House |
14/06 | Rye House | 50-40 | Glasgow |
26/05 | Scunthorpe | 46-44 | Peterborough |
20/05 | Peterborough | 46-43 | Scunthorpe |
09/05 | Somerset | 60-30 | Workington |
08/05 | Redcar | 47-43 | Plymouth |
03/05 | Berwick | 54-36 | Sheffield |
03/05 | Workington | 52-38 | Somerset |
25/04 | Plymouth | 49-41 | Redcar |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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28/09 | Glasgow | 35-55 | Newcastle |
15/09 | Newcastle | 53-37 | Glasgow |
25/07 | Edinburgh | 67-23 | Berwick |
23/07 | Berwick | 51-39 | Edinburgh |
03/06 | Peterborough | 46-44 | Plymouth |
06/06 | Plymouth | 50-40 | Peterborough |
13/06 | Somerset | 49-41 | Ipswich |
05/06 | Ipswich | 65-25 | Somerset |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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12/10 | Newcastle | 44-46 | Edinburgh |
10/10 | Edinburgh | 62-27 | Newcastle |
26/09 | Plymouth | 47-43 | Ipswich |
11/09 | Ipswich | 65-25 | Plymouth |
First leg
Ipswich Witches Adam Ellis 9 Cameron Heeps 8 Ritchie Hawkins 7 Rohan Tungate 5 Morten Risager 5 Richie Worrall 3 Gino Manzares 0 | 37 – 53 | Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook 15 Max Fricke 13 Sam Masters 13 Justin Sedgman 8 Aaron Fox 3 Derek Sneddon 1 Steve Worrall R/R |
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Second leg
Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook 13 Max Fricke 12 Sam Masters 11 Justin Sedgman 10 Aaron Fox 6 Joe Jacobs 0 Steve Worrall R/R | 52 – 38 | Ipswich Witches Cameron Heeps 12 Richie Worrall 11 Adam Ellis 8 Ritchie Hawkins 4 Rohan Tungate 3 Morten Risager 0 Gino Manzares R/R |
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Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–75.
Simon Stead won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 21 September at Owlerton Stadium.[12]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
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1 | Simon Stead | 3 3 3 3 1 | 13 | - | 3 |
2 | Danny King | 3 3 2 3 3 | 14 | - | 2 |
3 | Ulrich Østergaard | 1 1 3 2 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
4 | Richard Lawson | 3 3 1 3 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
5 | Stuart Robson | 2 2 2 2 2 | 10 | 1 | |
6 | Craig Cook | 3 1 2 1 3 | 10 | 0 | |
7 | Lasse Bjerre | 1 2 0 2 3 | 8 | ||
8 | Kyle Newman | 1 2 2 0 2 | 7 | ||
9 | Jason Garrity | 2 1 1 1 1 | 6 | ||
10 | Theo Pijper | 2 1 1 2 0 | 6 | ||
11 | Matěj Kůs | 0 2 1 3 0 | 6 | ||
12 | Nick Morris | 0 0 3 1 2 | 6 | ||
13 | Josh Grajczonek | 2 3 0 0 | 4 | ||
14 | Steve Worrall | 1 0 0 0 2 | 3 | ||
15 | Ryan Douglas | 0 fx 3 0 | 3 | ||
16 | Morten Risager | 0 0 0 1 1 | 2 | ||
17 | Nathan Greaves (res) | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | James Sarjeant (res) | 0 | 0 |
The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 11 July. The event was won by Edinburgh Monarchs.[13][14]
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Semi finals
Final
Somerset Rebels won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena.[15]
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Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
1 | Somerset | 24 | Allen 8, Morris 7, Aspgren 5, Wright 4, Kurtz B 0 |
2 | Workington | 18 | Grajczonek 7, Bach 6, Howarth 4, Wells 1 |
3 | Scunthorpe | 15 | Howe 6, Douglas 4, Birks 3, Jorgensen 2 |
4 | Edinburgh | 15 | Worrall S 5, Sedgmen 4, Masters 3, Cook 3, |
Rider | Team | Average |
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Craig Cook | Edinburgh | 10.41 |
Simon Stead | Sheffield | 9.70 |
Ben Barker | Plymouth | 9.48 |
Danny King | Newcastle | 9.34 |
Richard Lawson | Redcar | 9.31 |
Sam Masters | Edinburgh | 9.12 |
Lasse Bjerre | Peterborough | 9.02 |
Oliver Allen | Somerset | 8.83 |
Max Fricke | Edinburgh | 8.76 |
Edward Kennett | Rye House | 8.70 |
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