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1994 British League Division Two season

Summary

The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced.[1]

1994 British League Division Two season
LeagueBritish League Division Two
No. of competitors10
ChampionsGlasgow Tigers
Knockout CupGlasgow Tigers
IndividualPaul Bentley
PairsSwindon Robins
FoursOxford Cheetahs
Highest averageJan Stæchmann
Division/s aboveBritish League (Div 1)
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 3)

Summary edit

The title was won by the Glasgow Tigers.[2]

Final table edit

Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Glasgow Tigers 36 26 1 9 14 67
2 Long Eaton Invaders 36 24 2 10 15 65
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 36 20 1 15 10 51
4 Swindon Robins 36 18 1 17 12 49
5 Peterborough Panthers 36 18 2 16 10 48
6 Middlesbrough Bears 36 19 1 16 9 48
7 Newcastle Diamonds 36 15 1 20 9 40
8 Oxford Cheetahs 36 15 1 20 7 38
9 Sheffield Tigers 36 10 1 25 3 24
10 Exeter Falcons 36 9 1 26 1 20

British League Division Two Knockout Cup edit

The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.[3]

First round edit

Date Team one Score Team two
29/04 Edinburgh 54-42 Newcastle
24/04 Newcastle 46-50 Edinburgh
24/04 Glasgow 56-40 Oxford
22/04 Oxford 39-57 Glasgow

Quarter-finals edit

Date Team one Score Team two
30/07 Swindon 56-40 Glasgow
10/06 Peterborough 58-38 Sheffield
09/06 Middlesbrough 62-34 Exeter
09/06 Sheffield 44-52 Peterborough
06/06 Exeter 50-46 Middlesbrough
05/06 Glasgow 66-30 Swindon
04/06 Swindon rain Glasgow
03/06 Edinburgh 49-47 Long Eaton
01/06 Long Eaton 45-51 Edinburgh

Semi-finals edit

Date Team one Score Team two
23/09 Peterborough 50-45 Glasgow
16/09 Peterborough rain Glasgow
11/09 Glasgow 54-42 Peterborough
12/08 Edinburgh 52-44 Middlesbrough
11/08 Middlesbrough 49-47 Edinburgh

Final edit

First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 11
Scott Lamb 11
Jan Andersen 9
Kevin Little 4
Stuart Robson 3
Lawrence Hare 0		50 – 46Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 14
Mick Powell 9
Nigel Crabtree 9
Sean Courtney 7
Róbert Nagy 4
James Grieves 2
Stewart McDonald 1
[4]

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
Sean Courtney 9
Róbert Nagy 9
Mick Powell 8
James Grieves 5
Stewart McDonald 1		55 – 41Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 10
Scott Lamb 9
Jan Andersen 6
Stuart Robson 3
Kevin Little 1
Lawrence Hare 0
[4]

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101–91.

Riders' Championship edit

Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium.[5]

Pos. Rider Pts Total
1   Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 2 13
2   Tony Olsson 3 3 2 2 2 12
3   Tony Langdon 1 1 3 3 3 11
4   Alan Grahame 2 0 2 3 3 10
5   Roman Matoušek 2 1 3 3 1 10
6   Mick Poole 2 2 1 3 1 9
7   Kenny McKinna 3 0 1 1 3 8
8   Martin Dixon 3 2 2 1 0 8
9   Róbert Nagy 0 3 1 0 3 7
10   Ronni Pedersen 1 1 1 2 2 7
11   Zdeněk Tesař 0 0 3 1 2 6
12   Mark Thorpe 0 3 0 2 0 5
13   Les Collins 1 2 2 0 0 5
14   Paul Fry 2 2 0 0 1 5
15   Nigel Crabtree 0 1 0 1 0 2
16   Richard Hellsen 1 0 0 0 1 2

Pairs edit

The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by the Speedway Star, was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins.[6]

Semi finals

  • Swindon bt Peterborough
  • Glasgow bt Edinburgh

Final

  • Swindon bt Glasgow

Fours edit

Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.[7][8]

Final

Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Oxford Cheetahs 24 Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0
2 Long Eaton Invaders 17 Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1
3 Peterborough Panthers 16 Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 15 Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0

Final leading averages edit

Rider Team Average
Jan Stæchmann Long Eaton 10.10
Tony Olsson Swindon 10.07
Nigel Crabtree Glasgow 9.74
David Walsh Glasgow 9.72
Paul Bentley Middlesbrough 9.39
Robert Nagy Glasgow 9.18
Zdeněk Tesař Peterborough 9.13
Martin Dixon Long Eaton 8.94
Mark Thorpe Newcastle 8.95
Michael Coles Edinburgh 8.57

Riders & final averages edit

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Sheffield

Swindon

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "1994 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. ^ a b "1994 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Rickardsson does Sweden proud". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1994. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Speedway". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 8 August 1994. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1994 complete season records" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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