The 2015 National League was the seventh season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway. The Cradley Heathens were the defending champions after winning the competition in 2014.
League | National League |
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Champions | Birmingham Brummies |
Knockout Cup | Eastbourne Eagles |
National Trophy | Eastbourne Eagles |
Individual | Ben Morley |
Pairs | Kent Kings |
Fours | Birmingham Brummies |
Highest average | Adam Ellis |
Division/s above | 2015 Elite League 2015 Premier League |
Cradley finished the 2015 season in third place, as the Birmingham Brummies won the championship title. With 14 wins from 18 matches, the Brummies won the title after a 47–42 victory at the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in September,[1] and ultimately finished 6 points clear of the Eastbourne Eagles.
The 2015 season featured 10 teams, one more than in 2014. The Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons did not compete in 2015, whilst the Birmingham Brummies, Eastbourne Eagles and Rye House Raiders all joined the league. National League co-ordinator Peter Morrish expressed his excitement ahead of the new season, with the addition of the Brummies and Eagles especially – two teams with extensive Elite League experience – it was expected to be one of the most exciting National League seasons in years.[2]
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/− | Pts | ||||||
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W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | |||||||
1 | Birmingham Brummies (C) | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 867 | 758 | +109 | 48 |
2 | Eastbourne Eagles | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 908 | 726 | +182 | 42 |
3 | Cradley Heathens | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 839 | 745 | +94 | 37 |
4 | Coventry Storm | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 816 | 774 | +42 | 36 |
5 | Rye House Raiders | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 797 | 766 | +31 | 30 |
6 | King's Lynn Young Stars | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 797 | 847 | −50 | 24 |
7 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 730 | 879 | −149 | 22 |
8 | Buxton Hitmen | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 774 | 862 | −88 | 20 |
9 | Stoke Potters | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 765 | 838 | −73 | 19 |
10 | Kent Kings | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 766 | 864 | −98 | 18 |
Rider | Team | Average |
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Adam Ellis | Birmingham | 10.14 |
Rob Branford | Rye House | 10.14 |
Bradley Wilson-Dean | Eastbourne | 9.83 |
The 2015 National League Knockout Cup was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners.[4] [5]
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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12/04 | Mildenhall | 38-52 | King's Lynn |
15/04 | King's Lynn | 54-35 | Mildenhall |
06/04 | Rye House | 42-45 | Stoke |
19/04 | Stoke | 44-45 | Rye House |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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19/07 | Buxton | 51-39 | Kings Lynn |
21/08 | Kings Lynn | 53-37 | Buxton |
16/05 | Stoke | 35-43 | Cradley |
27/05 | Cradley | 57-33 | Stoke |
20/05 | Birmingham | 47-42 | Eastbourne |
21/06 | Eastbourne | 50-39 | Birmingham |
11/05 | Kent | 52-38 | Coventry |
15/05 | Coventry | 45-45 | Kent |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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29/06 | Kent | 28-42 | Eastbourne |
01.08 | Eastbourne | 50-40 | Kent |
07/10 | King's Lynn | 39-51 | Cradley |
14/10 | Cradley | 57-33 | King's Lynn |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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21/10 | Cradley | 30-30 | Eastbourne |
24/10 | Eastbourne | 47-43 | Cradley |
Ben Morley won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 26 September at Rye House Stadium.[6]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Total |
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1 | Ben Morley | Kent | 15 |
2 | Danny Ayres | Kent | 12 |
3 | Robert Branford | Rye House | 12 |
4 | Kyle Hughes | Rye House | 11 |
5 | Adam Ellis | Birmingham | 11 |
6 | Liam Carr | Buxton | 10 |
7 | Ryan Blacklock | Buxton | 10 |
8 | Tom Stokes | King's Lynn | 8 |
9 | Danny Halsey | Mildenhall | 7 |
10 | Zach Wajtknecht | Birmingham | 7 |
11 | Marc Owen | Eastbourne | 6 |
12 | Rob Shuttleworth | Coventry | 5 |
13 | Jon Armstrong | Stoke | 3 |
14 | Connor Mountain | Mildenhall | ) 2 |
15 | Lee Payne | Stoke | 1 |
16 | Ryan Kinsley | King's Lynn | 0 |
The National League Pairs Championship, was held at King's Lynn Stadium, on 5 September 2015. The event was won by Ben Morley and Danny Ayres of the Kent Kings.[7]
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Semi finals
Final
Birmingham won the National League Fours, held on 14 June 2015 at Brandon Stadium.[8]
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Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
1 | Birmingham | 15 | Ellis 5, Perry 4, Wajtknecht 4, Chapman 2 |
2 | Coventry | 15 | Greenwood 6, Ritchings 4, Crang 3, Shuttleworth 2 |
3 | Kent | 13 | Morley 6, Ayres 3, Baseby 2, Shanes 2 |
4 | Rye House | 4 | Hughes 2, Chessell 1, Priest 1, Woods 0 |
Unless otherwise stated, all listed riders were declared at the start of the 2015 National League season.[9]
Birmingham Brummies
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Buxton Hitmen
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Coventry Storm
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Cradley Heathens
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Eastbourne Eagles
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Kent Kings
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King's Lynn Young Stars
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Mildenhall Fen Tigers
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Rye House Raiders
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Stoke Potters
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Pos | team | P | W | D | L | Pts |
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1 | King's Lynn | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
2 | Belle Vue | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
3 | Buxton | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
4 | Peterborough | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
5 | Long Eaton | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
6 | Coventry | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
7 | Scunthorpe | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
8 | Milton Keynes | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
9 | Wolverhampton | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
10 | Stoke | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Pos | team | P | W | D | L | Pts |
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1 | Northside | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
2 | Berwick | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
3 | Workington | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
4 | Redcar | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
5 | Castleford | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
6 | Newcastle | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |