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1988 National League season

Summary

In 1988 the National League, also known as British League Division Two, was the second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom.[1]

1988 National League season
LeagueNational League
No. of competitors16
ChampionsHackney Kestrels
Knockout CupHackney Kestrels
IndividualTroy Butler
PairsStoke Potters
FoursPeterborough Panthers
Highest averageMark Loram
Division/s above1988 British League

Summary edit

The league champions that year were Hackney Kestrels.[2][3]

Final table edit

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Hackney Kestrels 30 26 2 2 54
2 Poole Pirates 30 20 1 9 41
3 Eastbourne Eagles 30 17 2 11 36
4 Wimbledon Dons 30 17 2 11 36
5 Berwick Bandits 30 17 2 11 36
6 Milton Keynes Knights 30 17 2 11 36
7 Stoke Potters 30 16 0 14 32
8 Peterborough Panthers 30 15 1 14 31
9 Arena Essex Hammers 30 15 1 14 31
10 Glasgow Tigers 30 13 2 15 28
11 Edinburgh Monarchs 30 14 0 16 28
12 Exeter Falcons 30 12 0 18 24
13 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 30 10 1 19 21
14 Rye House Rockets 30 8 1 21 17
15 Middlesbrough Tigers 30 7 1 22 15
16 Long Eaton Invaders 30 7 0 23 14

National League Knockout Cup edit

The 1988 National League Knockout Cup was the 21st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Hackney Kestrels were the winners of the competition.

First round

Team one Team two 1st leg 2nd leg
Edinburgh Stoke 55–41 45–50
Berwick Glasgow 56–40 49–47
Hackney Poole 70–26 40–56
Peterborough Rye House 58–38 39–56
Arena Essex Mildenhall 54–42 39–57
Eastbourne Exeter 66–29 50–46
Milton Keynes Wimbledon 44–52 41–55
Long Eaton Middlesbrough 51–45 33–63

Quarter-finals

Team one Team two 1st leg 2nd leg replay replay
Edinburgh Peterborough 51–45 46–49
Berwick Eastbourne 56–40 45–51
Mildenhall Wimbledon 59–37 37–59 45–50 46–50
Hackney Middlesbrough 56–40 51–45

Semi-finals

Team one Team two 1st leg 2nd leg
Berwick Wimbledon 58–38 33–63
Edinburgh Hackney 45–51 25–71

Final edit

First leg

Hackney Kestrels60 – 36Wimbledon Dons
[4]

Second leg

Wimbledon Dons46 – 50Hackney Kestrels
[4]

Hackney were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 110–82.

Riders' Championship edit

Troy Butler won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 10 September 1988 at Brandon Stadium.[5][6]

Pos. Rider Pts Total
1   Troy Butler 3 3 3 3 3 15
2   Mark Loram 3 2 2 2 2 11+3
3   Kenny McKinna 3 1 2 2 3 11+2
4   Melvyn Taylor 2 3 3 2 ef 10
5   Graham Jones 1 3 0 3 3 10
6   Kevin Jolly 0 2 3 3 1 9
7   Steve Schofield 3 3 0 1 2 9
8   Gordon Kennett 2 1 2 2 1 8
9   Ian Barney 2 1 1 0 2 6
10   Mark Fiora 1 0 3 0 3 7
11   Steve Regeling 2 2 1 1 0 6
12   Martin Goodwin 1 0 1 1 2 5
13   Jens Rasmussen 0 2 2 ef 1 5
14   Jamie Luckhurst 0 0 1 3 r 4
15   Keith White 1 0 0 1 1 3
16   Mark Courtney 0 1 0 0 x 1
17   Mike Bacon (res) ef 0
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs edit

The National League Pairs was held at Wimborne Road was due to be held on 24 July but was postponed before being held on 23 August. The event was won by Stoke Potters.[7][8]

Semi finals

  • Stoke bt Eastbourne 5-4
  • Poole bt Peterborough 5-4

Final

  • Stoke bt Poole 7-2

Fours edit

Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.[9]

Semi finals

  • SF1 = Poole 20, Peterborough 18, Stoke 9, Glasgow 1
  • SF2 = Mildenhall 15, Eastbourne 12, Middlesbrough 11, Hackney 10

Final

Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Peterborough Panthers 14 Hodgson 5, Poole 4, Hawkins 4, Barney 1
2 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 13 Hines 4, Taylor 4, Monaghan 3, Baxter 1
3 Eastbourne Eagles 13 Buck 6, Standing 4, Barker 3, Kennett 0
4 Poole Pirates 8 Biles 4, Smart 2, Boyce 2, Schofield 0

Leading averages edit

Rider Team Average
Mark Loram Hackney 10.34
Steve Schofield Poole 10.22
Melvyn Taylor Mildenhall 10.11
Mark Courtney Berwick 10.07
Kenny McKinna Glasgow 10.05
Gordon Kennett Eastbourne 9.97
Andy Galvin Hackney 9.86
Martin Goodwin Arena Essex 9.68
Andy Buck Eastbourne 9.56
Mick Poole Peterborough 9.52
Mark Fiora Middlesbrough 9.45

Riders & final averages edit

Arena Essex

  • Martin Goodwin 9.68
  • David Smart 7.27
  • Rob Tilbury 6.75
  • Nigel Leaver 5.80
  • Chris Cobby 5.71
  • Ian Humphreys 4.76
  • Simon Wolstenholme 4.61

Berwick

Eastbourne

Edinburgh

  • Les Collins 9.00
  • Jamie Luckhurst 8.60
  • Doug Wyer 7.27
  • Brett Saunders 6.57
  • Scott Lamb 4.69
  • Rob Woffinden 4.59
  • Jeremy Luckhurst 4.24
  • Darrell Branford 2.86
  • Mike Long 2.74

Exeter

Glasgow

Hackney

Long Eaton

  • Keith White 8.40
  • Glenn Doyle 7.83
  • Mike Spink 6.20
  • Gary O'Hare 5.44
  • Richie Owen 4.00
  • Darrell Branford 3.48
  • Dave Morton 3.29
  • Wayne Elliott 3.21
  • Jon Roberts 2.92
  • Steve Bishop 2.71

Middlesbrough

Mildenhall

Milton Keynes

Peterborough

Poole

Rye House

Stoke

Wimbledon

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  3. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - BRITISH LEAGUE ERA (1965-1990)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "1988 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Leading the way home". Cambridge Daily News. 12 September 1988. Retrieved 21 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Troy Butler". Speedway Museum. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ^ "1988 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Stokespeedway pair triumph". Staffordshire Sentinel. 24 August 1988. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Speedway". Cambridge Daily News. 8 August 1988. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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