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2014 National League speedway season

Summary

The 2014 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway was contested by nine teams. The Cradley Heathens won the title. The Isle of Wight Islanders were missing from 2012, and the Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons have joined the league.[1]

2014 National League speedway season
LeagueNational League
ChampionsCradley Heathens
Knockout CupCradley Heathens
IndividualDanny Halsey
PairsStoke Potters
FoursCradley Heathens
Division/s above2014 Elite League
2014 Premier League

Final table edit

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Cradley Heathens 16 15 0 1 51
2 Coventry Storm 15 11 0 4 35
3 Kent Kings 16 10 1 5 34
4 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 15 10 0 5 32
5 King's Lynn Young Stars 16 8 1 7 30
6 Stoke Potters 15 8 0 7 25
7 Devon Demons 12 2 0 10 7
8 Buxton Hitmen 15 2 0 13 7
9 Scunthorpe Stags 16 1 0 15 2

[2] PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

SCORING SYSTEM Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 Home win by 7 points or more = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Offs edit

Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide the championship. Cradley Heathens defeated Coventry Storm in the final.[3]

Semi-finals edit

Date Team one Score Team two
05/10 Mildenhall 41-48 Cradley
03/10 Coventry 54-39 Kent
30/09 Cradley 68-27 Mildenhall
22/09 Kent 49-44 Coventry

Final edit

Date Team one Score Team two
21/10 Cradley 52-42 Coventry
31/10 Coventry 44-46 Cradley Heath

Final Leading averages edit

[4]

Rider Team Average
Lewis Rose Kings Lynn 10.82
Steve Worrall Cradley 10.46
Paul Starke Cradley 9.75

National League Knockout Cup edit

The 2014 National League Knockout Cup was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Cradley Heathens were the winners for the second successive year.[5] [6]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
19/05 Kent 56-36 Devon
15/03 Devon 38-51 Kent

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
25/07 Coventry 60-34 Buxton
29/06 Buxton 40-55 Coventry
24/06 Cradley 59-33 Mildenhall
23/06 Kent 50-40 Stoke
18/05 Mildenhall 39-49 Cradley Heath
05/07 Stoke 58-32 Kent
06/04 Scunthorpe 37-56 Kings Lynn
02/04 King's Lynn 67-24 Scunthorpe

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
27/09 Stoke 49-40 Kings Lynn
17/09/ Kings Lynn 54-39 Stoke
26/09 Coventry 27-32 Cradley Heath
09/09 Cradley Heath 63-28 Coventry

Final edit

Date Team one Score Team two
22/10 King's Lynn 43-47 Cradley Heath
28/10 Cradley Heath 39-22 King's Lynn

Riders' Championship edit

Danny Halsey won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 28 September at Rye House Stadium.[7][8]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Danny Halsey Mildenhall 14
2 Steve Worrall Cradley 13
3 Ben Morley Kent 12+3
4 Joe Jacobs Mildenhall 12+2
5 Jon Armstrong Stoke 9
6 Dan Greenwood Coventry 8
7 Marc Owen King's Lynn 7
8 James Cockle King's Lynn 7
9 Luke Chessell Stoke 6
10 James Sarjeant Coventry 6
11 Paul Starke Cradley 6
12 Max Clegg Cradley 6
13 Ben Hopwood Stoke 5
14 Tom Woolley Buxton 3
15 Danno Verge (res) Scunthorpe 3
16 Arron Mogridge Scunthorpe 2
17 Benji Compton Kent 0

Pairs edit

The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Mildenhall Stadium, on 15 June 2014. The event was won by Ben Wilson and Jon Armstrong of the Stoke Potters.[9]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Stoke 17 Armstrong 9, Wilson 8
2 Mildenhall 16 Jacobs 12, Halsey 4
3 Kent 12 Lambert 9, Morley 3
4 Buxton 8 Carr 5, Atkin 4

Fours edit

Cradley won the National League Fours, held on 26 October 2014 at Brandon Stadium.[10]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Cradley 18 Clegg 6, Greaves 6, Starke 6 Perry 0
2 Coventry 11 Sarjeant 4, Nielsen 3, Priest 2, Greenwood 2
3 Mildenhall 11 Bates 4, Johnson 3, Kingston 3, Phillips 1
4 King's Lynn 8 Cockle 4, Owen 2, Terry-Daley 2, Stokes 0

Teams and final averages edit

Buxton Hitmen edit

  • Tony Atkin 8.14
  • Liam Carr 8.00
  • Adam Extance 5.08
  • Ryan Blacklock 4.55
  • Tom Woolley 4.11
  • Sean Phillips 3.00
  • Stefan Farnaby 3.00

Coventry Storm edit

  • Oliver Greenwood 9.22
  • James Sarjeant 8.67
  • Stefan Nielsen 8.38
  • Luke Crang 7.37
  • Dan Greenwood 7.27
  • Luke Priest 6.37
  • Ryan Terry-Daley 4.68
  • Martin Knuckey 4.55

Cradley Heathens edit

Devon Demons edit

  • Tim Webster 8.74
  • Ben Reade 7.70
  • Matt Bates 6.27
  • James Shanes 6.14
  • Lee Smart 5.76
  • Luke Chessell 5.62
  • Richard Andrews 4.41
  • Danny Stoneman 4.20
  • Tyler Govier 3.00

Kent Kings edit

King's Lynn Young Stars edit

Mildenhall Fen Tigers edit

Scunthorpe Stags edit

  • Sam Chapman 5.45
  • Steven Jones 4.90
  • Arron Mogridge 4.36
  • Danno Verge 3.57
  • Reece Downs 3.33
  • Liam Sanderson 3.00
  • Ryan MacDonald 3.00
  • Michael Neale 3.00

Stoke Potters edit

  • Ben Wilson 9.04
  • Jon Armstrong 7.94
  • Ben Hopwood 7.28
  • Lee Payne 7.10
  • Chris Widman 4.81
  • Rob Shuttleworth 3.75
  • Adam Kirby 3.68
  • James McBain 3.00

Development Leagues edit

Midland Development League edit

Pos team P W D L Pts
1 Milton Keynes 17 15 0 2 30
2 Rye House 16 11 1 4 23
3 Belle Vue 17 10 1 4 21
4 Castleford 17 10 0 7 20
5 Stoke 16 9 0 7 18
6 King's Lynn 18 8 1 9 17
7 Coventry 14 7 0 7 14
8 Long Eaton 17 5 1 11 11
9 Sheffield 16 2 1 13 5
10 Buxton 16 1 3 12 5

Northern Junior League edit

Pos team P W D L Pts
1 Castleford 8 5 1 2 11
2 Berwick 8 3 4 1 10
3 Workington 8 4 1 3 9
4 Northside 8 3 1 4 7
5 Redcar 8 1 1 6 3

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Major League Competitions". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "British Speedway Official Website".
  3. ^ "2014 Play Offs". Speedway Archive.
  4. ^ "2014 Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  5. ^ "National League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  6. ^ "2014 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway Archive.
  7. ^ "2014 National League Riders' Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Brilliant Halsey claims National League Riders Championship in last-heat decider". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ "National League Pairs" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  10. ^ "2014 National League Fours" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

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