1994 British League Division Two season

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)

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]

Summary

The title and knockout Cup was won by the Glasgow Tigers, who achieved the feat of recording the 'double double' (the league and cup double for two consecutive seasons).[2][3]

Final table

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

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.[4]

First round

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

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

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

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
[5]

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
[5]

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

Riders' Championship

Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium.[6]

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

Pairs

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.[7][8]

Semi finals

  • Swindon bt Peterborough
  • Glasgow bt Edinburgh

Final

  • Swindon bt Glasgow

Fours

Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.[9][10]

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

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

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Sheffield

Swindon

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tigers just too strong". Edinburgh Evening News. 17 October 1994. Retrieved 26 April 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "1994 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. ^ a b "1994 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Rickardsson does Sweden proud". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1994. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Top pair take a title at last". Western Daily Press. 30 May 1994. Retrieved 9 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Speedway". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 8 August 1994. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "1994 complete season records" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 13 May 2023.