SGB Championship Fours

SGB Championship Fours
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1995
CountryUnited Kingdom
Notes
replaced the National League
Four-Team Championship in 1995

The SGB Championship Fours formerly the Premier League Four-Team Championship is a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The winners and second place of each group competed for the Championship in the final.[1][2]

History

The competition replaced the National League Four-Team Championship (held from 1976 until 1994).[3] It was first staged in 1995 when the Premier League was the highest tier of British speedway because the top two divisions had merged. However, in 1996, it reverted back to a competition for second tier teams in the British Speedway system.[4] From 1997 until 2016 it was known as the Premier League Four-Team Championship.

In 2017, the competition changed its name to the SGB Championship Fours.[5]

Winners

Year Winners 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place
Premier League Four-Team Championship
1995[6] Cradley Heathens Peterborough Panthers Bradford Dukes Arena Essex Hammers
1996[7] Oxford Cheetahs Peterborough Panthers Hull Vikings Ipswich Witches
1997[8] Long Eaton Invaders Edinburgh Monarchs Oxford Cheetahs Berwick Bandits
1998[9] Peterborough Panthers Edinburgh Monarchs Hull Vikings Reading Racers
1999[10] Sheffield Tigers Newport Wasps Isle of Wight Islanders Arena Essex Hammers
2000[11] Sheffield Tigers Isle of Wight Islanders Swindon Robins Berwick Bandits
2001[12] Workington Comets Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield Tigers Isle of Wight Islanders
2002[13] Berwick Bandits Arena Essex Hammers Newport Wasps Hull Vikings
2003[14] Swindon Robins Trelawny Tigers Newport Wasps Glasgow Tigers
2004[15] Workington Comets Stoke Potters Glasgow Tigers Rye House Rockets
2005[16] Somerset Rebels Workington Comets Exeter Falcons Rye House Rockets
2006[17] Workington Comets Somerset Rebels Sheffield Tigers King's Lynn Stars
2007[18] Isle of Wight Islanders Somerset Rebels King's Lynn Stars Rye House Rockets
2008[19] Workington Comets King's Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels Scunthorpe Scorpions
2009[20] Workington Comets Somerset Rebels Edinburgh Monarchs Berwick Bandits
2010[21] Birmingham Brummies Edinburgh Monarchs Somerset Rebels Sheffield Tigers
2011[22] Ipswich Witches Leicester Lions Workington Comets Somerset Rebels
2012[23] Berwick Bandits Leicester Lions Workington Comets Plymouth Devils
2013[24] Edinburgh Monarchs Ipswich Witches Somerset Rebels Berwick Bandits
2014[25] Somerset Rebels Workington Comets Scunthorpe Scorpions Edinburgh Monarchs
2015[26] Edinburgh Monarchs Somerset Rebels Ipswich Witches Newcastle Diamonds
2016[27] Plymouth Devils Workington Comets Peterborough Panthers Berwick Bandits
SGB Championship Fours
2017[28] Peterborough Panthers Redcar Bears Sheffield Tigers Ipswich Witches
2018[29] Peterborough Panthers Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Lakeside Hammers
2019[30] Somerset Rebels Glasgow Tigers Sheffield Tigers Eastbourne Eagles
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-2022 competition not held

See also

References

  1. ^ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Fours champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  4. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway". Birmingham Daily Post. 7 August 1995. Retrieved 5 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Cheetahs race to four team title". Hull Daily Mail. 5 August 1996. Retrieved 5 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Monarchs are right out of luck". Daily Record. 4 August 1997. Retrieved 6 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Last heat fury". Hull Daily Mail. 31 August 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Wasps speed wat to Premier Fours runners-up spot". South Wales Echo. 30 August 1999. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "2000 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Racers flop at fours". Get Reading. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  13. ^ "2002 Premier League Four-Team Championship". You Tube. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  14. ^ "2003 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Comets set to host biggest ever meeting". Whitehaven News. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Somerset Rebels 2005 season review". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  17. ^ "2006 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  18. ^ "2007 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  19. ^ "2008 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  20. ^ "2009 Premier League Fours". You Tube. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  21. ^ "2010 Birmingham results". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  22. ^ "2011 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  23. ^ "BERWICK WIN PL FOURS". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  24. ^ "2013 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  26. ^ "FOURS CHAMPIONS". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  27. ^ "2016 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  28. ^ "2017 Fours final" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  29. ^ "2018 Fours final" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  30. ^ "2019 Fours final" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.