2016 Premier League speedway season

2016 Premier League speedway season
ChampionsSomerset Rebels
Knockout CupGlasgow Tigers
IndividualSimon Stead
PairsSomerset Rebels
FoursPlymouth Devils
Highest averageCraig Cook
Division/s above2016 Elite League
Division/s below2016 National League

The 2016 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. The title was won by Somerset Rebels who defeated Sheffield Tigers in the Grand Final.[1][2][3][4]

Sheffield Tigers were defeated by Somerset in the play off final

Final league table

[5]

Pos Team Played Won Drawn Lost 4w 3w D 1L L For Against Points
1 Somerset Rebels 24 12 0 0 1 6 1 0 4 1192 998 60
2 Glasgow Tigers 24 11 0 1 4 2 0 2 4 1212 962 57
3 Newcastle Diamonds 24 12 0 0 2 2 0 3 5 1171 989 53
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 11 0 1 1 2 0 4 5 1088 1043 47
5 Ipswich Witches 24 10 0 2 1 1 1 1 8 1136 1057 40
6 Sheffield Tigers 24 10 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 1080 1104 40
7 Workington Comets 24 11 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 1058 1126 38
8 Peterborough Panthers 24 6 1 5 3 2 0 1 6 1056 1131 38
9 Rye House Rockets 24 7 2 3 1 0 0 4 7 1042 1114 31
10 Berwick Bandits 24 7 1 4 1 0 1 1 9 1042 1097 29
11 Scunthorpe Scorpions 24 7 0 5 0 1 0 2 9 1017 1160 26
12 Plymouth Devils 24 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 11 992 1126 25
13 Redcar Bears 24 5 1 6 0 0 1 3 8 997 1176 21

Scoring

  • Home draw = 1 point
  • Home win by any number of points = 3
  • 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

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS NEW PET PLY RED RYE SCU SHE SOM WOR
Berwick Bandits 50–40 31–58 60–33 42–50 40–50 40–32 46–44 56–37 60–33 41–49 45–45 59–31
Edinburgh Monarchs 50–44 38–55 52–39 46–44 59–33 39–30 62–28 45–44 49–40 56–36 50–43 49–41
Glasgow Tigers 53–38 51–39 50–39 49–40 62–30 57–35 51–39 54–36 71–19 62–30 44–46 59–31
Ipswich Witches 58–34 48–45 44–46 52–41 57–36 61–29 61–32 48–45 56–34 59–34 42–48 69–23
Newcastle Diamonds 51–39 33–27 49–44 55–37 59–34 55–37 58–35 57–36 61–31 54–36 57–36 57–33
Peterborough Panthers 50–40 39–52 50–40 56–36 38–54 55–34 45–45 46–43 44–46 50–40 37–53 45–48
Plymouth Devils 47–43 52–41 39–51 42–48 43–47 52–40 48–42 48–45 48–42 52–41 43–47 56–37
Redcar Bears 47–31 45–48 48–44 37–53 44–45 40–53 47–43 41–49 48–41 45–45 46–47 50–43
Rye House Rockets 45–45 47–42 44–46 53–39 48–42 42–48 35–25 55–37 48–45 51–41 45–47 45–45
Scunthorpe Scorpions 39–52 44–45 51–39 53–37 54–38 40–53 50–43 54–39 51–39 43–49 43–47 54–30
Sheffield Tigers 49–36 47–43 54–38 45–45 49–40 45–48 51–42 51–41 56–37 54–35 50–40 53–38
Somerset Rebels 56–34 57–35 53–37 61–31 47–43 57–33 57–35 47–43 55–38 52–41 53–38 55–38
Workington Comets 50–40 57–36 39–51 46–44 52–41 47–43 55–37 56–34 55–35 58–34 55–37 50–43
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Quarter-finals

Team one Team two First Leg Second Leg Aggregate
Ipswich Edinburgh 58-32 37-53 95–85
Sheffield Newcastle 48-42 44-46 92–88

Semi-finals

Team one Team two First Leg Second Leg Aggregate
Somerset Ipswich 53-37 49-41 102–78
Sheffield Glasgow 49-41 42-48 91–87

Play Off final

First leg

Sheffield Tigers
Kyle Howarth 13
Stuart Robson 12
Arthur Sissis 6
Josh Bates 6
Ricky Wells 4
Nathan Greaves 3
Simon Stead R/R		44 – 46Somerset Rebels
Josh Grajczonek 12
Rohan Tungate 12
Paul Starke 7
Charles Wright 6
Robert Branford 4
James Shanes 3
Jake Allen 3
[4][7]

Second leg

Somerset Rebels
Rohan Tungate 12
Josh Grajczonek 11
Paul Starke 11
Charles Wright 8
Robert Branford 6
Jake Allen 5
James Shanes 2		54 – 36Sheffield Tigers
Ricky Wells 11
Kyle Howarth 9
Stuart Robson 8
Arthur Sissis 5
Josh Bates 3
Nathan Greaves 0
Dimitri Bergé R/R
[4][8]

Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 100–80.

Knockout Cup

The 2016 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 49th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was the last time it would be known as the Premier League Knockout Cup because the following season it would be the SGB Championship Knockout Cup.

Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition.[9]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
02/05 Scunthorpe 50-40 Newcastle
06/05 Somerset 52-38 Workington
12/05 Ipswich 46-44 Rye House
13/05 Edinburgh 54-36 Plymouth
14/05 Plymouth 47-42 Edinburgh
14/05 Rye House 53-37 Ipswich
14/05 Workington 44-46 Somerset
22/05 Glasgow 60-29 Redcar
26/05 Redcar 40-50 Glasgow
11/07 Newcastle 57-32 Scunthorpe

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
03/07 Peterborough 38-52 Somerset
28/06 Somerset 62-28 Peterborough
17/07 Newcastle 62-28 Sheffield
21/07 Sheffield 45-45 Newcastle
31/07 Glasgow 54-30 Edinburgh
06/08 Berwick 53-37 Rye House
29/08 Rye House 54-36 Berwick
26/08 Edinburgh 48-41 Glasgow

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
09/10 Newcastle 47-43 Rye House
07/10 Rye House 47-43 Newcastle
08/10 Glasgow 50-39 Somerset
23/09 Somerset 34-38 Glasgow

Final

First leg

Newcastle Diamonds
Robert Lambert 14
Steve Worrall 10
Ashley Morris 10
Ludvig Lindgren 9
Victor Palovaara 2
Danny Phillips 0
Matej Kus 0		45 – 45Glasgow Tigers
Richie Worrall 9
Rene Bach 8
Aaron Summers 7
Richard Lawson 7
Danny Ayres 6
Nike Lunna 5
Mitchell Davey 3
[4][10]

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers
Richard Lawson 12
Richie Worrall 11
Aaron Summers 11
Arthur Sissis 10
Rene Bach 8
Nike Lunna 7
Danny Ayres 0		59 – 31Newcastle Diamonds
Robert Lambert 10
Steve Worrall 7
Ludvig Lindgren 5
Ashley Morris 4
Danny Phillips 3
Victor Palovaara 2
Matej Kus R/R
[4][11]

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 104–76.

Riders' Championship

Simon Stead won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 11 September at Owlerton Stadium.[12]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1 England Simon Stead 3 3 2 3 2 13 - 3
2 Australia Sam Masters 3 2 3 0 3 11 2 2
3 France David Bellego 2 3 1 3 3 12 3 1
4 England Richard Lawson 3 2 3 3 2 13 - 0
5 England Danny King 2 3 2 2 2 11 1
6 Australia Jack Holder 3 F 3 2 2 10 0
7 England Kyle Howarth 1 3 1 2 1 8
8 Australia Josh Grajczonek 2 1 1 1 3 8
9 Australia Kevin Doolan 0 1 0 2 3 6
10 England Steve Worrall 2 0 2 0 1 5
11 England Craig Cook 0 1 2 1 1 5
12 England Josh Auty 1 2 0 1 1 5
13 United States Ricky Wells 1 0 3 1 0 5
14 Australia Aaron Summers 0 1 0 3 0 4
15 Denmark Ulrich Østergaard 0 2 1 0 0 3
16 Denmark Claus Vissing 1 0 0 0 R 1
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 8 July. The event was won by Somerset Rebels.[13][14]

Semi finals

  • Edinburgh bt Glasgow 5–4
  • Somerset bt Sheffield 7–2

Final

  • Somerset bt Edinburgh 7–2

Fours

Plymouth Devils won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 23 and 24 July 2016, at the East of England Arena.[15]

Final Leading averages

[16]

Rider Team Average
England Craig Cook Peterborough 9.83
England Danny King Ipswich 9.57
England Edward Kennett Rye House 9.27
Australia Rohan Tungate Somerset 9.03
Australia Sam Masters Edinburgh 8.97
England Robert Lambert Newcastle 8.92
Australia Josh Grajczonek Somerset 8.90
Australia Aaron Summers Glasgow 8.57
England Jason Garrity Sheffield 8.55
England Richie Worrall Glasgow 8.49

Teams

Berwick Bandits

Edinburgh Monarchs

Glasgow Tigers

Ipswich Witches

Newcastle Diamonds

Peterborough Panthers

Plymouth Devils

Redcar Bears

Rye House Rockets

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Sheffield Tigers

Somerset Rebels

Workington Comets

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". Somerset Rebels.
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  5. ^ "Premier League Table". Speedway GB.
  6. ^ "2016 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ "2016 Play Off 1st Leg" (PDF). Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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  15. ^ "2016 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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