1994 British League Division Two season explained

Competition:British League Division Two
Competitors:10
Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:Glasgow Tigers
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:Glasgow Tigers
Domesticcup3:Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:Paul Bentley
Domesticcup4:Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:Swindon Robins
Domesticcup5:Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:Oxford Cheetahs
Highest Average:Jan Stæchmann
League Above:British League (Div 1)
Leagues Below:British League (Div 3)
Prevseason:1993
Nextseason:1997

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

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1Glasgow Tigers3626191467
2Long Eaton Invaders36242101565
3Edinburgh Monarchs36201151051
4Swindon Robins36181171249
5Peterborough Panthers36182161048
6Middlesbrough Bears3619116948
7Newcastle Diamonds3615120940
8Oxford Cheetahs3615120738
9Sheffield Tigers3610125324
10Exeter Falcons369126120

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

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29/04Edinburgh54-42 Newcastle
24/04Newcastle46-50 Edinburgh
24/04Glasgow56-40Oxford
22/04Oxford39-57Glasgow

Quarter-finals

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30/07Swindon56-40 Glasgow
10/06Peterborough58-38 Sheffield
09/06Middlesbrough62-34 Exeter
09/06Sheffield44-52 Peterborough
06/06Exeter50-46 Middlesbrough
05/06Glasgow66-30 Swindon
04/06Swindonrain Glasgow
03/06Edinburgh49-47 Long Eaton
01/06Long Eaton45-51 Edinburgh

Semi-finals

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23/09Peterborough 50-45 Glasgow
16/09Peterborough rain Glasgow
11/09Glasgow54-42 Peterborough
12/08Edinburgh52-44 Middlesbrough
11/08Middlesbrough49-47 Edinburgh

Final

First legSecond legGlasgow 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.[5]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxPts width=50pxTotal
1 3 3 3 2 213
2 3 3 2 2 212
3 1 1 3 3 311
4 2 0 2 3 310
5 2 1 3 3 1 10
6 2 2 1 3 1 9
7 3 0 1 1 3 8
8 3 2 2 1 0 8
90 3 1 0 3 7
10 1 1 1 2 2 7
11 0 0 3 1 2 6
12 0 3 0 2 0 5
13 1 2 2 0 0 5
14 2 2 0 0 1 5
15 0 1 0 1 0 2
16 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.[6] [7]

Qualifying
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Swindon20 Olsson 12, Langdon 8
2Glasgow 17Crabtree 12, Walsh 5
3Edinburgh 16Ylinen 9, Collins L 7
4Peterborough16Tesar 12, Monaghan 4
5Long Eaton 14Collins N 8, Dixon 6
Qualifying
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
6Middlesbrough 13 Sumner 7, Bentley 6
7Newcastle 13Thorpe 10, Juul 3
8Oxford 9Goodwin 6, Poole 3
9Exeter 9Svab 9, Verner 0
10Sheffield 8Matousek 8, Bartlett 0

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.[8] [9]

Final

width=25pxPos width=150pxTeamwidth=50pxPts width=400pxRiders
1 Oxford Cheetahs24 Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0
2 17 Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1
3 16 Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1
4 15 Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0

Final leading averages

width=200Riderwidth=200Teamwidth=40Average
Jan StæchmannLong Eaton10.10
Tony OlssonSwindon10.07
Nigel CrabtreeGlasgow9.74
David WalshGlasgow9.72
Paul BentleyMiddlesbrough9.39
Robert NagyGlasgow9.18
Zdeněk TesařPeterborough9.13
Martin DixonLong Eaton8.94
Mark ThorpeNewcastle8.95
Michael ColesEdinburgh8.57

Riders & final averages

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Sheffield

Swindon

See also

Notes and References

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

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