SGB Championship 2018 explained

Competition:	SGB Championship
Domesticcup1:	Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:	Workington Comets
Domesticcup2:	Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:	Workington Comets
Domesticcup3:	Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:	Craig Cook^[1]
Cook Strikes Gold 3 September 2018
Domesticcup4:	Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:	Sheffield Tigers
Domesticcup5:	Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:	Peterborough Panthers
Domesticcup6:	Championship Shield
Domesticcup6 Winners:	Workington Comets^[2]
Comets Are Treble Champions 30 October 2018
Highest Average:	Craig Cook
League Above:	SGB Premiership
Leagues Below:	National League
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019

The SGB Championship 2018 was the 2018 season of the second division of Great British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2018 and consisted of 11 teams participating.^[3]

Workington Comets completed the treble winning the playoffs, Championship Shield and the Knockout Cup. It was the first league title win since their formation in 1970.^[4] ^[5]

League

Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

Results

Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

The following SGB Championship league match was not completed during the league season
Workington Comets Vs Lakeside Hammers

Table

Final SGB Championship League Table Up To And Including Sunday 16 September

	Club		Home			Away
	Club		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28						width=28	width=28	width=28	width=28
1	Peterborough Panthers	20	8	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	914	866	45	+48
2	Glasgow Tigers	20	10	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	929.5	866.5	40	+63
3	Workington Comets	19	9	0	0	1	2	0	2	5	877.5	829.5	39	+52
4	Lakeside Hammers	19	9	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	900	805	38	+95
5	Berwick Bandits	20	9	0	1	0	2	1	2	5	924	874	37	+50
6	Edinburgh Monarchs	20	9	0	1	1	0	1	2	6	960	839	35	+121
7	Ipswich Witches	20	6	0	4	2	0	2	1	5	915	880	31	+35
8		20	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	7	869	926	28	-57
9		20	6	1	3	1	1	0	1	7	854	941	27	-87
10		20	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	7	803	994	24	-191
11		20	4	2	4	0	0	0	3	7	847	952	17	-105

^[6]

Play-offs

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Semi-finals

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Grand final

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SGB Championship Knockout Cup

The 2018 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 51st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.^[7]

KO Cup stages

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

First round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals----------------

Final

First legSecond legWorkington were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–82.

Championship Shield

Borders Group

Final Championship Shield Borders Group Table

	Club		Home			Away
	Club		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28						width=28	width=28	width=28	width=28
1	Workington Comets	6	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	284	255	14	+29
2	Glasgow Tigers	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	272	266	13	+6
3	Berwick Bandits	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	265	275	9	-10
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	257	282	4	-27

^[8]

Northern Group

Final Championship Shield Northern Group Table

	Club		Home			Away
	Club		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28						width=28	width=28	width=28	width=28
1	Scunthorpe Scorpions	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	293	247	14	+46
2	Sheffield Tigers	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	289	250	13	+39
3	Newcastle Diamonds	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	253	287	9	-34
4	Redcar Bears	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	244	295	3	-51

^[9]

Southern Group

Final Championship Shield Southern Group Table

	Club		Home			Away
	Club		width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28						width=28	width=28	width=28	width=28
1	lakeside Hammers	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	193	165	10	+28
2	Peterborough Panthers	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	185	175	9	+10
3	Ipswich Witches	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	160	198	0	-38

^[10]

Play-offs

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Semi-finals----------------

Final----

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 2 September at Owlerton Stadium.^[11]

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	Pts	width=50px	Total	width=50px	SF	width=50px	Final
1		1 3 3 R 3	10	3	3
2		3 3 0 3 2	11	-	2
3		3 3 1 3 1	11	-	1
4		3 1 3 1 3	11	2	0
5		3 3 2 0 1	9	1
6		2 1 3 FX 3	9	0
7		0 2 2 3 2	9
8		2 2 0 3 1	8
9		1 0 3 2 2	8
10		1 EX 2 1 3	7
11		0 2 2 2 0	6
12		1 EX 1 2 2	6
13		2 1 0 1 1	5
14		2 1 F -	5
15		0 0 1 2 0	3
16		0 0 0 1 0	1
16	Kyle Bickley (res)	1	1

f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Oaktree Arena on 20 July. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers for the second consecutive year.^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

Group A
width=20	Pos	width=80	Team	width=20	Pts	width=200	Riders
1	Peterborough	21	Palm Toft 15, Nicholls 6
2	Lakeside	21	Lawson 13, Morris 8
3	Edinburgh	20	Wells 12, Riss 8
4	Berwick	14	Summers 9, Doolan 5
5	Scunthorpe	14	Allen 9, Auty 5

Group B
width=20	Pos	width=80	Team	width=20	Pts	width=200	Riders
1	Sheffield	22	Wright C 12, Howarth 10
2	Workington	20	Klindt 12, Proctor 8
3	Redcar	20	Barker 10, Jorgensen 10
4	Ipswich	19	Schlein 15, Covatti 4
5	Glasgow	9	Harris 5, Starke 4

Semi finals

Sheffield bt Lakeside 7-2
Workington bt Peterborough 7-2

Final

Sheffield bt Workington 5-4

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the SGB Championship Fours for the second successive year, held on 1 July 2018, at the Media Prime Arena.^[15] ^[16]

Qualifying
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=350	Riders
1	Peterborough	18	Palm Toft 6, Wilson-Dean 6, Nicholls 3, Ostergaard 3,
2	Edinburgh	17	Riss E 6, Andersson 4, Riss M 4, Pickering 2, Ruml 1
3	Lakeside	13	Morris 6, Ellis 5, Lawson 1, Bowtell 1
4	Glasgow	13	Harris 4, Kerr 4, Vissing 3, Worrall 2
5	Sheffield	13	Kurtz 5, Bjerre 5, Wright 3, Nicol 0
6	Workington	11	Bewley 4, Proctor 4, Jensen 3, Campton 0

Qualifying (cont)
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=350	Riders
7	Berwick	11	Summers 5, Etheridge 3, Jakobsen 1, Howe 1, Doolan 1
8	Ipswich	10	Covatti 6, Schlein 3, Heeps 1, Hume 0
9	Redcar	10	Andersen M 3, Jorgensen 3, Andersen J 2, Barker 2
10	Newcastle	9	Aarnio 3, Robson 2, Morris 2, Kus 2
11	Scunthorpe	7	Auty 4, Manzares 1, Allen 1, Garcia 1

Final
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=450	Riders
1	Peterborough	22	Palm Toft 7, Nicholls 6, Ostergaard 5, Wilson-Dean 4
2	Edinburgh	19	Riss E 9, Pickering 4, Andersson 4, Riss M 1, Ruml 1
3	Glasgow	17	Harris 6, Kerr 5, Vissing 4, Worrall 3
4	Lakeside	14	Morris 9, Ellis 4, Lawson 1, Bowtell 0

Final leading averages

width=200	Rider	width=200	Team	width=40	Average
	Glasgow	11.05
	Edinburgh	9.54
	Lakeside	9.46
	Lakeside	9.41
	Ipswich	9.25
	Scunthorpe	9.08
	Ipswich	9.01
	Edinburgh	8.86
Charles Wright	Sheffield	8.76
	Peterborough	8.70

^[17]

Teams and final averages

Berwick Bandits

7.39
7.63
7.41
6.95
6.48
6.23
6.15
4.00

Edinburgh Monarchs

9.54
8.86
8.63
7.13
6.98
5.89
5.55
4.00
3.64
3.63
3.42
2.60

Glasgow Tigers

11.05
8.53
8.11
8.07
7.81
6.92
4.74
3.24
2.58

Ipswich Witches

9.25
9.01
7.16
7.10
5.85
5.42
5.00
4.90
4.00
3.72
3.62
0.80

Lakeside Hammers

9.46
9.41
8.11
7.02
5.97
5.58
3.14

Newcastle Diamonds

7.22
7.05
6.77
6.51
6.39
5.96
5.33
4.95

Peterborough Panthers

8.70
8.66
7.07
6.93
5.80
5.76
5.41
5.16
3.33

Redcar Bears

7.85
7.72
6.67
6.39
5.50
5.42
5.19
5.00
4.87
4.18
4.00

Scunthorpe Scorpions

9.08
8.32
7.94
7.62
6.52
4.29
1.53

Sheffield Tigers

8.76
8.00
7.69
6.77
6.75
5.81
4.00
3.89
3.81
3.00
2.80
0.89

Workington Comets

7.91
7.78
7.76
7.66
7.63
7.33
7.23
1.69

Notes and References

http://speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35455
http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35798
Web site: SGB championship clubs. Speedway GB.
Web site: BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT). Official British Speedway website. 11 September 2021.
Web site: 2018 results. Speedway Researcher. 3 October 2021.
2018 SGB Championship League Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://speedwaygb.co.uk/championshiptable18
Web site: 2018 SGB Championship Knockout Cup. Speedway GB.
2018 SGB Championship Borders Group Championship Shield Table Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/championshipshieldtables18
2018 SGB Championship Northern Group Championship Shield Table Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/championshipshieldtables18
2018 SGB Championship Southern Group Championship Shield Table Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/championshipshieldtables18
Web site: Cleator speedway star Craig Cook lifts Championship Riders' Individual Trophy . News and Star with the Cumberland Times . 28 June 2023.
Web site: 2018 fixtures . Speedway Researcher . 30 May 2023.
Web site: SHEFFIELD'S HOWARTH AND WRIGHT RETAIN THE TITLE . Edinburgh Speedway . 30 May 2023.
http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35067/news.php?extend.35455|title= Tigers Retain Pairs Title 20 July 2018
Web site: 2018 Fours final . British Speedway . 8 July 2023.
http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.34908|title= Panthers Are Four-Midable 2 July 2018
http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/files/downloads/c18_issue_25.pdf|title= Final 2018 SGB Championship Averages 22 November 2018

SGB Championship 2018 explained

League

Results

Table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Grand final

SGB Championship Knockout Cup

KO Cup stages

Final

Championship Shield

Riders' Championship

Pairs

Fours

Final leading averages

Teams and final averages

See also

Notes and References