1993 British League season

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1993 British League season
LeagueBritish League
ChampionsBelle Vue Aces
No. of competitors11
Knockout CupBradford Dukes
IndividualPer Jonsson
Highest averageSam Ermolenko
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 2)

The 1993 British League season was the 59th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 29th known as the British League.[1][2]

Summary[]

Belle Vue Aces won their first title since 1982. The Manchester team relied on a group of consistent riders, with no rider exceeding a 9 point average but five riders ranging from 8.75 to 6.72. The team consisted of World Under-21 champion Joe Screen, Australian Jason Lyons, Americans Bobby Ott and Shawn Moran and Dane Frede Schött.[3] The Championship was the closest in British League history with Belle Vue finishing on the same points as Wolverhampton Wolves and taking the title on heat points difference. It all came down to the last match when Belle Vue visited Wolves and pulled off a 54-53 victory. Wolves who were clear at the top of the table earlier in the season suffered a series of unfortunate injuries and were missing four riders towards the end of the season.[4]

Oxford Cheetahs dropped out of the first division resulting in their three time World Champion Hans Nielsen moving to Coventry Bees and Martin Dugard joining Eastbourne Eagles.[5]

Final table[]

Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Belle Vue Aces 40 24 1 15 14 63
2 Wolverhampton Wolves 40 23 0 17 17 63
3 Eastbourne Eagles 40 23 1 16 14 61
4 Arena Essex Hammers 40 21 1 18 10 53
5 Coventry Bees 40 18 3 19 13 52
6 Reading Racers 40 20 1 19 10 51
7 Bradford Dukes 40 19 3 18 7 48
8 Ipswich Witches 40 17 0 23 8 42
9 King's Lynn Stars 40 15 4 21 6 40
10 Poole Pirates 40 17 0 23 6 40
11 Cradley Heath Heathens 40 16 0 24 5 37

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Leading averages[]

Rider Team Average
United States Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton 11.12
Sweden Per Jonsson Reading 10.34
Denmark Hans Nielsen Coventry 10.05
United States Greg Hancock Cradley Heath 9.85
United States Ronnie Correy Wolverhampton 9.62
Australia Leigh Adams Arena Essex 9.49
Sweden Henrik Gustafsson Kings Lynn 9.27
Sweden Tony Rickardsson Ipswich 9.01
United States Billy Hamill Cradley Heath 8.99
England Martin Dugard Eastbourne 8.98

British League Knockout Cup[]

The 1993 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 55th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for a third consecutive year.[6]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
08/07 Ipswich 55-53 Wolverhampton
24/05 Wolverhampton 64-43 Ipswich
22/05 Cradley Heath 59-49 Belle Vue
21/05 Arena Essex 72-36 Kings Lynn
21/05 Belle Vue 58-48 Cradley Heath
08/05 Kings Lynn 54-54 Arena Essex
16/07 Belle Vue 59-47 Cradley Heath
30/06 Cradley Heath 59-49 Belle Vue

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
20/08 Belle Vue 60-47 Wolverhampton
11/08 Wolverhampton 57-51 Belle Vue
31/07 Coventry 64-44 Poole
14/07 Poole 55-53 Coventry
05/07 Reading 63-45 Arena Essex
04/07 Bradford 66-42 Eastbourne
27/06 Eastbourne 63-45 Bradford
18/06 Arena Essex 67-41 Reading

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
10/10 Belle Vue 61-46 Arena Essex
21/09 Arena Essex 67-41 Belle Vue
18/09 Bradford 61-47 Coventry
14/08 Coventry 54-54 Bradford

Final[]

First leg[]

Bradford Dukes
Kelvin Tatum 12
Sean Wilson 12		58 - 50Arena Essex Hammers
Josh Larsen 15
Leigh Adams 14
[7]
Odsal Stadium

Second leg[]

Arena Essex Hammers55 - 53Bradford Dukes
Arena Essex Raceway

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 111-105.

Teams[]

Arena Essex Hammers[]

  • Australia Leigh Adams
  • England
  • England Andy Galvin
  • Denmark Brian Karger
  • England Leigh Lanham
  • United States Josh Larsen
  • England
  • Denmark Bo Petersen
  • Denmark Jan Pedersen
  • England Troy Pratt
  • Denmark Peter Ravn
  • England Shaun Tacey
  • England Neville Tatum
  • England
  • England
  • England

Belle Vue Aces[]

  • England
  • England
  • England
  • Australia Jason Lyons
  • United States Shawn Moran
  • United States Bobby Ott
  • England
  • Denmark Frede Schött
  • England Joe Screen
  • England
  • England
  • England Carl Stonehewer
  • Canada

Bradford Dukes[]

Coventry Bees[]

Cradley Heath[]

Eastbourne Eagles[]

Ipswich Witches[]

King's Lynn Stars[]

Poole Pirates[]

  • Australia Craig Boyce
  • United States John Cook
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • Norway Lars Gunnestad
  • Sweden
  • England Ray Morton
  • England Steve Schofield
  • England
  • England

Reading Racers[]

  • Italy Armando Castagna
  • England
  • England
  • England Jeremy Doncaster
  • Denmark
  • Sweden Per Jonsson
  • England Phil Morris
  • England Dave Mullett
  • Sweden
  • Sweden Tony Olsson
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1993 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ^ "1993 Fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ "1993 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ^ "Speedway". Sunday Mirror. 17 October 1993. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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