1993 British League season
League | British League |
---|---|
Champions | Belle Vue Aces |
No. of competitors | 11 |
Knockout Cup | Bradford Dukes |
Individual | Per Jonsson |
Highest average | Sam Ermolenko |
Division/s below | British 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 |
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Sam Ermolenko | Wolverhampton | 11.12 |
Per Jonsson | Reading | 10.34 |
Hans Nielsen | Coventry | 10.05 |
Greg Hancock | Cradley Heath | 9.85 |
Ronnie Correy | Wolverhampton | 9.62 |
Leigh Adams | Arena Essex | 9.49 |
Henrik Gustafsson | Kings Lynn | 9.27 |
Tony Rickardsson | Ipswich | 9.01 |
Billy Hamill | Cradley Heath | 8.99 |
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 |
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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 - 50 | Arena Essex Hammers Josh Larsen 15 Leigh Adams 14 |
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[7] |
Second leg[]
Arena Essex Hammers | 55 - 53 | Bradford Dukes |
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Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 111-105.
Teams[]
Arena Essex Hammers[]
- Leigh Adams
- Andy Galvin
- Brian Karger
- Leigh Lanham
- Josh Larsen
- Bo Petersen
- Jan Pedersen
- Troy Pratt
- Peter Ravn
- Shaun Tacey
- Neville Tatum
Belle Vue Aces[]
- Jason Lyons
- Shawn Moran
- Bobby Ott
- Frede Schött
- Joe Screen
- Carl Stonehewer
Bradford Dukes[]
- Paul Bentley
- Andre Compton
- Gary Havelock
- Antal Kocso
- Jimmy Nilsen
- Kelvin Tatum
- Sean Wilson
Coventry Bees[]
- Brian Andersen
- John Jørgensen
- Hans Nielsen
- Andy Smith
- Simon Wigg
Cradley Heath[]
- Simon Cross
- Alan Grahame
- Andy Grahame
- Billy Hamill
- Greg Hancock
- Gert Handberg
- Scott Smith
Eastbourne Eagles[]
- Dean Barker
- Stefan Dannö
- Martin Dugard
- Peter Nahlin
- David Norris
- Andrew Silver
Ipswich Witches[]
- Savalas Clouting
- Lawrence Hare
- Ben Howe
- Mirosław Kowalik
- Leigh Lanham
- Chris Louis
- David Norris
- Shane Parker
- Andre Pollehn
- Tony Rickardsson
- Mitch Shirra
- Shaun Tacey
- Zdeněk Tesař
King's Lynn Stars[]
- Bohumil Brhel
- Glenn Doyle
- Henka Gustaffson
- Mark Loram
- Richard Knight
- Malcolm Simmons
- Tomáš Topinka
Poole Pirates[]
- Craig Boyce
- John Cook
- Lars Gunnestad
- Ray Morton
- Steve Schofield
Reading Racers[]
- Armando Castagna
- Jeremy Doncaster
- Per Jonsson
- Phil Morris
- Dave Mullett
- Tony Olsson
Wolverhampton Wolves[]
- Ronnie Correy
- Charles Ermolenko
- Sam Ermolenko
- Neil Evitts
- Graham Jones
- Mikael Karlsson
- Peter Karlsson
- Gordon Kennett
See also[]
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
- Knockout Cup (speedway)
References[]
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "1993 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "1993 Fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "1993 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
- ^ "Speedway". Sunday Mirror. 17 October 1993. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- British League
- 1993 in British motorsport
- 1993 in speedway