1994 British League season

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1994 British League season
LeagueBritish League
ChampionsPoole Pirates
No. of competitors11
Knockout CupEastbourne Eagles
IndividualSam Ermolenko
Highest averagePer Jonsson
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 2)
British League (Div 3)

The 1994 British League season was the 60th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 30th and final season known as the British League.[1][2]

Summary[]

Poole Pirates dominated the league and won the title finishing 15 points clear of nearest rivals Eastbourne Eagles. The Pirates last top league success had been back in 1969 and it was thanks to solid performances throughout the season from their Australian pair; new signing from Swindon Jason Crump and Craig Boyce. They were backed up by Norwegian Lars Gunnestad and Londoner Steve Schofield.[3]

Final table[]

Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Poole Pirates 40 30 1 9 16 77
2 Eastbourne Eagles 40 23 2 15 14 62
3 Wolverhampton Wolves 40 20 2 18 12 54
4 Coventry Bees 40 19 3 18 11 52
5 King's Lynn Stars 40 20 1 19 10 51
6 Ipswich Witches 40 19 2 19 10 50
7 Bradford Dukes 40 18 1 21 11 48
8 Arena Essex Hammers 40 19 0 21 8 46
9 Cradley Heath Heathens 40 16 3 21 7 42
10 Reading Racers 40 14 2 24 6 36
11 Belle Vue Aces 40 13 1 26 5 32

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

Leading averages[]

Rider Team Average
Sweden Per Jonsson Reading 10.41
Sweden Tony Rickardsson Ipswich 10.00
Denmark Hans Nielsen Coventry 9.98
United States Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton 9.83
Australia Leigh Adams Arena Essex 9.79
England Joe Screen Bradford 9.65
Sweden Henrik Gustafsson Belle Vue 9.64
England Gary Havelock Bradford 9.59
England Mark Loram Kings Lynn 9.46
England Martin Dugard Eastbourne 9.33
Australia Jason Crump Poole 9.30
United States Greg Hancock Cradley Heath 9.29
England David Norris Eastbourne 9.18
Australia Craig Boyce Poole 9.08

British League Knockout Cup[]

The 1994 British League Knockout Cup was the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners for a third consecutive year.[4]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
23/04 Eastbourne 59-37 Belle Vue
23/04 Kings Lynn 58-38 Poole
21/04 Ipswich 61-33 Cradley Heath
20/04 Poole 56-40 Kings Lynn
16/04 Cradley Heath 70-25 Ipswich
13/04 Belle Vue 47-49 Eastbourne

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
28/06 Coventry 58-37 Reading
15/06 Kings Lynn 61-35 Bradford
14/06 Bradford 49-47 Kings Lynn
28/05 Eastbourne 51-45 Wolverhampton
23/05 Reading 52-43 Coventry
16/05 Wolverhampton 50-46 Eastbourne
14/05 Cradley Heath 59-24 Arena Essex
13/05 Arena Essex 52-44 Cradley Heath

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
31/07 Eastbourne 55-41 Kings Lynn
30/07 Kings Lynn 55-41 Eastbourne
16/07 Coventry 48-47 Cradley Heath
02/07 Cradley Heath 55-41 Coventry
29/08 Kings Lynn 45-51 Eastbourne
28/08 Eastbourne 62-33 Kings Lynn

Final[]

First leg[]

Eastbourne Eagles
Martin Dugard 14
Dean Barker 12
Stefan Danno 12
8
David Norris 7
Stefan Andersson 5
1		59 - 37Cradley Heath
Greg Hancock 13
Peter Nahlin 9
Billy Hamill 7
Simon Cross 6
2
Scott Smith 0
0
[5]

Second leg[]

Cradley Heath
Simon Cross 14
Billy Hamill 14
Peter Nahlin 9
Greg Hancock 7
4
Scott Smith 1
0		49 - 47Eastbourne Eagles
[5]
Dudley Wood Stadium

Eastbourne were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106-86.

Teams[]

Arena Essex Hammers[]

  • Australia Leigh Adams
  • England Paul Hurry
  • England
  • England
  • Denmark Jan Pedersen
  • England Troy Pratt
  • Sweden
  • England Kelvin Tatum
  • Sweden
  • England

Belle Vue Aces[]

Bradford Dukes[]

Coventry Bees[]

Cradley Heath[]

Eastbourne Eagles[]

Ipswich Witches[]

  • England
  • England Savalas Clouting
  • England Jeremy Doncaster
  • England
  • England Ben Howe
  • England Leigh Lanham
  • Austria Franz Leitner
  • England Chris Louis
  • Australia Shane Parker
  • Sweden Tony Rickardsson
  • New Zealand Mitch Shirra
  • England

King's Lynn Stars[]

Poole Pirates[]

  • Australia Craig Boyce
  • Australia Jason Crump
  • England
  • Norway Lars Gunnestad
  • Sweden
  • England
  • England Alun Rossiter
  • England Steve Schofield
  • England
  • Australia Glyn Taylor
  • England

Reading Racers[]

  • England
  • Australia Shane Bowes
  • England
  • Italy Armando Castagna
  • England
  • England
  • England Jeremy Doncaster
  • England
  • Sweden Per Jonsson
  • Denmark
  • England
  • Denmark
  • England
  • England Alan Mogridge
  • England Phil Morris
  • England Ray Morton
  • England Dave Mullett
  • Denmark Jan Pedersen
  • Czech Republic George Štancl
  • Zimbabwe
  • England

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

  • England
  • England
  • England
  • United States Charles Ermolenko
  • United States Sam Ermolenko
  • England Andy Grahame
  • Sweden Peter Karlsson
  • England Gordon Kennett
  • Sweden Mikael Max
  • Sweden
  • Australia Ryan Sullivan
  • England
  • England

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1994 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ^ "1994 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. ^ a b "Coventry Bees 1988 season". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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