2011 National League speedway season

2011 National League speedway season

League	National League
Champions	Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints
Knockout Cup	Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Individual	Jason Garrity
Pairs	Stoke Potters
Fours	Dudley Heathens
Division/s above	2011 Elite League 2011 Premier League
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The 2011 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway was contested by ten teams, with Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints winning the play-offs to become champions.^[1]

Final table[]

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Stoke Potters	18	13	0	5	17	43
2	Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints	18	11	0	7	14	36
3	Belle Vue Colts	18	11	0	7	13	35
4	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	18	11	2	5	11	35
5	Hackney Hawks	18	8	0	10	12	28
6	King's Lynn Young Stars	18	8	1	9	9	26
7	Dudley Heathens	18	8	1	9	8	25
8	Buxton Hitmen	18	6	0	12	9	21
9	Isle of Wight Islanders	18	6	1	11	3	16
10	Newport Hornets	18	5	1	12	4	15

PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; BP = Bonus Pts Pts = Total Points

SCORING SYSTEM Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 Home win by 7 points or more = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Offs[]

Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship.^[2] The winner was Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints who defeated the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in the final.

Semi Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
14/10	Scunthorpe/Sheffield	51-42	Belle Vue
02/10	Mildenhall	51-40	Stoke
01/10	Stoke	44-46	Mildenhall
28/10	Belle Vue	46-41	Scunthorpe/Sheffield

Final[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
21/10	Scunthorpe/Sheffield	62-33	Mildenhall
23/10	Mildenhall	59-31	Scunthorpe/Sheffield

Final Leading averages[]

^[3]

Rider	Team	Average
Kyle Howarth	Belle Vue	9.86
Todd Kurtz	Newport	9.78
Simon Lambert	Stoke	9.45

National League Knockout Cup[]

The 2011 National League Knockout Cup was the 14th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were the winners.^{[4] [5]}

First Round[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
11/06	Hackney	42-50	Mildenhall
05/06	Mildenhall	60-32	Hackney
04/06	Stoke	57-35	Buxton
01/06	Belle Vue Colts	39-52	Dudley
17/05	Dudley	45-39	Belle Vue Colts
14/05	Newport Hornets	53-40	Isle Of Wight
10/05	Isle Of Wight	56-38	Newport Hornets
01/05	Buxton	45-44	Stoke

Semi Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
13/09	Isle Of Wight	44-46	Mildenhall
28/08	Mildenhall	57-37	Isle Of Wight
28/06	Dudley	47-43	Stoke
26/06	Stoke	62-32	Dudley

Final[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
22/10	Stoke	40-52	Mildenhall
25/09	Mildenhall	51-43	Stoke

2011 Teams[]

Midland Development League[]

Pos	team	P	W	D	L	B	Pts
1	Long Eaton Invaders	8	5	1	2	4	15
2	Team Viking Academy	8	5	0	3	3	13
3	Halifax Dukes	8	3	2	3	1	9
4	Sheffield Cubs	8	2	2	4	1	7
5	Scunthorpe Stags	8	2	1	5	1	6

Long Eaton won grand final 40–32 on aggregate^[6]

See also[]

• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References[]