2014 National League speedway season

2014 National League speedway season

League	National League
Champions	Cradley Heathens
Knockout Cup	Cradley Heathens
Individual	Danny Halsey
Pairs	Stoke Potters
Fours	Cradley Heathens
Division/s above	2014 Elite League 2014 Premier League
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway was contested by nine teams. The Cradley Heathens won the title. The Isle of Wight Islanders were missing from 2012, and the Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons have joined the league.^[1]

Final table[]

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Cradley Heathens	16	15	0	1	51
2	Coventry Storm	15	11	0	4	35
3	Kent Kings	16	10	1	5	34
4	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	15	10	0	5	32
5	King's Lynn Young Stars	16	8	1	7	30
6	Stoke Potters	15	8	0	7	25
7	Devon Demons	12	2	0	10	7
8	Buxton Hitmen	15	2	0	13	7
9	Scunthorpe Stags	16	1	0	15	2

^[2] PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; 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 the championship. Cradley Heathens defeated Coventry Storm in the final.^[3]

Semi Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
05/10	Mildenhall	41-48	Cradley
03/10	Coventry	54-39	Kent
30/09	Cradley	68-27	Mildenhall
22/09	Kent	49-44	Coventry

Final[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
21/10	Cradley	52-42	Coventry
31/10	Coventry	44-46	Cradley Heath

Final Leading averages[]

^[4]

Rider	Team	Average
Lewis Rose	Kings Lynn	10.82
Steve Worrall	Cradley	10.46
Paul Starke	Cradley	9.75

National League Knockout Cup[]

The 2014 National League Knockout Cup was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Cradley Heathens were the winners for the second successive year.^{[5] [6]}

First Round[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/05	Kent	56-36	Devon
15/03	Devon	38-51	Kent

Quarter Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
25/07	Coventry	60-34	Buxton
29/06	Buxton	40-55	Coventry
24/06	Cradley	59-33	Mildenhall
23/06	Kent	50-40	Stoke
18/05	Mildenhall	39-49	Cradley Heath
05/07	Stoke	58-32	Kent
06/04	Scunthorpe	37-56	Kings Lynn
02/04	King's Lynn	67-24	Scunthorpe

Semi Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
27/09	Stoke	49-40	Kings Lynn
17/09/	Kings Lynn	54-39	Stoke
26/09	Coventry	27-32	Cradley Heath
09/09	Cradley Heath	63-28	Coventry

Final[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
22/10	King's Lynn	43-47	Cradley Heath
28/10	Cradley Heath	39-22	King's Lynn

Team Lineups[]

Buxton Hitmen[]

Coventry Storm[]

Cradley Heathens[]

Devon Demons[]

Kent Kings[]

King's Lynn Young Stars[]

Mildenhall Fen Tigers[]

Scunthorpe Stags[]

Stoke Potters[]

Development Leagues[]

Midland Development League[]

Pos	team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Milton Keynes	17	15	0	2	30
2	Rye House	16	11	1	4	23
3	Belle Vue	17	10	1	4	21
4	Castleford	17	10	0	7	20
5	Stoke	16	9	0	7	18
6	King's Lynn	18	8	1	9	17
7	Coventry	14	7	0	7	14
8	Long Eaton	17	5	1	11	11
9	Sheffield	16	2	1	13	5
10	Buxton	16	1	3	12	5

Northern Junior League[]

Pos	team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Castleford	8	5	1	2	11
2	Berwick	8	3	4	1	10
3	Workington	8	4	1	3	9
4	Northside	8	3	1	4	7
5	Redcar	8	1	1	6	3

See also[]

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

References[]