SGB Premiership 2021
League | SGB Premiership |
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Champions | Peterborough Panthers |
Knockout Cup | not held |
Division/s below | SGB Championship 2021 NDL 2021 |
The SGB Premiership 2021 was the 86th season of the top division, called the SGB Premiership, of the British speedway championship in 2021. Six teams participated.[1]
Team changes[]
Changes from the 2019 league season saw the Swindon Robins (the 2019 champions) not fielding a team due to the uncertainty surrounding the Swindon Stadium.[2] The Poole Pirates dropped down to the next league down, the SGB Championship but Sheffield Tigers joined the league after previously competing in the SGB Championship 2019.[3]
The league started on 17 May and race meetings were covered by Eurosport.[4] Peterborough Panthers finished top of the regular season table by just one point, overtaking the long time leaders Wolverhampton Wolves. By virtue of finishing top they elected to play Wolves in the play off semi finals rather than the third or fourth placed teams Belle Vue and Sheffield.[5] Peterborough then deservedly won the play offs by beating Wolverhampton in the semi finals and Belle Vue in the final.[6]
Final table[]
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | F | A | Pts |
1 | Peterborough Panthers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 974 | 826 | 53 |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 976 | 824 | 52 |
3 | Belle Vue Aces | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 929 | 870 | 37 |
4 | Sheffield Tigers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 905 | 895 | 37 |
5 | Ipswich Witches | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 819 | 981 | 18 |
6 | King's Lynn Stars | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 796 | 1003 | 11 |
League scoring system
- Home loss by any number of points = 0
- Home draw = 1
- Home win by any number of points = 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[]
Draw[]
Semi Finals | Grand Final | |||||||||||
Wolverhampton Wolves | 44 | 38 | 82 | |||||||||
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Peterborough Panthers | 46 | 52 | 98 | |||||||||
Peterborough Panthers | 44 | 51 | 95 | |||||||||
Belle Vue Aces | 46 | 39 | 85 | |||||||||
Sheffield Tigers | 40 | 42 | 82 | |||||||||
Belle Vue Aces | 50 | 48 | 98 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Grand final[]
First leg
10 October | [7] | Belle Vue Aces Dan Bewley 15 Steve Worrall 13 Charles Wright 7 Richie Worrall 6 Tom Brennan 4 Jye Etheridge 1 Brady Kurtz R/R |
46–44 | Peterborough Panthers Scott Nicholls 14 Chris Harris 10 Bjarne Pedersen 8 Michael Palm Toft 6 Jordan Palin 5 Lewis Kerr (guest) 1 Hans Andersen R/R |
National Speedway Stadium |
Second leg
14 October | [8] | Peterborough Panthers Bjarne Pedersen 13 Michael Palm Toft 12 Scott Nicholls 10 Chris Harris 7 Craig Cook (guest) 5 Jordan Palin 4 Ulrich Østergaard R/R |
51–39 | Belle Vue Aces Dan Bewley 15 Tom Brennan 11 Steve Worrall 5 Jye Etheridge 3 Richie Worrall 3 Charles Wright 2 Brady Kurtz R/R |
East of England Showground |
2021 teams[]
Belle Vue Aces[]
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Dan Bewley
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Tom Brennan
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Jye Etheridge
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Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
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Brady Kurtz
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Richie Worrall
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Steve Worrall
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Charles Wright
Ipswich Witches[]
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Jake Allen
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Craig Cook
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Jason Crump
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Cameron Heeps
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Jordan Jenkins
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Drew Kemp
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Danny King
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Nikolai Klindt
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Anders Rowe
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Paul Starke
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Jordan Stewart
King's Lynn Stars[]
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Kasper Andersen
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Ben Barker
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Lewis Bridger
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Craig Cook
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Thomas Jørgensen
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Lewis Kerr
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Ryan Kinsley
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Richard Lawson
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Connor Mountain
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Ty Proctor
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Erik Riss
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Ricky Wells
Peterborough Panthers[]
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Hans Andersen
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Chris Harris
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Scott Nicholls
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Ulrich Østergaard
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Jordan Palin
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Bjarne Pedersen
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Michael Palm Toft
Sheffield Tigers[]
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Troy Batchelor
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Josh Bates
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Adam Ellis
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Jack Holder
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Kyle Howarth
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Danyon Hume
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Stefan Nielsen
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Josh Pickering
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Justin Sedgmen
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James Wright
Wolverhampton Wolves[]
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Tom Bacon
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Luke Becker
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Leon Flint
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Ryan Douglas
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Sam Masters
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Nick Morris
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Broc Nicol
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Rory Schlein
Knockout Cup[]
It was announced that the Premiership Supporters Cup would not be held during 2021.[9]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "SGB Premiership News". SGB Premiership. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Swindon Robins will not compete in Premiership speedway in 2021". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "SGB PREMIERSHIP CLUBS". SGB Premiership. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "2021 MEETING RESULTS". Belle Vue Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "PANTHERS FACE WOLVES IN PLAY-OFFS". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "PANTHERS CROWNED PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "First leg scores" (PDF). British Speedway website. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Second leg scores" (PDF). British Speedway website. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "LOUIS EXCITED TO GET GOING AS 2021 PLANS CONFIRMED". Ipswich Witches. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- SGB Premiership
- 2021 in British motorsport
- 2021 in speedway