The 1999 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary The League consisted of 13 teams for the 1999 season with the addition of the Swindon Robins who dropped down from the Elite League and a new team, the Workington Comets who replaced the Hull Vikings and the Peterborough Panthers who moved up to the Elite League.
The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Sheffield Tigers.
League Final table Pos M W D L F A Pts Bon Tot1 Sheffield Tigers24182412299303812502 Newport Wasps 24 16 1 7 1152 1023 33 9 423 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 14 0 10 1151 1024 28 9 374 Swindon Robins 24 11 1 12 1110 1061 23 9 325 Newcastle Diamonds 24 11 1 12 1103 1066 23 8 316 Exeter Falcons 24 13 0 11 1071 1087 26 5 317 Berwick Bandits 24 13 1 10 1024 1140 27 4 318 Isle of Wight Islanders 24 11 1 12 1085 1078 23 7 309 Arena Essex Hammers 24 12 1 11 1081 1081 25 5 3010 Stoke Potters 24 10 0 14 1026 1138 20 4 2411 Workington Comets 24 8 1 15 1039 1132 17 3 2012 Glasgow Tigers 24 9 0 15 999 1160 18 1 1913 Reading Racers 24 5 1 18 1004 1154 11 2 13
Fixtures and results
Young Shield End of season competition for the top eight league teams First round Team one Team two ScoreSheffieldIsle of Wight 56–34, 48–42ExeterEdinburgh59–31, 36–53SwindonNewcastle 55–35, 46–44BerwickNewport 47–42, 28–62
Semi-final Team one Team two ScoreSheffieldSwindon 54–36, 39–51NewportExeter 50–40, 45–45
Final Team one Team two ScoreSheffieldNewport57–33, 41–49
Premier League Knockout Cup The 1999 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 32nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.
First round Date Team one Score Team two17/05 Reading 53-37 Glasgow23/05 Glasgow 37-46 Reading21/05 Edinburgh 53-31 Newcastle23/05 Newcastle 42-27 Edinburgh23/05 Newport 47-43 Stoke22/05 Stoke 46-44 Newport20/05 Sheffield 52-38 Isle of Wight18/05 Isle of Wight 42-48 Sheffield24/05 Exeter 67-23 Workington12/06 Workington 48-42 Exeter Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two12/07 Reading 46-44 Sheffield15/07 Sheffield 55-35 Reading16/07 Edinburgh 57-33 Newport04/07 Newport 53-37 Edinburgh09/07 Arena Essex 55-35 Swindon29/07 Swindon 53-37 Arena Essex28/06 Exeter 63-37 Berwick26/06 Berwick 49-40 Exeter Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two20/08 Edinburgh 56-34 Sheffield26/08 Sheffield 55-35 Edinburgh20/08 Arena Essex 50-39 Exeter23/08 Exeter 46-44 Arena Essex
Final Date Team one Score Team two25/09 Edinburgh 54-36 Arena Essex16/10 Arena Essex 49-41 Edinburgh
First leg
Second leg
Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95–85.
National Trophy
North Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1Newcastle 6 6 0 0 122Edinburgh 6 4 0 2 83 Glasgow 6 2 0 4 44 Berwick 6 0 0 6 0
South Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Newport 8 5 0 3 102 Arena Essex 8 4 0 4 83 Exeter 8 4 0 4 84 Reading 8 4 0 4 85 Isle of Wight 8 3 0 5 6
Central Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Swindon 6 5 0 1 102 Sheffield 6 3 0 3 63 Workington 6 3 0 3 64 Stoke 6 1 0 45 2
Semi-final Team one Team two ScoreSwindonNewport 43–47, 30–59EdinburghNewcastle 47–42, 43–47
Final Team one Team two ScoreEdinburghNewport52–38, 35–55
Riders' Championship Sean Wilson won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 12 September at Owlerton Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Sean Wilson 3 1 3 3 3 13-32 Jesper Olsen 2 3 3 3 2 13323 Craig Watson 3 2 2 0 3 10214 Carl Stonehewer 3 3 3 1 3 13-05 Michael Coles 3 1 1 3 3 11 16 Paul Pickering 2 3 3 2 1 1107 Glenn Cunningham 2 2 2 1 2 9 8 Peter Carr ex 3 2 2 2 9 9 Les Collins 1 ex 2 2 2 7 10 Anders Henriksson 1 0 1 3 1 6 11 Phil Morris 1 1 1 2 0 512 Paul Bentley 1 2 0 1 1 513 Leigh Lanham ex 2 0 1 1 414 James Grieves 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 Neville Tatum 0 1 1 0 0 216 David Meldrum 0 0 0 0 0 0 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
Pairs The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Hayley Stadium on 25 July. The event was won by Workington Comets.
PosTeamPtsRiders1Workington 38 Stonehewer 20, Werner 182Arena Essex 31 Lanham 18, White 133Newport 28Smart 18, Watson 105Edinburgh 24 Grieves 20, Little 4uSheffield ? Wilson, ComptonuGlasgow ?Collins, SanchezuNewcastle ?Olsen, Eriksson
Fours Sheffield Tigers won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 29 August 1999, at the East of England Arena.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 isle of Wight 17Swain 6, Berge 5, Tatum 4, Carter 22 Newport 13Henriksson 5, Appleton 4, Watson 3, Smart 13 Swindon 12 Bishop 5, Collins N 3, Masters 2, Cunningham 24 Edinburgh 6 Little 4, Grieves 1, Carr P 1, Brady 0
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Sheffield 16 Compton 5, Wilson 4, Stead 4, Smith 32 Arena Essex 14 Lanham 6, White 4, Lobb 2, Pratt 23 Newcastle 11 Olsen 6, Walsh 3, Eriksson 2, Swales 04 Glasgow 7Collins L 4, Bentley 3, Beveridge 0, Felton 0
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Sheffield 28Smith 8, Compton 7, Stead 6, Wilson 5, Lee 22 Newport 24Watson 9, Smart 8, Henriksson 5, Appleton 23 Isle of Wight 10Lanham 3, White 3, Lobb 3, Pratt 14 Arena Essex 10 Tatum 4, Carter 2, Berge 2, Swain 2
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Sean WilsonSheffield10.56 Carl StonehewerWorkington9.92 Paul BentleyGlasgow9.76 Jesper OlsenNewcastle9.68 Peter CarrEdinburgh9.59 Craig WatsonNewport9.59 Petri KokkoReading9.42 Michael ColesExeter9.36 Les CollinsGlasgow9.23 Leigh LanhamArena Essex9.10
Riders & final averages Arena Essex
Leigh Lanham 9.10 Colin White 8.76 Troy Pratt 7.19 Gary Corbett 5.99 Matt Read 5.37 Roger Lobb 5.33 John Wainwright 3.59
Berwick
Scott Lamb 8.65 Mick Powell 8.63 Alan Mogridge 7.05 Claus Kristensen 6.20 David Meldrum 6.09 Tom P. Madsen 6.04 Wesley Waite 4.33 Dean Felton 4.04 Freddie Stephenson 3.35 Phil Pickering 2.27
Edinburgh
Peter Carr 9.59 James Grieves 9.02 Kevn Little 7.84 Ross Brady 6.99 Blair Scott 5.67 Stewart McDonald 5.32 David McAllan 4.06 Jonathan Swales 2.88 James Birkinshaw 2.52 Justin Elkins 1.91
Exeter
Michael Coles 9.36 Mark Simmonds 8.03 Graeme Gordon 7.75 Lee Dicken 6.46 Wayne Barrett 5.39 Chris Harris 4.86 Gary Lobb 4.03 Chris Courage 2.24
Glasgow
Paul Bentley 9.76 Les Collins 9.23 Mick Powell 8.16 Emiliano Sanchez 7.14 Will Beveridge 6.28 Sean Courtney 4.48 Brian Turner 3.59 Stuart Coleman 2.25 Jitendra Duffill 1.36 Scott Courtney 1.14
Isle of Wight
Neville Tatum 8.54 Scott Swain 8.02 Philippe Bergé 7.46 Danny Bird 6.39 Wayne Carter 5.74 Tommy Palmer 5.70 Nick Simmons 4.45 Jeremy Barraud 2.67 Glen Phillips 1.47
Newcastle
Jesper Olsen 9.68 Robert Eriksson 8.93 David Walsh 8.82 Stuart Swales 7.67 Derrol Keats 5.75 Paul Gould 5.60 Jonathan Swales 3.89 Anthony Barlow 3.55 Steven Jones 3.51
Newport
Craig Watson 9.59 Anders Henriksson 9.02 Emil Lindqvist 8.86 Frank Smart 8.51 Scott Pegler 6.61 Bjorn Gustafsson 5.58 Chris Neath 5.50 Andrew Appleton 5.47 Bobby Eldridge 3.75
Reading
Petri Kokko 9.42 Dave Mullett 9.04 Per Wester 9.00 Phil Morris 7.49 Paul Clews 5.70 Justin Elkins 5.59 Jarno Kosonen 4.51 Marc Norris 3.83 Shane Colvin 2.35 Peter Collyer 1.81
Sheffield
Sean Wilson 10.56 Andre Compton 9.00 Scott Smith 8.05 Simon Stead 7.76 Paul Lee 5.96 Simon Cartwright 5.54 Peter Boast 3.69 Adam Allott 3.00
Stoke
Paul Pickering 9.03 Mark Burrows 6.55 Paul Fry 6.47 Tony Atkin 6.21 Jon Armstrong 5.92 Joachim Kugelmann 5.44 Rene Aas 5.01 Rob Clarence 3.51 Wayne Broadhurst 3.41
Swindon
Glenn Cunningham 8.81 Neil Collins 8.13 Steve Masters 7.96 Oliver Allen 5.67 Seemond Stephens 5.45 Steve Bishop 5.16 Krister Marsh 4.92 David Mason 4.00
Workington
Carl Stonehewer 9.92 Brent Werner 7.70 Peter Ingvar Karlsson 6.36 Grant MacDonald 6.00 Barry Campbell 5.12 Peter Scully 5.00 Geoff Powell 4.44 Darren Groves 4.34 Wayne Broadhurst 3.07 James Birkinshaw 2.74 Mark Blackwell 2.21
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References