The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced.
Summary Rye House Rockets did not start the season because the promoters Roger Shute and Peter Redfern left the club leaving Ronnie Russell in sole charge. Russell failed to secure the necessary funding to continue and the Rockets were disbanded.
The league title and knockout Cup was won by the Glasgow Tigers, who achieved the feat of recording the 'double double' (the league and cup double for two consecutive seasons).
Final table Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts1 Glasgow Tigers 36 26 1 9 14 672 Long Eaton Invaders 36 24 2 10 15 653 Edinburgh Monarchs 36 20 1 15 10 514 Swindon Robins 36 18 1 17 12 495 Peterborough Panthers 36 18 2 16 10 486 Middlesbrough Bears 36 19 1 16 9 487 Newcastle Diamonds 36 15 1 20 9 408 Oxford Cheetahs 36 15 1 20 7 389 Sheffield Tigers 36 10 1 25 3 2410 Exeter Falcons 36 9 1 26 1 20
Fixtures and results A Fixtures
B Fixtures
British League Division Two Knockout Cup The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.
First round Date Team one Score Team two29/04 Edinburgh 54-42 Newcastle24/04 Newcastle 46-50 Edinburgh24/04 Glasgow 56-40 Oxford22/04 Oxford 39-57 Glasgow Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two30/07 Swindon 56-40 Glasgow10/06 Peterborough 58-38 Sheffield09/06 Middlesbrough 62-34 Exeter09/06 Sheffield 44-52 Peterborough06/06 Exeter 50-46 Middlesbrough05/06 Glasgow 66-30 Swindon04/06Swindon rain Glasgow03/06Edinburgh 49-47 Long Eaton01/06 Long Eaton 45-51 Edinburgh Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two23/09Peterborough 50-45 Glasgow16/09 Peterborough rain Glasgow11/09 Glasgow 54-42 Peterborough12/08 Edinburgh 52-44 Middlesbrough11/08 Middlesbrough 49-47 Edinburgh Final
First leg
Second leg
Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101–91.
Riders' Championship Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total1 Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 2 132 Tony Olsson 3 3 2 2 2 123 Tony Langdon 1 1 3 3 3 114 Alan Grahame 2 0 2 3 3 10 5 Roman Matoušek 2 1 3 3 1 106 Mick Poole 2 2 1 3 1 9 7 Kenny McKinna 3 0 1 1 3 8 8 Martin Dixon 3 2 2 1 0 8 9 Róbert Nagy 0 3 1 0 3 7 10 Ronni Pedersen 1 1 1 2 2 7 11 Zdeněk Tesař 0 0 3 1 2 612 Mark Thorpe 0 3 0 2 0 5 13 Les Collins 1 2 2 0 0 5 14 Paul Fry 2 2 0 0 1 515 Nigel Crabtree 0 1 0 1 0 216 Richard Hellsen 1 0 0 0 1 2
Pairs The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by the Speedway Star, was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins.
QualifyingPosTeamPtsRiders1Swindon20 Olsson 12, Langdon 82Glasgow 17Crabtree 12, Walsh 53Edinburgh 16Ylinen 9, Collins L 74Peterborough 16Tesar 12, Monaghan 45Long Eaton 14 Collins N 8, Dixon 6
QualifyingPosTeamPtsRiders6Middlesbrough 13 Sumner 7, Bentley 67Newcastle 13 Thorpe 10, Juul 38Oxford 9 Goodwin 6, Poole 39Exeter 9 Svab 9, Verner 010Sheffield 8 Matousek 8, Bartlett 0
Semi finals Swindon bt Peterborough Glasgow bt Edinburgh
Final Swindon bt Glasgow
Fours Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.
Final Pos TeamPts Riders1 Oxford Cheetahs24 Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 02 Long Eaton Invaders 17 Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 13 Peterborough Panthers 16 Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 14 Edinburgh Monarchs 15 Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Jan StæchmannLong Eaton10.10 Tony OlssonSwindon10.07 Nigel CrabtreeGlasgow9.74 David WalshGlasgow9.72 Paul BentleyMiddlesbrough9.39 Robert NagyGlasgow9.18 Zdeněk TesařPeterborough9.13 Martin DixonLong Eaton8.94 Mark ThorpeNewcastle8.95 Michael ColesEdinburgh8.57
Riders and final averages Edinburgh
Kenny McKinna 8.40 Les Collins 8.23 Scott Lamb 7.85 Vesa Ylinen 7.68 Jan Andersen 7.12 Lawrence Hare 5.48 Kevin Little 4.91 Peter Scully 3.62
Exeter
Paul Fry 7.66 Antonín Šváb Jr. 6.99 Václav Verner 6.44 David Smart 6.38 Mark Simmonds 6.29 Mika Pellinen 6.24 Andreas Bössner 5.30 Scott Pegler 4.87 Nigel Leaver 3.73 Tommy Palmer 3.52 Henk Bangma 2.29
Glasgow
Nigel Crabtree 9.74 David Walsh 9.72 Robert Nagy 9.18 Mick Powell 7.22 Sean Courtney 6.36 James Grieves 6.01 Jesper Olsen 4.90 Stewart McDonald 3.67
Long Eaton
Jan Stæchmann 10.10 Martin Dixon 8.94 Neil Collins 8.07 Richard Hellsen 7.86 Steve Johnston 7.48 Stuart Swales 4.47 Mike Hampson 3.89 Mark Bruton 2.74 Scott Kirton 2.00
Middlesbrough
Paul Bentley 9.39 Jens Rasmussen 7.01 Daz Sumner 6.99 Alan Mogridge 6.71 Stuart Swales 6.08 Mike Smith 5.96 Paul Whittaker 5.5 Chris Readshaw 4.25 Will Beveridge 1.79
Newcastle
Mark Thorpe 8.95 Scott Robson 7.39 Garry Stead 7.19 Richard Juul 6.67 Petri Kokko 6.15 Stuart Robson 4.95 Chris Readshaw 4.94 Max Schofield 4.85 Anthony Barlow 2.55
Oxford
Mick Poole 8.44 Martin Goodwin 7.65 Daz Sumner 7.06 Alan Grahame 6.96 Niklas Karlsson 6.86 David Smart 6.15 Rene Madsen 5.85 Stefan Ekberg 5.54 Andy Meredith 4.55 Stephen Morris 4.48 Spencer Timmo 2.75
Peterborough
Zdeněk Tesař 9.13 Carl Stonehewer 8.33 Ronni Pedersen 7.60 Ryan Sullivan 7.09 Eric Monaghan 6.72 Ian Barney 4.57 Jason Gage 4.51 Scott Nicholls 3.35 Darren Shand 3.15
Sheffield
Roman Matoušek 8.22 George Štancl 7.65 Alan Mogridge 6.86 Shawn Moran 6.35 Greg Bartlett 5.94 Rod Colquhoun 5.36 Robbie Kessler 5.00 Rob Woffinden 5.00 Shawn Venables 4.26 Steve Knott 4.13 Louis Carr 3.57
Swindon
Tony Olsson 10.07 Tony Langdon 8.05 David Blackburn 6.81 Gary Chessell 6.63 Patrik Olsson 6.44 Glenn Cunningham.5.53 John Jefferies 1.96
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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