The National League was the second tier of British speedway racing in 1989.
Team changes Promoter Terry Cheney moved the Milton Keynes Knights out of the Groveway and into the Elfield Park.
Summary The champions that year were Poole Pirates.Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac.
Paul Muchene lost his life in the fixture between Arena Essex and Hackney at the Hackney Wick Stadium on 30 June 1989.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Poole Pirates 34 26 1 7 532 Wimbledon Dons 34 23 2 9 483 Berwick Bandits 34 23 0 11 464 Ipswich Witches 34 23 0 11 465 Exeter Falcons 34 19 1 14 396 Hackney Kestrels 34 19 1 14 397 Eastbourne Eagles 34 19 0 15 388 Edinburgh Monarchs 34 19 0 15 389 Glasgow Tigers 34 17 0 17 3410 Stoke Potters 34 16 1 17 3311 Peterborough Panthers 34 16 0 18 3212 Arena Essex Hammers 34 14 2 18 3013 Middlesbrough Tigers 34 14 0 20 2814 Rye House Rockets 34 13 0 21 2615 Newcastle Diamonds 34 11 2 21 2416 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 34 10 1 23 2117 Long Eaton Invaders 34 10 1 23 2118 Milton Keynes Knights 34 7 2 25 16
Fixtures and results
National League Knockout Cup The 1989 National League Knockout Cup was the 22nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Berwick Bandits were the winners of the competition.
First round Date Team one Score Team two10/04 Exeter 62-34 Rye House09/04 Rye House 57-39 Exeter09/04 Newcastle 43-52 Berwick08/04 Berwick 65-30 Newcastle
Second round Date Team one Score Team two26/05 Hackney 42-54 Poole17/05 Wimbledon 59-37 Milton Keynes16/05 Milton Keynes 43-53 Wimbledon16/05 Poole 66-33 Hackney15/05 Exeter 52-44 Stoke14/05 Eastbourne 64-32 Glasgow14/05 Mildenhall 45-51 Peterborough13/05 Berwick 69-27 Long Eaton13/05 Stoke 51-45 Exeter12/05 Glasgow 48-48 Eastbourne12/05 Peterborough 63-33 Mildenhall10/05 Long Eaton 43-53 Berwick06/05 Arena Essex 57-39 Edinburgh05/05 Edinburgh 60-36 Arena Essex04/05 Middlesbrough 47-49 Ipswich24/03 Ipswich 60-36 Middlesbrough
Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two05/07 Wimbledon 52-44 Ipswich04/07 Poole 60-36 Eastbourne03/07 Exeter 58-38 Berwick02/07 Eastbourne 43-53 Poole02/07 Edinburgh 63-33 Peterborough01/07 Berwick 58-38 Exeter30/06 Peterborough 64-32 Edinburgh22/06 Ipswich 48-48 Wimbledon24/07replay Exeter 52-43 Berwick22/07replay Berwick 58-38 Exeter Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two15/08 Poole 62-33 Wimbledon13/08 Peterborough 59-37 Berwick09/08 Wimbledon 48-48 Poole05/08Berwick 61-35 Peterborough Final
First leg
Second leg
Berwick were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 109–83.
Riders' Championship Mark Loram won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 9 September 1989 at Brandon Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total1 Mark Loram 2 3 3 3 3 142 Kenny McKinna 3 1 2 3 3 123 David Blackburn 1 3 3 3 1 114 Martin Goodwin 0 2 3 3 3 10 5 Steve Schofield 2 3 0 3 2 10 6 Richard Hellsen 3 2 1 2 2 10 7 Mick Poole 3 0 3 1 2 98 Todd Wiltshire 0 1 2 2 3 89 Les Collins 2 2 2 2 0 8 10 Nigel Crabtree 3 2 1 1 0 7 11 Jens Rasmussen 0 3 0 0 2 512 Gordon Kennett 2 0 1 1 1 5 13 Steve Regeling 1 1 2 1 0 5 14 Preben Eriksen 1 1 1 0 1 4 15 Rod Hunter 1 0 0 0 1 2 16 Leigh Adams 0 - - - - 0
Pairs The National League Pairs was held at Hackney Wick Stadium on 19 August. The event was won by Stoke Potters for the second consecutive season.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Hackney20Whittaker 12Galvin 82Wimbledon 13 Morton 7Wiltshire 63Poole 12Boyce 6Adams 64Newcastle 9 Carr P 6Hunter 3
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Edinburgh 20 Collins L 12Saunders 82Berwick 12 Blackburn 10Courtney 23Exeter 12Green 7Regeling 54Ipswich10 Standing 6Loram 4
Group CPosTeamPtsRiders1Stoke 18 Monaghan 12Crabtree 62Rye House 13 Rasmussen 9Baxter 43 Arena Essex 12Goodwin 8Tilbury 44 Peterborough 9Poole 9Jolly 0
Group DPosTeamPtsRiders1Mildenhall 18Eriksen 10Glanz 82Middlesbrough 13Sumner 10Dixon 33Eastbourne 13Buck 8Kennett 54 Glasgow 8McKinna 8Lawson 0
Semi finals Stoke bt Edinburgh 6-3 Mildenhall bt Hackney 6-3
Final Stoke bt Mildenhall 6-3
Fours Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final for the second successive year, held at the East of England Arena on 23 July.
Semi finals SF1 = Stoke 22, Eastbourne 11, Edinburgh 10, Hackney 5 SF2 = Peterborough 21, Exeter 12, Berwick 12, Arena Essex 3
Final Pos TeamPts Riders1 Peterborough15 Barney 5, Jolly 5, Poole 3, Hodgson 22 Stoke 14 Monaghan 5, Crabtree 4, Carr L 3, Cobby 23 Exeter 12 Andersen 6, Cook 4, Regeling 1, Green 14 Eastbourne 7 Buck 3, Norris 2, Kennett 1, Barker 1
Leading averages Rider Team Average Steve SchofieldHackney10.50 Andy GalvinHackney9.95 Todd WiltshireWimbledon9.94 David BlackburnBerwick9.78 Nigel Crabtree Stoke9.77 Steve RegelingExeter9.74 Kenny McKinnaGlasgow9.71 Mark LoramIpswich9.65 Chris LouisIpswich9.65 Gordon KennettEastbourne9.60 Mark CourtneyBerwick9.52
London Cup Hackney won the London Cup but the competition consisted of just Wimbledon and Hackney.
Results Team Score TeamWimbledon 49–47 HackneyHackney 54–42 Wimbledon
Riders & final averages Arena Essex
Martin Goodwin 8.47 Rob Tilbury 8.11 Malcolm Simmons 7.68 Wayne Garratt 5.83 Simon Wolstenholme 5.09 Troy Pratt 4.53 Ian Humphreys 3.56 Nick Floyd 2.89
Berwick
David Blackburn 9.78 Mark Courtney 9.52 Sean Courtney 7.54 David Walsh 7.33 Andy Campbell 7.11 Rob Grant Sr. 6.97 Scott Robson 5.61 Kevin Little 1.93
Eastbourne
Gordon Kennett 9.60 Dean Barker 9.02 Andy Buck 8.21 David Norris 7.04 Keith Pritchard 5.83 Darren Standing 4.67 Jon Surman 4.34 Steve Masters 3.13 Darren Grayling 2.57
Edinburgh
Les Collins 9.04 Brett Saunders 8.24 Michael Coles 6.73 Mick Powell 6.40 Scott Lamb 6.16 Lars Munkedal 5.83 Peter McNamara 4.20 Mark Pearce 2.29
Exeter
Steve Regeling 9.74 Frank Andersen 7.79 Richard Green 7.63 Steve Bishop 7.04 Peter Jeffery 6.72 Colin Cook 6.66 Andy Sell 5.72 Alan Rivett 5.30 Wayne Ross 3.27 Mark Simmonds 2.67
Glasgow
Kenny McKinna 9.71 Steve Lawson 8.81 Shane Bowes 6.32 Charlie McKinna 5.90 Phil Jeffrey 5.42 Martin McKinna 5.09 Geoff Powell 4.00
Hackney
Steve Schofield 10.50 Andy Galvin 9.95 Paul Whittaker 7.16 Gary Tagg 5.37 Barry Thomas 4.34 Gary Rolls 4.14 Michael Warren 3.48 Lee Pavitt 3.13 Warren Mowat 2.37
Ipswich
Mark Loram 9.65 Chris Louis 9.65 Dean Standing 8.20 Alan Mogridge 7.53 Robbie Fuller 4.92 Pete Chapman 4.90 Kevin Teager 4.42 Craig Hyde 2.32
Long Eaton
Richard Hellsen 8.80 Keith White 6.76 Paul Fry 5.95 Dave Perks 5.95 Gary O'Hare 5.91 Nigel Leaver 5.52 Peter Lloyd 4.70 Mark Blackbird 3.08 Jon Roberts 2.86 Thierry Hilaire 1.37
Middlesbrough
Daz Sumner 8.00 Jamie Luckhurst 7.61 Martin Dixon 7.55 Paul Bentley 5.67 Steve Wilcock 5.23 Nigel Sparshott 4.47 Peter McNamara 4.29 Andy Sumner 3.48 Max Schofield 3.45 Dave Edwards 3.22
Mildenhall
Preben Eriksen 8.88 Peter Glanz 7.98 Malcolm Holloway 6.56 Jamie Habbin 6.31 Dave Jackson 6.30 Spencer Timmo 4.71 Derrol Keats 4.14 Jonathan Cooper 3.07 Wayne Bridgeford 3.06
Milton Keynes
Andy Hines 6.75 Trevor Banks 6.35 David Clarke 5.96 Tony Primmer 5.93 Nigel De'ath 5.88 Mark Lyndon 5.46 Paul Evitts 4.82 Paul Atkins 4.56 Rob Fortune 4.47 Carl Baldwin 4.09
Newcastle
Rod Hunter 9.15 Peter Carr 8.66 David Clarke 5.44 Mark Thorpe 5.17 Simon Green 4.55 Derek Richardson 4.37 Gordon Whitaker 3.39 Anthony Hulme 3.01 Steve Wicks 2.42
Peterborough
Mick Poole 8.81 Kevin Jolly 8.52 Craig Hodgson 7.55 Ian Barney 7.27 Scott Norman 7.14 Nigel Flatman 6.03 Justin Walker 5.38 Jonathan Cooper 3.76
Poole
Craig Boyce 9.33 Leigh Adams 9.21 Alun Rossiter 7.92 Alastair Stevens 7.22 Gary Allan 7.12 Tony Langdon 6.77 Kevin Smart 6.00 Jon Surman 4.27 Steve Leigh 3.17
Rye House
Jens Rasmussen 9.29 Glen Baxter 7.98 Melvyn Taylor 7.77 Kelvin Mullarkey 5.63 Kevin Brice 4.61 Jamie Fagg 4.15 Peter Schroeck 4.04 Carl Chalcraft 3.96 Trevor O'Brien 3.58
Stoke
Nigel Crabtree 9.77 Eric Monaghan 8.75 Louis Carr 7.29 Chris Cobby 5.86 Rob Woffinden 4.83 Ian M Stead 4.71 Ian Stead 4.50
Wimbledon
Todd Wiltshire 9.94 Ray Morton 8.30 Neville Tatum 8.07 Roger Johns 7.52 Nathan Simpson 7.03 Nigel Leaver 5.89 Rodney Payne 5.24 Scott Humphries 4.68 Jim Dormer 3.62
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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