The 2011 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway was contested by ten teams, with Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints winning the play-offs to become champions.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts1 Stoke Potters 18 13 0 5 17 432 Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints 18 11 0 7 14 363 Belle Vue Colts 18 11 0 7 13 354 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 18 11 2 5 11 355 Hackney Hawks 18 8 0 10 12 286 King's Lynn Young Stars 18 8 1 9 9 267 Dudley Heathens 18 8 1 9 8 258 Buxton Hitmen 18 6 0 12 9 219 Isle of Wight Islanders 18 6 1 11 3 1610 Newport Hornets 18 5 1 12 4 15PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; BP = Bonus Pts 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
Fixtures & results
Play Offs Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship. The winner was Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints who defeated the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in the final.
Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two14/10 Scunthorpe/Sheffield 51-42 Belle Vue02/10 Mildenhall51-40 Stoke01/10 Stoke 44-46 Mildenhall28/10 Belle Vue 46-41 Scunthorpe/Sheffield Final
Final Leading averages
Rider Team Average Kyle Howarth Belle Vue 9.86 Todd Kurtz Newport 9.78 Simon Lambert Stoke 9.45
National League Knockout Cup The 2011 National League Knockout Cup was the 14th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were the winners.
First round Date Team one Score Team two11/06 Hackney 42-50 Mildenhall05/06 Mildenhall 60-32 Hackney04/06 Stoke 57-35 Buxton01/06 Belle Vue Colts 39-52 Dudley17/05 Dudley 45-39 Belle Vue Colts14/05 Newport Hornets 53-40 Isle Of Wight10/05 Isle Of Wight 56-38 Newport Hornets01/05 Buxton 45-44 Stoke Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two13/09 Isle Of Wight 44-46 Mildenhall28/08 Mildenhall 57-37 Isle Of Wight28/06 Dudley 47-43 Stoke26/06 Stoke 62-32 Dudley Final
Riders' Championship Jason Garrity won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 3 September at Rye House Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Jason Garrity Belle Vue 12 2 Kyle Howarth Belle Vue 11 3 Jay Herne Newport 10 4 Robert Branford Buxton 10 5 Richie Worrall Scunthorpe/Sheffield 9 6 Todd Kurtz Newport 9 7 Ashley Morris Dudley 9 8 Simon Lambert Stoke 8 9Steve Worrall Scunthorpe/Sheffield 7 10 David Mason Hackney 7 11 Jack Hargreaves Mildenhall 6 12 James Cockle King's Lynn 6 13 Adam Allott Buxton 5 14 Tim Webster Stoke 5 15 Nick Simmons Isle of Wight 4 16 Barrie Evans Hackney 1
Pairs The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Hayley Stadium, on 18 June 2011. The event was won by Tim Webster and Simon Lambert of the Stoke Potters.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Newport26 Kurtz 15, Herne 112Scunthorpe/Sheffield 22Worrall R 14 Worrall S 83Belle Vue 17Garrity 9, McKinna 84Hackney 15Evans 8, Hazelden 75King's Lynn 10Knight 7, Kerr 3
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Stoke 23 Lambert 14, Webster 92Mildenhall 21 Hargreaves 12, Blackbird 93Dudley 20Newman 11, Armstrong 94Isle of Wight 13Simmons 9, Smith 45Byxton 13Allott 8, Luke Priest 5
Final Stoke bt Newport 5–4
Fours Dudley won the National League Fours, held on 30 July 2011 at Loomer Road Stadium.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Mildenhall22Hargreaves 5, Blackbird 5, Heeps 5, Jacobs 32 Dudley 16Franklin 5, Morris 4, Armstrong 4, Roynon 33 Isle of Wight11 Starke 6, Simmons 1, Smith 1, Warwick 04 Hackney6 Morley 2, Owen 2, Reade 1, Hopwood 1
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Stoke14 Lambert 6, Atkin 4, Pickard 3, Webster 12 Belle Vue 13Bekker 4, Garrity 4, Mason 4, McKinna 33 Buxton 10Taylor 3, Allott 3, Priest 2, Branford 24 Newport 3 Herne 2, Johnson 1, Jones 0, Andrews 0
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Dudley15Roynon 6, Morris 4, Armstrong 3, Franklin 22 Belle Vue 12Bekker 4, McKinna 4, Garrity 4, Mason 03 Stoke12Atkin 4, Lambert 3, Webster 3, Pickard 24 Mildenhall 9Heeps 3, Jacobs 3, Hargreaves 2, Blackbird 1
Teams and final averages
Belle Vue Colts Kyle Howarth 9.86 Jason Garrity 8.77 Adam McKinna 7.18 Byron Bekker 6.55 Karl Mason 5.31 Scott Richardson 4.49 Chris Widman 3.16
Buxton Hitmen Robert Branford 8.52 Adam Allott 8.10 Ben Taylor 7.61 Luke Priest 5.88 Dean Felton 4.97 Paul Burnett 3.26 Ryan Blacklock 3.00
Dudley Heathens Jon Armstrong 8.11 Jamie Courtney 6.75 Ashley Morris 6.63 Tom Perry 5.89 Richard Franklin 4.84 Daryl Ritchings 4.29 Danny Stoneman 3.00 Adam Portwood 3.00
Hackney Hawks David Mason 7.16 Barrie Evans 6.97 Ben Morley 6.63 Shane Hazelden 6.35 Ben Hopwood 5.96 Marc Owen 5.05 Brandon Freemantle 3.00
Isle of Wight Islanders Nick Simmons 8.51 Rob Smith 6.48 Danny Warwick 6.19 Paul Starke 5.89 Gary Cotham 4.22 Luke Chessell 3.51 Rikki Mullins 3.00
King's Lynn Young Stars Kyle Hughes 8.96 James Cockle 7.47 Jake Knight 6.59 Lewis Kerr 5.28 Scott Campos 5.16 Oliver Rayson 4.58 Tom Stokes 3.69
Mildenhall Fen Tigers Cameron Heeps 9.18 Jack Hargreaves 7.08 Lewis Blackbird 7.01 Joe Jacobs 6.27 Mark Baseby 5.67 Aaron Baseby 4.88 Danny Halsey 4.76
Newport Hornets Todd Kurtz 9.78 Brendan Johnson 4.71 Matt Bates 4.64 Jay Herne 8.06 James White-Williams 4.46 Tom Young 4.42 Richard Andrews 3.15
Scunthorpe & Sheffield Saints Gary Irving 7.91 Steve Worrall 8.35 Ashley Birks 8.28 Richie Worrall 7.71 Benji Compton 6.28 Lee Smethills 6.07 Stefan Nielsen 5.28 Adam Wrathall 4.34
Stoke Potters Simon Lambert 9.45 Tim Webster 8.30 Tony Atkin 7.89 Jamie Pickard 6.81 James Sarjeant 6.30 Gareth Isherwood 4.92 Ben Reade 3.00 Tim Nobes 3.00
Midland Development League Pos team P W D L B Pts 1 Long Eaton Invaders 8 5 1 2 415 2 Team Viking Academy 8 5 0 3 3133 Halifax Dukes 8 3 2 3 194 Sheffield Cubs 8 2 2 4 17 5 Scunthorpe Stags 8 2 1 5 16 Long Eaton won grand final 40–32 on aggregate
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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