The SGB Championship 2018 was the 2018 season of the second division of Great British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2018 and consisted of 11 teams participating.
Workington Comets completed the treble winning the playoffs, Championship Shield and the Knockout Cup. It was the first league title win since their formation in 1970.
League Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.
Results
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.
The following SGB Championship league match was not completed during the league season Workington Comets Vs Lakeside Hammers
Table
Final SGB Championship League Table Up To And Including Sunday 16 September
Club Home Away 1 Peterborough Panthers 20 8 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 914 866 45 +48 2 Glasgow Tigers 20 10 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 929.5 866.5 40 +63 3 Workington Comets 19 9 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 877.5 829.5 39 +52 4 Lakeside Hammers 19 9 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 900 805 38 +95 5 Berwick Bandits 20 9 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 924 874 37 +50 6 Edinburgh Monarchs 20 9 0 1 1 0 1 2 6 960 839 35 +121 7 Ipswich Witches 20 6 0 4 2 0 2 1 5 915 880 31 +35 8 Newcastle Diamonds 20 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 7 869 926 28 -57 9 Scunthorpe Scorpions 20 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 7 854 941 27 -87 10 Redcar Bears 20 6 0 4 1 0 0 2 7 803 994 24 -191 11 Sheffield Tigers 20 4 2 4 0 0 0 3 7 847 952 17 -105
2018 SGB Championship League Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://speedwaygb.co.uk/championshiptable18
Play-offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Semi-finals
Grand final
SGB Championship Knockout Cup The 2018 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 51st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.
KO Cup stages
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final First leg
Second leg
Workington were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–82.
Championship Shield Borders Group
Final Championship Shield Borders Group Table Club Home Away 1 Workington Comets 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 284 255 14 +29 2 Glasgow Tigers 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 272 266 13 +6 3 Berwick Bandits 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 265 275 9 -10 4 Edinburgh Monarchs 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 257 282 4 -27
2018 SGB Championship Borders Group Championship Shield Table Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/championshipshieldtables18
Northern Group
Final Championship Shield Northern Group Table Club Home Away 1 Scunthorpe Scorpions 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 293 247 14 +46 2 Sheffield Tigers 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 289 250 13 +39 3 Newcastle Diamonds 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 253 287 9 -34 4 Redcar Bears 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 244 295 3 -51
2018 SGB Championship Northern Group Championship Shield Table Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/championshipshieldtables18
Southern Group
Final Championship Shield Southern Group Table Club Home Away 1 lakeside Hammers 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 193 165 10 +28 2 Peterborough Panthers 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 185 175 9 +10 3 Ipswich Witches 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 160 198 0 -38
2018 SGB Championship Southern Group Championship Shield Table Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/championshipshieldtables18
Play-offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Semi-finals
Final
Riders' Championship Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 2 September at Owlerton Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Craig Cook 1 3 3 R 3 10332 Richard Lawson 3 3 0 3 2 11-23 Kyle Howarth 3 3 1 3 1 11-14 Erik Riss 3 1 3 1 3 11205 Charles Wright 3 3 2 0 1 916 Ty Proctor 2 1 3 FX 3 907 Tero Aarnio 0 2 2 3 2 98 Aaron Summers 2 2 0 3 1 89 Ben Barker 1 0 3 2 2 810 Steve Worrall 1 EX 2 1 3 711 Scott Nicholls 0 2 2 2 0 612 Ricky Wells 1 EX 1 2 2 613 Michael Palm Toft 2 1 0 1 1 514 Josh Auty 2 1 F - 515 Kevin Doolan 0 0 1 2 0 316 Nico Covatti 0 0 0 1 0 116 Kyle Bickley (res) 11 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
Pairs The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Oaktree Arena on 20 July. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers for the second consecutive year.http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35067/news.php?extend.35455|title= Tigers Retain Pairs Title 20 July 2018
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Peterborough 21 Palm Toft 15, Nicholls 62Lakeside21 Lawson 13, Morris 83Edinburgh 20 Wells 12, Riss 84Berwick 14 Summers 9, Doolan 55Scunthorpe 14 Allen 9, Auty 5
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Sheffield 22 Wright C 12, Howarth 102Workington 20 Klindt 12, Proctor 83Redcar 20 Barker 10, Jorgensen 104Ipswich 19 Schlein 15, Covatti 45Glasgow 9 Harris 5, Starke 4
Semi finals Sheffield bt Lakeside 7–2 Workington bt Peterborough 7–2
Final Sheffield bt Workington 5–4
Fours Peterborough Panthers won the SGB Championship Fours for the second successive year, held on 1 July 2018, at the Media Prime Arena.http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.34908|title= Panthers Are Four-Midable 2 July 2018
QualifyingPosTeamPtsRiders1 Peterborough 18Palm Toft 6, Wilson-Dean 6, Nicholls 3, Ostergaard 3, 2 Edinburgh 17Riss E 6, Andersson 4, Riss M 4, Pickering 2, Ruml 13 Lakeside 13Morris 6, Ellis 5, Lawson 1, Bowtell 14 Glasgow 13 Harris 4, Kerr 4, Vissing 3, Worrall 25 Sheffield 13 Kurtz 5, Bjerre 5, Wright 3, Nicol 06 Workington 11 Bewley 4, Proctor 4, Jensen 3, Campton 0
Qualifying (cont)PosTeamPtsRiders7 Berwick 11 Summers 5, Etheridge 3, Jakobsen 1, Howe 1, Doolan 18 Ipswich 10 Covatti 6, Schlein 3, Heeps 1, Hume 09 Redcar 10 Andersen M 3, Jorgensen 3, Andersen J 2, Barker 210 Newcastle 9 Aarnio 3, Robson 2, Morris 2, Kus 211 Scunthorpe 7 Auty 4, Manzares 1, Allen 1, Garcia 1
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Peterborough 22Palm Toft 7, Nicholls 6, Ostergaard 5, Wilson-Dean 42 Edinburgh 19Riss E 9, Pickering 4, Andersson 4, Riss M 1, Ruml 13 Glasgow 17 Harris 6, Kerr 5, Vissing 4, Worrall 34 Lakeside 14 Morris 9, Ellis 4, Lawson 1, Bowtell 0
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Craig Cook Glasgow 11.05 Ricky Wells Edinburgh 9.54 Nick Morris Lakeside 9.46 Richard Lawson Lakeside 9.41 Danny King Ipswich 9.25 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 9.08 Rory Schlein Ipswich 9.01 Erik Riss Edinburgh 8.86 Charles WrightSheffield8.76 Scott Nicholls Peterborough 8.70
http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/files/downloads/c18_issue_25.pdf|title= Final 2018 SGB Championship Averages 22 November 2018
Teams and final averages Berwick Bandits
7.39 7.63 7.41 6.95 6.48 6.23 6.15 4.00
Edinburgh Monarchs
9.54 8.86 8.63 7.13 6.98 5.89 5.55 4.00 3.64 3.63 3.42 2.60
Glasgow Tigers
11.05 8.53 8.11 8.07 7.81 6.92 4.74 3.24 2.58
Ipswich Witches
9.25 9.01 7.16 7.10 5.85 5.42 5.00 4.90 4.00 3.72 3.62 0.80
Lakeside Hammers
9.46 9.41 8.11 7.02 5.97 5.58 3.14
Newcastle Diamonds
7.22 7.05 6.77 6.51 6.39 5.96 5.33 4.95
Peterborough Panthers
8.70 8.66 7.07 6.93 5.80 5.76 5.41 5.16 3.33
Redcar Bears
7.85 7.72 6.67 6.39 5.50 5.42 5.19 5.00 4.87 4.18 4.00
Scunthorpe Scorpions
9.08 8.32 7.94 7.62 6.52 4.29 1.53
Sheffield Tigers
8.76 8.00 7.69 6.77 6.75 5.81 4.00 3.89 3.81 3.00 2.80 0.89
Workington Comets
7.91 7.78 7.76 7.66 7.63 7.33 7.23 1.69
See also The top division of British speedway SGB Premiership 2018 List of United Kingdom speedway league champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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