The 1998 Speedway Conference League sponsored by Dunlop, was the third tier/division of British speedway.
Summary The title was won by St Austell Gulls.
Final league table Pos Team Played W D L F A Pts1 St Austell Gulls 161312 844562272 Newport Mavericks 16100 6742682203 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 1681 7 704709174 Norfolk Braves 1660 10690739125 Buxton Hitmen 16201457386146 Skegness Braves+ 41 031661912 + withdrew - Norfolk replaced Skegness and took over fixtures
Fixtures & results A Fixtures
B Fixtures
Conference League Knockout Cup The 1998 Conference league Knockout Cup (sponsored by Dunlop) was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.
In 1995 there had been an Academy League Knockout Cup and in 1996 a Conference League Knockout Cup but due to a merger of the British Leagues, both the 1995 and 1996 editions acted as the second tier of British speedway at the time.
First round Date Team one Score Team two21/06 Skegness 41-49 Mildenhall21/06 Mildenhall 48-41 Skegness Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two30/08 Buxton 43-47 Mildenhall19/07 Mildenhall 49-41 Buxton17/07 Newport 52-38 St Austell14/07 St Austell 59-31 Newport Final
Riders' Championship Steve Bishop won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 12 July at the Clay Country Moto Parc in St Austell.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Steve Bishop St. Austell 15 2 Andrew Appleton Newport 14 3 Seemond Stephens St. Austell 12 4 Adrian Newman St. Austell 11 5 Peter Boast Norfolk 106 Wayne Barrett St. Austell 10 7 Roger Lobb Newport 9 8 Dean Garrod Mildenhall 8 9Jason Prynne St. Austell 8 10 Chris Neath Newport 7 11 Paul Lydes Uings Mildenhall 4 12 Richard Ford Newport 4 13 Kevin Phillips St. Austell 3 14 Paul Macklin Buxton 3 15 Martin Williams Newport 1 16 Chris Harris St. Austell 1 17 Vince Purnell (res) 0
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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