The 2022 National Development League was the third division/tier of British speedway for the 2022 season. It is a semi-professional development league, containing the junior sides of many SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs.
Summary Eight clubs competed for the League Championship, with Armadale, Belle Vue, Berwick, Kent, Leicester and champions Mildenhall all returning. Kent would switch venues from Central Park Stadium to the Iwade Speedway Stadium and would only enter the Royals in the National League. Oxford and Plymouth would also enter junior sides, taking the total to eight sides
The Championship Play Offs also returned in 2022 to determine the League Champions, as would the Knockout Cup. Leicester Lion Cubs dominated the season by winning the league and successfully defending their National League Knockout Cup title (from 2019) and winning the Pairs Championship.
Regular season League Table Club Home Away 1 Leicester Lion Cubs 14 7 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 708 547 35 +161 2 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 14 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 674 573 30 +101 3 Berwick Bullets 14 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 668 583 29 +85 4 Oxford Chargers 14 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 652 600 26 +52 5 Belle Vue Colts 14 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 682 572 25 +110 6 Kent Royals 14 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 590 667 23 -77 7 Plymouth Centurions 14 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 6 536 721 7 -185 8 Armadale Devils 14 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 499 746 6 -247 Fixtures & Results
League Scoring System Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by any number of points = 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
Championship Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Knockout Cup The 2022 National Development League Knockout Cup was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. It returned after being cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Pairs Championship The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Beaumont Park Stadium, on 20 August 2022. The event was won by Joe Thompson and Dan Thompson of the Leicester Lion Cubs.
Group APosClubRidersPts 1st Leicester Q Joe Thompson & Dan Thompson 212nd Armadale Q Tom Woolley & Elliot Kelly 133rd Berwick Greg Blair & Luke Crang 124th Belle Vue Jack Smith & Harry McGurk 8
Group BPosClubRidersPts 1stPlymouth QAdam Roynon & Rhys Naylor162ndOxford Q Jordan Jenkins & Sam Hagon 143rd MildenhallJason Edwards & Jack Kingston144thKent Ben Morley & Sam Woolley 9
Semi-finals Team one Team two Score ResultLeicester Oxford 7-2 D. Thompson, J. Thompson, Jenkins, HagonArmadalePlymouth5-4 Roynon, Kelly, Woolley, Naylor (f.exc) Final Team one Team two Score ResultLeicesterArmadale 7-2 D. Thompson, J. Thompson, Kelly, Woolley
Leading Averages Rider Team Average 1 Dan Thompson Leicester 10.81 2 Jason Edwards Mildenhall 10.50 3 Alfie Bowtell Kent 10.30 4 Ben Morley Kent 10.00 5 Nathan Stoneman Oxford 9.73 averages include NDL, KO Cup, min 6 matches
Riders' Championship The 2022 edition of the National Development League Riders Championship, took place on Sunday 25 September at The Eddie Wright Raceway, Scunthorpe.
Pos. Rider Total1 Jordan Jenkins 142 Max Clegg 13+33 Jason Edwards 13+24 Lee Complin 115 Ben Morley 106 Dan Thompson 107 Joe Thompson 98 Jack Kingston 99Tom Woolley 710 Jack Smith 711 Ben Trigger 512 Jody Scott 413 Harry McGurk 314 Luke Harrison 215 Mason Watson 216 Luke Crang 117 Jack Shimelt (res) 0
Squads & final averages
Armadale Devils 8.28 7.29 7.12 6.95 4.80 4.38 3.85 2.50 1.68
Belle Vue Colts 8.72 8.67 8.30 7.68 6.75 6.31 5.61
Berwick Bullets 9.44 8.16 7.17 7.11 5.32 4.50 3.87
Kent Royals 12.00 10.30 10.00 8.19 6.14 5.55 4.22 3.52 2.61 2.00
Leicester Lion Cubs 10.81 9.69 9.29 7.25 6.11 5.57 5.12
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 10.50 7.06 7.02 7.00 6.83 6.21 5.88
Oxford Chargers 9.73 9.65 8.23 6.63 6.35 5.25 4.98 2.91
Plymouth Centurions 10.67 8.83 6.20 5.96 5.33 4.93 3.20 0.80
See also List of United Kingdom speedway league champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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