The 2025 SGB Cab Direct Championship season was the 78th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 8th known as the SGB Championship.
Poole Pirates were the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series champions.
Summary The same nine clubs from 2024 competed in the Championship in 2025. The format also remained the same with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also returned, both following the same formats as in 2024.
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs, staged over two semi-finals and a final. The points limit for team building remained at 40 points.
Glasgow finished top of the table during the regular season, finishing one point ahead of Poole.
League Regular season
Club Home Away 1 Glasgow Tigers (Q) 16 7 0 1 6 0 2 757 683 6 32 +74 2 Poole Pirates (Q) 16 8 0 0 4 0 4 775 664 7 31 +111 3 Redcar Bears (Q) 16 7 0 1 4 0 4 752 686 5 27 +66 4 Edinburgh Monarchs (Q) 16 6 0 2 2 0 6 718 7-3 6 21 +15 5 Berwick Bandits 16 6 1 1 1 0 7 701 713 4 19 -12 6 Oxford Cheetahs 16 4 0 4 2 0 6 705 732 3 15 -27 7 Workington Comets 16 6 0 2 0 0 8 694 737 3 13† -43 8 Plymouth Gladiators 16 5 0 3 0 0 8 682 755 2 12 -73 9 Scunthorpe Scorpions 16 3 0 5 1 0 7 663 774 1 10 -111
† Workington deducted 2 Championship points for breaching SCB regulations.
Fixtures and results
Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Super Heat
Knockout Cup The 2025 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 57th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 8th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
BSN Series Scottish Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Glasgow Tigers (Q) 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 191 169 2 10 +22 2 Berwick Bandits 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 175 184 1 3 -9 3 Edinburgh Monarchs 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 173 186 0 2 -13
Northern Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Redcar Bears (Q) 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 206 153 2 8 +53 2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 182 177 1 5 +5 3 Workington Comets 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 151 209 0 2 -58
Southern Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Oxford Cheetahs (Q) 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 189 170 2 9 +19 2 Poole Pirates (Q) 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 191 169 1 5 +22 3 Plymouth Gladiators 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 159 200 0 2 -41
Knockout stages
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Redcar were declared as winners due to having more heat advantages across both legs, as per SCB Regulation 012.1.26 Abandonment.
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Pairs Championship The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Saturday 5 April, at the GT Tyres Arena in Workington. It was won by Redcar Bears for the second season in a row, and the third time in the last four years.
Qualifying heats Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Glasgow Tigers 25 Kyle Howarth 13, Chris Harris 12 2 Poole Pirates 24 Lewis Kerr 12, Zach Cook 12 3 Plymouth Gladiators 24 Nicolai Klindt 14, Ben Barker 10 4Redcar Bears 20 Charles Wright 10, Erik Riss 10 5 Berwick Bandits 17 Drew Kemp 11, Danyon Hume 6 6 Oxford Cheetahs 16 Sam Masters 12, Jordan Jenkins 4 7 Scunthorpe Scorpions 12 Steve Worrall 12, Simon Lambert 0 8 Edinburgh Monarchs 12 Kye Thomson 12, Justin Sedgmen 0 9 Workington Comets 12 Antti Vuolas 10, Tate Zischke 2
Semi-finals Team One Team Two Score Result Redcar Glasgow 7-2 Wright 4, Riss 3, Harris 2, Howarth 0 Poole Plymouth 6-3 Cook 4, Klindt 3, Kerr 2, Barker 0
Final Team One Team Two Score Result Redcar Poole 6-3 Riss 4, Cook 3, Wright 2, Kerr X
Riders' Championship The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place on Sunday 6 April at the Eddie Wright Raceway in Scunthorpe. It was won by Chris Harris of the Glasgow Tigers.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Chris Harris (Glasgow) 3,3,1,2,0 9232 Kyle Howarth (Glasgow) 0,2,3,2,3 10323 Steve Worrall (Scunthorpe) 3,3,3,3,2 14-14 Charles Wright (Redcar) 1,2,2,3,3 11-05 Richard Lawson (Poole) 3,1,3,2,X 916 Ben Barker (Plymouth) 3,0,1,1,3 807 Danny King (Redcar) 1,3,0,3,1 88 Sam Masters (Oxford) 2,1,3,1,1 89 Antti Vuolas (Workington) 2,2,2,0,2 810 Justin Sedgmen (Edinburgh) 0,1,2,3,1 711 Drew Kemp (Berwick) 1,3,2,R,0 612 Jake Allen (Scunthorpe) 2,0,0,2,2 613 Tate Zischke (Workington) 0,2,0,0,3 514 Simon Lambert (Scunthorpe) 2,1,1,1,0 515 Dan Thompson (Plymouth) 1,R,1,1,2 516 Luke Harrison (Scunthorpe) -,-,-,-,1 117 Kye Thomson (Edinburgh) 0,0,0,0,0 0
Leading averages Rider Team Average 1 Richard Lawson Poole 10.33 2 Sam Masters Oxford 10.21 3 Jonas Jeppesen Berwick 9.67 4 Chris Harris Glasgow 9.63 5 Charles Wright Redcar 9.47 6 Dan Thompson Glasgow 9.38 7 Zach Cook Poole 8.86 8 Kyle Howarth Glasgow 8.83 9 Danny King Redcar 8.76 10 Scott Nicholls Plymouth 8.60 averages include league, play offs, knockout cup & bsn series, min 6 matches
Squads & final averages
Berwick Bandits 9.67 8.57 8.54 8.42 7.45 6.52 4.05 3.87 3.24 1.33
Edinburgh Monarchs 8.30 8.03 (C) 7.70 7.48 7.27 6.36 6.00 2.77 2.29 1.67
Glasgow Tigers (C) 9.63 9.38 8.83 8.07 7.93 3.50 3.37 2.85
Oxford Cheetahs (C) 10.21 6.80 6.38 6.18 6.05 5.63 5.54 5.28
Plymouth Gladiators 8.60 8.44 (C) 6.93 6.74 5.81 5.80 4.73 4.54 3.83 1.20
Poole Pirates 10.33 (C) 8.86 7.76 7.57 5.71 4.91 4.66 3.52 1.00
Redcar Bears (C) 9.47 8.76 8.53 7.13 5.62 4.93 4.82 3.16
Scunthorpe Scorpions 7.48 7.06 6.61 6.18 6.04 (C) 5.39 5.21
Workington Comets (C) 7.70 6.89 6.52 6.17 6.13 5.68 4.11
See also List of United Kingdom speedway league champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References