1990 National League season

The 1990 National League was the 16th since its establishment as a second tier in 1975, a renamed British League Division Two, and the last before it was again renamed British League Division Two.[1]

1990 National League season
LeagueNational League
ChampionsPoole Pirates
Knockout CupPoole Pirates
IndividualAndy Grahame
PairsHackney Kestrels
FoursStoke Potters
Highest averageSteve Schofield
Division/s above1990 British League

Summary

The league was initially supposed to run with 18 teams - however, Mildenhall Fen Tigers were unable to form a team to the 42-point minimum average limit, and were expelled on March 22, 1990. Matches were once again run over a 16-heat formula, with seven riders per team.

Poole Pirates were again champions, and stepped up into British League Division One for the 1991 season.[2]

League table
PosClubMHomeAwayFAPts
WDLWDL
1 Poole Pirates 32 16 0 0 13 0 3 1779 1224 58
2 Middlesbrough Bears 32 16 0 0 6 2 8 1701 1367 46
3 Ipswich Witches 32 13 2 1 9 0 7 1674 1387 46
4 Glasgow Tigers 32 13 0 3 6 0 10 1643.5 1419,5 38
5 Hackney Kestrels 32 13 0 3 6 0 10 1608 1451 38
6 Berwick Bandits 32 15 0 1 3 1 12 1575.5 1483.5 37
7 Wimbledon Dons 32 12 1 3 4 2 10 1376 1469 35
8 Stoke Potters 32 11 0 5 5 1 10 1573 1489 33
9 Exeter Falcons 32 14 0 2 1 1 14 1576 1489 31
10 Peterborough Panthers 32 13 0 3 2 0 14 1456 1613 30
11 Eastbourne Eagles 32 12 0 4 3 0 13 1426 1636 30
12 Newcastle Diamonds 32 11 0 5 3 0 13 1478.5 1586.5 28
13 Edinburgh Monarchs 32 10 1 5 2 0 14 1520.5 1539.5 25
14 Arena Essex Hammers 32 9 1 5 3 0 13 1380 1674 25
15 Rye House Rockets 32 7 0 9 1 0 15 1386 1672 16
16 Long Eaton Invaders 32 7 2 7 0 0 16 1372 1697 16
17 Milton Keynes Knights 32 5 0 11 1 0 15 1286 1770 12

M = Meetings; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; Pts = Total Points

National League Knockout Cup

The 1990 National League Knockout Cup was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.[3]

First round
Date Team one Score Team two
14/04Berwick62-33Long Eaton
11/04Long Eaton57-39Berwick

Second round
Date Team one Score Team two
21/07Berwick50-44Poole
27/06Wimbledon62-33Exeter
15/06Hackney64-32Eastbourne
10/06Eastbourne40-56Hackney
10/06Rye House51-45Milton Keynes
07/06Middlesbrough51-44Edinburgh
05/06Milton Keynes56-39Rye House
05/06Poole56-40Berwick
04/06Exeter61-35Wimbledon
03/06Edinburgh51-45Middlesbrough
03/06Glasgow54-41Ipswich
03/06Newcastle61-35Arena Essex
02/06Arena Essex41-55Newcastle
02/06Stoke65-31Peterborough
01/06Peterborough48-48Stoke
31/05Ipswich60-36Glasgow

Quarter-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
21/08Poole62-33Hackney
10/08Hackney47-48Poole
29/07Newcastle54-41Ipswich
21/07Stoke51-45Wimbledon
19/07Middlesbrough69-27Milton Keynes
18/07Wimbledon57-37Stoke
17/07Milton Keynes40-56Middlesbrough
19/07Ipswich61-35Newcastle

Semi-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
30/08Ipswich47-49Poole
28/08Poole60-36Ipswich
23/08Middlesbrough69-27Wimbledon
22/08Wimbledon36-59Middlesbrough

Final

First leg

Poole Pirates
Craig Boyce 19
Alun Rossiter 13
Gary Allan 11
Tony Langdon 10
Rod Colquhoun 6
Gary Chessell 3
Tom P. Knudsen R/R		62 – 34Middlesbrough Bears
Rod Hunter 11
Jamie Luckhurst 7
Daz Sumner 5
Paul Bentley 5
David Cheshire 3
Dave Edwards 2
Steve Wilcock 1
[4][5]

Second leg

Middlesbrough Bears
Rod Hunter 9
Steve Wilcock 9
Daz Sumner 9
Paul Bentley 9
Jamie Luckhurst 7
David Cheshire 7
Dave Edwards 1		51 – 45Poole Pirates
Craig Boyce 16
Gary Allan 11
Tony Langdon 10
Rod Colquhoun 4
Alun Rossiter 3
Justin Elkins 1
Tom P. Knudsen R/R
[4][5]

Poole were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 107–85.

Riders' Championship

Andy Grahame won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 15 September at Brandon Stadium.[6]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1England Andy Grahame2 3 3 3 314
2England Chris Louis3 2 2 3 313
3Australia Craig Boyce3 3 2 3 011+3
4New Zealand David Bargh2 3 3 1 211+2
5Australia Steve Regeling1 2 3 2 210
6England Steve Schofield3 1 2 1 29
7England Les Collins3 0 r 2 38
8England Martin Goodwin2 1 1 3 18
9England Eric Monaghan1 1 3 2 18
10Australia Rod Hunter2 3 0 0 16
11England David Walshf f 2 0 35
12Sweden Richard Hellsen1 2 1 1 16
13Australia Shane Bowes1 2 fex 1 26
14England Gordon Kennett0 1 1 2 04
15Australia Mick Poolefex r 1 0 01
16Denmark Jens Rasmussenr - - - -0
17England Andy Meredith (res)0 00
18England Lee Coleman (res)0 00
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The National League Pairs Championship was held at Shawfield Stadium Glasgow on 17 June. The event was won by Hackney Kestrels.[7][8]

Semi finals

  • Hackney bt Middlesbrough
  • Exeter bt Newcastle

Final

  • Hackney bt Exeter

Fours

Stoke won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Showground on 22 July.[9]

Semi finals

  • SF1 = Ipswich 16, Stoke 11, Wimbledon 11, Glasgow 10
  • SF2 = Poole 16, Hackney 13, Berwick 10, Middlesbrough 9

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Stoke Potters16Monaghan 6, Carr 5, Crabtree 4, Cobby 1 Carlson 0
2Poole Pirates13Rossiter 5, Langdon 4, Boyce 3, Allan 1
3Hackney Kestrels10Schofield 5, Galvin 3, Whittaker 2, Tagg 0
4Ipswich Witches9Louis 4, Parker 2, Standing 2, Mogridge 1

Final leading averages

The top ten rider averages in the National League as of October 31, 1990:

Rider Average Team
1 England Steve Schofield 10.51 Hackney Kestrels
2 Australia Craig Boyce 10.45 Poole Pirates
3 Australia Steve Regeling 10.20 Exeter Falcons
4 England Chris Louis 10.19 Ipswich Witches
5 Australia Rod Hunter 9.93 Middlesbrough Bears
6 New Zealand David Bargh 9.72 Newcastle Diamonds
7 Australia Mick Poole 9.58 Peterborough Panthers
8 England Andy Grahame 9.40 Wimbledon Dons
9 Denmark Jens Rasmussen 9.36 Rye House Rockets
10 England Andy Galvin 9.27 Hackney Kestrels

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

  • Martin Goodwin 8.85
  • Rob Tilbury 8.09
  • Wayne Garratt 5.77
  • Troy Pratt 5.65
  • Kevin Brice 4.95
  • Adrian Stevens 4.48
  • Simon Wolstenholme 4.31
  • Kevin Teager 3.88
  • Robert Ledwith 2.86

Berwick

Eastbourne

  • Gordon Kennett 8.94
  • Andy Buck 6.99
  • Tony Primmer 6.49
  • Paul Woods 6.24
  • Darren Standing 5.76
  • Brian Nixon 5.52
  • Keith Pritchard 5.52
  • Justin Walker 4.82
  • Darren Grayling 4.12

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Hackney

  • Steve Schofield .10.51
  • Andy Galvin 9.27
  • Paul Whittaker 8.18
  • Gary Tagg 5.96
  • Michael Warren 5.45
  • Dave Hamnett 4.41
  • Tim Korneliussen 3.96
  • Shawn Venables 3.80
  • Ian Humphreys 2.91

Ipswich

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Milton Keynes

  • Peter Glanz 7.24
  • Jonathan Cooper 6.00
  • Mark Blackbird 5.52
  • David Clarke 5.47
  • Trevor Banks 5.45
  • Mark Lyndon 5.33
  • Andy Hines 5.03
  • Rob Woffinden 4.59
  • Thierry Hilaire 3.68

Newcastle

Peterborough

Poole

Rye House

Stoke

Wimbledon

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - BRITISH LEAGUE ERA (1965-1990)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. "1990 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. "1990 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Poole 1990 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. "Grahame's title". Staffordshire Sentinel. 17 September 1990. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "1990 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. "Potters pairs bid comes unstuck". Staffordshire Sentinel. 18 June 1990. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Potters capture fours title for the first time". Staffordshire Sentinel. 6 August 1990. Retrieved 8 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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