1994 British League Division Two season

The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced.[1]

1994 British League Division Two season
LeagueBritish League Division Two
ChampionsGlasgow Tigers
No. of competitors10
Knockout CupGlasgow Tigers
IndividualPaul Bentley
PairsSwindon Robins
FoursOxford Cheetahs
Highest averageJan Stæchmann
Division/s aboveBritish League (Div 1)
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 3)

Summary

The title was won by the Glasgow Tigers.[2]

Final table
Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Glasgow Tigers 36 26 1 9 14 67
2 Long Eaton Invaders 36 24 2 10 15 65
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 36 20 1 15 10 51
4 Swindon Robins 36 18 1 17 12 49
5 Peterborough Panthers 36 18 2 16 10 48
6 Middlesbrough Bears 36 19 1 16 9 48
7 Newcastle Diamonds 36 15 1 20 9 40
8 Oxford Cheetahs 36 15 1 20 7 38
9 Sheffield Tigers 36 10 1 25 3 24
10 Exeter Falcons 36 9 1 26 1 20

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.[3]

First round
Date Team one Score Team two
29/04Edinburgh54-42Newcastle
24/04Newcastle46-50Edinburgh
24/04Glasgow56-40Oxford
22/04Oxford39-57Glasgow

Quarter-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
30/07Swindon56-40Glasgow
10/06Peterborough58-38Sheffield
09/06Middlesbrough62-34Exeter
09/06Sheffield44-52Peterborough
06/06Exeter50-46Middlesbrough
05/06Glasgow66-30Swindon
04/06SwindonrainGlasgow
03/06Edinburgh49-47Long Eaton
01/06Long Eaton45-51Edinburgh

Semi-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
23/09Peterborough50-45Glasgow
16/09PeterboroughrainGlasgow
11/09Glasgow54-42Peterborough
12/08Edinburgh52-44Middlesbrough
11/08Middlesbrough49-47Edinburgh

Final

First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 11
Scott Lamb 11
Jan Andersen 9
Kevin Little 4
Stuart Robson 3
Lawrence Hare 0		50 – 46Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 14
Mick Powell 9
Nigel Crabtree 9
Sean Courtney 7
Róbert Nagy 4
James Grieves 2
Stewart McDonald 1
[4]

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
Sean Courtney 9
Róbert Nagy 9
Mick Powell 8
James Grieves 5
Stewart McDonald 1		55 – 41Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 10
Scott Lamb 9
Jan Andersen 6
Stuart Robson 3
Kevin Little 1
Lawrence Hare 0
[4]

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101–91.

Riders' Championship

Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium.[5]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1England Paul Bentley3 3 3 2 213
2Sweden Tony Olsson3 3 2 2 212
3Australia Tony Langdon1 1 3 3 311
4England Alan Grahame2 0 2 3 310
5Czech Republic Roman Matoušek2 1 3 3 110
6Australia Mick Poole2 2 1 3 19
7Scotland Kenny McKinna3 0 1 1 38
8England Martin Dixon3 2 2 1 08
9Hungary Róbert Nagy0 3 1 0 37
10Denmark Ronni Pedersen1 1 1 2 27
11Czech Republic Zdeněk Tesař0 0 3 1 26
12New Zealand Mark Thorpe0 3 0 2 05
13England Les Collins1 2 2 0 05
14England Paul Fry2 2 0 0 15
15England Nigel Crabtree0 1 0 1 02
16Sweden Richard Hellsen1 0 0 0 12

Pairs

The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by the Speedway Star, was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins.[6]

Semi finals

  • Swindon bt Peterborough
  • Glasgow bt Edinburgh

Final

  • Swindon bt Glasgow

Fours

Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.[7][8]

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Oxford Cheetahs24Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0
2Long Eaton Invaders17Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1
3Peterborough Panthers16Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1
4Edinburgh Monarchs15Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0

Final leading averages
Rider Team Average
Jan StæchmannLong Eaton10.10
Tony OlssonSwindon10.07
Nigel CrabtreeGlasgow9.74
David WalshGlasgow9.72
Paul BentleyMiddlesbrough9.39
Robert NagyGlasgow9.18
Zdeněk TesařPeterborough9.13
Martin DixonLong Eaton8.94
Mark ThorpeNewcastle8.95
Michael ColesEdinburgh8.57

Riders & final averages

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Sheffield

Swindon

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. "1994 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. "1994 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Rickardsson does Sweden proud". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1994. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. "Speedway". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 8 August 1994. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "1994 complete season records" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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