1997 Speedway Conference League

The 1997 Speedway Conference League (also called the Amateur League), was the third tier/division of British speedway. It reverted to being the third tier because during the previous season it was inadvertently the second tier competition while the British League ran as a single merged division.[1]

1997 Speedway Conference League
LeagueConference League
(also called Amateur League)
ChampionsPeterborough Thundercats
IndividualJon Armstrong
Division/s above1997 Elite League
1997 Premier League

Summary

The title was won by Peterborough Thundercats the junior side belonging to Peterborough Panthers.[2][3]

The majority of the clubs were the junior sides belonging to their respective senior side or a collaboration ran by their senior sides. The Raven Sprockets were a combination of the Reading Racers and Swindon Robins, the Western Warriors were a combination of the Exeter Falcons and Newport Wasps, the Shuttle Cubs were Wolverhampton Wolves and Long Eaton Speedway and finally the Anglian Angels were the Ipswich Witches and Rye House Rockets.

Final league table

[4]

Pos Team Played W D L F A Pts
1Peterborough Thundercats242211106472945
2Berwick Border Raiders24172599976736
3Ryde Wight Wizards24151898785731
4Buxton Hitmen24150994890130
5Mildenhall Fen Tigers24132996187428
6St Austell Gulls241301196387126
7Raven Sprockets+ (Reading and Swindon)241031182084823
8Western Warriors+ (Exeter and Newport)241001490994620
9Oxford Cubs24901590190918
10Shuttle Cubs+ (Wolverhampton and Long Eaton)24901579996918
11Lathallan Lightning24701779896714
12Belle Vue Colts247017819102414
13Anglian Angels+ (Ipswich and King's Lynn)24411972510319

+ combined team

Riders' Championship

Jon Armstrong won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 7 September at Long Eaton Stadium.[5]

Pos.RiderTeamTotal
1Jon ArmstrongBuxton13
2Bobby EldridgeRyde13
3David HowePeterborough12
4Blair ScottLathallan11
5Roger LobbWestern Warriors10
6David MeldrumBerwick9
7Mark BlackwellRyde9
8Simon SteadPeterborough8
9Dean GarrodMildenhall7
10Rob ClarenceShuttle Cubs6
11Mark ThompsonAnglian Angels5
12Philip AmbroseOxford4
13Lee DixonBelle Vue4
14Paul LeeShuttle Cubs3
15Ian ClarkeRaven Sprockets3
16Stephen ReadBuxton1
17Nathan McDonald (res)Shuttle Cubs0

See also

References
  1. "1996 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. "1997 tables". Speedway GB.
  3. "Peterborough Panthers". Greyhound Derby.com.
  4. "Table". Speedway Archives.
  5. "Lee Nightmare". Nottingham Evening Post. 8 September 1997. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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