2023 National Development League speedway season

The 2023 National Development League is the third division/tier of British speedway for the 2023 season.[1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing mainly the junior sides of SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs. Leicester Lion Cubs will defend the title.[2]

2023 National Development League speedway season
LeagueNational Development League
Championstbd
Knockout Cuptbd
Riders' ChampionshipConnor Bailey
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
SGB Championship

Summary

Eight clubs will compete for the National Development League Championship[3] after the addition of the Workington Comets to the league,[4] who will race on the new Northside track.[5] Armadale Devils were renamed Edinburgh Monarchs Academy,[6] while the Plymouth Centurions did not return.

Locations of the 2023 National Development League teams

The league points system changed in-line with the SGB Premiership and SGB Championship, with teams scoring two points for a win (home or away), with a bonus point scored for an aggregate win. A 'Super Heat' has also been introduced in the event of a tied meeting, with the winners scoring two league points and the losers gaining one point.[7] The top two in the league will qualify for the Grand Final.

The rider points limit for team construction is 42 points.

League

[8]

League table
Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Leicester Lion Cubs (Q) 14 7 0 0 5 0 2 708 543 7 31 +165
2 Oxford Chargers (Q) 14 7 0 0 4 0 3 710 542 5 27 +168
3 Belle Vue Colts 14 6 0 1 2 0 5 675 583 6 22 +92
4 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 14 6 0 1 2 0 5 592 632 3 19 -40
5 Monarchs Academy 14 5 0 2 1 0 6 614 641 4 16 -27
6 Workington Comets 14 4 0 3 1 0 6 575 648 2 12 -73
7 Kent Royals 14 5 0 2 0 0 7 545 684 1 11 -139
8 Berwick Bullets 14 1 0 6 0 0 7 540 686 0 2 -146

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BEL BER EDI KEN LEI MIL OXF WOR
Belle Vue 61–29 54–36 67–23 41–49 52–38 56–33 49–41
Berwick 44–46 38–51 43–23 30–59 43–46 44–46 38–48
Edinburgh 50–40 46–44 52–37 43–47 54–36 32–57 59–31
Kent 54–36 54–34 48–41 38–50 47–43 39–51 50–40
Leicester 51–39 47–42 53–37 56–34 61–28 50–38 61–29
Mildenhall 47–43 49–41 48–41 53–37 44–46 45–43 30–29
Oxford 49–40 60–30 55–35 64–26 50–39 54–36 59–31
Workington 39–51 50–40 53–37 54–35 50–39 41–49 39–51
Source: [9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grand Final

First leg

28 October Leicester Lion Cubs – Oxford Chargers Beaumont Park

Second leg

31 October Oxford Chargers – Leicester Lion Cubs Oxford Stadium

Knockout Cup

The 2023 National Development League Knockout Cup will be the 24th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. It's limited to teams that are not also running promotions in the SGB Championship.

Semi-finals Grand Final
        
Kent Royals 44 29 73
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 46 60 106
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 38
Leicester Lion Cubs 49
Workington Comets 37 23 60
Leicester Lion Cubs 53 49 102

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final

First leg

8 October [10] Mildenhall Fen Tigers
George Congreve 11
Ben Trigger 10
Kai Ward (guest) 9
William Richardson 3
Arran Butcher 3
Alfie Bowtell 2
Jody Scott (guest) 0		 38–49 Leicester Lion Cubs
Ashton Boughen 15
Jacob Hook (guest) 13
Max Perry 12
Tom Spencer 5
Max James 4
Jack Smith (guest) 0
Vinnie Foord 0		 Mildenhall Stadium
Referee(s):
Wayne Jarvis

Second leg

28 October Leicester Lion Cubs – Mildenhall Fen Tigers Beaumont Park

Riders' Championship

The 2023 National League Riders' Championship took place on Sunday 15 October, at Northside Speedway, Workington and was won by Connor Bailey.[11]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1Connor Bailey (Workington)3,3,3,3,315
2Max Clegg (Edinburgh)2,2,2,3,312+3
3Jacob Hook (Edinburgh)1,3,3,2,312+2
4Ashton Boughen (Leicester)2,3,3,0,311
5Ben Morley (Kent)2,1,2,3,210
6Sam McGurk (Workington)1,2,3,2,19
7Freddy Hodder (Belle Vue)3,2,2,1,19
8Ben Trigger (Mildenhall)0,3,0,3,28
9Max Perry (Leicester)3,0,1,2,06
10Danny Phillips (Berwick)X,1,2,2,16
11Lee Complin (Mildenhall)3,2,X,-,-5
12Tom Woolley (Kent)2,0,1,0,25
13Jamie Halder (Berwick)0,0,1,1,24
14Luke Muff (Belle Vue)1,1,1,1,-4
15Jacob Clouting (Oxford)1,1,0,1,14
16Jody Scott (Oxford)0,0,0,0,R0
17Callum Foy - res (Workington)-,-,-,0,00
18Ben Rathbone - res (Berwick)-,-,-,-,00
  • F=fell, R=retired, X=excluded TM=two minute warning excluded

Squads

Belle Vue Colts

Berwick Bullets
  • England Connor Coles 7.86
  • England Steve Boxall[12] 7.73
  • England Danny Phillips 7.21
  • Scotland Greg Blair (C)[13] 6.75
  • England Jamie Halder 5.97
  • England Josh Embleton 4.80
  • Scotland Mason Watson 4.48
  • England Ben Rathbone 4.00
  • Scotland Kieran Douglas 2.80

Edinburgh Monarchs Academy

Kent Royals
  • England Nathan Ablitt 8.38
  • England Ben Morley 8.26
  • England Jack Kingston 6.91
  • England Tom Woolley (C) 6.58
  • England Rhys Naylor 6.10
  • England Joe Alcock 4.57
  • England Connor King 4.00
  • England Ashton Vale 3.56

Leicester Lion Cubs

Mildenhall Fen Tigers

Oxford Chargers

Workington Comets

See also

References
  1. "BRITISH SPEEDWAY AGM STATEMENT". British Speedway. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Lion Cubs complete". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE STATEMENT". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. "Comets taking shape". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. "Workington Comets will ride again next year". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. "Edinburgh Monarchs Academy enter NDL". SCB.
  7. "National Development League statement". SCB.
  8. "2023 NDL Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 17 June 2023.
  9. "2023 National Development League Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 1 May 2023.
  10. "Mildenhall Fen Tigers vs Leicester Lion Cubs scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  11. "NDL Riders' Championship scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  12. "Steve ticks box for Bullets". Berwick Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  13. "Blair to skipper Bullets". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  14. "Comets Make Ace Move". British Speedway. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  15. "Comets move for McGurk brothers". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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