2012 Premier League speedway season explained

Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:Scunthorpe Scorpions
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:Newcastle Diamonds
Domesticcup3:Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:Craig Cook
Domesticcup4:Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:Workington Comets
Domesticcup5:Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:Berwick Bandits
Highestaverage:Jason Doyle
League Above:2012 Elite League
Leagues Below:2012 National League
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway.[1] [2]

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2012. The Glasgow Tigers were the defending champions after winning in 2011.

Scunthorpe Scorpions won the league after beating Somerset Rebels in the play-offs by one point in the Grand Final.[3] [4]

Final league table

width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Pwidth=203wwidth=202wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=204wwidth=203wwidth=20Dwidth=201Lwidth=20Lwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Pts
1 24 11 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 2 1179 1019 51
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions24 10 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 5 1151 1043 50
3 24 9 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 1170 1027 48
4 24 9 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 1142 1045 46
5 24 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 8 1133 1066 41
6 24 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 1079 1128 41
7 24 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 4 6 1088 1080 35
8 2480310101101031113231
9 24 5 2 2 3 1 1 0 2 8 1078 1107 30
10 24 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 9 1045 1156 28
1124 6 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 10 1065 1133 27
12 24 6 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 10 1052 1161 26
13 24 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 1048 1164 23

Play Offs

Group 1

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1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 202 160 7
2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 124 145 5
3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 126 147 3

Group 2

width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Pwidth=203wwidth=202wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=204wwidth=203wwidth=20Dwidth=201Lwidth=20Lwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Pts
1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 193 172 8
2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 179 186 5
3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 176 190 5

Scoring

Play Off final

First legSecond legScunthorpe were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–91.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 45th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.[5]

First round

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
25/05Edinburgh 59-31 Rye House
27/05Glasgow 54-36 Plymouth
24/05Ipswich 48-42 Somerset
28/05Newcastle58-32 Redcar
18/05Plymouth52-38 Glasgow
24/05Redcar 49-41 Newcastle
26/05Rye House49-41 Edinburgh
18/05Scunthorpe44-46 Workington
01/06Somerset47-43 Ipswich
19/05Workington48-42 Scunthorpe

Quarter-finals

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
19/08Leicester54-42 Workington
22/07Workington54-36 Leicester
06/07Edinburgh52-38 Glasgow
01/07Newcastle62-28 Sheffield
01/07Glasgow 44-46 Edinburgh
30/06Berwick34-56 Ipswich
28/06Sheffield58-32 Newcastle
28/06Ipswich 48-42 Berwick

Semi-finals

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
20/10Workington 51-39 Newcastle
14/10Newcastle 54-36 Workington
12/10Edinburgh 52-37 Ipswich
04/10Ipswich 55-35 Edinburgh

Final

First legSecond legNewcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106–74.

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 14 October at Owlerton Stadium.[6]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxPts width=50pxTotal width=50pxSF width=50pxFinal
1 3 3 2 2 2 12 -3
2 3 1 1 3 19 32
3 1 2 3 2 31121
4 2 3 2 1 3 11-0
5 2 3 1 2 3 11 1
6 2 1 2 3 311 0
7 0 0 3 3 28
8 3 2 0 1 28
93 1 3 0 ef 7
10 0 0 3 3 1 7
11 2 3 0 ef 27
12 1 2 1 2 06
13 r 2 0 1 14
14 1 0 2 1 0 4
15 1 0 1 0 13
16 0 1 0 0 01

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 24 August. The event was won by Workington Comets.[7] [8]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Workington 23 Roynon 14, Bach 9
2Leicester 22Nieminen 13, Bjerre 9
3Newcastle 18 Lindgren 13, Lemon 5
4Plymouth 14Fisher 10, Gathercole 4
5Redcar 13 Summers 11, Johnson (G) 2
Group B
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Scunthorpe 25 Auty 13, Jorgensen 12
2Somerset 20 Doyle 13, Wright 7
3Edinburgh 19 Tully 13, Pijper 6
4Glasgow 14 Grajczonek 9, Screen 5
5Sheffield12 Wells 10, Hall 2

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Berwick Bandits won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the second time. The final was held on 15 July 2012, at the East of England Arena.[9]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=400Riders
1 Berwick 16 Ashworth 5, Alden 4, Complin 4, Bellego 3
2 Plymouth 14Barker 6, Gathercole 5, Fisher 2, Kurtz 1
3 Newcastle12Henry 6, Robson 3, Lindgren 2, Nedermark 1
4 Redcar6Summers 4, Kus 2, Ostergaard 0, Sedgmen 0, Wilkinson 0
Group B
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=400Riders
1 Workington15Bach 5, Roynon 5, Lawson 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 0
2 Leicester 12Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 4
3 Somerset 12Vissing 4, Doyle 4, Wright 2, Masters 2
4 Glasgow9Screen 5, Campton 2, Grajczonek 1, Grieves 1
Final
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=450Riders
1 Berwick23Alden 9, Ashworth 8, Bellego 5, Complin 1
2 Leicester 20Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 4
3 Workington16Lawson 6, Bach 5, Roynon 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 0
4 Plymouth 13Barker 7, Gathercole 3, Fisher 3, Kurtz 0, Holder 0

Final Leading averages

width=200Riderwidth=200Teamwidth=40Average
Somerset 10.15
Ben BarkerPlymouth10.05
Edinburgh 9.99
Glasgow 9.48
Rye House 9.22
Berwick 9.20
Scunthorpe 8.79
Plymouth 8.75
Edinburgh 8.83
Richard LawsonWorkington 8.69

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Leicester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Table. Speedway GB.
  2. Web site: BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT). Official British Speedway website. 11 September 2021. 1 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210901122208/https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1991-present. dead.
  3. Web site: Play off tables. Speedway GB.
  4. Web site: Grand Final. Speedway GB.
  5. Web site: 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup. Speedway archive.
  6. Web site: Speedway: Edinburgh ace Craig is Rider Champ . The Scotsman . 27 June 2023.
  7. Web site: 2012 fixtures . Speedway Researcher . 30 May 2023.
  8. Web site: Adam Roynon profile . Cradley Speedway . 30 May 2023.
  9. Web site: BERWICK WIN PL FOURS . Peterborough Speedway . 8 July 2023.

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