2013 Premier League speedway season explained

Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:Somerset Rebels
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:Somerset Rebels
Domesticcup3:Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:Oliver Allen
Domesticcup4:Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:Somerset Rebels
Domesticcup5:Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:Edinburgh Monarchs
Highestaverage:Craig Cook
League Above:2013 Elite League
Leagues Below:2013 National League
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway.[1]

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.

League table

width=30 rowspan=2Pos Club M Home Away F width=30 rowspan=2A width=30 rowspan=2Pts
width=303W width=302W width=30D width=30L width=304W width=303W width=30D width=301L width=30L
1Somerset Rebels2410 1 0 1 3 22 2 3 1218 95156
2Ipswich Witches241010121441119398755
3Newcastle Diamonds241002023133120797354
4Edinburgh Monarchs2410002222331172100351
5Workington Comets247302222151139105646
6Redcar Bears246222410251078106845
7Leicester Lions245502310171079110341
8Scunthorpe Scorpions244521021451080107536
9Rye House Rockets244233030361050111531
10Berwick Bandits24 53040101101025115025
11Plymouth Devils24 311702118994119021
12Sheffield Tigers24 3126001110958122016
13Glasgow Tigers24 122700001294512479

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Play Offs

Group 1

width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Pwidth=203wwidth=202wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=204wwidth=203wwidth=20Dwidth=201Lwidth=20Lwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Pts
1 Edinburgh 420001001019716311
2 Workington 41100010011821788
3 Ipswich 40002000021611990
Group 2
width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Pwidth=203wwidth=202wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=204wwidth=203wwidth=20Dwidth=201Lwidth=20Lwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Pts
1 Somerset 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 198 169 9
2 Newcastle42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 187 182 6
3 Redcar 41 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 168 202 5

Play Off final

First legSecond legSomerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–89.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.[2]

First round

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
28/04Newcastle42-30 Plymouth
27/04Workington61-29 Ipswich
26/04Plymouth44-46 Newcastle
25/04Ipswich 55-35Workington
21/04Glasgow 52-38Rye House
20/04Rye House63-26Glasgow
18/04Redcar45-44 Berwick
13/04Leicester46-44 Edinburgh
13/04Berwick44-46 Redcar
12/04Edinburgh58-31 Leicester
Quarter-finals
width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
05/07Somerset48-41 Workington
16/06Newcastle44-46 Edinburgh
16/06Workington48-42 Somerset
14/06Edinburgh44-45 Newcastle
14/06Scunthorpe41-49 Redcar
13/06Redcar50-40 Scunthorpe
16/05Sheffield42-48 Rye House
11/05Rye House52-38 Sheffield
Semi-finals
width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
31/08Rye House55-35 Redcar
30/08Edinburgh49-41 Somerset
27/08Somerset49-41 Edinburgh
11/07Redcar48-42 Rye House
20/09
replay		Edinburgh48-42 Somerset
18/09
replay		Somerset58-32 Edinburgh

Final

First legSecond legSomerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 103–77.

Riders' Championship

Oliver Allen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 22 September at Owlerton Stadium.[3]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxPts width=50pxTotal width=50pxSF width=50pxFinal
1 2 2 2 3 2 11 33
2 3 3 3 2 3 14 -2
3 2 3 3 2 3 13 -1
4 1 2 3 3 211 20
5 3 1 0 3 29 1
6 1 1 2 2 3 90
7 0 3 1 2 28
8 3 0 3 1 0 7
93 2 0 1 1 7
10 0 2 1 3 1 7
11 1 3 1 1 17
12 0 1 2 1 26
13 2 0 2 0 0 4
14 1 1 f 0 1 3
15 2 0 ex fx 2
16 Oliver Greenwood (res) 1 0 1
17 0 0 fx ns 0
18 Max Clegg (res) 0 0 0

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 31 May. The event was won by Somerset Rebels.[4] [5]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Somerset 22 Doyle 14, Grajczonek 8
2Scunthorpe 18Auty 9, Howe 9
3Ipswich18 Barker 14, Lanham 4
4Glasgow 16Screen 12, Wright 4
5Berwick 16 Aspegren 8, Smith 8
Group B
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Workington 24 Lawson 12, Bach 12
2Edinburgh 21 Cook 15, Vissing 6
3Leicester18 Bjerre 11, Doolan 7
4Sheffield 15 Wells 11, Hall 4
5Plymouth 12 Gathercole 10, Lemon 2

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Edinburgh Monarchs won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena.[6]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=350Riders
1 Berwick 15Ashworth 5, Smith 4, Wethers 3, Bellego 3, Aspegren 0
2 Ipswich 12Barker 5, Risager 3, Tungate 2, Lanham 2
3 Workington11Lawson 5, Bach 4, Harrison 2, Aarnio 0
4 Scunthorpe10Auty 5, Howe 3, Jorgensen 1, Palm Toft 1
Group B
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=350Riders
1 Somerset14 Morris 4, Davies 4, Grajczonek 3, Newman 3
2 Edinburgh 13Cook 6, Vissing 3, Pjiper 3, Tabaka 1, Sneddon 0
3 Newcastle 11 Robson 6, Tully 4, Worrall R 1, Lindgren 0
4 Leicester 10 Nieminen 4, Bjerre 3, Karlsson 2, Doolan 1
Final
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=450Riders
1 Edinburgh 21Vissing 8, Cook 6, Sneddon 3, Pjiper 2, Tabaka 2
2 Ipswich 18Lanham 6, Tungate 4, Barker 3, Risager 3, Heeps 2
3 Somerset17 Morris 6, Grajczonek 5, Davies 4, Newman 2
4 Berwick 16Smith 7, Bellego 6, Wethers 2, Ashworth 1

Final Leading averages

width=200Riderwidth=200Teamwidth=40Average
Edinburgh 10.83
Somerset10.23
Somerset9.18
Sheffield9.16
Plymouth 9.02
Newcastle 8.94
Ben BarkerIpswich 8.93
Workington 8.84
Leicester 8.77
Somerset 8.70

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: 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.
  2. Web site: 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup. Speedway archive.
  3. Web site: ALLEN WINS PLRC . Sheffield Speedway . 27 June 2023.
  4. Web site: 2013 fixtures . Speedway Researcher . 30 May 2023.
  5. Web site: Somerset Rebels win Premier League pairs championship . Burnham on Sea . 4 June 2013 . 30 May 2023.
  6. Web site: 2013 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.

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