2018 National League speedway season explained

Competition:National League
Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:Eastbourne Eagles[1]
Eagles Win NL Title 26 October 2018
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:Eastbourne Eagles[2]
Eagles Win Cup Again 14 October 2018
Domesticcup3:National Trophy
Domesticcup3 Winners:Mildenhall Fen Tigers[3]
Trophy Koy For Fen Tigers 17 September 2018
Domesticcup4:Individual
Domesticcup4 Winners:Ben Morley
Highest Average:Tom Bacon[4]
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The National League speedway 2018 was the 2018 season of the third tier/division of British speedway.[5]

Eastbourne Eagles won the playoffs and were declared champions.[6] [1] They completed the double by winning the Knockout Cup.[7]

Results

Fixtures

Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

The following National League matches were not staged during the 2018 league season
Buxton Hitmen Vs Coventry Bees
Eastbourne Eagles Vs Mildenhall Fen Tigers

Table

Final National League Table Up To And Including Sunday 28 October

ClubHomeAway
width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28
1Mildenhall Fen Tigers179006200088959757+292
2178002002384364742+196
3Kent Kings188012111482775438+73
4Birmingham Brummies185133102384676833+78
5Coventry Bees178010112478770431+83
6Belle Vue Colts187021102580979230+17
7186031001775386323-110
8Isle of Wight Warriors185041001771384520-132
9184141002665689219-236
1017107000096318923-261

[8]

Coventry Bees were in fourth place and higher in the league table then Birmingham Brummies at the cut-off date to decide the National League play-off places.

Play-Offs

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Semi-finals

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Grand Final

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National League Knockout Cup

The 2018 National League Knockout Cup was the 21st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.[9]

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

First round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Grand Final

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National Trophy

Northern Section

FixturesTeams face each other two times: once home and once away.

Table

National Trophy Northern Section Table Up to And Including Wednesday 1 August

ClubHomeAway
width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28
1Cradley Heathens83013010040727623+131
2Birmingham Brummies83102100141830121+117
3Coventry Bees61022000127925911+20
4Stoke Potters7102100032593377-78
57004000032194090+190

[10]

Southern Section

Fixtures

Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

Table

Final National Trophy Southern Section Table

ClubHomeAway
width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28
1Mildenhall Fen Tigers84002100145026723+133
2Eastbourne Eagles84001101139732120+76
3Kent Kings83011001234636814-22
4Plymouth Devils82020101232938810-59
58004000042704480-178

[10]

Grand Final

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Final leading averages

width=200Riderwidth=200Teamwidth=40Average
Birmingham10.54
Birmingham10.38
Coventry10.18
Kent10.10
Mildenhall9.59

Riders' Championship

Ben Morley won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 30 September at Beaumont Park Stadium.[11]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxPoints width=50pxTotal
1 Ben Morley3 2 3 3 3 14+3
2 3 3 2 3 3 14+2
3 3 3 3 3 1 13
4 1 1 3 3 2 10
5 E 3 3 2 0 8
6 0 1 2 2 38
7 Mark Baseby XD 3 2 1 2 8
8 3 2 1 1 1 8
92 2 0 2 1 7
10 F 1 2 0 3 6
11 2 0 1 2 1 6
12 Tom Woolley 2 1 0 0 2 5
13 2 0 1 1 0 4
14 1 2 0 1 0 4
15 Dan Gilkes (res) 1 2 3
16 Sheldon Davies 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Ben Woodhull (res) 0 0 0
18 R FD - - - 0

Teams and final averages

Belle Vue Colts

  • 8.84
  • 8.59
  • 8.34
  • 7.52
  • 5.71
  • 3.92
  • 2.78

Birmingham Brummies

  • 10.54
  • 10.38
  • 9.10
  • 8.86
  • 5.33
  • 4.68
  • 3.36
  • 2.22
  • 2.00
  • 1.80

Buxton Hitmen

  • 8.44
  • 7.33
  • 7.18
  • 6.18
  • 3.27
  • 2.65
  • 2.30

Coventry Bees

  • 10.18
  • 8.21
  • 7.61
  • 7.42
  • 6.82
  • 5.73
  • 3.92

Cradley Heathens

The Cradley team only took part in the National Trophy competition

Eastbourne Eagles

  • 9.58
  • 9.16
  • 8.70
  • 8.25
  • 6.80
  • 6.45
  • 6.11
  • 5.44

Isle of Wight Warriors

  • 9.51
  • 9.47
  • 7.37
  • 6.62
  • 5.35
  • 4.15
  • 3.35
  • 2.50

Kent Kings

  • 10.10
  • 8.55
  • 8.32
  • 8.17
  • 7.50
  • 5.94
  • 5.64
  • 3.20
  • 1.14

Mildenhall Fen Tigers

  • 9.59
  • 9.37
  • 9.25
  • 8.56
  • 8.21
  • 8.17
  • 5.86
  • 5.53

Plymouth Devils

  • 10.00
  • 9.38
  • 8.42
  • 6.75
  • 7.31
  • 6.21
  • 2.44
  • 3.67

Stoke Potters

  • 8.72
  • 8.00
  • 6.56
  • 6.49
  • 4.83
  • 4.36
  • 3.38
  • 3.00
  • 1.43

Development Leagues

Midland Development League

width=20Poswidth=200teamwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=20Pts
1 Peterborough 8 8 00 16
2 8 4 1 3 9
3 Birmingham 8 3 0 56
4 82 1 55
5 Milton Keynes 8 2 0 64

Northern Junior League

width=20Poswidth=200teamwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=20Pts
1 Berwick 1212 0 0 24
2 Peterborough 12 8 0 4 16
3 Ashfield 12 5 1 6 11
4 Newcastle 12 5 0 7 10
5 Workington 114 0 7 8
6 Redcar 12 3 1 8 7
7 Edinburgh 11 3 0 8 6

Southern Development League

width=20Poswidth=200teamwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=20Pts
1 Kent 8 7 0 1 14
2 Reading 8 5 1 3 11
3 Exeter 8 5 0 310
4 Isle of Wight 821 55
5 Weymouth 80 0 80

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35781
  2. http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35725
  3. http://speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35579
  4. Web site: Final National League Averages . 30 November 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018 Fixtures . Speedway Researcher . 22 January 2023.
  6. Web site: Depleted Fen Tigers lose final . Suffolk News . 22 January 2023.
  7. Web site: October 2018 The Eagles . Eastbourne Speedway . 22 January 2023.
  8. 2018 National League Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://speedwaygb.co.uk/nationalleaguetable18
  9. Web site: 2018 National League Knockout Cup. Speedway GB.
  10. 2018 National League Trophy Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/nationaltrophytable18
  11. Web site: 2018 National League Riders' Championship . British Speedway. 30 June 2023.

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