| Competition: | National Development League |
| Domesticcup1: | Champions |
| Domesticcup1 Winners: | Leicester Lion Cubs |
| Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
| Domesticcup2 Winners: | Leicester Lion Cubs |
| Domesticcup3: | Pairs Championship |
| Domesticcup3 Winners: | Leicester Lion Cubs |
| Domesticcup4: | Riders Championship |
| Domesticcup4 Winners: | Jordan Jenkins |
| Highest Average: | Dan Thompson |
| League Above: | SGB Premiership SGB Championship |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 National Development League was the third division/tier of British speedway for the 2022 season.[1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing the junior sides of many SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs.
Eight clubs competed for the League Championship, with Armadale, Belle Vue, Berwick, Kent, Leicester and champions Mildenhall all returning.[2] [3] Kent would switch venues from Central Park Stadium to the Iwade Speedway Stadium and would only enter the Royals in the National League.[4] Oxford and Plymouth would also enter junior sides, taking the total to eight sides[5]
The Championship Play Offs also returned in 2022 to determine the League Champions, as would the Knockout Cup. Leicester Lion Cubs dominated the season by winning the league and successfully defending their National League Knockout Cup title (from 2019) and winning the Pairs Championship.[6]
League Table
| Club | Home | Away | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | ||||||||
| 1 | Leicester Lion Cubs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 708 | 547 | 35 | +161 | |
| 2 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 674 | 573 | 30 | +101 | |
| 3 | Berwick Bullets | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 668 | 583 | 29 | +85 | |
| 4 | Oxford Chargers | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 652 | 600 | 26 | +52 | |
| 5 | Belle Vue Colts | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 682 | 572 | 25 | +110 | |
| 6 | Kent Royals | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 590 | 667 | 23 | -77 | |
| 7 | Plymouth Centurions | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 536 | 721 | 7 | -185 | |
| 8 | Armadale Devils | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 499 | 746 | 6 | -247 | |
League Scoring System
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in
First LegSecond Leg
The 2022 National Development League Knockout Cup was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. It returned after being cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] [7]
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in
First LegSecond Leg
The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Beaumont Park Stadium, on 20 August 2022. The event was won by Joe Thompson and Dan Thompson of the Leicester Lion Cubs.[8]
| Group A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Club | width=240 | Riders | width=20 | Pts |
| 1st | Leicester Q | Joe Thompson & Dan Thompson | 21 | ||||
| 2nd | Armadale Q | Tom Woolley & Elliot Kelly | 13 | ||||
| 3rd | Greg Blair & Luke Crang | 12 | |||||
| 4th | Jack Smith & Harry McGurk | 8 | |||||
| Group B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Club | width=240 | Riders | width=20 | Pts |
| 1st | Plymouth Q | Adam Roynon & Rhys Naylor | 16 | ||||
| 2nd | Oxford Q | Jordan Jenkins & Sam Hagon | 14 | ||||
| 3rd | Mildenhall | Jason Edwards & Jack Kingston | 14 | ||||
| 4th | Ben Morley & Sam Woolley | 9 | |||||
| width=100 | Team one | width=100 | Team two | width=80 | Score | width=300 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | Oxford | 7-2 | D. Thompson, J. Thompson, Jenkins, Hagon | ||||
| Armadale | Plymouth | 5-4 | Roynon, Kelly, Woolley, Naylor (f.exc) |
| width=100 | Team one | width=100 | Team two | width=80 | Score | width=300 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | Armadale | 7-2 | D. Thompson, J. Thompson, Kelly, Woolley |
| Rider | Team | Average | ||
| 1 | Dan Thompson | Leicester | 10.81 | |
| 2 | Jason Edwards | Mildenhall | 10.50 | |
| 3 | Alfie Bowtell | Kent | 10.30 | |
| 4 | Ben Morley | Kent | 10.00 | |
| 5 | Nathan Stoneman | Oxford | 9.73 |
The 2022 edition of the National Development League Riders Championship, took place on Sunday 25 September at The Eddie Wright Raceway, Scunthorpe.[9]
| width=25px | Pos. | width=150px | Rider | width=50px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Jenkins | 14 | |||
| 2 | 13+3 | ||||
| 3 | 13+2 | ||||
| 4 | Lee Complin | 11 | |||
| 5 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Joe Thompson | 9 | |||
| 8 | Jack Kingston | 9 | |||
| 9 | Tom Woolley | 7 | |||
| 10 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Luke Harrison | 2 | |||
| 15 | Mason Watson | 2 | |||
| 16 | Luke Crang | 1 | |||
| 17 | Jack Shimelt (res) | 0 |