SGB Championship 2024 explained

Competition:SGB Championship
Competitors:9
Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:TBD
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:TBD
Domesticcup3:BSN Series
Domesticcup3 Winners:TBD
Domesticcup4:Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:TBD
Domesticcup5:Riders' Championship
Domesticcup5 Winners:TBD
Highest Average:TBD
League Above:SGB Premiership
Leagues Below:2024 NDL
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 SGB Championship season is the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship.[1] The league is sponsored by Cab Direct.

Summary

Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024,[1] with Workington Comets replacing Birmingham Brummies following their respective league changes.[2] [3] Edinburgh Monarchs once again remained in the league despite problems surrounding their home venue.[4]

The league format will be the same as in 2023, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season.

The top four teams qualify for the playoffs. The points limit for team construction was reduced from 40 to 38 points.[1]

Glasgow Tigers will defend the Championship title that they won in 2023, while Scunthorpe Scorpions will defend the knockout cup and Poole Pirates will defend the BSN Series.

League

Regular season

League table

ClubHomeAway
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1Poole Pirates14701411694566528+128
2Oxford Cheetahs12700122595483523+112
315700206705641523+64
4Workington Comets15601206655695319-40
512501105533544214-11
6Redcar Bears14403205617642214-25
7Plymouth Gladiators12402105512563212-51
8Berwick Bandits16404107663575111-112
9Edinburgh Monarchs14402008596661210-65

Fixtures & results

Grand final

First legSecond leg

Knockout Cup

The 2024 SGB Championship Knockout Cup is the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 7th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Final

First LegSecond Leg

BSN Series

Scottish Group[5]

Fixtures

Table

ClubHomeAway
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1Edinburgh Monarchs (Q)420010119116828+23
2411000217618314-7
3420000217218804-16

Northern Group

Fixtures

Table

ClubHomeAway
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1Workington Comets (Q)420010119216828+24
2Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q)420010118317717+6
3400200216519500-30

Southern Group

Fixtures

Table

ClubHomeAway
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1Poole Pirates (Q)420010121014928+61
2420000216119804-37
3410100216819213-24

Knockout stages

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Grand Final

First legSecond leg

Pairs Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs will take place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford.

Riders' Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship will take place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar.

Leading averages

The league averages are the top ten riders' end of season averages.

Squads

Berwick Bandits

Edinburgh Monarchs

Glasgow Tigers

Also rode

Oxford Cheetahs

Plymouth Gladiators

Also rode

Poole Pirates

Also rode

Redcar Bears

Also rode

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Workington Comets

Also rode

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British Speedway AGM Statement . British Speedway . 19 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Brummies back in top flight . Birmingham Speedway . 19 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Sam McGurk is back for 2024 . Workington Speedway . 19 November 2023.
  4. Web site: STELLAR MONARCHS TO ROAR INTO 2024 . Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway . 19 November 2023.
  5. Web site: BSN Series . British Speedway . 13 January 2023.