Competition: | SGB Premiership |
Domesticcup1: | Champions |
Domesticcup1 Winners: | Swindon Robins[1] |
Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
Domesticcup2 Winners: | Swindon Robins[2] |
Domesticcup3: | Premiership Shield |
Domesticcup3 Winners: | Poole Pirates[3] |
Domesticcup4: | Riders' Championship |
Domesticcup4 Winners: | not held |
Highest Average: | Jason Doyle |
Leagues Below: | SGB Championship National Development League |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2021 |
The SGB Premiership 2019 was the 85th season of the top division, called the SGB Premiership, of the British speedway championship in 2019. From the 2018 league season two teams, Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels, dropped down to the next league down, the SGB Championship, and were replaced in the league by Ipswich Witches and Peterborough Panthers. Although no promotion or relegation exist in British speedway these changes were taken purely due to financial concerns of the teams that dropped out of the SGB Premiership. Rye House Rockets who had taken part in the previous SGB Premiership season closed down.
The league ran between March and October 2019 and had seven teams participating. The line-up of teams changed from the previous 2018 league season with both Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels dropping down into the SGB Championship and being replaced by two 2018 SGB Championship teams Ipswich Witches and Peterborough Panthers. Rye House Rockets who withdrew from the 2018 did not reenter the league. Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning the title in 2018. BT Sport continued its TV coverage of the SGB Premiership in 2019.
At the Speedway AGM in November 2018, a number of changes were made to the rules and regulations for 2019. The biggest change was the introduction of fixed race nights: from now on, all Premiership meetings would be held on either a Monday or Thursday. Riders in teams must have achieved a minimum average of 3.00 to be able to race in the league. Although the team points limit remained at 42.50.
Teams face each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings are called the 'A' fixtures, and the second are the 'B' fixtures.
A Fixtures
B Fixtures
Final Table Up To And Including Wednesday 18 September
Club | Home | Away | |||||||||||||
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1 | Poole Pirates | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1101 | 1041 | 52 | +60 | |
2 | Swindon Robins | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1156 | 1003 | 50 | +153 | |
3 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1096 | 1051 | 43 | +45 | |
4 | Ipswich Witches | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1055 | 1092 | 42 | -37 | |
5 | Belle Vue Aces | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1076 | 1066 | 41 | +10 | |
6 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1073 | 1085 | 31 | -12 | ||
7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 970 | 1189 | 20 | -219 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in
Semi-finals----
Grand final----
The 2019 Knockout Cup (branded as the Premiership Supporters Cup) was the 77th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.
The Wolverhampton Wolves Vs Peterborough Panthers fixture was not restaged after one postponement, and one abandonment.
Northern Group Table
Final Table Up To And Including Monday 22 April
Club | Home | Away | |||||||||||||
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1 | Belle Vue Aces | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 170 | 9 | +20 | |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 138 | 4 | -6 | |
3 | Peterborough Panthers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 142 | 3 | -14 |
The Poole Pirates Vs King's Lynn Stars fixture was not restaged after it was postponed twice
Southern Group Table
Final Table Up To And Including Thursday 27 June
Club | Home | Away | |||||||||||||
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1 | Swindon Robins | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 292 | 248 | 13 | +44 | |
2 | Ipswich Witches | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 280 | 260 | 10 | +20 | |
3 | Poole Pirates | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 215 | 235 | 9 | -20 | |
4 | King's Lynn Stars | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 247 | 6 | -44 |
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Final SGB Premiership Averages Up To And Including Wednesday 30 October
width=200 | Rider | width=200 | Team | width=40 | Average |
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Swindon | 9.89 | ||||
Swindon | 9.36 | ||||
Belle Vue | 9.23 | ||||
Belle Vue | 8.47 | ||||
King's Lynn | 8.32 | ||||
Swindon | 8.32 | ||||
King's Lynn | 8.28 | ||||
Ipswich | 8.25 | ||||
Poole | 8.25 | ||||
Wolverhampton | 8.19 | ||||
Poole | 8.14 | ||||
Poole | 8.11 | ||||
Poole | 8.04 |
Official Speedway GB Green Sheets Averages[4]
Belle Vue Aces
27 June Aarnio replaced Ricky Wells in the Belle Vue Aces team[5]
30 July Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 5.65 replaced the injured Tero Aarnio in the Belle Vue Aces team[6]
23 August Jye Etheridge replaced the injured Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen in the Belle Vue Aces team[7]
Ipswich Witches
7 June Edward Kennett replaced David Bellego in the Ipswich Witches team[8]
27 August Niels-Kristian Iversen and James Sarjeant replaced Edward Kennett and Krystian Pieszczek in the Ipswich Witches team[9]
King's Lynn Stars
28 May Craig Cook and Simon Lambert replaced Kasper Andersen and the injured Erik Riss in the King's Lynn Stars team [10]
27 June Broc Nicol and Erik Riss replaced Simon Lambert and Ty Proctor in the King's Lynn Stars team [11]
17 July Nicklas Porsing replaced the planned signed rider Broc Nicol due to his injuries in the King's Lynn Stars team [12]
Peterborough Panthers
18 January Chris Harris is released from his Peterborough Panthers contract[13]
27 March Craig Cook is released from his Peterborough Panthers contract[14]
30 March Aaron Summers signed for Peterborough Panthers[15]
21 May Josh Bates and Scott Nicholls replaced Ben Barker and Lasse Bjerre in the Peterborough Panthers team [16]
27 June Ty Proctor replaced the injured Bradley Wilson-Dean in the Peterborough Panthers team[17]
14 August Jason Garrity replaced the injured Josh Bates in the Peterborough Panthers team[18]
27 August Ulrich Østergaard replaced the injured Aaron Summers in the Peterborough Panthers team[19]
Poole Pirates
17 July Ricky Wells replaced Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen in the Poole Pirates team [20]
27 August Thomas H. Jonasson replaced the injured Richie Worrall in the Poole Pirates team [21]
Swindon Robins
23 May Ellis Perks replaced James Shanes in the Swindon Robins team [22]
2 May Rasmus Jensen replaced Dawid Lampart in the Swindon Robins team [23]
5 June Zach Wajtknecht stood down from the Swindon Robins team with Stefan Nielsen replacing him[24]
19 June David Bellego replaced the injured Tobiasz Musielak in the Swindon Robins team [25]
10 July Claus Vissing replaced the injured Stefan Nielsen in the Swindon Robins team [26]
16 July Tobiasz Musielak replaced David Bellego in the Swindon Robins team [27]
Wolverhampton Wolves
14 March Scott Nicholls replaced the injured Jacob Thorssell in the Wolverhampton Wolves team [28]
21 May Jacob Thorssell replaced Scott Nicholls in the Wolverhampton Wolves team [29]
29 June Ryan Douglas replaced Ashley Morris in the Wolverhampton Wolves team [30]