SGB Championship Fours explained

SGB Championship Fours
Sport:	motorcycle speedway
Founded:	1995
Country:	United Kingdom
Footnotes:	replaced the National League Four-Team Championship in 1995

The SGB Championship Fours formerly the Premier League Four-Team Championship is a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The winners and second place of each group competed for the Championship in the final.^{[1] [2]}

History

The competition replaced the National League Four-Team Championship (held from 1976 until 1994).^[3] It was first staged in 1995 when the Premier League was the highest tier of British speedway because the top two divisions had merged. However, in 1996, it reverted back to a competition for second tier teams in the British Speedway system.^[4] From 1997 until 2016 it was known as the Premier League Four-Team Championship.

In 2017, the competition changed its name to the SGB Championship Fours.^[5]

Winners

width=50px	Year	width=175px	Winners	width=175px	2nd Place	width=175px	3rd Place	width=175px	4th Place
Premier League Four-Team Championship
1995^[6]	Cradley Heathens	Peterborough Panthers	Bradford Dukes	Arena Essex Hammers
1996^[7]	Oxford Cheetahs	Peterborough Panthers	Hull Vikings	Ipswich Witches
1997^[8]	Long Eaton Invaders	Edinburgh Monarchs	Oxford Cheetahs	Berwick Bandits
1998^[9]	Peterborough Panthers	Edinburgh Monarchs	Hull Vikings	Reading Racers
1999^[10]	Sheffield Tigers	Newport Wasps	Isle of Wight Islanders	Arena Essex Hammers
2000^[11]	Sheffield Tigers	Isle of Wight Islanders	Swindon Robins	Berwick Bandits
2001^[12]	Workington Comets	Newcastle Diamonds	Sheffield Tigers	Isle of Wight Islanders
2002^[13]	Berwick Bandits	Arena Essex Hammers	Newport Wasps	Hull Vikings
2003^[14]	Swindon Robins	Trelawny Tigers	Newport Wasps	Glasgow Tigers
2004^[15]	Workington Comets	Stoke Potters	Glasgow Tigers	Rye House Rockets
2005^[16]	Somerset Rebels	Workington Comets	Exeter Falcons	Rye House Rockets
2006^[17]	Workington Comets	Somerset Rebels	Sheffield Tigers	King's Lynn Stars
2007^[18]	Isle of Wight Islanders	Somerset Rebels	King's Lynn Stars	Rye House Rockets
2008^[19]	Workington Comets	King's Lynn Stars	Somerset Rebels	Scunthorpe Scorpions
2009^[20]	Workington Comets	Somerset Rebels	Edinburgh Monarchs	Berwick Bandits
2010^[21]	Birmingham Brummies	Edinburgh Monarchs	Somerset Rebels	Sheffield Tigers
2011^[22]	Ipswich Witches	Leicester Lions	Workington Comets	Somerset Rebels
2012^[23]	Berwick Bandits	Leicester Lions	Workington Comets	Plymouth Devils
2013^[24]	Edinburgh Monarchs	Ipswich Witches	Somerset Rebels	Berwick Bandits
2014^[25]	Somerset Rebels	Workington Comets	Scunthorpe Scorpions	Edinburgh Monarchs
2015^[26]	Edinburgh Monarchs	Somerset Rebels	Ipswich Witches	Newcastle Diamonds
2016^[27]	Plymouth Devils	Workington Comets	Peterborough Panthers	Berwick Bandits
SGB Championship Fours
2017^[28]	Peterborough Panthers	Redcar Bears	Sheffield Tigers	Ipswich Witches
2018^[29]	Peterborough Panthers	Edinburgh Monarchs	Glasgow Tigers	Lakeside Hammers
2019^[30]	Somerset Rebels	Glasgow Tigers	Sheffield Tigers	Eastbourne Eagles
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-2022 competition not held

See also

• List of United Kingdom Speedway Fours Champions
• Speedway in the United Kingdom

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Speedway Archive. Speedway GB. 15 October 2021.
2. Web site: Fours champions. Speedway Archive. 15 October 2021.
3. Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007.
4. Web site: Year by Year. Speedway Researcher. 15 October 2021.
5. Web site: British Speedway Archive. Speedway GB. 15 October 2021.
6. News: Speedway . Birmingham Daily Post . 7 August 1995 . 5 July 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
7. News: Cheetahs race to four team title . Hull Daily Mail . 5 August 1996 . 5 July 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
8. News: Monarchs are right out of luck . Daily Record . 4 August 1997 . 6 July 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
9. News: Last heat fury . Hull Daily Mail . 31 August 1998 . 24 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
10. News: Wasps speed wat to Premier Fours runners-up spot . South Wales Echo . 30 August 1999 . 24 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
11. Web site: 2000 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 6 July 2023.
12. Web site: Racers flop at fours . Get Reading . 25 June 2023.
13. Web site: 2002 Premier League Four-Team Championship . You Tube . 7 July 2023.
14. Web site: 2003 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 7 July 2023.
15. Web site: Comets set to host biggest ever meeting . Whitehaven News . 26 June 2023.
16. Web site: Somerset Rebels 2005 season review . BBC . 8 July 2023.
17. Web site: 2006 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
18. Web site: 2007 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
19. Web site: 2008 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
20. Web site: 2009 Premier League Fours . You Tube . 8 July 2023.
21. Web site: 2010 Birmingham results . Birmingham Speedway . 8 July 2023.
22. Web site: 2011 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
23. Web site: BERWICK WIN PL FOURS . Peterborough Speedway . 8 July 2023.
24. Web site: 2013 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
25. Web site: Fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
26. Web site: FOURS CHAMPIONS . Edinburgh Speedway . 8 July 2023.
27. Web site: 2016 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
28. Web site: 2017 Fours final . British Speedway . 8 July 2023.
29. Web site: 2018 Fours final . British Speedway . 8 July 2023.
30. Web site: 2019 Fours final . British Speedway . 8 July 2023.