SGB Championship 2019

The SGB Championship 2019 was the second division of British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The defending league champions were the Workington Comets, who completed an excellent 2018 season winning three major trophies.

SUmmary
Four new teams joined the SGB Championship in 2019 with two of them dropping down from the 2018 SGB Premiership league season these teams were Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels with Ipswich Witches and Peterborough Panthers moving in the opposite direction. Two teams from the third tier of British speedway the National League Birmingham Brummies and Eastbourne Eagles moved up into this season's league while the Lakeside Hammers did not compete.

On 14 January 2019, the Workington Comets management announced that they would not be competing in the league in 2019 for financial reasons.

Regulation changes
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 lowering of teams' points averages to 38.00 per team; this was done to reduce the running costs of teams. Riders who started out in the National League would receive a 2.5% reduction on their average. New riders who have previously ridden in the professional leagues in either Poland, Sweden or Denmark would automatically be given a 5.00 average and riders who have never ridden in these leagues would be awarded a 4.00 average. There were a number of line-up changes for the 2019 season. The Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels dropped down from the SGB Premiership after the 2018 season.

League table
Final Table Up To And Including Friday 4 October

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

Play-offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red

Knockout Cup
The 2019 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 52nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.

KO Cup stages
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Championship Shield
Borders Group

Borders Group Table Final Table Up To And Including Friday 24 May

Northern Group

Northern Group Table Final Table Up To And Including Friday 3 May

Southern Group

Southern Group Table Final Table Up To And Including Wednesday 1 May

Play-offs

Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red The best second place team from the three qualifying group stage also qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Grand final

Riders Championship
Erik Riss won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 1 September at Owlerton Stadium.


 * f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

The following did not partake in the meeting even though they had qualified Edward Kennett (Eastbourne Eagles), Scott Nicholls (Leicester Lions), Charles Wright (Redcar Bears)

Referee's Official Group Stage Result Score Sheet

Pairs
The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Oaktree Arena on 20 September. The event was won by Glasgow Tigers.

Semi finals
 * Glasgow bt Sheffield 7-2
 * Leicester bt Birmingham 5-4

Final
 * Glasgow bt Leicester 6-3

Fours
Somerset Rebels won the SGB Championship Fours, held on 23 June 2019, at the East of England Arena.

King beat Cook (who fell) in a run off for second place.

Teams and final averages
Berwick Bandits


 * 🇦🇺 Aaron Summers 8.09
 * Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 7.82
 * 🇦🇺 Jye Etheridge 7.63
 * 🇦🇺 Kevin Doolan 7.67
 * 🇦🇹 Dany Gappmaier 6.81
 * 🇸🇪 Thomas H. Jonasson 6.32
 * 🇦🇷 Coty Garcia 5.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leon Flint 4.33

27 August Thomas H. Jonasson replaced the injured Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen in the Berwick Bandits team

Birmingham Brummies


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Ellis 8.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Morris 7.60
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Garrity 7.19
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Zach Wajtknecht 6.67
 * 🇫🇮 Tero Aarnio 6.24
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ulrich Østergaard 6.00
 * 🇮🇹 Michele Paco Castagna 5.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Newman 4.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Perry 4.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Wallinger 4.00
 * Tobias Thomsen 3.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nathan Stoneman 3.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danyon Hume 3.23
 * Nick Agertoft 2.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jordan Jenkins 1.33

7 May Adam Ellis and Nathan Stoneman replaced Kyle Newman and Tobias Thomsen in the Birmingham Brummies team 31 May Tero Aarnio replaced Ulrich Østergaard in the Birmingham Brummies team 1 July Nick Agertoft replaced the retired Zach Wajtknecht and Danyon Hume replaced Nathan Stoneman in the Birmingham Brummies team 23 July Jason Garrity replaced the injured Nick Morris and David Wallinger replaced Danyon Hume in the Birmingham Brummies team 4 August Jordan Jenkins replaced David Wallinger in the Birmingham Brummies team 26 August Tom Perry replaced Jordan Jenkins who quit the Birmingham Brummies team

Eastbourne Eagles


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Edward Kennett 9.32
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Lawson 8.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Kerr 8.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brennan 6.59
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Newman 6.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Morley 5.36
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgie Wood 4.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Bowtell 3.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Edwards 3.38

21 May Kyle Newman replaced the injured Tom Brennan in the Eastbourne Eagles team 17 July Jason Edwards replaced Ben Morley in the Eastbourne Eagles team

Edinburgh Monarchs


 * 🇦🇺 Sam Masters 10.86
 * 🇺🇸 Ricky Wells 8.40
 * 🇦🇺 Josh Pickering 7.82
 * 🇦🇺 Cameron Heeps 7.58
 * 🇫🇮 Victor Palovaara 6.72
 * 🇸🇪 Joel Andersson 6.20
 * 🇦🇺 Justin Sedgmen 5.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Sarjeant 5.13
 * William Lawson 4.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Ruddick 3.54
 * 🇦🇺 Matt Marson 3.33

30 May Victor Palovaara replaced the injured Justin Sedgmen in the Edinburgh Monarchs team 15 July Sam Masters and Matt Marson replaced Victor Palovaara and Joel Andersson in the Edinburgh Monarchs team 1 August James Sarjeant replaced Matt Marson in the Edinburgh Monarchs team

Glasgow Tigers


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Cook 10.72
 * Rasmus Jensen 9.05
 * Claus Vissing 8.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Starke 7.19
 * Sam Jensen 5.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Sarjeant 4.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Bickley 4.54
 * 🇦🇺 Connor Bailey 3.72
 * Mikkel B. Andersen 2.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Chessell 0.33

22 February Kyle Bickley replaced Joe Lawlor in the Glasgow Tigers team 25 May Connor Bailey replaced Luke Chessell in the Glasgow Tigers team 1 August Mikkel B. Andersen replaced James Sarjeant in the Glasgow Tigers team 6 August Sam Jensen replaced the injured Paul Starke in the Glasgow Tigers team

Leicester Lions


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Nicholls 9.23
 * 🇦🇺 Ryan Douglas 8.82
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richie Worrall 8.81
 * 🇦🇺 Ty Proctor 7.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Bates 7.30
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ellis Perks 7.15
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Connor Mountain 6.25
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Thomas 3.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Lawlor 2.50

10 July Joe Lawlor replaced Jack Thomas in the Leicester Lions team 1 August Ty Proctor replaced the injured Josh Bates in the Leicester Lions team

Newcastle Diamonds


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Worrall 8.33
 * 🇦🇺 Matthew Wethers 7.60
 * Ulrich Østergaard 6.94
 * Lasse Bjerre 6.93
 * Thomas Jørgensen 6.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Max Clegg 5.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Lambert 3.41
 * Jacob Bukhave 3.06
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Phillips 2.67

4 March Steve Worrall replaced Nike Lunna in the Newcastle Diamonds team, with them also releasing Victor Palovaara 5 March Simon Lambert was signed to replace Victor Palovaara 29 May Jacob Bukhave replaced Simon Lambert 10 July Ulrich Østergaard replaced Jacob Bukhave

Redcar Bears


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charles Wright 9.60
 * 🇩🇪 Erik Riss 9.00
 * Michael Palm Toft 7.89
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Barker 6.80
 * 🇦🇺 Jordan Stewart 6.31
 * Kasper Andersen 5.79
 * Ulrich Østergaard 5.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Greaves 5.41
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Bacon 4.48
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Smith 4.18
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Woolley 1.65

3 June Ben Barker was released by the Redcar Bears team 4 June Ulrich Østergaard joined the Redcar Bears team 1 July Erik Riss, Kasper Andersen and Tom Woolley replaced Ulrich Østergaard, Jack Smith and the injured Tom Bacon in the Redcar Bears team

Scunthorpe Scorpions


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Auty 8.13
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Garrity 7.88
 * 🇦🇺 Jake Allen 7.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Barker 7.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Ayres 6.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Lambert 6.02
 * Stefan Nielsen 5.57
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Kinsley 3.52
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Bailey 3.50
 * 🇦🇺 Jedd List 1.09

8 April Danny Ayres replaced Jedd List in the Scunthorpe Scorpions team 29 June Simon Lambert and Ben Barker replaced Josh Bailey and the injured Jason Garrity in the Scunthorpe Scorpions team

Sheffield Tigers


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny King 8.82
 * 🇦🇺 Ty Proctor 7.81
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Howarth 7.70
 * 🇺🇸 Broc Nicol 6.41
 * 🇦🇺 Justin Sedgmen 6.03
 * 🇦🇺 Todd Kurtz 5.70
 * 🇦🇺 Zaine Kennedy 4.95
 * 🇦🇺 Josh MacDonald 4.76
 * Kasper Andersen 4.74
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Drew Kemp 4.58

4 June Josh MacDonald replaced Kasper Andersen in the Sheffield Tigers team 31 July Todd Kurtz and Justin Sedgmen replaced Ty Proctor and the injured Broc Nicol in the Sheffield Tigers team 27 August Broc Nicol replaced Drew Kemp in the Sheffield Tigers team

Somerset Rebels


 * 🇦🇺 Rory Schlein 9.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Harris 9.37
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Morris 8.63
 * 🇮🇹 Nico Covatti 8.44
 * 🇩🇪 Valentin Grobauer 5.86
 * 🇦🇺 Todd Kurtz 5.33
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anders Rowe 4.53
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Henry Atkins 2.91
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nathan Stoneman 2.58
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Luke Harris 0.80

26 July Valentin Grobauer quits racing the Somerset Rebels team 28 July Henry Atkins quits racing the Somerset Rebels team 29 July Nick Morris, Nathan Stoneman and Luke Harris replaced resigned riders Valentin Grobauer, Henry Atkins, and Todd Kurtz in the team