SGB Championship 2023

The 2023 SGB Championship season (sponsored by Cab Direct ) was the 76th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Championship. The British Speedway Network (BSN) streamed 35 matches live for the second year running.

Summary
Nine clubs competed in the Championship in 2023, with Edinburgh Monarchs remaining in the league despite problems surrounding their home venue. The only change to the league was Leicester Lions, who left for the higher league of the SGB Premiership 2023.

The league format was the same as in 2022, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The points system was revamped and simplified, with teams scoring two points for a win (home or away), with a bonus point scored for an aggregate win. A 'Super Heat' was also introduced in the event of a tied meeting, with the winners scoring two league points and the losers gaining one point.

The top six teams qualified for the playoffs, however they were split into two groups of three, with the winners of each qualifying for the Grand Final. Finally, the points limit for team construction was reduced from 42 to 40 points.

Glasgow Tigers won the title for the first time 2011, while Scunthorpe Scorpions claimed the knockout cup. Poole Pirates had been looking to secure an unprecedented third consecutive double of league and cup, however they lost in both finals. However, Poole did win the BSN Series, an early season competition.

Regular season
League table

Fixtures & results

Play Offs
Six of the nine teams qualified for the play offs, including sixth placed Edinburgh who lost 10 of their 16 matches.

Group A

Fixtures

Table

Group B

Fixtures

Table

Grand final
First leg

Second leg

Knockout Cup
The 2023 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 55th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 6th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Home team scores are in bold

Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final
First Leg

Second Leg

BSN Series
Scottish Group

Fixtures

Table

Northern Group

Fixtures

Table

Southern Group

Fixtures

Table

Knockout stages
Home team scores are in bold

Overall aggregate scores are in red

Grand Final
First leg

Second leg

Pairs Championship
The 2023 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Friday 1 September, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford. It was won by Glasgow Tigers, who beat defending champions Redcar Bears in the final.

Qualifying heats

Semi-finals

Final

Riders' Championship
The 2023 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship was held on 27 August, at the Ecco Arena in Redcar. The event was won by Charles Wright on his home track.


 * f=fell, r=retired, ex=excluded tm=two minute warning excluded

Leading averages

 * averages include league, play offs, knockout cup & bsn series, min 6 matches

Squads & final averages
Berwick Bandits
 * 🇦🇺 Rory Schlein 8.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leon Flint (C) 7.05
 * 🇦🇺 Jye Etheridge 6.41
 * Thomas Jørgensen 6.23
 * Jonas Knudsen 5.74
 * Hans Andersen 5.38
 * 🇦🇺 Jacob Hook 4.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Connor Coles 4.51
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Boxall 3.64
 * Greg Blair 2.46
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nathan Stoneman 1.33

Birmingham Brummies
 * 🇦🇺 Justin Sedgmen (C) 7.74
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Morris 7.53
 * 🇦🇺 Troy Batchelor 7.35
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Bowtell 5.43
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Starke 4.40
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stefan Nielsen 3.05
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sam Hagon 3.02
 * 🇦🇺 Ty Proctor 3.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wright 2.86

Edinburgh Monarchs
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Cook 9.08
 * 🇦🇺 Josh Pickering (C) 8.55
 * 🇦🇺 Kye Thomson 6.57
 * 🇮🇹 Michele Paco Castagna 6.11
 * 🇳🇴 Lasse Fredriksen 4.71
 * Bastian Borke 4.50
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Bickley 3.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Max Clegg 3.06
 * 🇦🇺 Dayle Wood 1.00

Glasgow Tigers
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Harris 9.47
 * Benjamin Basso 9.45
 * 🇷🇺/🇵🇱 Vadim Tarasenko 8.51
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Brennan (C) 7.91
 * Claus Vissing 7.45
 * 🇵🇱 Marcin Nowak 6.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Complin 4.56
 * Ace Pijper 3.18

Oxford Cheetahs
 * 🇦🇺 Sam Masters 9.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Nicholls (C) 9.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Kerr 8.54
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jordan Jenkins 6.69
 * 🇦🇺 Cameron Heeps 5.71
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Henry Atkins 4.70
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashton Boughen 4.00
 * 🇦🇺 Luke Killeen 3.27
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ryan Kinsley 2.36

Plymouth Gladiators
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Barker 7.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richie Worrall 7.77
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Howarth (C) 7.61
 * 🇦🇺 James Pearson 5.84
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dan Gilkes 5.79
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Morley 3.06
 * 🇳🇿 Jake Turner 2.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Trigger 2.07

Poole Pirates
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Lawson 9.37
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Worrall (C) 8.38
 * 🇦🇺 Ben Cook 8.29
 * 🇦🇺 Zach Cook 8.03
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anders Rowe 6.67
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyle Newman 6.63
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Adam Roynon 5.01
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Thompson 4.86

Redcar Bears
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charles Wright (C) 9.66
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny King 8.58
 * 🇩🇪 Erik Riss 6.76
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Edwards 6.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danyon Hume 5.76
 * 🇦🇺 Connor Bailey 5.65
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jake Mulford 3.44

Scunthorpe Scorpions
 * 🇦🇺 Ryan Douglas 10.09
 * 🇦🇺 Jake Allen 7.94
 * Michael Palm Toft 7.85
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Lambert (C) 7.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Connor Mountain 6.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Drew Kemp 6.64
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Ablitt 3.13