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The '''Premier League Riders Championship''' is a contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average points total from each club competing in the [[Premier League (speedway)|Premier League]] in the UK. The championship was inaugurated in 1995, the same year that the Premier League was formed. For its first two years, the Premier League was the top league in Britain. From 1997 it was the second tier after the [[Elite League (speedway)|Elite League]] was formed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/2/british-1st-league-rider-championships|title=British League Riders Championship|website=Speedway.org|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/british-league-riders-championship-1965.html|title=British League Riders Championship 1965-1996|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
| title = Premier League Riders' Championship
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| current_season2 = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| last_season = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| upcoming_season = <!-- do not wikilink; replace with current_season at the start of the new season -->
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| formerly = [[British League Riders' Championship]] <br>(tier one - 1965–1994)<br>[[British League Division Two Riders Championship]]<br>(tier two - 1968–1994)<br>
| sport = [[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]]
| founded = 1995
| country = United Kingdom
| footnotes = replaced by <br>[[Elite League Riders' Championship]] <br>(tier one - 1997)<br>[[SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship]]<br>(tier two - 2017)
}}


The '''Premier League Riders Championship''' was a contest between the top riders with the highest average points total from each club competing in the [[Premier League (speedway)|Premier League]] in the United Kingdom.
The competition is currently held at [[Owlerton Stadium]].


==Winners==
==History==
The championship was inaugurated in 1995, the same year that the Premier League was formed.
{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- align=left style="background:#efefef;"
|width=40px {{Speedway color|P3}} align=center|'''Year'''
|width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winner'''
|width=200px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''Team'''


For its first two years, the Premier League was the top league in Britain. However, from 1997 it was the competition for the second tier, because the new [[Elite League (speedway)|Elite League]] had been formed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/2/british-1st-league-rider-championships|title=British League Riders Championship|website=Speedway.org|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/british-league-riders-championship-1965.html|title=British League Riders Championship 1965-1996|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, the Premier League became the SGB Championship and was duly renamed the [[SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship]].

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
!width=70px {{Speedway color|P3}} |Year
!width=300px {{Speedway color|P1}}|Winner
!width=300px {{Speedway color|P3}}|Team
|-
|-
|colspan=3|''In 1995 and 1996 the Premier League was the top tier of British speedway''
|colspan=3|''In 1995 and 1996 the Premier League was the top tier of British speedway''

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1995 Premier League speedway season|1995]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Mullett misery |work=Reading Evening Post |date=16 October 1995 |access-date=7 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19951016/325/0050 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1995
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Havelock]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Havelock]]
| [[Bradford Dukes]]
| [[Bradford Dukes]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1996 Premier League speedway season|1996]]<ref>{{cite news |title=American ace survives late drama |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=21 October 1996 |access-date=7 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19961021/015/0015 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1996
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Ermolenko]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sam Ermolenko]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]

|-
|-
|colspan=3|''From 1997 the Premier League was the second tier of British speedway''
|colspan=3|''From 1997 the Premier League was the second tier of British speedway''

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1997 Premier League speedway season|1997]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Champions |work=Reading Evening Post |date=15 September 1997 |access-date=24 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19970915/533/0056 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1997
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Peter Carr (speedway rider)|Peter Carr]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Carr (speedway rider)|Peter Carr]]
| [[Edinburgh Monarchs]]
| [[Edinburgh Monarchs]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1998 Premier League speedway season|1998]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Stonehewer second best |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=14 September 1998 |access-date=24 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19980914/045/0045 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1998
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Glenn Cunningham (speedway rider)|Glenn Cunningham]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Glenn Cunningham (speedway rider)|Glenn Cunningham]]
| [[Peterborough Panthers]]
| [[Peterborough Panthers]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1999 Premier League speedway season|1999]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Wilson on top |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 September 1999 |access-date=25 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19990913/017/0017 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1999
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2000 Premier League speedway season|2000]]<ref name=SH>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/wbindmligii.php |title=HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1960-2010 |website=Speedway History |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2000
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Carl Stonehewer]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carl Stonehewer]]
| [[Workington Comets]]
| [[Workington Comets]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2001 Premier League speedway season|2001]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/race-report/96922/1/plrc-stoney-does-the-double |title=PLRC: Stoney does the double! |website=Crash.net |access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2001
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Carl Stonehewer]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Carl Stonehewer]]
| [[Workington Comets]]
| [[Workington Comets]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|2002
| align=center|[[2002 Premier League speedway season|2002]]<ref name=SH/>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Adam Shields]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Shields]]
| [[Isle of Wight Islanders]]
| [[Isle of Wight Islanders]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2003 Premier League speedway season|2003]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/100073/1/wilson-walks-off-with-plrc |title=Wilson walks off with PLRC |website=Crash.net |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2003
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2004 Premier League speedway season|2004]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/101076/1/contravercial-compton-claims-plrc |title=Controversial Compton claims PLRC |website=Crash.net |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2004
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Andre Compton]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andre Compton]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2005 Premier League speedway season|2005]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/2005.shtml |title=A Year in Summary : 2005 |website=Speedway Plus |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2005
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sean Wilson (speedway rider)|Sean Wilson]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2006 Premier League speedway season|2006]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1530835.zorro-makes-mark/ |title=Zorro makes his mark |website=The Northern Echo |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2006
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Magnus Zetterström]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Zetterström]]
| [[Somerset Rebels]]
| [[Somerset Rebels]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2007 Premier League speedway season|2007]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/wright-hits-top-form-to-become-1009328 |title=Wright hits top form to become Riders' No 1 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2007
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[James Wright (speedway rider)|James Wright]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Wright (speedway rider)|James Wright]]
| [[Workington Comets]]
| [[Workington Comets]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2008 Premier League speedway season|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/25258337 |title=Tai Woffinden: Wolves hope to re-sign World speedway champion |website=BBC Sport |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2008
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Tai Woffinden]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tai Woffinden]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2009 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2009]]
| align=center|[[2009 Premier League speedway season|2009]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/news.php?extend.5176 |title=ASHWORTH DELIGHTED WITH RIDERS VICTORY |website=BritishSpeedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Ricky Ashworth]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ricky Ashworth]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2010 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2010]]
| align=center|[[2010 Premier League speedway season|2010]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/kenni-larsen-clinches-league-riders-1420547 |title=Kenni Larsen clinches League riders' top spot |website=Chronicle Live |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Kenni Larsen]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kenni Larsen]]
| [[Newcastle Diamonds]]
| [[Newcastle Diamonds]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2011 Premier League speedway season|2011]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/australian-sam-masters-new-title-holder-1404837 |title=Australian Sam Masters is new title-holder |website=Chronicle Live |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|[[2011 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2011]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Sam Masters]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sam Masters]]
| [[Somerset Rebels]]
| [[Somerset Rebels]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2012 Premier League speedway season|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/speedway-edinburgh-ace-craig-is-rider-champ-1603642 |title=Speedway: Edinburgh ace Craig is Rider Champ |website=The Scotsman |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|[[2012 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2012]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Craig Cook]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Craig Cook]]
| [[Edinburgh Monarchs]]
| [[Edinburgh Monarchs]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2013 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2013]]
| align=center|[[2013 Premier League speedway season|2013]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1444 |title=ALLEN WINS PLRC |website=Sheffield Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Oliver Allen (speedway rider)|Oliver Allen]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Oliver Allen (speedway rider)|Oliver Allen]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2014 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2014]]
| align=center|[[2014 Premier League speedway season|2014]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2014-09-21/simon-stead-wins-plrc |title=SIMON STEAD WINS PLRC |website=Edinburgh Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Simon Stead]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Stead]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2015 Premier League speedway season#Premier League Riders Championship|2015]]
| align=center|[[2015 Premier League speedway season|2015]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield-speedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.1946 |title=OSTERGAARD WINS PLRC |website=Sheffield Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Ulrich Ostergaard]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ulrich Østergaard]]
| [[Peterborough Panthers]]
| [[Peterborough Panthers]]


|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2016 Premier League speedway season|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/simon-stead-interview-sheffield-tigers-supremo-on-his-life-as-a-speedway-rider-great-britain-success-and-the-sports-future-3887306 |title=Simon Stead interview: Sheffield Tigers supremo on his life as a speedway rider, Great Britain success and the sport's future |website=Yorkshire Post |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|[[Premier League (speedway)|2016]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Simon Stead]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Simon Stead]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
| [[Sheffield Tigers]]
|-
|colspan=3|''From 2017 it was known as the SGB Championship and remained the second tier of British speedway''
|- align=left
| align=center|[[Premier League (speedway)|2017]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Nick Morris (speedway rider)|Nick Morris]]
| [[Berwick Bandits]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[Premier League (speedway)|2018]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Craig Cook]]
| [[Glasgow Tigers (speedway)|Glasgow Tigers]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[Premier League (speedway)|2019]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Erik Riss]]
| [[Redcar Bears]]
|- align=left style="background:#F5FAFF;"
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Speedway in the United Kingdom]]
*[[List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions]]
*[[Speedway in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Elite League Riders' Championship]]

* [[National League Riders' Championship]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}


{{Speedway Premier League}}
{{Speedway Premier League}}
{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}


[[Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 20:44, 31 March 2024

Premier League Riders' Championship
FormerlyBritish League Riders' Championship
(tier one - 1965–1994)
British League Division Two Riders Championship
(tier two - 1968–1994)
SportSpeedway
Founded1995
CountryUnited Kingdom
Notes
replaced by
Elite League Riders' Championship
(tier one - 1997)
SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship
(tier two - 2017)

The Premier League Riders Championship was a contest between the top riders with the highest average points total from each club competing in the Premier League in the United Kingdom.

History

[edit]

The championship was inaugurated in 1995, the same year that the Premier League was formed.

For its first two years, the Premier League was the top league in Britain. However, from 1997 it was the competition for the second tier, because the new Elite League had been formed.[1][2]

In 2017, the Premier League became the SGB Championship and was duly renamed the SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship.

Winners

[edit]
Year Winner Team
In 1995 and 1996 the Premier League was the top tier of British speedway
1995[3] England Gary Havelock Bradford Dukes
1996[4] United States Sam Ermolenko Sheffield Tigers
From 1997 the Premier League was the second tier of British speedway
1997[5] England Peter Carr Edinburgh Monarchs
1998[6] England Glenn Cunningham Peterborough Panthers
1999[7] England Sean Wilson Sheffield Tigers
2000[8] England Carl Stonehewer Workington Comets
2001[9] England Carl Stonehewer Workington Comets
2002[8] Australia Adam Shields Isle of Wight Islanders
2003[10] England Sean Wilson Sheffield Tigers
2004[11] England Andre Compton Sheffield Tigers
2005[12] England Sean Wilson Sheffield Tigers
2006[13] Sweden Magnus Zetterström Somerset Rebels
2007[14] England James Wright Workington Comets
2008[15] England Tai Woffinden Rye House Rockets
2009[16] England Ricky Ashworth Sheffield Tigers
2010[17] Denmark Kenni Larsen Newcastle Diamonds
2011[18] Australia Sam Masters Somerset Rebels
2012[19] England Craig Cook Edinburgh Monarchs
2013[20] England Oliver Allen Rye House Rockets
2014[21] England Simon Stead Sheffield Tigers
2015[22] Denmark Ulrich Østergaard Peterborough Panthers
2016[23] England Simon Stead Sheffield Tigers

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "British League Riders Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "British League Riders Championship 1965-1996". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Mullett misery". Reading Evening Post. 16 October 1995. Retrieved 7 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "American ace survives late drama". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 21 October 1996. Retrieved 7 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Champions". Reading Evening Post. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Stonehewer second best". Nottingham Evening Post. 14 September 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Wilson on top". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 September 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b "HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1960-2010". Speedway History. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ^ "PLRC: Stoney does the double!". Crash.net. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Wilson walks off with PLRC". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Controversial Compton claims PLRC". Crash.net. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  12. ^ "A Year in Summary : 2005". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Zorro makes his mark". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Wright hits top form to become Riders' No 1". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Tai Woffinden: Wolves hope to re-sign World speedway champion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  16. ^ "ASHWORTH DELIGHTED WITH RIDERS VICTORY". BritishSpeedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Kenni Larsen clinches League riders' top spot". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Australian Sam Masters is new title-holder". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Speedway: Edinburgh ace Craig is Rider Champ". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  20. ^ "ALLEN WINS PLRC". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  21. ^ "SIMON STEAD WINS PLRC". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  22. ^ "OSTERGAARD WINS PLRC". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Simon Stead interview: Sheffield Tigers supremo on his life as a speedway rider, Great Britain success and the sport's future". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 June 2023.