1993 British League Division Two season

The 1993 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.[1]

1993 British League Division Two season
LeagueBritish League Division Two
ChampionsGlasgow Tigers
No. of competitors11
Knockout CupGlasgow Tigers
IndividualGary Allan
FoursEdinburgh Monarchs
Highest averageJason Crump
Division/s aboveBritish League (Div 1)

Summary

The title was won by the Glasgow Tigers.[2]

Final table
Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Glasgow Tigers 40 27 1 12 19 74
2 Long Eaton Invaders 40 25 0 15 13 63
3 Peterborough Panthers 40 24 0 16 13 61
4 Swindon Robins 40 23 1 16 13 60
5 Edinburgh Monarchs 40 20 1 19 15 56
6 Newcastle Diamonds 40 21 2 17 8 52
7 Middlesbrough Bears 40 21 0 19 8 50
8 Rye House Rockets 40 20 0 20 9 49
9 Sheffield Tigers 40 15 0 25 5 35
10 Exeter Falcons 40 12 0 28 3 27
11 Oxford Cheetahs 40 9 1 30 4 23

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1993 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 26th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition.[3]

First round
Date Team one Score Team two
21/05Peterborough79-29Oxford
09/05Newcastle57-50Edinburgh
07/05Edinburgh61-47Newcastle
05/05Long Eaton80-28Sheffield
29/04Sheffield45-63Long Eaton
14/04Oxford49-58Peterborough

Quarter-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
15/08Rye House64-43Peterborough
13/08Peterborough72-36Rye House
01/07Middlesbrough51-57Glasgow
30/06Long Eaton53-54Edinburgh
21/06Exeter57-51Swindon
20/06Edinburgh60-48Long Eaton
20/06Glasgow70-38Middlesbrough
19/06Swindon60-48Exeter

Semi-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
08/10Peterborough55-53Glasgow
03/10Glasgow73-35Peterborough
07/08Swindon61-47Edinburgh
06/08Edinburgh60-48Swindon

Final

First leg

Swindon Robins54 – 54Glasgow Tigers
[4]

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers
Mick Powell 15
Róbert Nagy 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
David Walsh 10
James Grieves 9
Jesper Olsen 4
David Nagel 3		64 – 44Swindon Robins
[5]

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 118–98.

Riders' Championship

Gary Allan won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 25 September at the Norfolk Arena.[6]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1New Zealand Gary Allan3 2 3 3 213+3
2Australia Mick Poole2 3 2 3 313+2
3Australia Tony Langdon3 2 3 3 112+3
4England Paul Thorp2 1 3 3 312+2
5Denmark Jan Staechmann3 2 3 1 312+1
6Australia Jason Crump2 3 r 2 29
7Hungary Robert Nagy3 r 1 1 38
8Denmark Jens Rasmussen (res)2 1 2 2 18
9England Martin Goodwin0 3 2 r 27
10England Peter Carr1 0 2 2 27
11England Neil Collins1 3 1 1 06
12England Daz Sumner0 2 1 0 14
13England Les Collins0 0 0 2 13
14England Nigel Crabtree1 1 0 1 03
15Scotland Kenny McKinna1 1 0 0 02
16England Mark Simmonds0 0 1 0 01
17New Zealand Mark Thorpe- - - - -0
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Fours

Edinburgh Monarchs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 25 July.[7]

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Edinburgh Monarchs22Collins L 7, McKinna 6, Coles 6, Lamb 3
2Swindon Robins20Allan 9, Crump 5, Rossiter 4, Leaver 2
3Long Eaton Invaders18Hellsen 7, Steachmann 4, Dixon 4, Collins N 3
4Rye House Rockets12Teurnberg 5, Goodwin 3, Rasmussen 2, O'Brien 2, Pedersen 0

Final leading averages
Rider Team Average
Jason CrumpSwindon10.50
Róbert NagyGlasgow10.18
Jan StæchmannLong Eaton10.16
Paul ThorpNewcastle9.90
Neil CollinsLong Eaton9.60
Mark ThorpeNewcastle9.28
Shane BowesGlasgow8.99
Tony LangdonOxford8.99
Gary AllanSwindon8.93
Mick PoolePeterborough8.90

Riders & final averages

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

  • Tony Langdon 8.99
  • Alan Grahame 7.05
  • David Smart 6.97
  • Andy Meredith 6.35
  • Spencer Timmo 5.66
  • Rene Madsen 5.53
  • Mark Blackbird 5.33
  • David Clarke 4.87
  • Chris Cobby 4.55
  • Andy Hackett .4.41
  • Paul Blackbird 4.29
  • Gary Sweet 3.30

Peterborough

Rye House

Sheffield

Swindon

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. "1993 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. "1993 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Tigers pounce on double". Paisley Daily Express. 19 October 1993. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Speedway". Sunday Mirror. 26 September 1993. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Invaders can't take the heat". Derby Evening Telegraph. 26 July 1993. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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