SGB Championship 2024 explained

The 2024 SGB Championship season is the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship.^[1] The league is sponsored by Cab Direct.

Summary

Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024,^[1] with Workington Comets replacing Birmingham Brummies following their respective league changes.^{[2] [3]} Edinburgh Monarchs once again remained in the league despite problems surrounding their home venue.^[4]

The league format will be the same as in 2023, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season.

The top four teams qualify for the playoffs. The points limit for team construction was reduced from 40 to 38 points.^[1]

Glasgow Tigers will defend the Championship title that they won in 2023, while Scunthorpe Scorpions will defend the knockout cup and Poole Pirates will defend the BSN Series.

League

Regular season

League table

	Club		Home			Away
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1	Poole Pirates	14	7	0	1	4	1	1	694	566	5	28	+128
2	Oxford Cheetahs	12	7	0	0	1	2	2	595	483	5	23	+112
3		15	7	0	0	2	0	6	705	641	5	23	+64
4	Workington Comets	15	6	0	1	2	0	6	655	695	3	19	-40
5		12	5	0	1	1	0	5	533	544	2	14	-11
6	Redcar Bears	14	4	0	3	2	0	5	617	642	2	14	-25
7	Plymouth Gladiators	12	4	0	2	1	0	5	512	563	2	12	-51
8	Berwick Bandits	16	4	0	4	1	0	7	663	575	1	11	-112
9	Edinburgh Monarchs	14	4	0	2	0	0	8	596	661	2	10	-65

Fixtures & results

Grand final

First legSecond leg

Knockout Cup

The 2024 SGB Championship Knockout Cup is the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 7th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Final

First LegSecond Leg

BSN Series

Scottish Group^[5]

Fixtures

Table

	Club		Home			Away
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1	Edinburgh Monarchs (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	191	168	2	8	+23
2		4	1	1	0	0	0	2	176	183	1	4	-7
3		4	2	0	0	0	0	2	172	188	0	4	-16

Northern Group

Fixtures

Table

	Club		Home			Away
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1	Workington Comets (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	192	168	2	8	+24
2	Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	183	177	1	7	+6
3		4	0	0	2	0	0	2	165	195	0	0	-30

Southern Group

Fixtures

Table

	Club		Home			Away
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1	Poole Pirates (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	210	149	2	8	+61
2		4	2	0	0	0	0	2	161	198	0	4	-37
3		4	1	0	1	0	0	2	168	192	1	3	-24

Knockout stages

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Grand Final

First legSecond leg

Pairs Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs will take place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford.

Riders' Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship will take place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar.

Leading averages

The league averages are the top ten riders' end of season averages.

Squads

Berwick Bandits

• • • • • • • (C)

Edinburgh Monarchs

• (C)

Glasgow Tigers

• • • • (C)

Also rode

Oxford Cheetahs

• • • • • • (C)

Plymouth Gladiators

• (C)

Also rode

Poole Pirates

• • (C)

Also rode

Redcar Bears

• • • • • • • (C)

Also rode

Scunthorpe Scorpions

• • • • • (C)

Workington Comets

• • (C)

Also rode

See also

• List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

Notes and References

1. Web site: British Speedway AGM Statement . British Speedway . 19 November 2023.
2. Web site: Brummies back in top flight . Birmingham Speedway . 19 November 2023.
3. Web site: Sam McGurk is back for 2024 . Workington Speedway . 19 November 2023.
4. Web site: STELLAR MONARCHS TO ROAR INTO 2024 . Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway . 19 November 2023.
5. Web site: BSN Series . British Speedway . 13 January 2023.