2022 National Development League speedway season

The 2022 National Development League is the third division of British speedway for the 2022 season.[1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing the junior sides of many SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs.

2022 National Development League speedway season
LeagueNational Development League
Knockout CupTBC
Pairs ChampionshipTBC
Riders ChampionshipTBC
Highest averageTBC
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
SGB Championship

2022 Summary

Eight clubs would compete for the League Championship, with Armadale, Belle Vue, Berwick, Kent, Leicester and champions Mildenhall all returning. [2][3] Kent would switch venues from Central Park Stadium to the Iwade Speedway Stadium and would only enter the Royals in the National League.[4] Oxford and Plymouth would also enter junior sides, taking the total to eight sides[5]

The Championship Play Offs would also return in 2022 to determine the League Champions, as would the Knockout Cup.

Locations of the 2022 National Development League teams

Regular Season

League Table

Pos Team P W D L 4W 3W D 1L L F A Pts
1 Berwick Bullets 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 158 106 10
2 Kent Royals 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 52 38 4
3 Belle Vue Colts 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 52 38 3
4 Plymouth Centurions 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 123 147 3
5 Leicester Lion Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Oxford Chargers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 50 0
8 Armadale Devils 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 66 108 0

Fixtures & Results

Home \ Away ARM BEL BER KEN LEI MIL OXF PLY
Armadale 26/08 38–52 15/07 23/09 17/08 06/05 06/08
Belle Vue 27/05 24/06 05/08 06/05 19/08 03/06 58–32
Berwick 56–28 07/05 21/05 04/06 18/06 50–40 06/08
Kent 04/09 11/09 10/07 15/05 21/08 24/07 28/08
Leicester 16/07 14/05 05/06 18/06 21/05 09/07 11/06
Mildenhall 17/07 05/06 04/09 31/07 26/06 28/08 15/05
Oxford 03/08 10/08 04/05 07/09 20/07 24/08 01/06
Plymouth 23/08 53–37 09/08 38–52 24/05 05/07 14/06
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Scoring System

  • Home loss by any number of points = 0
  • Home draw = 1
  • Home win by any number of points = 3
  • Away loss by 7 points or more = 0
  • Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
  • Away draw = 2
  • Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
  • Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Championship Play Offs
  Semi Finals Grand Final
                         
 
 
   
 
 

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Grand Final

First Leg

–

Second Leg

–

Knockout Cup[7]

The 2022 National Development League Knockout Cup is the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. It returned after being cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

  Semi Finals Grand Final
                         
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 51 42 93  
Kent Royals 39 48 87  
    Mildenhall Fen Tigers
 
Berwick Bullets
Leicester Lion Cubs  

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Pairs Championship

The 2022 edition of the National Development League Pairs Championship, will take place on Saturday 20th August at Beaumont Park, Leicester.[8]

Riders Championship

The 2022 edition of the National Development League Riders Championship, will take place on Sunday 25th September at The Eddie Wright Raceway, Scunthorpe.[9]

Squads

Armadale Devils
  • Josh Embleton
  • Gregor Millar
  • Lewis Millar
  • Danny Phillips
  • George Rothery
  • Tom Woolley

Belle Vue Colts
  • Nathan Ablitt
  • Archie Freeman
  • Freddie Hodder
  • Harry McGurk
  • Sam McGurk
  • Jack Parkinson-Blackburn
  • Jack Smith

Berwick Bullets
  • Kyle Bickley
  • Greg Blair
  • Luke Crang
  • Kieran Douglas
  • Ace Pijper
  • Ben Rathbone
  • Mason Watson

Kent Royals
  • Joe Alcock
  • Alfie Bowtell
  • Jamie Halder
  • Ben Morley
  • Danno Verge
  • Chris Watts
  • Sam Woolley

Leicester Lion Cubs
  • Connor Coles
  • Vinnie Ford
  • Max Perry
  • Mickie Simpson
  • Tom Spencer
  • Dan Thompson
  • Joe Thompson

Mildenhall Fen Tigers
  • Sam Bebee
  • Jason Edwards
  • Elliot Kelly
  • Ryan Kinsley
  • Luke Muff
  • Alex Spooner
  • Josh Warren

Oxford Chargers
  • Arran Butcher
  • Jacob Clouting
  • Sam Hagon
  • Ben Hopwood
  • Jordan Jenkins
  • Luke Killeen
  • Nathan Stoneman

Plymouth Centurions
  • Richard Andrews
  • Henry Atkins
  • Adam Extance
  • Dan Gilkes
  • Connor King
  • Eli Meadows
  • Ben Trigger

See also

References
  1. "2022 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. "2022 National League clubs". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. "Colts reveal full side". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "STATEMENT FROM KENT SPEEDWAY". Kent Speedway. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. "Centurions enter the NDL". Plymouth Speedway. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "2022 National Development League Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 9 December 2021.
  7. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/ndl-ko-cup/
  8. "Major Events - British Speedway Official Website". 19 February 2021.
  9. "Major Events - British Speedway Official Website". 19 February 2021.
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