1993 British League season

The 1993 British League season was the 59th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 29th known as the British League.[1][2]

1993 British League season
LeagueBritish League
ChampionsBelle Vue Aces
No. of competitors11
Knockout CupBradford Dukes
IndividualPer Jonsson
Highest averageSam Ermolenko
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 2)

Summary

Belle Vue Aces won their first title since 1982. The Manchester team relied on a group of consistent riders, with no rider exceeding a 9 point average but five riders ranging from 8.75 to 6.72. The team consisted of World Under-21 champion Joe Screen, Australian Jason Lyons, Americans Bobby Ott and Shawn Moran and Dane Frede Schött.[3] The Championship was the closest in British League history with Belle Vue finishing on the same points as Wolverhampton Wolves and taking the title on heat points difference. It all came down to the last match when Belle Vue visited Wolves and pulled off a 54-53 victory. Wolves who were clear at the top of the table earlier in the season suffered a series of unfortunate injuries and were missing four riders towards the end of the season.[4]

Oxford Cheetahs dropped out of the first division resulting in their three time World Champion Hans Nielsen moving to Coventry Bees and Martin Dugard joining Eastbourne Eagles.[5]

Final table
Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Belle Vue Aces 40 24 1 15 14 63
2 Wolverhampton Wolves 40 23 0 17 17 63
3 Eastbourne Eagles 40 23 1 16 14 61
4 Arena Essex Hammers 40 21 1 18 10 53
5 Coventry Bees 40 18 3 19 13 52
6 Reading Racers 40 20 1 19 10 51
7 Bradford Dukes 40 19 3 18 7 48
8 Ipswich Witches 40 17 0 23 8 42
9 King's Lynn Stars 40 15 4 21 6 40
10 Poole Pirates 40 17 0 23 6 40
11 Cradley Heath Heathens 40 16 0 24 5 37

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Leading averages
Rider Team Average
Sam ErmolenkoWolverhampton11.12
Per JonssonReading10.34
Hans NielsenCoventry10.05
Greg HancockCradley Heath9.85
Ronnie CorreyWolverhampton9.62
Leigh AdamsArena Essex9.49
Henrik GustafssonKings Lynn9.27
Tony RickardssonIpswich9.01
Billy HamillCradley Heath8.99
Martin DugardEastbourne8.98

British League Knockout Cup

The 1993 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 55th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for a third consecutive year.[6]

First Round
Date Team One Score Team Two
08/07Ipswich55-53Wolverhampton
24/05Wolverhampton64-43Ipswich
22/05Cradley Heath59-49Belle Vue
21/05Arena Essex72-36Kings Lynn
21/05Belle Vue58-48Cradley Heath
08/05Kings Lynn54-54Arena Essex
16/07Belle Vue59-47Cradley Heath
30/06Cradley Heath59-49Belle Vue

Quarter Finals
Date Team One Score Team Two
20/08Belle Vue60-47Wolverhampton
11/08Wolverhampton57-51Belle Vue
31/07Coventry64-44Poole
14/07Poole55-53Coventry
05/07Reading63-45Arena Essex
04/07Bradford66-42Eastbourne
27/06Eastbourne63-45Bradford
18/06Arena Essex67-41Reading

Semi Finals
Date Team One Score Team Two
10/10Belle Vue61-46Arena Essex
21/09Arena Essex67-41Belle Vue
18/09Bradford61-47Coventry
14/08Coventry54-54Bradford

First leg
Bradford Dukes
Kelvin Tatum 12
Sean Wilson 12		58 - 50Arena Essex Hammers
Josh Larsen 15
Leigh Adams 14
[7]

Second leg
Arena Essex Hammers55 - 53Bradford Dukes

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 111-105.

Teams

Arena Essex Hammers

Belle Vue Aces

Bradford Dukes

Coventry Bees

Cradley Heath

Eastbourne Eagles

Ipswich Witches

King's Lynn Stars

Poole Pirates

Reading Racers

Wolverhampton Wolves

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. "1993 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. "1993 Fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. "1993 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. "Speedway". Sunday Mirror. 17 October 1993. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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