British League Division Two Pairs Championship

The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, named the National League Pairs Championship in the years that the second division was known as the National League was a motorcycle speedway contest between the top two riders from each club competing in the British League Division Two/New National League/National League in the United Kingdom.[1]

British League Division Two Pairs Championship
SportSpeedway
Founded1975
Ceased1994
CountryUnited Kingdom
Notes
replaced by the
Premier League Pairs Championship

Winners
Year Winners Runners-up
1975 Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Brian Havelock)		 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Colin Goad)
1976 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Chris Turner)		 Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Joe Owen)
1977 Boston Barracudas
(Rob Hollingworth & Colin Cook)		 Newport Dragons
(Jim Brett & Brian Woodward)
1978 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Steve Finch)		 Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Robbie Blackadder)
1979 Milton Keynes Knights
(Andy Grahame & Bob Humphreys)		 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Steve Finch)
1980 Middlesbrough Tigers
(Mark Courtney & Steve Wilcock)		 Boston Barracudas
(Rob Hollingworth & Gary Guglielmi)
1981 Canterbury Crusaders
(Mike Ferreira & Denzil Kent)		 Berwick Bandits
(Wayne Brown & Steve McDermott)
1982 Weymouth Wildcats
(Martin Yeates & Simon Wigg)		 Long Eaton Invaders
(Alan Molyneux & Dave Perks)
1983 Weymouth Wildcats
(Martin Yeates & Simon Cross)		 Glasgow Tigers
(Jim McMillan & Steve Lawson)
1984 Stoke Potters
(Nigel Crabtree & Tom Owen)		 Berwick Bandits
(Bruce Cribb & Steve McDermott)
1985 Ellesmere Port Gunners
(Joe Owen & Louis Carr)		 Poole Pirates
(Martin Yeates & Stan Bear)
1986 Edinburgh Monarchs
(Les Collins & Doug Wyer)		 Hackney Kestrels
(Barry Thomas & Andy Galvin)
1987 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
(Dave Jessup & Melvyn Taylor)		 Peterborough Panthers
(Ian Barney & Kevin Hawkins)
1988 Stoke Potters
(Graham Jones & Steve Bastable)		 Poole Pirates
(Steve Schofield & David Biles)
1989 Stoke Potters
(Nigel Crabtree & Eric Monaghan)		 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
(Preben Eriksen & Peter Glanz)
1990 Hackney Kestrels
(Steve Schofield & Andy Galvin)		 Exeter Falcons
(Steve Regeling & Peter Jeffrey)
1991-
1993		 competition not held
1994 Swindon Robins
(Tony Olsson & Tony Langdon)		 Glasgow Tigers
(Nigel Crabtree & David Walsh)

See also

References
  1. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  • Oakes, Peter (1991) The Complete History of the British League, Front Page Books, ISBN 0-948882-07-7, p. 15-16 (Championship Events section)
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