Premier League Riders Championship
The Premier League Riders Championship was a contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average points total from each club competing in the Premier League in the United Kingdom. The championship was inaugurated in 1995, the same year that the Premier League was formed. For its first two years, the Premier League was the top league in Britain. From 1997 it was the second tier after the Elite League was formed.[1][2]
| Formerly | British League Riders' Championship (tier one - 1965–1994) British League Division Two Riders Championship (tier two - 1968–1994) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Speedway |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Notes | |
| replaced by Elite League Riders' Championship (tier one - 1997) SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship (tier two - 2017) | |
The competition was replaced by the SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship in 2017.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Team |
| In 1995 and 1996 the Premier League was the top tier of British speedway | ||
| 1995 |  Gary Havelock |
Bradford Dukes |
| 1996 |  Sam Ermolenko |
Sheffield Tigers |
| From 1997 the Premier League was the second tier of British speedway | ||
| 1997 | Peter Carr | Edinburgh Monarchs |
| 1998 | Glenn Cunningham | Peterborough Panthers |
| 1999 | Sean Wilson | Sheffield Tigers |
| 2000 | Carl Stonehewer | Workington Comets |
| 2001 | Carl Stonehewer | Workington Comets |
| 2002 | Adam Shields | Isle of Wight Islanders |
| 2003 | Sean Wilson | Sheffield Tigers |
| 2004 | Andre Compton | Sheffield Tigers |
| 2005 | Sean Wilson | Sheffield Tigers |
| 2006 | Magnus Zetterström | Somerset Rebels |
| 2007 | James Wright | Workington Comets |
| 2008 | Tai Woffinden | Rye House Rockets |
| 2009 | Ricky Ashworth | Sheffield Tigers |
| 2010 | Kenni Larsen | Newcastle Diamonds |
| 2011 | Sam Masters | Somerset Rebels |
| 2012 | Craig Cook | Edinburgh Monarchs |
| 2013 | Oliver Allen | Rye House Rockets |
| 2014 | Simon Stead | Sheffield Tigers |
| 2015 | Ulrich Østergaard | Peterborough Panthers |
| 2016 | Simon Stead | Sheffield Tigers |
References
- "British League Riders Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- "British League Riders Championship 1965-1996". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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