2015 National League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season February 2024 February 2024 National League Champions Birmingham Brummies Knockout Cup Eastbourne Eagles National Trophy Eastbourne Eagles Individual Ben Morley Pairs Kent Kings Fours Birmingham Brummies Adam Ellis 2015 Elite League2015 Premier League 2014 2016 The 2015 National League was the seventh season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway. The Cradley Heathens were the defending champions after winning the competition in 2014. Cradley finished the 2015 season in third place, as the Birmingham Brummies won the championship title. With 14 wins from 18 matches, the Brummies won the title after a 47–42 victory at the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in September,http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/other-sport/mildenhall-42-birmingham-47-brilliant-10003433 Mildenhall 42 Birmingham 47: Brilliant Brummies in title triumph Nigel Pearson 7 September 2015 4 November 2015 Birmingham Mail Trinity Mirror and ultimately finished 6 points clear of the Eastbourne Eagles. Teams The 2015 season featured 10 teams, one more than in 2014. The Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons did not compete in 2015, whilst the Birmingham Brummies, Eastbourne Eagles and Rye House Raiders all joined the league. National League co-ordinator Peter Morrish expressed his excitement ahead of the new season, with the addition of the Brummies and Eagles especially – two teams with extensive Elite League experience – it was expected to be one of the most exciting National League seasons in years.http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.27962 BRITISH SPEEDWAY NL STATEMENT - British Speedway Official Website Final league table Pos. Position Club M Matches Home Away F Race points for A Race points against +/− Plus/minus Pts Total points W Home win; three points awarded D Home draw; one point awarded L Home loss; no points awarded 4W Away win by more than seven points; four points awarded 3W Away win by less than seven points; three points awarded D Away draw; two points awarded 1L Away loss by less than seven points; one point awarded L Away loss by more than seven points; no points awarded 1 Birmingham Brummies (C) 18 8 0 1 4 2 0 2 1 867 758 +109 48 2 Eastbourne Eagles 18 9 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 908 726 +182 42 3 Cradley Heathens 18 8 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 839 745 +94 37 4 Coventry Storm 18 8 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 816 774 +42 36 5 Rye House Raiders 18 6 1 2 1 2 0 1 5 797 766 +31 30 6 King's Lynn Young Stars 18 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 797 847 −50 24 7 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 18 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 730 879 −149 22 8 Buxton Hitmen 18 5 0 4 0 1 0 2 6 774 862 −88 20 9 Stoke Potters 18 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 7 765 838 −73 19 10 Kent Kings 18 4 0 5 0 0 1 4 4 766 864 −98 18 Fixtures & results main FBR grey BIR BUX COV CH EAS KK KL MIL RYE STO Birmingham Brummies 52–39 44–46 52–40 46–43 47–43 51–39 51–38 49–39 51–39 Buxton Hitmen 47–43 39–51 51–39 40–50 49–43 45–47 47–43 42–48 49–41 Coventry Storm 42–47 52–41 48–44 57–32 46–42 50–43 55–36 32–19 50–43 Cradley Heathens 40–49 61–31 47–43 48–41 53–40 58–35 56–36 49–41 59–33 Eastbourne Eagles 51–42 49–40 56–36 52–40 58–34 64–24 66–24 54–39 65–27 Kent Kings 40–53 47–45 48–41 38–45 37–55 55–37 52–41 40–49 42–47 King's Lynn Young Stars 40–50 56–37 43–46 46–44 57–36 49–43 57–33 54–38 56–35 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 42–47 47–46 48–42 46–41 46–43 48–41 51–40 46–44 44–46 Rye House Raiders 49–44 49–41 44–45 36–29 44–48 45–45 54–38 55–34 57–33 Stoke Potters 41–49 44–45 50–40 35–40 45–45 56–36 57–36 50–27 43–47 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/2015fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 2015 fixtures & results 16 October 2024 Final Leading averages http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_25.pdf 2015 Averages Speedway GB Rider Team Average Adam Ellis Birmingham 10.14 Rob Branford Rye House 10.14 Bradley Wilson-Dean Eastbourne 9.83 National League Knockout Cup The 2015 National League Knockout Cup was the 18th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners. http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/11/cup-competition-for-third-level-teams.html National League Knockout Cup Winners Speedway Archivehttp://www.speedwaygb.co/october15 Ocitber 2015 results Speedway Great Britain First round Date Team one Score Team two12/04Mildenhall 38-52 King's Lynn15/04King's Lynn 54-35 Mildenhall06/04Rye House 42-45 Stoke19/04Stoke 44-45 Rye House Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two19/07Buxton 51-39 Kings Lynn 21/08 Kings Lynn 53-37Buxton 16/05Stoke 35-43 Cradley 27/05Cradley 57-33Stoke20/05Birmingham 47-42 Eastbourne 21/06Eastbourne 50-39Birmingham11/05 Kent 52-38 Coventry 15/05Coventry 45-45 Kent Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two29/06 Kent 28-42Eastbourne01.08 Eastbourne 50-40Kent07/10 King's Lynn 39-51 Cradley14/10 Cradley 57-33 King's Lynn Final 21 October Cradley HeathensDanny Ayres (guest) 9Arron Mogridge 8Max Clegg 6Matt Williamson 4Jack Smith 2Tyler Govier 1Ellis Perks R/R 30 30 Eastbourne EaglesMarc Owen 7Richard Andrews 7Bradley Wilson-Dean 5Kelsey Dugard 4Martin Knuckley 4Ben Hopwood 3Daniel Spiller R/R Monmore Green Stadium 24 October Eastbourne EaglesBradley Wilson-Dean 14Daniel Spiller 7Richard Andrews 7George Wood 6Marc Owen 5Kelsey Dugard 4Ben Hopwood 4 47 43 Cradley HeathensMax Clegg 12Danny Ayres (guest) 11Matt Williamson 9Arron Mogridge 5Jack Smith 5Luke Harris 1Ellis Perks R/R Arlington Stadium Riders' Championship Ben Morley won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 26 September at Rye House Stadium.http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/15results/rye_house_26.09.15_res.pdf 2015 National League Riders' Championship British Speedway 30 June 2023 Pos. Rider Team Total1 Ben MorleyKent 15 2 Danny Ayres Kent 12 3 Robert Branford Rye House 12 4 Kyle Hughes Rye House 11 5 Adam Ellis Birmingham 11 6 Liam Carr Buxton 10 7 Ryan Blacklock Buxton 10 8 Tom Stokes King's Lynn 8 9Danny Halsey Mildenhall 7 10 Zach Wajtknecht Birmingham 7 11 Marc Owen Eastbourne 6 12 Rob Shuttleworth Coventry 5 13 Jon Armstrong Stoke 3 14 Connor Mountain Mildenhall) 2 15 Lee Payne Stoke 1 16 Ryan Kinsley King's Lynn 0 Pairs The National League Pairs Championship, was held at King's Lynn Stadium, on 5 September 2015. The event was won by Ben Morley and Danny Ayres of the Kent Kings.http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/15results/kings_lynn_05.09.15_res.pdf National League Pairs British Speedway 2 July 2023 Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Rye House 28Branford 14, Hughes 142King's Lynn 20Stokes 13, Bailey 73Eastbourne 15Wilson-Dean 9, Owen 64Stoke14 Armstrong 14, Payne 05Coventry 13Knuckey 11, Baseby 2 Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Kent 23 Morley 12, Ayres 112Cradley21Clegg 12, Perks 93Birmingham 20Wajtknecht 12, Perry 84Mildenhall14Halsey 11, Mountain 35Buxton 12Carr 7, Blacklock 5 Semi finals Kent bt King's Lynn 7–2 Cradley bt Rye House 7–2 Final Kent bt Cradley 7–2 Fours Birmingham won the National League Fours, held on 14 June 2015 at Brandon Stadium.http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/15results/coventry_14.06.15_res_all.pdf 2015 National League Fours British Speedway 10 July 2023 Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Birmingham18Ellis 6, Perry 5, Wajtknecht 4, Chapman 32 Coventry 14Greenwood 6, Ritchings 5, Crang 2, Shuttleworth 13 Eastbourne8 Wilson-Dean 4, Owen 3, Mason 1, Andrews 04 King's Lynn7 Kinsley 3, Bailey 2, Sokes 2, Cockle 0 Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Kent 16 Ayres 5, Morley 5, Baseby 3, Shanes 32 Rye House 16Hughes 6, Priest 5, Chessell 3, Woods 23 Cradley 9Harris 3, Perks 3, Williamson 2, Mogridge 14 Mildenhall 7 Halsey 4, Coles 2, Kingston 1, Mountain 0 FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Birmingham15Ellis 5, Perry 4, Wajtknecht 4, Chapman 22 Coventry 15Greenwood 6, Ritchings 4, Crang 3, Shuttleworth 23 Kent13Morley 6, Ayres 3, Baseby 2, Shanes 24 Rye House4Hughes 2, Chessell 1, Priest 1, Woods 0 Ellis beat Greenwood in run-off Riders & averages Unless otherwise stated, all listed riders were declared at the start of the 2015 National League season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_1.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 1 2 April 2015 16 July 2015 National League Speedway GB Birmingham Brummies 60% 50% Adam Ellis 10.14 Zach Wajtknecht 9.51 Tom Perry 8.58Josh Bates replaced Perry for the eleventh declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_11.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 11 7 July 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB This change was reverted for the thirteenth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_13.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 13 22 July 2015 11 August 2015 National League Speedway GB Bates replaced Perry once again, for the fourteenth declaration of the season,http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_14.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 14 24 July 2015 11 August 2015 National League Speedway GB but the change was reverted for the fifteenth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_15.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 15 27 July 2015 11 August 2015 National League Speedway GB PerBat "N" Josh Bates 8.46PerBat "N" Sam Chapman 5.18 50% Adam Kirby 3.77 Harvie Banks 3.00 Alex Wilson 3.00 Robert Parker 3.00 Buxton Hitmen 60% 50% Tony Atkin 8.18 Ben Hopwood 8.00Liam Carr replaced Ben Hopwood for the fourth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_4.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 4 15 May 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB CarHop "N" Liam Carr 7.73CarHop "N" Ryan Blacklock 6.84 Steve Jones 4.96JonExt "N" David Speight 4.69David Speight replaced Paul Bowen for the thirteenth declaration of the season. SpeBow "N" Tom Woolley 4.68 50% Adam Extance 4.48Steve Jones replaced Adam Extance for the thirteenth declaration of the season. JonExt "N" David Holt 3.44HolHos "N"Ryan Macdonald replaced David Holt for the twenty-first declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_21.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 21 27 August 2015 20 September 2015 National League Speedway GB MacHol "N" Cameron Hoskins 3.00David Holt replaced Cameron Hoskins for the fourth declaration of the season. HolHos "N" Ryan Macdonald 3.00MacHol "N" Paul Bowen 3.00SpeBow "N" Sam Darroch 3.00Ben Basford replaced Sam Darroch for the fourth declaration of the season. DarBas "N" Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 3.00Buxton Hitmen competed with seven riders for the majority of the season. However, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn was signed for the twenty-first declaration. "N" Coventry Storm 60% 50% Luke Crang 8.44Mark Baseby replaced Luke Crang for the seventeenth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_17.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 17 3 August 2015 11 August 2015 National League Speedway GB BasCra "N" Dan Greenwood 8.29 Darryl Ritchings 7.32 Martin Knuckey 6.78 Rob Shuttleworth 6.23 50% Mark Baseby 5.88BasCra "N" Jamie Halder 3.00 Conor Dwyer 5.44 Callum Walker 3.00 Cradley Heathens 60% 50% Max Clegg 9.72 Matt Williamson 8.69 Ellis Perks 7.14 Nathan Greaves 7.08 50% Arron Mogridge 4.94 Michael Neale 4.85 Luke Harris 3.00 Tyler Govier 3.00 Eastbourne Eagles 60% 50% Bradley Wilson-Dean 9.83 Ben Hopwood 8.00HopMas "N" Marc Owen 7.25 Danny Warwick 7.01Matthew Bates replaced Danny Warwick for the second declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_3.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 3 27 April 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB WarBat "N" David Mason 6.96Ben Hopwood replaced David Mason for Declaration 9a of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_9a.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 9a 30 June 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB HopMas "N" Daniel Spiller 6.63SpiBat "N" 50% Georgie Wood 5.90 Richard Andrews 5.18 Mattie Bates 4.86WarBat "N"Daniel Spiller replaced Matthew Bates for the nineteenth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_19.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 19 14 August 2015 23 August 2015 National League Speedway GB SpiBat "N" Gary Cottham 4.70CotDug "N" Kelsey Dugard 4.49Gary Cottham replaced Kelsey Dugard for the twelfth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_12.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 12 15 July 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB This change was reverted for the sixteenth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_16.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 16 28 July 2015 11 August 2015 National League Speedway GB CotDug "N" Niall Strudwick 3.00 Kent Kings 60% 50% Ben Morley 9.63 James Shanes 7.85 Danny Ayres 7.05 Aaron Baseby 6.37 50% Danno Verge 3.00 Jamie Couzins 3.00 Adam Shepherd 3.00 Ben Basford 3.00Kent Kings competed with seven riders for the majority of the season. However, Ben Basford was signed for the eighteenth declaration.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_18.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 18 7 August 2015 11 August 2015 National League Speedway GB "N" King's Lynn Young Stars 60% 50% James Cockle 8.59Jake Knight replaced James Cockle for the twelfth declaration of the season. KniCoc "N" Tom Stokes 7.10 Jake Knight 6.00KniCoc "N" Scott Campos 5.65 Josh Bailey 6.02 50% Ryan Kinsley 5.13 Shane Hazelden 6.00 Layne Cupitt 3.00 Adam Portwood 3.00 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 60% 50% Danny Halsey 8.24 Connor Mountain 7.07 Jack Kingston 5.84 Connor Coles 5.61 Tom Bacon 4.42 50% Luke Ruddick 3.30 Liam Rumsey 3.05Stefan Farnaby replaced Liam Rumsey for the fifth declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_5.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 5 19 May 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB FarRum "N" Stefan Farnaby 3.00FarRum "N"Nick Laurence replaced Stefan Farnaby for the fourteenth declaration of the season. LauFar "N" Nick Laurence 3.00LauFar "N" Connor King 3.00 Rye House Raiders 60% 50% Robert Branford 10.14 Kyle Hughes 8.67 Luke Priest 6.88Brendan Johnson replaced Luke Priest for the second declaration of the season.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_2.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 2 17 April 2015 18 July 2015 National League Speedway GB This change was reverted for the fifth declaration of the season. Brendan Johnson 6.21 Luke Chessell 5.88 50% Alfie Bowtell 3.95 Danyon Hume 3.79For the twentieth declaration, Danyon Hume was no longer listed as a rider for the Rye House Raiders. No replacement was announced.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_20.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 20 20 August 2015 23 August 2015 National League Speedway GB Hume returned to the team for the twenty-second declaration.http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/nl15_issue_22.pdf 2015 National League Team Declarations Issue 22 1 September 2015 20 September 2015 National League Speedway GB "N" George Hunter 3.47 Sam Woods 3.27 Stoke Potters 60% 50% Lee Payne 8.00 Jon Armstrong 7.74 Danny Phillips 6.38 Chris Widman 4.73 50% Ryan Terry-Daley 4.72 Shaun Tedham 4.50Paul Burnett replaced Cameron Hoskins for the fourth declaration of the season. BurTed "N" Paul Burnett 4.46BurTed "N" Sam Ward 3.00 Development Leagues Midland Development League Pos team P W D L Pts 1 King's Lynn 18 13 2 3 28 2 Belle Vue 18 13 1 4 273 Buxton 18 11 1 6234 Peterborough 16 10 0 6205 Long Eaton 17 9 1 7196 Coventry 16 6 1 9137 Scunthorpe 18 6 0 12128 Milton Keynes 17 5 1 11119 Wolverhampton 17 5 1 111110 Stoke 16 3 0 136 Northern Junior League Pos team P W D L Pts 1 Northside 10 8 1 1 172 Berwick 10 8 0 2 163 Workington 10 5 1 4 114 Redcar 10 4 0 6 85 Castleford 10 3 0 7 66 Newcastle 10 1 0 9 2 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) Notes "N" References Speedway National League Speedway National League Category:National Development League