1998 Speedway Conference League

British motorcycle speedway season February 2024 February 2024 Conference League Champions St Austell Gulls Knockout Cup St Austell Gulls Individual Steve Bishop 1998 Elite League1998 Premier League 1997 1999 The 1998 Speedway Conference League sponsored by Dunlop, was the third tier/division of British speedway.http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables1998.php 1998 tables Speedway GB Summary The title was won by St Austell Gulls.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/11/conference-league-1998.html Final table Speedway archive Final league table Pos Team Played W D L F A Pts1 St Austell Gulls 161312 844562272 Newport Mavericks 16100 6742682203 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 1681 7 704709174 Norfolk Braves 1660 10690739125 Buxton Hitmen 16201457386146 Skegness Braves+ 41 031661912 + withdrew - Norfolk replaced Skegness and took over fixtures Fixtures & results A Fixtures main FBR grey BUX MIL NEW NOR SA Buxton Hitmen 40–50 29–61 30–60 36–53 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 63–27 42–47 44–46 55–35 Newport Mavericks 62–28 54–36 53–36 53–33 Norfolk Braves 54–36 51–38 56–33 38–51 St Austell Gulls 61–29 51–38 57–32 57–32 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1998fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1998 fixtures & results 12 November 2024 B Fixtures main FBR grey BUX MIL NEW NOR SA Buxton Hitmen 44–46 48–41 50–40 36–53 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 49–41 51–39 45–44 45–45 Newport Mavericks 58–30 56–34 51–35 35–54 Norfolk Braves 55–34 42–48 43–47 39–51 St Austell Gulls 55–35 46–20 70–20 71–19 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1998fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1998 fixtures & results 12 November 2024 Conference League Knockout Cup The 1998 Conference league Knockout Cup (sponsored by Dunlop) was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/12/conference-league-ko-cup-1998.html 1998 Conference league Knockout Cup Speedway Archive In 1995 there had been an Academy League Knockout Cup and in 1996 a Conference League Knockout Cup but due to a merger of the British Leagues, both the 1995 and 1996 editions acted as the second tier of British speedway at the time. First round Date Team one Score Team two21/06 Skegness 41-49 Mildenhall21/06 Mildenhall 48-41 Skegness Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two30/08 Buxton 43-47 Mildenhall19/07 Mildenhall 49-41 Buxton17/07 Newport 52-38 St Austell14/07 St Austell 59-31 Newport Final 22 September St Austell GullsSteve Bishop 17Seemond Stephens 14Roger Lobb 12Garry Lobb 53 36 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19980923/335/0040 Speedway Reading Evening Post 23 September 1998 British Newspaper Archive subscription 31 October 2024 Mildenhall Fen TigersDavid Mason 13Ross Brady 8Geoff Powell 5Dean Garrod Jamie Barton Clay Country Moto Parc 3 October Mildenhall Fen TigersGeoff Powell 12Ross Brady 9 38 52 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004733/19981005/057/0057 Speedway South Wales Echo 5 October 1998 British Newspaper Archive subscription 31 October 2024 St Austell GullsSeemond Stephens 15James Birkinshaw 13Steve Bishop 10 Mildenhall Stadium Riders' Championship Steve Bishop won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 12 July at the Clay Country Moto Parc in St Austell.http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1998fixtures.pdf 1998 fixtures Speedway Researcher 28 June 2023 Pos. Rider Team Total1 Steve Bishop St. Austell 15 2 Andrew Appleton Newport 14 3 Seemond Stephens St. Austell 12 4 Adrian Newman St. Austell 11 5 Peter Boast Norfolk 106 Wayne Barrett St. Austell 10 7 Roger Lobb Newport 9 8 Dean Garrod Mildenhall 8 9Jason Prynne St. Austell 8 10 Chris Neath Newport 7 11 Paul Lydes Uings Mildenhall 4 12 Richard Ford Newport 4 13 Kevin Phillips St. Austell 3 14 Paul Macklin Buxton 3 15 Martin Williams Newport 1 16 Chris Harris St. Austell 1 17 Vince Purnell (res) 0 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Conference Speedway Conference League