2014 Premier League speedway season
# 2014 Premier League speedway season

The 2014 Premier League was the second division of British speedway.

## Summary

The season took place between March and October 2014. The Somerset Rebels were the defending champions after winning in 2013. This season saw a change to the line-up of teams, with the Peterborough Panthers dropping down from the Elite League and replacing the Leicester Lions who moved up to take Peterborough's place in the Elite League.

## Final League table

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points

Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

## Play Offs

Group 1

| Pos | Team | P | 3w | 2w | D | L | 4w | 3w | D | 1L | L | F | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edinburgh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 158 | 13 |
| 2 | Workington | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 196 | 3 |
| 3 | Berwick | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 170 | 200 | 3 |

Group 2

| Pos | Team | P | 3w | 2w | D | L | 4w | 3w | D | 1L | L | F | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Somerset | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 202 | 166 | 7 |
| 2 | Ipswich | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 191 | 177 | 6 |
| 3 | Scunthorpe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 207 | 5 |

## Play Off final

First leg

Second leg

Edinburgh were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 96–95.

## Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2014 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 47th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.

### First round

| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26/06 | Sheffield | 45-45 | Berwick |
| 15/06 | Glasgow | 53-37 | Rye House |
| 14/06 | Rye House | 50-40 | Glasgow |
| 26/05 | Scunthorpe | 46-44 | Peterborough |
| 20/05 | Peterborough | 46-43 | Scunthorpe |
| 09/05 | Somerset | 60-30 | Workington |
| 08/05 | Redcar | 47-43 | Plymouth |
| 03/05 | Berwick | 54-36 | Sheffield |
| 03/05 | Workington | 52-38 | Somerset |
| 25/04 | Plymouth | 49-41 | Redcar |

### Quarter-finals

| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| - | - | - | - |
| 28/09 | Glasgow | 35-55 | Newcastle |
| 15/09 | Newcastle | 53-37 | Glasgow |
| 25/07 | Edinburgh | 67-23 | Berwick |
| 23/07 | Berwick | 51-39 | Edinburgh |
| 03/06 | Peterborough | 46-44 | Plymouth |
| 06/06 | Plymouth | 50-40 | Peterborough |
| 13/06 | Somerset | 49-41 | Ipswich |
| 05/06 | Ipswich | 65-25 | Somerset |

### Semi-finals

| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12/10 | Newcastle | 44-46 | Edinburgh |
| 10/10 | Edinburgh | 62-27 | Newcastle |
| 26/09 | Plymouth | 47-43 | Ipswich |
| 11/09 | Ipswich | 65-25 | Plymouth |

## Final

First leg

Second leg

Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–75.

## Riders' Championship

Simon Stead won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 21 September at Owlerton Stadium.

| Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Simon Stead | 3 3 3 3 1 | 13 | - | 3 |
| 2 | Danny King | 3 3 2 3 3 | 14 | - | 2 |
| 3 | Ulrich Østergaard | 1 1 3 2 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Lawson | 3 3 1 3 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Stuart Robson | 2 2 2 2 2 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Craig Cook | 3 1 2 1 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Lasse Bjerre | 1 2 0 2 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Kyle Newman | 1 2 2 0 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Jason Garrity | 2 1 1 1 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Theo Pijper | 2 1 1 2 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Matěj Kůs | 0 2 1 3 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Nick Morris | 0 0 3 1 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Josh Grajczonek | 2 3 0 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Steve Worrall | 1 0 0 0 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Ryan Douglas | 0 fx 3 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Morten Risager | 0 0 0 1 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Nathan Greaves (res) | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | James Sarjeant (res) | 0 | 0 |

* f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

## Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 11 July. The event was won by Edinburgh Monarchs.

Group A :

| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Workington | 21 | Grajczonek 13, Bach 8 |
| 2 | Redcar | 21 | Lawson 13, Summers 8 |
| 3 | Peterborough | 20 | Bjerre 13, Ostergaard 7 |
| 4 | Ipswich | 17 | Tungate 8, Risager 8 |
| 5 | Newcastle | 11 | Robson 6 Kerr 5 |

Group B :

| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Somerset | 25 | Allen 13, Morris 12 |
| 2 | Edinburgh | 20 | Masters 11, Fricke 9 |
| 3 | Sheffield | 17 | Stead 10, Lanham 7 |
| 4 | Berwick | 15 | Bellego 9, Vissing 6 |
| 5 | Plymouth | 13 | Newman 10, Jensen 3 |

Semi finals

* Somerset bt Workington 7-2
* Edinburgh bt Redcar 7-2

Final

* Edinburgh bt Somerset 5-4

## Fours

Somerset Rebels won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena.

Group A :

| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Somerset | 14 | Allen 5, Morris 4, Aspgren 3, Kurtz B 2 |
| 2 | Scunthorpe | 13 | Jorgensen 5, Douglas 4, Howe 2, Birks 2 |
| 3 | Peterborough | 11 | Bjerre 3, Ostergaard 3, Blackbird 3, Dryml 2 |
| 4 | Newcastle | 10 | King 5, Kerr 2, Robson 2, Lindgren 1 |

Group B :

| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edinburgh | 14 | Masters 5, Sedgmen 5, Cook 4, Worrall S 0 |
| 2 | Workington | 14 | Grajczonek 5, Bach 3, Wells 3, Howarth 2 Campton 1 |
| 3 | Redcar | 11 | Lawson 4, Wilkinson 3, Skidmore 2, Summers 2 |
| 4 | Berwick | 9 | Bellego 3, Kus 3, Doolan 2, Vissing 1, Wethers 0 |

Final :

| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Somerset | 24 | Allen 8, Morris 7, Aspgren 5, Wright 4, Kurtz B 0 |
| 2 | Workington | 18 | Grajczonek 7, Bach 6, Howarth 4, Wells 1 |
| 3 | Scunthorpe | 15 | Howe 6, Douglas 4, Birks 3, Jorgensen 2 |
| 4 | Edinburgh | 15 | Worrall S 5, Sedgmen 4, Masters 3, Cook 3, |

## Final Leading averages

| Rider | Team | Average |
| - | - | - |
| Craig Cook | Edinburgh | 10.41 |
| Simon Stead | Sheffield | 9.70 |
| Ben Barker | Plymouth | 9.48 |
| Danny King | Newcastle | 9.34 |
| Richard Lawson | Redcar | 9.31 |
| Sam Masters | Edinburgh | 9.12 |
| Lasse Bjerre | Peterborough | 9.02 |
| Oliver Allen | Somerset | 8.83 |
| Max Fricke | Edinburgh | 8.76 |
| Edward Kennett | Rye House | 8.70 |

## Riders & final averages

Berwick

* Claus Vissing 8.11
* Matěj Kůs 7.67
* Kevin Doolan 7.24
* David Bellego 6.83
* Matthew Wethers 6.64
* Steen Jensen 6.31
* Alex Edberg 4.94
* Liam Carr 2.61

Edinburgh

* Craig Cook 10.41
* Sam Masters 9.12
* Max Fricke 8.76
* Steve Worrall 8.67
* Justin Sedgmen 8.31
* Derek Sneddon 5.44
* Aaron Fox 4.00

Glasgow

* Theo Pijper 7.31
* Rusty Harrison 6.97
* Anders Thomsen 6.53
* Kevin Wolbert 6.28
* Kasper Lykke 5.64
* Mark Lemon 5.21
* Dimitri Berge 5.20
* Tero Aarnio 5.00
* Victor Palovaara 2.53

Ipswich

* Richie Worrall 8.06
* Rohan Tungate 8.00
* Morten Risager 7.98
* Gino Manzares 6.84
* Ritchie Hawkins 6.29
* Cameron Heeps 6.14
* Adam Ellis 6.10

Newcastle

* Danny King 9.34
* Stuart Robson 8.59
* Lewis Kerr 7.81
* Ludvig Lindgren 7.41
* Anton Rosén 6.98
* Christian Henry 6.59
* Lewis Rose 5.28
* Chris Mills 4.90
* Simon Nielsen 4.41
* Chris Schramm 4.39

Peterborough

* Lasse Bjerre 9.02
* Ulrich Østergaard 8.40
* Ryan Fisher 8.00
* Aleš Dryml, Jr. 7.90
* Lewis Blackbird 7.17
* Adam Roynon 5.85
* Nicki Barrett 4.71
* Joe Jacobs 4.31
* Oliver Greenwood 4.06
* Richard Hall 3.80
* Max Dilger 3.14

Plymouth

* Ben Barker 9.48
* Kyle Newman 7.18
* Kalle Katajisto 6.81
* Rasmus Jensen 6.80
* Zdeněk Simota 6.41
* James Wright 5.97
* Josef Franc 5.84
* Roland Benko 3.73
* Ben Reade 1.53

Redcar

* Richard Lawson 9.31
* Aaron Summers 8.02
* Hugh Skidmore 7.23
* Mark Lemon 6.07
* Carl Wilkinson 5.99
* Jan Graversen 5.41
* Luke Crang 3.03
* Rafal Konopka 2.89

Rye House

* Edward Kennett 8.70
* Jason Garrity 7.10
* Steve Boxall 6.33
* Mathieu Trésarrieu 5.81
* Anders Mellgren 5.33
* Luke Bowen 5.32
* Jason Bunyan 5.32
* Oliver Greenwood 4.25
* Simon Lambert 1.50

Scunthorpe

* David Howe 7.85
* Nikolai Klindt 7.54
* Josh Auty 7.49
* Thomas Jørgensen 7.14
* Ryan Douglas 7.13
* Ashley Birks 6.71
* Matt Williamson 2.21

Sheffield

* Simon Stead 9.70
* Andre Compton 6.28
* Taylor Poole 6.15
* Ty Proctor 5.96
* Leigh Lanham 5.60
* Ben Wilson 5.54
* Nicolas Covatti 4.84
* Simon Nielsen 4.28
* Josh Bates 3.91

Somerset

* Oliver Allen 8.83
* Nick Morris 8.34
* Pontus Aspgren 8.19
* Charles Wright 7.74
* Brady Kurtz 7.55
* Todd Kurtz 6.79
* Paul Starke 5.93

Workington

* Josh Grajczonek 9.04
* Rene Bach 7.88
* Ricky Wells 7.49
* Kyle Howarth 6.79
* Mason Campton 5.76
* Simon Lambert 5.54
* Ashley Morris 5.54
* Joe Jacobs 4.58
* Chris Mills 3.24
