British motorcycle speedway season
The 2014 season of the National League , the third tier of British speedway was contested by nine teams. The Cradley Heathens won the title. The Isle of Wight Islanders were missing from 2012, and the Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons have joined the league.[1]
Final table [ edit ] [2] PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
SCORING SYSTEM Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 Home win by 7 points or more = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4
Play Offs [ edit ] Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide the championship. Cradley Heathens defeated Coventry Storm in the final.[3]
Semi-finals [ edit ] Date Team one Score Team two 05/10 Mildenhall 41-48 Cradley 03/10 Coventry 54-39 Kent 30/09 Cradley 68-27 Mildenhall 22/09 Kent 49-44 Coventry
Date Team one Score Team two 21/10 Cradley 52-42 Coventry 31/10 Coventry 44-46 Cradley Heath
Final Leading averages [ edit ] [4]
Rider Team Average Lewis Rose Kings Lynn 10.82 Steve Worrall Cradley 10.46 Paul Starke Cradley 9.75
National League Knockout Cup [ edit ] The 2014 National League Knockout Cup was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Cradley Heathens were the winners for the second successive year.[5] [6]
First round
Date Team one Score Team two 19/05 Kent 56-36 Devon 15/03 Devon 38-51 Kent
Quarter-finals
Date Team one Score Team two 25/07 Coventry 60-34 Buxton 29/06 Buxton 40-55 Coventry 24/06 Cradley 59-33 Mildenhall 23/06 Kent 50-40 Stoke 18/05 Mildenhall 39-49 Cradley Heath 05/07 Stoke 58-32 Kent 06/04 Scunthorpe 37-56 Kings Lynn 02/04 King's Lynn 67-24 Scunthorpe
Semi-finals
Date Team one Score Team two 27/09 Stoke 49-40 Kings Lynn 17/09/ Kings Lynn 54-39 Stoke 26/09 Coventry 27-32 Cradley Heath 09/09 Cradley Heath 63-28 Coventry
Date Team one Score Team two 22/10 King's Lynn 43-47 Cradley Heath 28/10 Cradley Heath 39-22 King's Lynn
Riders' Championship [ edit ] Danny Halsey won the Riders' Championship . The final was held on 28 September at Rye House Stadium .[7] [8]
The National League Pairs Championship , was held at Mildenhall Stadium , on 15 June 2014. The event was won by Ben Wilson and Jon Armstrong of the Stoke Potters .[9]
Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Stoke 21 Wilson 12, Armstrong 9 2 Buxton 16 Carr 8, Atkin 8 3 King's Lynn 9 Owen 7, Campos 2 4 Coventry 8 Terry-Daley 4, Crang 4
Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Mildenhall 18 Halsey 9, Jacobs 9 2 Cradley 15 Worrall S 11, Clegg 4 3 Kent 15 Lambert 10, Morley 5 4 Devon 6 Shanes 4, Andrews 2
Final Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Stoke 17 Armstrong 9, Wilson 8 2 Mildenhall 16 Jacobs 12, Halsey 4 3 Kent 12 Lambert 9, Morley 3 4 Buxton 8 Carr 5, Atkin 4
Cradley won the National League Fours , held on 26 October 2014 at Brandon Stadium .[10]
Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Coventry 18 Nielsen 6, Sarjeant 5, Greenwood 4, Priest 3 2 Cradley 13 Starke 5, Greaves 4, Clegg 3, Perry 1 3 Kent 12 Morley 5, Ayres 3, Lambert 3, Baseby 1 4 Buxton 5 Atkin 2, Blacklock 2, Woolley 1, Extance 0
Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Mildenhall 15 Bates 6, Johnson 5, Kingston 4, Phillips 0 2 King's Lynn 15 Cockle 5, Owen 5, Stokes 5, Terry-Daley 0 3 Stoke 12 Armstrong 6, Hopwood 3, Shuttleworth 2, Widman 1 4 Devon 4 Andrews 2, Shanes 1, Chessell 1, Govier 0
Final Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Cradley 18 Clegg 6, Greaves 6, Starke 6 Perry 0 2 Coventry 11 Sarjeant 4, Nielsen 3, Priest 2, Greenwood 2 3 Mildenhall 11 Bates 4, Johnson 3, Kingston 3, Phillips 1 4 King's Lynn 8 Cockle 4, Owen 2, Terry-Daley 2, Stokes 0
Teams and final averages [ edit ] Buxton Hitmen [ edit ] Tony Atkin 8.14 Liam Carr 8.00 Adam Extance 5.08 Ryan Blacklock 4.55 Tom Woolley 4.11 Sean Phillips 3.00 Stefan Farnaby 3.00 Coventry Storm [ edit ] Oliver Greenwood 9.22 James Sarjeant 8.67 Stefan Nielsen 8.38 Luke Crang 7.37 Dan Greenwood 7.27 Luke Priest 6.37 Ryan Terry-Daley 4.68 Martin Knuckey 4.55 Cradley Heathens [ edit ] Devon Demons [ edit ] Tim Webster 8.74 Ben Reade 7.70 Matt Bates 6.27 James Shanes 6.14 Lee Smart 5.76 Luke Chessell 5.62 Richard Andrews 4.41 Danny Stoneman 4.20 Tyler Govier 3.00 Kent Kings [ edit ] King's Lynn Young Stars [ edit ] Mildenhall Fen Tigers [ edit ] Scunthorpe Stags [ edit ] Sam Chapman 5.45 Steven Jones 4.90 Arron Mogridge 4.36 Danno Verge 3.57 Reece Downs 3.33 Liam Sanderson 3.00 Ryan MacDonald 3.00 Michael Neale 3.00 Stoke Potters [ edit ] Ben Wilson 9.04 Jon Armstrong 7.94 Ben Hopwood 7.28 Lee Payne 7.10 Chris Widman 4.81 Rob Shuttleworth 3.75 Adam Kirby 3.68 James McBain 3.00 Development Leagues [ edit ] Midland Development League [ edit ] Pos team P W D L Pts 1 Milton Keynes 17 15 0 2 30 2 Rye House 16 11 1 4 23 3 Belle Vue 17 10 1 4 21 4 Castleford 17 10 0 7 20 5 Stoke 16 9 0 7 18 6 King's Lynn 18 8 1 9 17 7 Coventry 14 7 0 7 14 8 Long Eaton 17 5 1 11 11 9 Sheffield 16 2 1 13 5 10 Buxton 16 1 3 12 5
Northern Junior League [ edit ] Pos team P W D L Pts 1 Castleford 8 5 1 2 11 2 Berwick 8 3 4 1 10 3 Workington 8 4 1 3 9 4 Northside 8 3 1 4 7 5 Redcar 8 1 1 6 3
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Current leagues Former leagues Current team competitions Former team competitions Current individual competitions Former individual competitions See also
United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division Tier Two League Second division Tier Three League Third division Champions