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1982 National League season

British motorcycle speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

FieldValue
competitionNational League
competitors19
domesticcup1Champions
domesticcup1 winnersNewcastle Diamonds
domesticcup2Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winnersNewcastle Diamonds
domesticcup3Individual
domesticcup3 winnersJoe Owen
domesticcup4Pairs
domesticcup4 winnersWeymouth Wildcats
domesticcup5Fours
domesticcup5 winnersNewcastle Diamonds
highest averageJoe Owen
league above1982 British League
prevseason1981
nextseason1983

In 1982 the National League, also known as British League Division Two, was the second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom.

Summary

Long Eaton Invaders replaced Workington Comets, after the latter withdrew from the league before the start of the season. Wolverhampton Wolves were unable to form a team and would not race for two seasons.

The league champions were Newcastle Diamonds.

Milton Keynes rider Brett Alderton was killed in an accident during the second half of a league meeting at King's Lynn. The 18-year old Australian sustained a fatal head injury on 17 April.

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLPts
1Newcastle Diamonds36300660
2Mildenhall Fen Tigers36261953
3Ellesmere Port Gunners362501150
4Middlesbrough Tigers362411149
5Weymouth Wildcats362211345
6Rye House Rockets362201444
7Long Eaton Invaders362011541
8Boston Barracudas361911639
9Berwick Bandits361811737
10Exeter Falcons361701934
11Glasgow Tigers361602032
12Milton Keynes Knights361412129
13Peterborough Panthers361322128
14Edinburgh Monarchs361402228
15Crayford Kestrels361302326
16Canterbury Crusaders361212325
17Scunthorpe Stags361122324
18Stoke Potters361112423
19Oxford Cheetahs36732617

Fixtures and results

Top five riders (league averages)

RiderNatTeamC.M.A.
1Joe OwenENGNewcastle
2Simon WiggENGWeymouth
3Steve LawsonENGGlasgow
4Rod HunterAUSNewcastle
5Bob GarradENGRye House

National League Knockout Cup

The 1982 National League Knockout Cup was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
11/05Milton Keynes47-49Oxford
06/05Oxford54-42Milton Keynes
27/04Weymouth60-36Canterbury
24/04Canterbury54-42Weymouth

Second round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
24/06Oxford39-56Mildenhall
07/06Scunthorpe51-45Peterborough
31/05Rye House35-25Crayford
31/05Long Eaton67-29Berwick
29/05Berwick67-29Long Eaton
26/05Edinburgh53-43Ellesmere Port
26/05Mildenhall62-34Oxford
25/05Crayford33-62Rye House
24/05Newcastle55-41Middlesbrough
23/05Boston59-37Stoke
22/05Stoke42-54Boston
21/05Ellesmere Port60-36Edinburgh
21/05Peterborough58-38Scunthorpe
20/05Middlesbrough53-43Newcastle
18/05Weymouth62-34Exeter
17/05Exeter60-36Weymouth
30/06
replayLong Eaton62-34Berwick
06/06
replayBerwick67-29Long Eaton

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
07/08Berwick64-32Ellesmere Port
30/07Ellesmere Port69-26Berwick
29/07Weymouth53-43Peterborough
26/07Newcastle62-34Boston
18/07Boston47-49Newcastle
11/07Rye House60-35Mildenhall
10/07Mildenhall56-39Rye House
02/07Peterborough48-48Weymouth

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
05/09Rye House59-37Ellesmere Port
31/08Weymouth35-61Newcastle
20/08Ellesmere Port71-25Rye House
16/08Newcastle63-32Weymouth

Final

First leg John Jackson 13 Steve Finch 12 Eric Monaghan 11 Phil Alderman 6 Rob Maxfield 4 Billy Burton 4 Glen Parrott 1 Joe Owen 15 Rod Hunter 14 Bobby Beaton 8 Tom Owen 5 Keith Bloxsome 2 Alan Emerson 1 Robbie Foy 0 Second leg Joe Owen 15 Rod Hunter 14 Alan Emerson 12 Tom Owen 11 Keith Bloxsome 11 Bobby Beaton 10 Robbie Foy 0 Eric Monaghan 7 Steve Finch 5 John Jackson 3 Phil Alderman 3 Billy Burton 2 Glen Parrott 2 Rob Maxfield 1

Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 118–74.

Riders' Championship

Joe Owen won the Riders' Championship, sponsored by the Daily Mirror and held at Wimbledon Stadium on 18 September 1982.

Pos.width=180pxRiderwidth=100pxPtswidth=50pxTotal
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Pairs

The National League Pairs was held at Abbey Stadium on 28 August and was won by Weymouth Wildcats.

Group APosTeamPtsRiders1234
Weymouth15Yeates 8
Wigg 7
Boston8Hollingworth 6
Lomas 2
Glasgow7Lawson 4
McKinna 3
Crayford6Thomas 3
Sage 3
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1234
Newcastle15Hunter 9
Owen J 6
Mildenhall9Bales 5
Harrison 4
Peterborough9Allen 5
Hines 4
Berwick0McDermott 0
Cribb 0
Group CPosTeamPtsRiders1234
Middlesbrough11Dixon 9
Wilcock 2
Milton K11Featherby 8
White 3
Ellesmere P8Jackson 5
Finch 3
Canterbury6Kennett 5
Clark 1
Group DPosTeamPtsRiders1234
Long Eaton13Perks 8
Molyneux 5
Rye House11Garrad 6
Cox 5
Exeter7Campbell 5
Millard 2
Edinburgh5Trownson 5
Blacka 0

Semi finals

  • Weymouth bt Middlesbrough
  • Long Eaton bt Newcastle

Final

  • Weymouth bt Long Eaton

Fours

Newcastle Diamonds won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 25 July.

Semi finals

  • SF1 = Newcastle 16, Middlesbrough 12, Ellesmere Port 10, Peterborough 10
  • SF2 = Mildenhall 15, Rye House 14, Oxford 12, Exeter 7

Final

Poswidth=150pxTeamwidth=50pxPtswidth=400pxRiders
1
2
3
4

Leading final averages

RiderNatTeamC.M.A.
1Joe OwenENGNewcastle
2Steve LawsonENGGlasgow
3Simon WiggENGWeymouth
4Rod HunterAUSNewcastle
5Bob GarradENGRye House

Riders & final averages

Berwick

  • Steve McDermott 8.83
  • Bruce Cribb 7.85
  • Brian Collins 7.24
  • George Hunter 7.23
  • Paul Thorp 6.47
  • Rob Grant Sr. 6.12
  • Mike Caroline 5.45
  • Rob Carter 2.75

Boston

  • Steve Lomas 9.17
  • David Gagen 9.09
  • Rob Hollingworth 8.86
  • Dennis Mallett 5.94
  • David Blackburn 4.71
  • Guy Wilson 4.68
  • Peter Framingham 4.19
  • Robbie McGregor 3.60
  • Chris Cole 2.97

Canterbury

  • Barney Kennett 8.66
  • Denzil Kent 7.74
  • Ian Clark 7.64
  • Darryl Simpson 5.18
  • Keith Pritchard 4.46
  • Kevin Brice 4.36
  • Nigel Couzens 4.36
  • Mark Martin 3.74

Crayford

  • Barry Thomas 8.75
  • Trevor Banks 7.62
  • Mike Spinks 6.83
  • Alan Sage 6.48
  • Alan Mogridge 5.96
  • Laurie Etheridge 5.67
  • Paul Bosley 5.22
  • Mike Pither 5.02
  • Trevor Barnwell 3.53
  • Chris Tritton 3.23
  • Andy Galvin 2.40

Edinburgh

  • Dave Trownson 9.21
  • Eric Broadbelt 7.05
  • Brett Saunders 7.03
  • Ivan Blacka 6.54
  • Benny Rourke 6.00
  • Chris Turner 5.95
  • Mark Fiora 5.69
  • Roger Lambert 4.36
  • Ian Westwell 2.87
  • Sean Courtney 2.53

Ellesmere Port

  • John Jackson 9.15
  • Steve Finch 8.56
  • Rob Maxfield 7.26
  • Eric Monaghan 6.97
  • Phil Alderman 5.98
  • Billy Burton 5.98
  • Glen Parrott 4.91
  • Rob Tate 4.63

Exeter

  • John Barker 9.07
  • Les Sawyer 8.56
  • Andy Campbell 8.38
  • Keith Millard 8.18
  • Bob Coles 6.54
  • Keith Wright 4.67
  • Steve Bishop 4.37
  • Mike Semmonds 3.72
  • Dave Brewer 3.43

Glasgow

  • Steve Lawson 10.40
  • Kenny McKinna 8.78
  • Colin Caffrey 5.92
  • Harry Maclean 4.53
  • Rob Carter .86
  • Kym Mauger 3.67
  • Alan Mason 3.65
  • Martin McKinna 2.64
  • Des Wilson 1.71

Long Eaton

  • Alan Molyneux 9.35
  • Paul Stead 8.41
  • Dave Perks 7.94
  • Nigel Close 6.63
  • Paul Evitts 6.46
  • Nicky Allott 6.20
  • Mark Summerfield 5.03
  • David Blackburn 4.56

Middlesbrough

  • Martin Dixon 9.39
  • Steve Wilcock 9.27
  • Mike Spink 7.67
  • Geoff Pusey 7.34
  • Paul Price 5.21
  • Rob Woffinden 4.86
  • Alan Armstrong 4.33
  • Peter Spink 3.61
  • Bernie Collier 1.64

Mildenhall

  • Derek Harrison 9.33
  • Ray Bales 8.78
  • Richard Knight 8.32
  • Mick Bates 7.65
  • Robert Henry 7.62
  • Carl Baldwin 7.59
  • Andy Warne 4.48
  • Carl Blackbird 4.44

Milton Keynes

  • Keith White 8.09
  • Andy Hibbs 8.00
  • Craig Featherby 7.25
  • Nigel Sparshott 7.03
  • Steve Payne 6.29
  • Tony Featherstone 5.60
  • Paul Clarke 4.08

Newcastle

  • Joe Owen 11.01
  • Rod Hunter 10.12
  • Bobby Beaton 9.01
  • Alan Emerson 7.81
  • Keith Bloxsome 7.35
  • Tom Owen 7.12
  • Robbie Foy 3.65
  • Barry Shearer 1.47

Oxford

  • Ashley Pullen 7.73
  • Graham Drury 7.54
  • Colin Ackroyd 7.42
  • Simon Cross 6.88
  • Kevin Smart 5.13
  • Wayne Jackson 5.10
  • Brian Woodward 4.83
  • John Frankland 4.50
  • Gary Chessell 3.90
  • Bill Barrett 3.14
  • Mick Handley 3.06
  • Mick Fletcher 2.15

Peterborough

  • Andy Hines 8.64
  • Dave Allen 8.26
  • Mick Hines 7.33
  • Andy Buck 6.38
  • Andy Fisher 5.49
  • Ian Barney 5.38
  • Neil Cotton 3.06

Rye House

  • Bobby Garrad 9.85
  • Marvyn Cox 8.87
  • Kelvin Mullarkey 7.78
  • Steve Naylor 7.72
  • Peter Johns 4.95
  • Andy Fines 4.68
  • Steve Bryenton 4.31
  • Garry Monk 3.04

Scunthorpe

  • Mike Wilding 7.88
  • Kevin Teager 7.18
  • Nigel Crabtree 7.07
  • Rob Woffinden 5.97
  • Derek Richardson 5.74
  • Julian Parr 5.45
  • Terry Kelly 5.11
  • Ian Gibson 4.13
  • Mark DeKok 4.09

Stoke

  • Rod North 7.24
  • Pete Smith 6.91
  • Mark Collins 6.53
  • Mike Sampson 6.05
  • Ian Robertson 6.01
  • Brian Havelock 5.69
  • Arthur Browning 5.36
  • Pete Ellams 5.31
  • Jim Burdfield 4.41
  • Steve Sant 3.32

Weymouth

  • Simon Wigg 10.36
  • Martin Yeates 8.46
  • Steve Schofield 7.10
  • Terry Tulloch 6.72
  • Les Rumsey 6.39
  • Stan Bear 6.00
  • John McNeill 5.69
  • Steve Crockett 3.56
  • Mark Minett 2.86
  • Rob Mather 2.85

References

References

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  2. (10 December 1981). "Parker is back - now he needs a team". Birmingham Mail.
  3. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  4. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - BRITISH LEAGUE ERA (1965-1990)".
  5. "Craig Featherby".
  6. "Speedway Star Cover Men".
  7. "About - Exeter Speedway 1982". Myweb.tiscali.co.uk.
  8. Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''. {{ISBN. 0-9552376-1-0
  9. "1982 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
  10. "1982 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  11. "1982 KO cup final".
  12. (19 September 1982). "Owen is the king". Sunday Sun (Newcastle).
  13. "1982 season results".
  14. (29 August 1982). "Bruce snubs star event". Sunday Mirror.
  15. (26 July 1982). "Gunners fail to qualify". Liverpool Daily Post.
  16. (26 July 1982). "Heartbreak puncture robs Tigers of national Fours title". Cambridge Daily News.
  17. "1982 full season results".
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