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1988 National League season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	National League
competitors	16
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Hackney Kestrels
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Hackney Kestrels
domesticcup3	Individual
domesticcup3 winners	Troy Butler
domesticcup4	Pairs
domesticcup4 winners	Stoke Potters
domesticcup5	Fours
domesticcup5 winners	Peterborough Panthers
highest average	Mark Loram
league above	1988 British League
prevseason	1987
nextseason	1989

In 1988 the National League, also known as British League Division Two, was the second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom.

Summary

Glasgow Tigers returned to Glasgow for the first time in 15 years, when they moved into Shawfield Stadium in Rutherglen. The Canterbury Crusaders had been disbanded following the end of their lease at Kingsmead Stadium.

The league champions that year were Hackney Kestrels.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Hackney Kestrels	30	26	2	2	54
2	Poole Pirates	30	20	1	9	41
3	Eastbourne Eagles	30	17	2	11	36
4	Wimbledon Dons	30	17	2	11	36
5	Berwick Bandits	30	17	2	11	36
6	Milton Keynes Knights	30	17	2	11	36
7	Stoke Potters	30	16	0	14	32
8	Peterborough Panthers	30	15	1	14	31
9	Arena Essex Hammers	30	15	1	14	31
10	Glasgow Tigers	30	13	2	15	28
11	Edinburgh Monarchs	30	14	0	16	28
12	Exeter Falcons	30	12	0	18	24
13	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	30	10	1	19	21
14	Rye House Rockets	30	8	1	21	17
15	Middlesbrough Tigers	30	7	1	22	15
16	Long Eaton Invaders	30	7	0	23	14

Fixtures and results

National League Knockout Cup

The 1988 National League Knockout Cup was the 21st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Hackney Kestrels were the winners of the competition.

First round

Team one	Team two	1st leg	2nd leg
Edinburgh	Stoke	55–41	45–50
Berwick	Glasgow	56–40	49–47
Hackney	Poole	70–26	40–56
Peterborough	Rye House	58–38	39–56
Arena Essex	Mildenhall	54–42	39–57
Eastbourne	Exeter	66–29	50–46
Milton Keynes	Wimbledon	44–52	41–55
Long Eaton	Middlesbrough	51–45	33–63

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	1st leg	2nd leg	replay	replay
Edinburgh	Peterborough	51–45	46–49
Berwick	Eastbourne	56–40	45–51
Mildenhall	Wimbledon	59–37	37–59	45–50	46–50
Hackney	Middlesbrough	56–40	51–45

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	1st leg	2nd leg
Berwick	Wimbledon	58–38	33–63
Edinburgh	Hackney	45–51	25–71

Final

First leg Second leg

Hackney were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 110–82.

Riders' Championship

Troy Butler won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 10 September 1988 at Brandon Stadium.

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

Pairs

The National League Pairs was held at Wimborne Road was due to be held on 24 July but was postponed before being held on 23 August. The event was won by Stoke Potters.

Group A	Pos	Team
Stoke	18	Jones 9
Bastable 9
Hackney
Middlesbrough
Rye House

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts	Riders	1	u	u	u
Peterborough		Poole
Mildenhall		Taylor
Monaghan
Milton Keynes		Butler
Baldwin
Arena Essex

Group C	Pos	Team	Pts	Riders	1	2	3	4
Eastbourne		Kennett
Berwick		Courtney
Grant

Group D	Pos	Team	Pts	Riders	1	2	3	4
Poole		Schofield
Biles
Edinburgh
Glasgow

Semi finals

Stoke bt Eastbourne 5-4
Poole bt Peterborough 5-4

Final

Stoke bt Poole 7-2

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.

Semi finals

SF1 = Poole 20, Peterborough 18, Stoke 9, Glasgow 1
SF2 = Mildenhall 15, Eastbourne 12, Middlesbrough 11, Hackney 10

Final

Pos		width=150px	Team		width=50px	Pts		width=400px	Riders
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Leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Mark Loram	Hackney	10.34
Steve Schofield	Poole	10.22
Melvyn Taylor	Mildenhall	10.11
Mark Courtney	Berwick	10.07
Kenny McKinna	Glasgow	10.05
Gordon Kennett	Eastbourne	9.97
Andy Galvin	Hackney	9.86
Martin Goodwin	Arena Essex	9.68
Andy Buck	Eastbourne	9.56
Mick Poole	Peterborough	9.52
Mark Fiora	Middlesbrough	9.45

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

Martin Goodwin 9.68
David Smart 7.27
Rob Tilbury 6.75
Nigel Leaver 5.80
Chris Cobby 5.71
Ian Humphreys 4.76
Simon Wolstenholme 4.61

Berwick

Mark Courtney 10.07
Charlie McKinna 8.40
Steve McDermott 6.66
Rob Grant Sr. 6.55
Sean Courtney 6.12
Phil Kynman 5.30
Rob Woffinden 4.75
Wayne Ross 4.61
Ian Stead 4.56
Scott Robson 2.15

Eastbourne

Gordon Kennett 9.97
Andy Buck 9.56
Dean Standing 7.71
Dean Barker 7.37
Keith Pritchard 5.62
David Norris 5.00
Jon Surman 4.44
Darren Standing 4.32

Edinburgh

Les Collins 9.00
Jamie Luckhurst 8.60
Doug Wyer 7.27
Brett Saunders 6.57
Scott Lamb 4.69
Rob Woffinden 4.59
Jeremy Luckhurst 4.24
Darrell Branford 2.86
Mike Long 2.74

Exeter

Steve Regeling 7.90
Colin Cook 6.80
Richard Green 6.46
Alan Rivett 6.43
Dave Trownson 6.16
Peter Jeffery 5.53
Andy Sell 5.32
Rob Fortune 4.72
Tony Mattingley 2.90
Bruce Cribb 3.24

Glasgow

Kenny McKinna 10.05
Steve Lawson 8.69
David Blackburn 7.33
Phil Jeffrey 5.36
Shane Bowes 5.01
Martin McKinna 4.17
Geoff Powell 3.73
Wayne Ross 3.06
Michael Irving 2.20

Hackney

Mark Loram 10.34
Andy Galvin 9.86
Chris Louis 8.04
Alan Mogridge 7.41
Paul Whittaker 7.29
Gary Rolls 5.94
Barry Thomas 5.92

Long Eaton

Keith White 8.40
Glenn Doyle 7.83
Mike Spink 6.20
Gary O'Hare 5.44
Richie Owen 4.00
Darrell Branford 3.48
Dave Morton 3.29
Wayne Elliott 3.21
Jon Roberts 2.92
Steve Bishop 2.71

Middlesbrough

Mark Fiora 9.45
Daz Sumner 8.10
Martin Dixon 8.00
Peter McNamara 5.80
Ashley Norton 4.56
Nigel Sparshott 4.52
Geoff Pusey 3.80
Andy Sumner 3.74
Andy Buck 3.04
David Clay 2.86
Max Schofield 2.38
Paul Bentley 2.33

Mildenhall

Melvyn Taylor 10.11
Dave Jackson 7.74
Andy Hines 7.08
Eric Monaghan 6.62
Glen Baxter 5.66
Michael Coles 5.59
Paul Blackbird 2.57
Simon Green 2.56

Milton Keynes

Troy Butler 8.72
Alastair Stevens 7.67
Carl Baldwin 7.51
Trevor Banks 7.20
Ian Clark 6.44
Mark Carlson 6.10
Tony Primmer 6.07
Nigel Sparshott 5.61
Paul Atkins 3.65

Peterborough

Mick Poole 9.52
Ian Barney 8.41
Kevin Hawkins 7.98
Craig Hodgson 7.81
Jamie Habbin 5.72
John Stokes 4.97
Pete Chapman 4.55

Poole

Steve Schofield 10.22
David Biles 8.48
Craig Boyce 7.65
Kevin Smart 6.68
Tony Langdon 6.67
Gary Allan 5.58
Robbie Fuller 4.98
Nigel Flatman 4.90
Steve Bishop 4.48
Steve Langdon 3.50

Rye House

Jens Rasmussen 9.28
Paul Woods 8.12
Steve Wilcock 6.27
Mark Lyndon 5.59
Kevin Brice 4.53
Carl Chalcraft 4.50
Peter Schroeck 3.46
John Wainwright 2.67
Kevin Teager 2.38

Stoke

Nigel Crabtree 9.16
Graham Jones 8.92
Louis Carr 8.02
Steve Bastable 6.96
Derek Richardson 6.87
Paul Fry 5.18
Wayne Broadhurst 2.48
Jon Hughes 2.08

Wimbledon

Kevin Jolly 9.05
Ray Morton 8.30
Todd Wiltshire 7.66
Roger Johns 7.29
Alastair Stevens 7.20
Andy Campbell 6.59
Nathan Simpson 6.26
Terry Mussett 4.73
Rodney Payne 4.00

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