1993 British League season

Summary

Oxford Cheetahs dropped out of the first division resulting in their three time World Champion Hans Nielsen moving to Coventry Bees and Martin Dugard joining Eastbourne Eagles. Swindon Robins also dropped down to division 2 with their leading rider Leigh Adams going to the Arena Essex. Swindon's other leading riders also moved with Jimmy Nilsen switching to Bradford, Mitch Shirra to Ipswich and Kelly Moran retired.

Belle Vue Aces won their first title since 1982. The Manchester team relied on a group of consistent riders, with no rider exceeding a 9-point average but five riders ranging from 8.75 to 6.72. The team consisted of World Under-21 champion Joe Screen, Australian Jason Lyons, Americans Bobby Ott and Shawn Moran and Dane Frede Schött. The Championship was the closest in British League history with Belle Vue finishing on the same points as Wolverhampton Wolves and taking the title on heat points difference. It all came down to the last match when Belle Vue visited Wolves and pulled off a 54–53 victory. Wolves who were clear at the top of the table earlier in the season suffered a series of injuries and were missing four riders towards the end of the season.

Final table

Fixtures and results

A Fixtures

B Fixtures

Speedway Star Knockout Cup

The 1993 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 55th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for a third consecutive year.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg Kelvin Tatum 12 Sean Wilson 12 Gary Havelock 9 Antal Kocso 9 Simon Green 8 Paul Bentley 6 Darren Pearson 2 Josh Larsen 15 Leigh Adams 14 Leigh Lanham 8 Bo Petersen 7 Robert Ledwith 5 Neville Tatum 1 Colin White 0

Second leg Leigh Adams 14 Josh Larsen 12 Bo Petersen 11 Neville Tatum 6 Robert Ledwith 6 Colin White 3 Leigh Lanham 2 Russell Etherington 1 Kelvin Tatum 15 Gary Havelock 13 Paul Pickering 12 Sean Wilson 6 Paul Bentley 4 Darren Pearson 3 Antal Kocso 0

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 111-105.

Fours

Reading Racers won the fours championship final (sponsored by H.E.A.T) and held at the East of England Arena on 25 July.

Final

Riders' Championship

Per Jonsson won the British League Riders' Championship. It was due to be run at Abbey Stadium in early October but was called off twice due to wet weather before finally taking place on 31 October.

• ef=engine failure, f=fell, x=excluded r-retired

Leading averages

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

• 9.49
• 8.42
• 8.34
• 7.16
• 7.12
• 6.84
• 6.07
• 5.78
• 4.31
• 3.16
• 1.23

Belle Vue

• 8.75
• 8.17
• 7.90
• 7.58
• 6.72
• 5.77
• 5.63
• 5.17
• 4.84
• 4.18
• 3.69
• 3.45

Bradford

• 8.89
• 8.86
• 7.60
• 7.21
• 6.75
• 5.34
• 4.80
• 4.76
• 4.32
• 3.46
• 0.67

Coventry

• 10.05
• 7.76
• 7.71
• 7.47
• 6.75
• 5.42
• 4.07
• 3.27
• 3.20
• 3.14
• 2.50

Cradley Heath

• 9.85
• 8.99
• 22
• 6.15
• 5.95
• 5.84
• 5.20
• 4.64
• 4.56
• 3.22

Eastbourne

• 8.98
• 8.02
• 7.33
• 7.04
• 6.91
• 6.53
• 5.73
• 5.48
• 3.80
• 3.04
• 1.52

Ipswich

• 9.01
• 8.36
• 6.85
• 6.62
• 6.00
• 5.98
• 5.91
• 4.99
• 4.63
• 4.32
• 3.51
• 1.57

King's Lynn

• 9.27
• 7.96
• 6.90
• 6.16
• 5.99
• 5.16
• 4.98
• 4.70
• 3.11
• 3.10
• 3.03

Poole

• 7.40
• 6.97
• 6.77
• 6.76
• 6.31
• 5.63
• 5.14
• 4.72
• 4.37
• 3.46

Reading

• 10.34
• 7.88
• 7.39
• 6.83
• 6.10
• 5.66
• 4.83
• 4.37
• 3.19

Wolverhampton

• 11.12
• 9.62
• 8.10
• 6.70
• 6.33
• 6.04
• 5.98
• 4.62
• 4.14
• 3.90
• 3.63
• 1.82

References

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