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1995 Premier League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Premier League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Eastbourne Eagles
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Bradford Dukes
domesticcup3	Individual
domesticcup3 winners	Gary Havelock
domesticcup4	Fours
domesticcup4 winners	Cradley Heathens
highest average	Billy Hamill
leagues below	1995 Academy League
prevseason	1994
nextseason	1996

The 1995 Premier League season was the 61st season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. It was also the first for the new league, and the first of two seasons in which British speedway was competed as a single division.

Summary

The gulf in quality of teams was highlighted because of the merging of the two leagues, with Eastbourne Eagles winning the title 56 points clear of bottom club Exeter Falcons. Eastbourne had been an easy runner-up the previous year to runaway winners Poole Pirates and retained four of their riders Martin Dugard, Dean Barker, Stefan Dannö and Stefan Andersson, which provided enough firepower to seal the Championship. Poole finished mid-table but were missing Craig Boyce who had switched to Swindon Robins.

Bradford Dukes won their fourth Knockout Cup in the last five years. Former World Champion Gary Havelock guided Bradford to the Cup success and also picked up the Premier League Riders Championship.

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Eastbourne Eagles	40	28	3	9	18	77
2	Bradford Dukes	40	25	2	13	17	69
3	Cradley Heath Heathens	40	25	1	14	17	68
4	Peterborough Panthers	40	25	0	15	12	62
5	Wolverhampton Wolves	40	23	0	17	14	60
6	Ipswich Witches	40	23	0	17	13	59
7	Glasgow Tigers	40	21	1	18	14	57
8	Belle Vue Aces	40	20	1	19	14	55
9	Edinburgh Monarchs	40	20	4	16	10	54
10	Arena Essex Hammers	40	21	0	19	10	52
11	Swindon Robins	40	20	3	17	9	52
12	Poole Pirates	40	18	2	20	9	47
13	Reading Racers	40	17	4	19	9	47
14	Sheffield Tigers	40	19	0	21	9	47
15	Coventry Bees	40	17	1	22	8	43
16	Hull Vikings	40	17	2	21	4	40
17	Oxford Cheetahs	40	16	1	23	6	39
18	Long Eaton Invaders	40	14	4	22	7	39
19	King's Lynn Stars	40	14	4	22	6	38
20	Middlesbrough Bears	40	10	2	28	2	24
21	Exeter Falcons	40	8	3	29	2	21

Fixtures & results

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 1995 Speedway Star Knockout Cup was the 57th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams but the first to be known as the Premier League Knockout Cup. Bradford Dukes were the winners of the competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
21/04	Peterborough	64-42	Ipswich
20/04	Ipswich	65-44	Peterborough
22/04	Eastbourne	52-54	Arena Essex
21/04	Arena Essex	56-53	Eastbourne
23/04	Glasgow	63-43	Middlesbrough
27/04	Middlesbrough	43-64	Glasgow
18/05	Sheffield	63-43	Long Eaton
19/04	Long Eaton	54-52	Sheffield
21/04	Oxford	72-36	Poole
19/04	Poole	54-51	Oxford

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
20/07	Ipswich	52-56	Reading
17/07	Reading	46-59	Ipswich
15/07	Bradford	70-38	Wolverhampton
05/07	Kings Lynn	55-53	Coventry
17/06	Coventry	65-43	Kings Lynn
14/06	Cradley Heath	59-53	Glasgow
09/06	Edinburgh	46-61	Hull
05/06	Exeter	47-57	Swindon
05/06	Wolverhampton	58-46	Bradford
04/06	Glasgow	54-53	Cradley Heath
03/06	Swindon	55-50	Exeter
31/05	Hull	59-49	Edinburgh
02/06	Belle Vue	68-36	Sheffield
01/06	Sheffield	61-46	Belle Vue
02/06	Arena Essex	58-48	Oxford
29/05	Oxford	58.5-47.5	Arena Essex

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/08	Ipswich	57-50	Coventry
05/08	Bradford	72-35	Hull
26/07	Coventry	58-49	Ipswich
26/07	Hull	54-41	Bradford
22/07	Cradley Heath	61-47	Oxford
22/07	Swindon	57-50	Belle Vue
21/07	Belle Vue	68-38	Swindon
21/07	Oxford	54-52	Cradley Heath

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/09	Coventry	52-55	Bradford
02/09	Bradford	58-50	Coventry
19/08	Cradley Heath	49-57	Belle Vue
18/08	Belle Vue	59-48	Cradley Heath

Final

First leg Sean Wilson 17 Gary Havelock 14+1 Paul Pickering 11+2 Darren Pearson 10+3 Joe Screen 6 Tony Atkin 3+1 Garry Stead R/R Jason Lyons 9 Chris Manchester 8 Niklas Klingberg 6 Kevin Little 5+1 Frede Schött 3 Max Schofield 3+3 John Jørgensen 1

Second leg Niklas Klingberg 14 Jason Lyons 13 Chris Manchester 12 Frede Schött Kevin Little 5 Martin Dugard16 Gary Havelock 10 Sean Wilson Paul Pickering Darren Pearson

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 111-97.

Riders' Championship

Gary Havelock won the Premier League Riders Championship. It was held at Abbey Stadium, Swindon on 14 October.

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Fours

Cradley Heathens won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 6 August 1995, at the East of England Arena.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Cradley	16	Cross 6, Hancock 5, Hamill 3, Smith 1, Forsgren 1
2	Arena Essex	13	Hurry 5, Larsen 5, Mogridge 2, Adams 1
3	Edinburgh	11	Andersen 3, McKinna 3, Lamb 3, Faria 2
4	King's Lynn	7	Ott 4, Brhel 2, Topinla 1, Grayling 0

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Peterborough	18	Sullivan 6, Pedersen 5, Tesar 5, Poole 2, Clausen 0
2	Bradford	14	Screen 6, Havelock 5, Wilson 2, Stead 1
3	Wolverhampton	9	Ermolenko 4, Carter 2, Karlsson 1, White 1, Juul 1
4	Hull	7	Steachmann 5, Thorp 1, Smith 1, Crabtree 0, Grahame 0

Final	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Cradley	21	Cross 8, Hamill 8, Hancock 3, Smith 2
2	Peterborough	20	Poole 7, Sullivan 7, Tesar 6, Pedersen 0, Clausen 0
3	Bradford	19	Screen 6, Havelock 5, Wilson 5, Pickering 3
4	Arena Essex	11	Hurry 5, Adams 4, Larsen 2, Mogridge 0

Leading final averages

Rider	Team	Average
USA Billy Hamill	Cradley Heath	10.91
ENG Joe Screen	Bradford	10.82
ENG Chris Louis	Ipswich	10.52
SWE Peter Karlsson	Wolverhampton	10.50
AUS Jason Crump	Poole	10.44
USA Greg Hancock	Cradley Heath	10.42
USA Sam Ermolenko	Wolverhampton	10.37
ENG Gary Havelock	Bradford	10.25
ENG Martin Dugard	Eastbourne	10.22
AUS Craig Boyce	Swindon	9.99
AUS Leigh Adams	Arena Essex	9.96
NOR Lars Gunnestad	Poole	9.94
ENG Mark Loram	Exeter	9.78
DEN Brian Andersen	Coventry	9.53
ENG Dean Barker	Eastbourne	9.35
AUS Jason Lyons	Belle Vue	9.06
USA Bobby Ott	Kings Lynn	8.98
ENG Paul Thorp	Hull	8.97
ENG David Norris	Reading	8.90
AUS Ryan Sullivan	Peterborough	8.85

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

9.96
8.09
7.45
6.20
6.08
5.82
5.11
4.68
2.69

Belle Vue

9.06
8.35
7.86
7.75
5.92
4.71
4.69
2.74
3.50
3.20

Bradford

10.82
10.25
8.12
6.86
5.40
3.90
3.76
3.33

Coventry

9.53
8.56
6.68
6.51
5.49
5.31
4.05

Cradley Heath

10.91
10.42
9.01
5.44
5.17
4.08
2.01
1.24

Eastbourne

10.22
9.35
8.71
7.80
4.68
4.42
3.75

Edinburgh

8.26
6.87
6.78
6.75
6.69
6.40
5.59
3.54

Exeter

9.78
6.56
6.00
5.62
5.42
4.67
4.04
2.13

Glasgow

8.53
8.48
7.11
6.34
6.26
5.60
5.43

Hull

8.97
8.20
7.15
7.04
4.68
4.35
3.59
1.00
0.71

Ipswich

10.52
8.26
7.34
6.01
5.99
5.75
4.22

King's Lynn

8.98
8.75
8.18
6.92
5.43
3.82
3.50
3.16
2.15

Long Eaton

Jan Stæchmann 10.10
8.84
7.61
7.22
6.81
5.45
5.13
4.58
4.00
3.06

Middlesbrough

8.54
6.55
6.18
5.94
5.67
4.69
3.73
2.26

Oxford

8.36
7.72
7.55
5.93
5.79
4.81
4.81

Peterborough

8.85
8.38
8.15
6.53
6.12
5.11
4.97

Poole

10.44
9.94
8.26
6.83
3.83
3.35
3.01
2.06

Reading

9.44
8.90
8.31
7.74
7.01
5.97
5.02
3.00
1.29

Sheffield

7.31
7.23
6.91
6.84
6.82
5.91
2.93
2.50

Swindon

8.66
8.36
7.92
6.12
5.59
4.49
2.63
1.38

Wolverhampton

10.50
10.37
5.94
5.61
5.10
4.99
4.00
2.71
2.09

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"HISTORY ARCHIVE".
"1995 league tables". Speedway GB.
"Bradford Dukes".
"1995 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1995 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
(23 September 1995). "Aces chief raps cup ref". Manchester Evening News.
(16 October 1995). "Mullett misery". Reading Evening Post.
(7 August 1995). "Speedway". Birmingham Daily Post.

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