SGB Championship 2025

SGB Championship 2025
LeagueSGB Championship
No. of competitors9
PairsRedcar Bears
Riders' ChampionshipChris Harris
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
Division/s below2025 NDL

The 2025 SGB Cab Direct Championship season will be the 78th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 8th known as the SGB Championship.[1][2]

Poole Pirates are the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series champions.

Summary

The same nine clubs from 2024 will compete in the Championship in 2025. The format also remains the same with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also return, both following the same formats as in 2024.

The top four teams will qualify for the playoffs, staged over two semi-finals and a final. The points limit for team building remained at 40 points.

Locations of the 2025 SGB Championship teams

League

Regular season

Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Poole Pirates 7 4 0 0 2 0 1 357 273 2 14 +60
2 Glasgow Tigers 6 1 0 1 3 0 1 270 270 1 9 +0
3 Berwick Bandits 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 206 226 0 6 -20
4 Oxford Cheetahs 6 1 0 2 1 0 2 268 271 1 5 -3
5 Edinburgh Monarchs 6 1 0 1 1 0 3 256 265 0 5 -9
6 Scunthorpe Scorpions 6 1 0 2 1 0 2 259 280 0 5 -21
7 Redcar Bears 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 179 181 0 4 -2
8 Workington Comets 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 51 39 0 2 +12
9 Plymouth Gladiators 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 204 245 0 2 -41

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away BER EDI GLA OXF PLY POL RED SCU WOR
Berwick 37–35 46–44 48–42
Edinburgh 50–40 42–48
Glasgow 53–37 43–47
Oxford 44–45 44–46 49–41
Plymouth 46–44 40–50 42–47
Poole 55–35 57–33 51–39 55–35
Redcar 50–40 48–42
Scunthorpe 50–40 45–45 41–49
Workington 51–39
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Semi Finals Grand Final
          
1  
4  
 
 
3  
2  

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Knockout Cup

The 2025 SGB Championship Knockout Cup will be the 57th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 8th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Round One Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
Glasgow Tigers 41
Edinburgh Monarchs 65 45 110 Edinburgh Monarchs 49
Workington Comets 24 45 69  
Oxford Cheetahs
Scunthorpe Scorpions 35 48 83
Oxford Cheetahs 55 42 97
 
 
Berwick Bandits 47 37 84
Redcar Bears 43 53 96
Redcar Bears
Poole Pirates
Poole Pirates 41 52 93
Plymouth Gladiators 49 38 87

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

BSN Series

Scottish Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away BER EDB GLA
Berwick 47–43 43–47
Edinburgh 46–43 44–46
Glasgow 48–42 50–40
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Glasgow Tigers (Q) 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 191 169 2 10 +22
2 Berwick Bandits 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 175 184 1 3 -9
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 173 186 0 2 -13

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away RED SCU WOR
Redcar 57–32 51–39
Scunthorpe 46–44 61–29
Workington 36–54 47–43
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Redcar Bears (Q) 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 206 153 2 8 +53
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 182 177 1 5 +5
3 Workington Comets 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 151 209 0 2 -58

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away OXF PLY POL
Oxford 50–40 45–45
Plymouth 41–48 46–44
Poole 44–46 58–32
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Oxford Cheetahs (Q) 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 189 170 2 9 +19
2 Poole Pirates (Q) 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 191 169 1 5 +22
3 Plymouth Gladiators 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 159 200 0 2 -41

Knockout stages

Semi-finals Grand Final
        
Oxford Cheetahs
Poole Pirates
 
 
Redcar Bears
Glasgow Tigers

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Pairs Championship

The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Saturday 5 April, at the GT Tyres Arena in Workington.[4][5] It was won by Redcar Bears for the second season in a row, and the third time in the last four years.

Qualifying heats

Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Glasgow Tigers 25 Kyle Howarth 13, Chris Harris 12
2 Poole Pirates 24 Lewis Kerr 12, Zach Cook 12
3 Plymouth Gladiators 24 Nicolai Klindt 14, Ben Barker 10
4 Redcar Bears 20 Charles Wright 10, Erik Riss 10
5 Berwick Bandits 17 Drew Kemp 11, Danyon Hume 6
6 Oxford Cheetahs 16 Sam Masters 12, Jordan Jenkins 4
7 Scunthorpe Scorpions 12 Steve Worrall 12, Simon Lambert 0
8 Edinburgh Monarchs 12 Kye Thomson 12, Justin Sedgmen 0
9 Workington Comets 12 Antti Vuolas 10, Tate Zischke 2

Semi-finals

Team One Team Two Score Result
Redcar Glasgow 7-2 Wright 4, Riss 3, Harris 2, Howarth 0
Poole Plymouth 6-3 Cook 4, Klindt 3, Kerr 2, Barker 0

Final

Team One Team Two Score Result
Redcar Poole 6-3 Riss 4, Cook 3, Wright 2, Kerr X

Riders' Championship

The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place on Sunday 6 April at the Eddie Wright Raceway in Scunthorpe.[6][7] It was won by Chris Harris of the Glasgow Tigers.

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1 Chris Harris (Glasgow) 3,3,1,2,0 9 2 3
2 Kyle Howarth (Glasgow) 0,2,3,2,3 10 3 2
3 Steve Worrall (Scunthorpe) 3,3,3,3,2 14 - 1
4 Charles Wright (Redcar) 1,2,2,3,3 11 - 0
5 Richard Lawson (Poole) 3,1,3,2,X 9 1
6 Ben Barker (Plymouth) 3,0,1,1,3 8 0
7 Danny King (Redcar) 1,3,0,3,1 8
8 Sam Masters (Oxford) 2,1,3,1,1 8
9 Antti Vuolas (Workington) 2,2,2,0,2 8
10 Justin Sedgmen (Edinburgh) 0,1,2,3,1 7
11 Drew Kemp (Berwick) 1,3,2,R,0 6
12 Jake Allen (Scunthorpe) 2,0,0,2,2 6
13 Tate Zischke (Workington) 0,2,0,0,3 5
14 Simon Lambert (Scunthorpe) 2,1,1,1,0 5
15 Dan Thompson (Plymouth) 1,R,1,1,2 5
16 Luke Harrison (Scunthorpe) -,-,-,-,1 1
17 Kye Thomson (Edinburgh) 0,0,0,0,0 0

2025 squads

Berwick Bandits

Also rode

Edinburgh Monarchs

Also rode

  • Oskar Polis
  • Max James

Glasgow Tigers

Also rode

Oxford Cheetahs

Also rode

Plymouth Gladiators

Also rode

Poole Pirates

Also rode

Redcar Bears

Also rode

  • Tom Spencer

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Workington Comets

See also

References

  1. ^ "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Oxford Speedway confirms three teams again for 2025". Oxford Mail. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ "2025 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Workington to host 2025 Championship Pairs". Workington Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Championship Pairs scorecard" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. ^ "British Speedway AGM Statement". Scunthorpe Speedway. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  7. ^ "CLRC scorecard" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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