2012 Premier League speedway season
ChampionsScunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout CupNewcastle Diamonds
IndividualCraig Cook
PairsWorkington Comets
FoursBerwick Bandits
Highest averageBen Barker
Division/s above2012 Elite League
Division/s below2012 National League

The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway.[1][2]

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2012. The Glasgow Tigers were the defending champions after winning in 2011.

Scunthorpe Scorpions won the league after beating Somerset Rebels in the play-offs by one point in the Grand Final.[3][4]

Final league table

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1Newcastle Diamonds2411100111721179101951
2Scunthorpe Scorpions2410200211351151104350
3Somerset Rebels249300121351170102748
4Workington Comets249300112261142104546
5Edinburgh Monarchs2410101110281133106641
6Leicester Lions247500030181079112841
7Ipswich Witches246303110461088108035
8Glasgow Tigers2480310101101031113231
9Redcar Bears245223110281078110730
10Berwick Bandits246204100291045115628
11Rye House Rockets2462040110101065113327
12Sheffield Tigers2462040101101052116126
13Plymouth Devils2462130000121048116423

Play Offs

Group 1

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1Scunthorpe Scorpions42000000112021607
2Workington Comets31100000011241455
3Edinburgh Monarchs30100000111261473

Group 2

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1Somerset Rebels42000000201931728
2Newcastle Diamonds41100000021791865
3Leicester Lions41100000021761905

Scoring

  • Home draw = 1 point
  • Home win by any number of points = 3
  • Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
  • Away draw = 2
  • Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
  • Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Off final

First leg

Somerset Rebels
Claus Vissing 10
Jesper B Monberg 9
James Wright 8
Alex Davies 7
XCraig Cook (guest) 7
Kyle Newman 7
Lewis Kerr (guest) 1		49 – 44Scunthorpe Scorpions
Nick Morris 10
Michael Palm Toft 9
Josh Auty 9
Ashley Birks 7
Anders Mellgren (guest) 5
Gary Irving 4
Thomas Jorgensen R/R
[5][6]

Second leg

Scunthorpe Scorpions
Nick Morris 12
Michael Palm Toft 12
Josh Auty 10
Gary Irving 7
Ashley Birks 5
Jason Bunyan (guest) 2
David Howe R/R		48 – 42Somerset Rebels
Jesper B Monberg 10
Alex Davies 8
Claus Vissing 7
James Wright 7
Richard Hall (guest) 6
Kyle Newman 5
Lewis Kerr (guest) 0
[5][7]

Scunthorpe were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–91.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 45th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.[8]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
25/05Edinburgh59-31Rye House
27/05Glasgow54-36Plymouth
24/05Ipswich48-42Somerset
28/05Newcastle58-32Redcar
18/05Plymouth52-38Glasgow
24/05Redcar49-41Newcastle
26/05Rye House49-41Edinburgh
18/05Scunthorpe44-46Workington
01/06Somerset47-43Ipswich
19/05Workington48-42Scunthorpe

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
19/08Leicester54-42Workington
22/07Workington54-36Leicester
06/07Edinburgh52-38Glasgow
01/07Newcastle62-28Sheffield
01/07Glasgow44-46Edinburgh
30/06Berwick34-56Ipswich
28/06Sheffield58-32Newcastle
28/06Ipswich48-42Berwick

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
20/10Workington51-39Newcastle
14/10Newcastle54-36Workington
12/10Edinburgh52-37Ipswich
04/10Ipswich55-35Edinburgh

Final

First leg

Ipswich Witches
Leigh Lanham 10
Dakota North 9
Mat Tresarrieu 9
Morten Risager 5
Rohan Tungate 5
Taylor Poole 3
Stefan Nielsen (guest) 1		42 – 48Newcastle Diamonds
Claes Nedermark 10
Christian Henry 9
Matthew Wethers (guest) 8
Mark Lemon 7
Ludvig Lindgren 6
Stuart Robson 5
Paul Starke (guest) 3
[5][9]

Second leg

Newcastle Diamonds
Stuart Robson 12
Ludvig Lindgren 12
Claes Nedermark 10
Mark Lemon 9
Matthew Wethers (guest) 8
Christian Henry 5
Paul Starke (guest) 2		58 – 32Ipswich Witches
Leigh Lanham 9
Dakota North 9
Stefan Nielsen (guest) 6
Morten Risager 5
Mat Tresarrieu 2
Rohan Tungate 1
Taylor Poole 0
[5][10]

Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106–74.

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 14 October at Owlerton Stadium.[11]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1England Craig Cook3 3 2 2 212-3
2Sweden Anders Mellgren3 1 1 3 1932
3Australia Jason Doyle1 2 3 2 31121
4Denmark René Bach2 3 2 1 311-0
5England Leigh Lanham2 3 1 2 3111
6England Josh Auty2 1 2 3 3110
7Australia Nick Morris0 0 3 3 28
8England Richard Lawson3 2 0 1 28
9England Stuart Robson3 1 3 0 ef7
10Sweden Sebastian Aldén0 0 3 3 17
11England Richard Hall2 3 0 ef 27
12Finland Kauko Nieminen1 2 1 2 06
13Denmark Ulrich Østergaardr 2 0 1 14
14United States Ryan Fisher1 0 2 1 04
15Netherlands Theo Pijper1 0 1 0 13
16Scotland James Grieves0 1 0 0 01
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 24 August. The event was won by Workington Comets.[12][13]

Semi finals

  • Sheffield bt Edinburgh 5-4
  • Workington bt Somerset 6-3

Final

  • Workington bt Scunthorpe 7-2

Fours

Berwick Bandits won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the second time. The final was held on 15 July 2012, at the East of England Arena.[14]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1Berwick23Alden 9, Ashworth 8, Bellego 5, Complin 1
2Leicester20Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 4
3Workington16Lawson 6, Bach 5, Roynon 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 0
4Plymouth13Barker 7, Gathercole 3, Fisher 3, Kurtz 0, Holder 0

Final Leading averages

Rider Team Average
Australia Jason DoyleSomerset10.15
England Ben BarkerPlymouth10.05
England Craig CookEdinburgh9.99
England Joe ScreenGlasgow9.48
Denmark Charlie GjeddeRye House9.22
England Ricky AshworthBerwick9.20
England Josh AutyScunthorpe8.79
United States Ryan FisherPlymouth8.75
England Adam RoynonEdinburgh8.83
England Richard LawsonWorkington8.69

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Leicester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Table". Speedway GB.
  2. ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Play off tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ↑ "Grand Final". Speedway GB.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "2012 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "2012 play off final 1st Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "2012 play off final 2nd Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "2012 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  9. ↑ "2012 KO cup final 1st Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "2012 KO cup final 2nd Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Speedway: Edinburgh ace Craig is Rider Champ". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "2012 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Adam Roynon profile". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "BERWICK WIN PL FOURS". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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