British League Division Two Pairs Championship
Sport | Speedway |
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Founded | 1975 |
Ceased | 1994 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Notes | |
replaced by the Premier League Pairs Championship |
The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, named the National League Pairs Championship in the years that the second division was known as the National League was a motorcycle speedway contest between the top two riders from each club competing in the British League Division Two/New National League/National League in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
Winners
Year | Winners | Runners-up | |
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National League Pairs | |||
1975[3] | Newcastle Diamonds (Tom Owen & Brian Havelock) | Ellesmere Port Gunners (John Jackson & Colin Goad) | |
1976[4] | Ellesmere Port Gunners (John Jackson & Chris Turner) | Newcastle Diamonds (Tom Owen & Joe Owen) | |
1977[5] | Boston Barracudas (Rob Hollingworth & Colin Cook) | Newport Dragons (Jim Brett & Brian Woodward) | |
1978[6] | Ellesmere Port Gunners (John Jackson & Steve Finch) | Newcastle Diamonds (Tom Owen & Robbie Blackadder) | |
1979[7] | Milton Keynes Knights (Andy Grahame & Bob Humphreys) | Ellesmere Port Gunners (John Jackson & Steve Finch) | |
1980[8] | Middlesbrough Tigers (Mark Courtney & Steve Wilcock) | Boston Barracudas (Rob Hollingworth & Gary Guglielmi) | |
1981[9] | Canterbury Crusaders (Mike Ferreira & Denzil Kent) | Berwick Bandits (Wayne Brown & Steve McDermott) | |
1982[10] | Weymouth Wildcats (Martin Yeates & Simon Wigg) | Long Eaton Invaders (Alan Molyneux & Dave Perks) | |
1983[11] | Weymouth Wildcats (Martin Yeates & Simon Cross) | Glasgow Tigers (Jim McMillan & Steve Lawson) | |
1984[12] | Stoke Potters (Nigel Crabtree & Tom Owen) | Berwick Bandits (Bruce Cribb & Steve McDermott) | |
1985[13] | Ellesmere Port Gunners (Joe Owen & Louis Carr) | Poole Pirates (Martin Yeates & Stan Bear) | |
1986[14] | Edinburgh Monarchs (Les Collins & Doug Wyer) | Hackney Kestrels (Barry Thomas & Andy Galvin) | |
1987[15] | Mildenhall Fen Tigers (Dave Jessup & Melvyn Taylor) | Peterborough Panthers (Ian Barney & Kevin Hawkins) | |
1988[16] | Stoke Potters (Graham Jones & Steve Bastable) | Poole Pirates (Steve Schofield & David Biles) | |
1989[17] | Stoke Potters (Nigel Crabtree & Eric Monaghan) | Mildenhall Fen Tigers (Preben Eriksen & Peter Glanz) | |
1990[18] | Hackney Kestrels (Steve Schofield & Andy Galvin) | Exeter Falcons (Steve Regeling & Peter Jeffrey) | |
1991 to 1993 competition not held | |||
British League Division Two Pairs | |||
1994[19] | Swindon Robins (Tony Olsson & Tony Langdon) | Glasgow Tigers (Nigel Crabtree & David Walsh) |
See also
- List of United Kingdom Speedway Pairs champions
- Speedway in the United Kingdom
- Elite League Pairs Championship
References
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1991). The Complete History of the British League. Front Page Books. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0-948882-07-7.
- ^ "1975 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "1976 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "1977 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "1978 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Diamonds out in semi finals". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 22 July 1979. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tigers pairs champs". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 20 July 1980. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1981 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Bruce snubs star event". Sunday Mirror. 29 August 1982. Retrieved 23 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1983 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Stoke stars take title". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 1 July 1984. Retrieved 23 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1985 Ellesmere Port results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Speedway Pairs Out". Newcastle Journal. 14 July 1986. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tigers triumph". Cambridge Daily News. 27 July 1987. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Stoke speedway pair triumph". Staffordshire Sentinel. 24 August 1988. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 59. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
- ^ "Potters pairs bid comes unstuck". Staffordshire Sentinel. 18 June 1990. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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