SGB Premiership
| SGB Premiership | ||
Current season or competition: SGB Premiership 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| League Information | ||
| Sport | Speedway | |
| Formerly | ||
| Country |  United Kingdom | |
| Founded | 2017 | |
| Governing Body | Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) | |
| Website | www | |
| League Facts | ||
| Current Champions | ||
| No. of Teams | 9 | |
| Current Competitions | ||
| SGB Premiership | ||
| SGB Premiership Knockout Cup | ||
| SGB Premiership Pairs | ||
| SGB Premiership Riders' Championship | ||
| Current Teams | ||
| Belle Vue Aces Coventry Bees Kings Lynn Stars Leicester Lions Poole Pirates |
Rye House Rockets Somerset Rebels Swindon Robins Wolverhampton Wolves | |
The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was introduced for 2017 following a restructuring of British speedway..[1]
League format
The league contains nine teams who meet each other twice home and away. The top four teams at the end of the regular season go into playoffs to decide the champions.
Unlike the previous leagues, there is relegation and promotion between the Premiership and the new second tier, the SGB Championship, with the bottom team from the Premiership gping into a playoff with the Championship winners.[1][2]
Seven of the teams from the previous Elite League will be in the Premiership for 2017, along with two teams who raced in the Premier League in 2016.[3]
Teams
Team building
At the start of the season, teams are built up to maximum points limit. The combined Calculated Match Average (CMA) of the riders declared in the team must not be higher than an agreed figure set at the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA) Annual General Meeting. For the 2017 the total must not be higher than 50.[1]
2017 teams
| Team | Team |
|---|---|
| Belle Vue Aces | Rye House Rockets |
| Coventry Bees | Somerset Rebels |
| Kings Lynn Stars | Swindon Robins |
| Leicester Lions | Wolverhampton Wolves |
| Poole Pirates |
Source:[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "British Speedway Gets Major Revamp", speedwaygb.co, 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016
- ↑ "British Speedway set for big revamp with promotion and relegation", Sky Sports, 3 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016
- ↑ "Speedway: Promotion and relegation introduced to revamped competition", BBC, 3 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016
External links
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