SGB Premiership 2017

SGB Premiership 2017

League	SGB Premiership
Season	2017
SGB Premiership Knockout Cup	TBC
SGB Premiership Riders' Championship	TBC
Highest average	TBC
Biggest home win	TBC
Biggest away win	TBC

The Speedway Great Britain Premiership 2017 is an upcoming season in the top division of Great British speedway. The season will run between March and October 2017 and will have 9 teams participating. The lineup of teams for 2017 is different from the lineup from the 2016 Elite League. The Lakeside Hammers have dropped out of the league and have been replaced by both the Rye House Rockets and the Somerset Rebels.

Regulation changes

At the annual Speedway AGM, which was held early in November 2016, it was agreed that speedway in Great Britain would be given what was described as "the biggest revamp of the sport in modern history". This involved numerous alterations to both the regulations and the branding of the sport. The former top level of British speedway, the Elite League, was replaced by the Speedway Great Britain Premiership. Among the most notable changes to the regulations is the reintroduction of promotion and relegation between the top two leagues, the team that finishes in last place in the Premiership will have to race against the winners of the new second tier of British speedway (the SGB Championship) in order to decide who will compete in the Premiership in 2018.^[1]

Teams

Belle Vue

Coventry

King's Lynn

Leicester

Poole

Rye House

Somerset

Swindon

Wolves

Locations of the 2017 Premiership teams

Team-by-team

As of 03 November 2016.

Belle Vue Aces

Coventry Bees

Danny King Jason Garrity Kenneth Bjerre Lasse Bjerre

Lewis Kerr James Sarjeant Josh Bates

King's Lynn Stars

Nicklas Porsing Kai Huckenbeck

Leicester Lions

Poole Pirates

Krzysztof Kasprzak Hans Andersen Jack Holder Nicolai Klindt

James Shanes

Rye House Rockets

Edward Kennett Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Davey Watt

Stuart Robson Robert Branford

Somerset Rebels

Swindon Robins

Jason Doyle Nick Morris Adam Ellis David Bellego

Emil Grondal Mikkel B Anderson Zach Wajtknecht

Wolverhampton Wolves

Fredrik Lindgren Jacob Thorssell Kyle Howarth Max Clegg

Results

Teams face each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings are called the 'A' fixtures, and the second are the 'B' fixtures.

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away	BV	COV	KL	LEI	PP	RYE	SOM	SWI	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Coventry Bees	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
King's Lynn Stars	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Leicester Lions	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Poole Pirates	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Rye House Rockets	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0
Somerset Rebels	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0
Swindon Robins	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0
Wolverhampton Wolves	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Source:[2]

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away	BV	COV	KL	LEI	PP	RYE	SOM	SWI	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Coventry Bees	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
King's Lynn Stars	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Leicester Lions	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Poole Pirates	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Rye House Rockets	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0
Somerset Rebels	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0
Swindon Robins	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0
Wolverhampton Wolves	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Source:[2]

Final League table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	+/−	Pts
			W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	Belle Vue Aces	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Coventry Bees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	King's Lynn Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Leicester Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Poole Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Rye House Rockets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Somerset Rebels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Swindon Robins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Wolverhampton Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

References

1. "BRITISH SPEEDWAY GETS MAJOR REVAMP". Speedway GB. Speedway GB. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. "BRITISH SPEEDWAY – RESULTS & SCORERS". Speedway GP. Retrieved 3 November 2016.