Competition: | Premier League |
Domesticcup1: | Champions |
Domesticcup1 Winners: | Sheffield Tigers |
Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
Domesticcup3: | Young Shield |
Domesticcup4: | Individual |
Domesticcup4 Winners: | Adam Shields |
Domesticcup5: | Pairs |
Domesticcup5 Winners: | Isle of Wight Islanders |
Domesticcup6: | Fours |
Domesticcup6 Winners: | Berwick Bandits |
Highest Average: | Sean Wilson |
League Above: | 2002 Elite League |
Leagues Below: | 2002 Conference League |
Prevseason: | 2001 |
Nextseason: | 2003 |
The 2002 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1]
The League consisted of 17 teams for the 2002 season with the addition of two teams, the Rye House Rockets and the Somerset Rebels from the Conference League.
The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Sheffield Tigers.[2] [3]
On 14 April, Lawrence Hare was paralysed after crashing while riding for Exeter Falcons.[4] [5]
Pos | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bon | Tot | ||
1 | Sheffield Tigers | 32 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 1612 | 1267 | 41 | 15 | 56 | |
2 | Newcastle Diamonds | 32 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 1501 | 1364 | 43 | 13 | 56 | |
3 | Isle of Wight Islanders | 32 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 1541 | 1329 | 43 | 15 | 55 | |
4 | Berwick Bandits | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 1520 | 1360 | 37 | 12 | 49 | |
5 | Hull Vikings | 32 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 1444 | 1419 | 38 | 11 | 49 | |
6 | Swindon Robins | 32 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1473 | 1408 | 36 | 10 | 46 | |
7 | Stoke Potters | 32 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1453 | 1423 | 35 | 8 | 43 | |
8 | Reading Racers | 32 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 1427 | 1448 | 34 | 7 | 41 | |
9 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 1425 | 1450 | 35 | 8 | 40 | |
10 | Exeter Falcons | 32 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 1463 | 1415 | 28 | 10 | 38 | |
11 | Arena Essex Hammers | 32 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 1417 | 1456 | 29 | 6 | 35 | |
12 | Newport Wasps | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1394 | 1472 | 28 | 6 | 34 | |
13 | Rye House Rockets | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1373 | 1496 | 28 | 5 | 33 | |
14 | Trelawny Tigers | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1343 | 1539 | 27 | 4 | 31 | |
15 | Workington Comets | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 1368 | 1518 | 27 | 3 | 30 | |
16 | Somerset Rebels | 32 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 1344 | 1536 | 20 | 4 | 24 | |
17 | Glasgow Tigers | 32 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 1335 | 1533 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
The 2002 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 35th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Sheffield Tigers were the winners of the competition.[6]
First round
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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20/04 | Rye House | 53-37 | Somerset | ||||
10/05 | Somerset | 45-45 | Rye House |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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27/05 | Reading | 47-43 | Arena Essex | ||||
31/05 | Arena Essex | 48-42 | Reading | ||||
30/05 | Sheffield | 55-36 | Isle of Wight | ||||
28/05 | Isle of Wight | 46-44 | Sheffield | ||||
02/06 | Glasgow | 48-42 | Workington | ||||
01/06 | Workington | 41-49 | Glasgow | ||||
27/05 | Newcastle | 53-37 | Trelawny | ||||
28/05 | Trelawny | 46-43 | Newcastle | ||||
01/06 | Stoke | 49-41 | Exeter | ||||
27/05 | Exeter | 46-44 | Stoke | ||||
24/04 | Hull | 54-36 | Berwick | ||||
20/04 | Berwick | 52-38 | Hull | ||||
01/06 | Rye House | 46-44 | Swindon | ||||
30/05 | Swindon | 45-45 | Rye House | ||||
02/06 | Newport | 49-41 | Edinburgh | ||||
31/05 | Edinburgh | 49-41 | Newport | ||||
20/07 replay | Newport | 54-36 | Edinburgh | ||||
05/07 replay | Edinburgh | 49-41 | Newport |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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29/08 | Sheffield | 61-39 | Glasgow | ||||
12/08 | Glasgow | 44-46 | Sheffield | ||||
29/07 | Newcastle | 57-33 | Stoke | ||||
31/08 | Stoke | 49-41 | Newcastle | ||||
31/07 | Hull | 45-45 | Rye House | ||||
28/07 | Rye House | 44-46 | Hull | ||||
28/07 | Newport | 48-41 | Arena Essex | ||||
02/08 | Arena Essex | 45-45 | Newport |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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03/10 | Sheffield | 63-27 | Newcastle | ||||
30/09 | Newcastle | 53-37 | Sheffield | ||||
18/09 | Hull | 51-39 | Newport | ||||
29/09 | Newport | 50-40 | Hull |
First legSecond legSheffield were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97–83.
Adam Shields won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 8 September at Belle Vue Stadium.[7]
width=25px | Pos. | width=180px | Rider | width=100px | Pts | width=50px | Total | width=50px | SF | width=50px | Final |
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1 | 3 3 ex 2 3 | 11 | - | 3 | |||||||
2 | 3 2 3 3 1 | 12 | - | 2 | |||||||
3 | 3 2 2 2 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
4 | 0 1 3 3 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
5 | 2 3 3 0 3 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
6 | 2 ex 2 1 3 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | 1 2 2 1 2 | 8 | |||||||||
8 | 2 3 0 1 1 | 7 | |||||||||
9 | 3 1 1 1 1 | 7 | |||||||||
10 | 2 1 ex 2 2 | 7 | |||||||||
11 | 0 0 0 3 3 | 6 | |||||||||
12 | 0 2 3 ex 0 | 5 | |||||||||
13 | 0 0 1 3 1 | 5 | |||||||||
14 | 1 3 1 0 0 | 5 | |||||||||
15 | 1 0 2 2 ex | 5 | |||||||||
16 | 1 1 1 0 0 | 3 | |||||||||
17 | Steve Masters (res) | 0 | 0 |
The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Derwent Park on 19 July. The event was won by the Isle of Wight Islanders.[8] [9]
Group A | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=200 | Riders |
1 | Newport | 23 | Smart 13, Watson 10 | ||||
2 | Edinburgh | 19 | Carr P 11, Schott 8 | ||||
3 | Workington | 17 | Stonehewer 13, Karlsson 4 | ||||
4 | Reading | 16 | Mullett 9, Morris 7 | ||||
5 | Sheffield | 15 | Wilson 10, Stead 5 |
Group B | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=200 | Riders |
1 | Isle of Wight | 24 | Shields 13, Bird 11 | ||||
2 | Hull | 20 | Stead 12, Kessler 8 | ||||
3 | Berwick | 17 | Bentley 14, Kristensen 3 | ||||
4 | Somerset | 15 | Jirout 8, Cunningham 7 | ||||
5 | Glasgow | 14 | Stancl 9, Grieves 5 |
Semi finals
Final
Berwick Bandits won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 21 July 2002, at the Brandon Stadium.[10] [11]
Group A | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Hull | 15 | Stead G 5, Kessler 5, Thorp 3, Smith J 2 | ||||
2 | Newport | 14 | Smart 4, Smith S 4, Watson 3, Dicken 3 | ||||
3 | Glasgow | 10 | Stancl 4, Grieves 3, Powell 2, Olsson 1 | ||||
4 | Sheffield | 9 | Wilson 5, Complin 2, Stead S 1, Smith S 1 |
Group B | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Berwick | 15 | Kristensen 4, Rymel 4, Bentley 4, Makovsky 3 | ||||
2 | Arena Essex | 12 | White 4, Tacey 3, Lanham 3, Tatum 2 | ||||
3 | Reading | 11 | Henriksson 6, Morris 2, Mullett 2, Schramm 1 | ||||
4 | Isle of Wight | 10 | Bager 4, Bird 3, Shields 2, Read 1, Simmons 0 |
Final | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Berwick | 22 | Bentley 8, Rymel 6, Makovsky 5. Kristensen 3 | ||||
2 | Arena Essex | 21 | White 8, Tatum 6, Tacey 4, Lanham 3 | ||||
3 | Newport | 16 | Smart 5, Smith S 4, Dicken 4, Watson 3 | ||||
4 | Hull | 13 | Kessler 6, Thorp 3, Smith J 2, Smethills 2, Stead G 0 |
width=200 | Rider | width=200 | Team | width=40 | Average |
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Sean Wilson | Sheffield | 10.17 | |||
Carl Stonehewer | Workington | 10.08 | |||
Adam Shields | Isle of Wight | 9.85 | |||
Ray Morton | Isle of Wight | 9.53 | |||
Paul Fry | Swindon | 9.46 | |||
Marián Jirout | Somerset | 9.31 | |||
Paul Bentley | Berwick | 9.24 | |||
Leigh Lanham | Arena Essex | 9.19 | |||
Peter Carr | Edinburgh | 9.17 | |||
Chris Harris | Trewlany | 9.13 |
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