Domesticcup1: | Champions |
Domesticcup1 Winners: | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
Domesticcup2 Winners: | Somerset Rebels |
Domesticcup3: | Premier League Cup |
Domesticcup3 Winners: | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Domesticcup4: | Individual |
Domesticcup4 Winners: | Ulrich Østergaard |
Domesticcup5: | Pairs |
Domesticcup5 Winners: | Ipswich Witches |
Domesticcup6: | Fours |
Domesticcup6 Winners: | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Highestaverage: | Simon Stead |
League Above: | 2015 Elite League |
Leagues Below: | 2015 National League |
Prevseason: | 2014 |
Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway.[1]
took place between March and October 2015. The Edinburgh Monarchs were the defending champions after winning the championship in 2014. The 13 teams that competed remained unchanged from the teams who competed in 2014. There had been concerns about whether or not the Peterborough Panthers would be able to compete but their future was secured after being able to raise the money necessary to continue racing.[2]
In an all-Scottish final, the Edinburgh Monarchs became the first team to win consecutive Premier League titles, by beating the Glasgow Tigers in the Grand Final. The Tigers held a 7-point lead after the first leg at Ashfield, but the Monarchs won 14 of the 15 heats in the second leg at Armadale – winning 58–32 on the night – to win the tie overall 99–80.[3] It was one of three titles won by the Monarchs in 2015; in the Premier League Cup, the Monarchs beat the Tigers once again 100–79,[4] while the quartet of Craig Cook, Sam Masters, Erik Riss and Justin Sedgmen won the Premier League Fours.[5]
Aside from Edinburgh's successes, the Somerset Rebels defeated the Monarchs to win the Knockout Cup,[6] Daniel King and Rohan Tungate won the Premier League Pairs for the Ipswich Witches,[7] and Danish rider Ulrich Østergaard won the Premier League Riders' Championship for the Peterborough Panthers.[8] [9]
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1 | Edinburgh Monarchs (Q) | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1229 | 955 | +274 | 61 | |
2 | Somerset Rebels (Q) | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1188 | 998 | +190 | 55 | |
3 | Glasgow Tigers (Q) | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1122 | 999 | +123 | 54 | |
4 | Peterborough Panthers (Q) | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1104 | 1039 | +65 | 51 | |
5 | Sheffield Tigers (Q) | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1112 | 1062 | +50 | 49 | |
6 | Plymouth Devils (Q) | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1123 | 1074 | +49 | 43 | |
7 | Ipswich Witches | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1163 | 1023 | +140 | 42 | |
8 | Workington Comets | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1086 | 1116 | −30 | 38 | |
9 | Newcastle Diamonds | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1067 | 1129 | −62 | 27 | |
10 | Berwick Bandits | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1011 | 1173 | −162 | 24 | |
11 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 999 | 1185 | −186 | 24 | |
12 | Rye House Rockets | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 998 | 1166 | −168 | 21 | |
13 | Redcar Bears | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 946 | 1229 | −283 | 19 |
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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First legSecond leg
The 2015 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 48th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.[10]
First round
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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28/06 | Newcastle | 63-26 | Scunthorpe | ||||
05/06 | Scunthorpe | 53-37 | Newcastle | ||||
18/06 | Plymouth | 47-41 | Peterborough | ||||
25/05 | Peterborough | 46-44 | Plymouth | ||||
22/05 | Edinburgh | 59-31 | Sheffield | ||||
21/05 | Sheffield | 46-44 | Edinburgh | ||||
17/05 | Rye House | 60-30 | Workington | ||||
16/05 | Workington | 51-39 | Rye House | ||||
21/05 | Ipswich | 46-44 | Berwick | ||||
09/05 | Berwick | 47-43 | Ipswich |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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30/08 | Newcastle | 56-33 | Glasgow | ||||
30/08 | Glasgow | 48-42 | Newcastle | ||||
01/08 | Edinburgh | 61-29 | Redcar | ||||
23/07 | Redcar | 37-35 | Edinburgh | ||||
25/07 | Berwick | 40-50 | Rye House | ||||
12/07 | Rye House | 42-48 | Berwick | ||||
11/07 | Plymouth | 40-50 | Somerset | ||||
10/07 | Somerset | 53-37 | Plymouth |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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12/09 | Rye House | 43-47 | Somerset | ||||
11/09 | Somerset | 60-30 | Rye House | ||||
13/09 | Newcastle | 53-37 | Edinburgh | ||||
04/09 | Edinburgh | 56-34 | Newcastle |
First legSecond legEdinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92–88.
Ulrich Østergaard won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 6 September at Owlerton Stadium.[11]
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 2 1 3 | 12 | - | 3 | |||||||
2 | 3 2 1 3 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
3 | 1 2 3 3 3 | 12 | - | 1 | |||||||
4 | 2 2 3 3 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
5 | 2 0 3 2 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||
6 | 3 2 1 2 3 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | 2 3 2 ef 1 | 8 | |||||||||
8 | 3 3 0 2 fx | 8 | |||||||||
9 | 1 1 3 2 1 | 8 | |||||||||
10 | 1 1 0 3 2 | 7 | |||||||||
11 | 0 1 1 1 3 | 6 | |||||||||
12 | 2 0 2 0 1 | 5 | |||||||||
13 | 0 0 2 1 1 | 4 | |||||||||
14 | r 1 1 0 2 | 4 | |||||||||
15 | 1 0 ef 1 2 | 4 | |||||||||
16 | 0 3 0 | 3 | |||||||||
17 | Layne Cupitt (res) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
18 | Rob Shuttleworth (res) | 0 | 0 |
The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 3 July. The event was won by Ipswich Witches.[12] [13]
Group A | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=200 | Riders |
1 | Ipswich | 24 | King 15, Tungate 9 | ||||
2 | Peterborough | 23 | Ostergaard 13, Palm Toft 10 | ||||
3 | Edinburgh | 16 | Masters 14, Wolbert 2 | ||||
4 | Newcastle | 14 | Kerr 9, Worrall S 5 | ||||
5 | Rye House | 13 | Kennett 7 Jakobsen 6 |
Group B | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=200 | Riders |
1 | Somerset | 22 | Kurtz 14, Grajczonek 8 | ||||
2 | Redcar | 18 | Bjerre 11, Robson 7 | ||||
3 | Berwick | 18 | Doolan 10, Jorgensen 6 | ||||
4 | Glasgow | 18 | Morris 15, Lawson 3 | ||||
5 | Workington | 16 | Howarth 13, Wells 3 |
Semi finals
Final
Edinburgh Monarchs won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 1 October 2015, at the Media Prime Arena.[14] The original final was postponed following injury delays after the semi finals had been completed at the East of England Arena, on 2 August.
Group A | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=400 | Riders |
1 | Ipswich | 18 | King 6, Manzares 4, Heeps 3, Covatti 3, Nielsen 2 | ||||
2 | Edinburgh | 13 | Cook 6, Wolbert 3, Sedgmen 3, Riss 1 | ||||
3 | Workington | 11 | Wells 5, Hansen 3, Bach 2, Howarth 1 | ||||
4 | Peterborough | 6 | Palm Toft 2, Blackbird 2, Ostergaard 1, Grondal 1, Konopka 0 |
Group B | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Newcastle | 17 | Worrall 5, Kerr 5, Rosen 4, Lindgren 3 | ||||
2 | Somerset | 13 | Kurtz 6, Worrall 3, Grajczonek 2, Lanham 2 | ||||
3 | Rye House | 12 | Kennett 6, Jakobsen 4, Nielsen 2, Mellgren 0 | ||||
4 | Glasgow | 6 | Lawson 4, Palovaara 1, Sarjeant 1, Summers 0 |
Final | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=450 | Riders |
1 | Edinburgh | 30 | Cook 12, Sedgmen 8, Masters 7, Riss 3 | ||||
2 | Somerset | 27 | Kurtz 10, Grajczonek 7, Worrall 6, Wright 4 | ||||
3 | Ipswich | 24 | King 10, Tungate 6, Covatti 5, Manzares 2, Heeps 1 | ||||
4 | Newcastle | 15 | Aarnio 6, Rosen 4, Worrall 3, Lindgren 2 |
width=200 | Rider | width=200 | Team | width=40 | Average |
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Sheffield | 10.41 | ||||
Edinburgh | 10.35 | ||||
Ipswich | 9.54 | ||||
Glasgow | 9.12 | ||||
Edinburgh | 8.98 | ||||
Somerset | 8.73 | ||||
Peterborough | 8.51 | ||||
Somerset | 8.50 | ||||
Sheffield | 8.46 | ||||
Peterborough/Rye House | 8.38 |
Berwick Bandits
Edinburgh Monarchs
Glasgow Tigers
Ipswich Witches
Newcastle Diamonds
Peterborough Panthers
Plymouth Devils
Redcar Bears
Rye House Rockets
Scunthorpe Scorpions
Sheffield Tigers
Somerset Rebels
Workington Comets