The SGB Championship Fours formerly the Premier League Four-Team Championship is a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The winners and second place of each group competed for the Championship in the final.
History The competition replaced the National League Four-Team Championship (held from 1976 until 1994).Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. It was first staged in 1995 when the Premier League was the highest tier of British speedway because the top two divisions had merged. However, in 1996, it reverted back to a competition for second tier teams in the British Speedway system. From 1997 until 2016 it was known as the Premier League Four-Team Championship.
In 2017, the competition changed its name to the SGB Championship Fours.
Winners Year Winners 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place Premier League Four-Team Championship 1995 Cradley Heathens Peterborough Panthers Bradford Dukes Arena Essex Hammers 1996 Oxford Cheetahs Peterborough Panthers Hull Vikings Ipswich Witches 1997 Long Eaton Invaders Edinburgh Monarchs Oxford Cheetahs Berwick Bandits 1998 Peterborough Panthers Edinburgh Monarchs Hull Vikings Reading Racers 1999 Sheffield Tigers Newport Wasps Isle of Wight Islanders Arena Essex Hammers 2000 Sheffield Tigers Isle of Wight Islanders Swindon Robins Berwick Bandits 2001 Workington Comets Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield Tigers Isle of Wight Islanders 2002 Berwick Bandits Arena Essex Hammers Newport Wasps Hull Vikings 2003 Swindon Robins Trelawny Tigers Newport Wasps Glasgow Tigers 2004 Workington Comets Stoke Potters Glasgow Tigers Rye House Rockets 2005 Somerset Rebels Workington Comets Exeter Falcons Rye House Rockets 2006 Workington Comets Somerset Rebels Sheffield Tigers King's Lynn Stars 2007 Isle of Wight Islanders Somerset Rebels King's Lynn Stars Rye House Rockets 2008 Workington Comets King's Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels Scunthorpe Scorpions 2009 Workington Comets Somerset Rebels Edinburgh Monarchs Berwick Bandits 2010 Birmingham Brummies Edinburgh Monarchs Somerset Rebels Sheffield Tigers 2011 Ipswich Witches Leicester Lions Workington Comets Somerset Rebels 2012 Berwick Bandits Leicester Lions Workington Comets Plymouth Devils 2013 Edinburgh Monarchs Ipswich Witches Somerset Rebels Berwick Bandits 2014 Somerset Rebels Workington Comets Scunthorpe Scorpions Edinburgh Monarchs 2015 Edinburgh Monarchs Somerset Rebels Ipswich Witches Newcastle Diamonds 2016 Plymouth Devils Workington Comets Peterborough Panthers Berwick Bandits SGB Championship Fours 2017 Peterborough Panthers Redcar Bears Sheffield Tigers Ipswich Witches 2018 Peterborough Panthers Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Lakeside Hammers 2019 Somerset Rebels Glasgow Tigers Sheffield Tigers Eastbourne Eagles 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021-2022 competition not held
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway Fours Champions Speedway in the United Kingdom
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