The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway.
Summary The season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.
League table Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts 3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L1 Somerset Rebels2410 1 0 1 3 22 2 3 1218 951562 Ipswich Witches2410101214411193987553 Newcastle Diamonds2410020231331207973544 Edinburgh Monarchs24100022223311721003515 Workington Comets2473022221511391056466 Redcar Bears2462224102510781068457 Leicester Lions2455023101710791103418 Scunthorpe Scorpions2445210214510801075369 Rye House Rockets24423303036105011153110 Berwick Bandits24 5304010110102511502511 Plymouth Devils24 31170211899411902112 Sheffield Tigers24 312600111095812201613 Glasgow Tigers24 122700001294512479
Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points
Fixtures & results
Play Offs Group 1 Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts 1 Edinburgh 4200010010197163112 Workington 411000100118217883 Ipswich 40002000021611990 Group 2 Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts 1 Somerset 42 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 198 169 9 2 Newcastle42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 187 182 63 Redcar 41 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 168 202 5
Play Off final First leg
Second leg
Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–89.
Premier League Knockout Cup The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.
First round Date Team one Score Team two28/04 Newcastle 42-30 Plymouth27/04 Workington 61-29 Ipswich26/04 Plymouth 44-46 Newcastle25/04 Ipswich 55-35Workington21/04 Glasgow 52-38 Rye House20/04 Rye House 63-26 Glasgow18/04 Redcar 45-44 Berwick13/04 Leicester 46-44 Edinburgh13/04 Berwick 44-46 Redcar12/04 Edinburgh 58-31 Leicester Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two05/07 Somerset 48-41 Workington16/06 Newcastle 44-46 Edinburgh16/06 Workington 48-42 Somerset14/06 Edinburgh 44-45 Newcastle14/06 Scunthorpe 41-49 Redcar13/06 Redcar 50-40 Scunthorpe16/05 Sheffield 42-48 Rye House11/05 Rye House 52-38 Sheffield Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two31/08 Rye House 55-35 Redcar30/08 Edinburgh 49-41 Somerset27/08 Somerset 49-41 Edinburgh11/07 Redcar 48-42 Rye House20/09replay Edinburgh 48-42 Somerset18/09replay Somerset 58-32 Edinburgh
Final First leg
Second leg
Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 103–77.
Riders' Championship Oliver Allen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 22 September at Owlerton Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Oliver Allen 2 2 2 3 2 11 332 Magnus Karlsson 3 3 3 2 3 14 -23 Jason Doyle 2 3 3 2 3 13 -14 Craig Cook 1 2 3 3 2 11 205 Nick Morris 3 1 0 3 29 1 6 René Bach 1 1 2 2 3 907 Richard Lawson 0 3 1 2 288 Sebastian Aldén 3 0 3 1 0 7 9 Ricky Wells 3 2 0 1 1 710 Richie Worrall 0 2 1 3 1 711 Dakota North 1 3 1 1 17 12 Mark Lemon 0 1 2 1 2613 Theo Pijper 2 0 2 0 0 414 Micky Dyer 1 1 f 0 1 315 Josh Auty 2 0 ex fx 216 Oliver Greenwood (res) 1 0 117 Morten Risager 0 0 fx ns 018 Max Clegg (res) 0 0 0 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
Pairs The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 31 May. The event was won by Somerset Rebels.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Somerset 22 Doyle 14, Grajczonek 82Scunthorpe 18 Auty 9, Howe 93Ipswich18 Barker 14, Lanham 44Glasgow 16 Screen 12, Wright 45Berwick 16 Aspegren 8, Smith 8
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Workington 24 Lawson 12, Bach 122Edinburgh 21 Cook 15, Vissing 63Leicester18 Bjerre 11, Doolan 74Sheffield 15 Wells 11, Hall 45Plymouth 12 Gathercole 10, Lemon 2
Semi finals Somerset bt Edinburgh 5–4 Scunthorpe bt Workington 5–4
Final Somerset bt Scunthorpe 7–2
Fours Edinburgh Monarchs won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Berwick 15Ashworth 5, Smith 4, Wethers 3, Bellego 3, Aspegren 02 Ipswich 12Barker 5, Risager 3, Tungate 2, Lanham 23 Workington11 Lawson 5, Bach 4, Harrison 2, Aarnio 04 Scunthorpe 10 Auty 5, Howe 3, Jorgensen 1, Palm Toft 1
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Somerset14 Morris 4, Davies 4, Grajczonek 3, Newman 32 Edinburgh 13 Cook 6, Vissing 3, Pjiper 3, Tabaka 1, Sneddon 03 Newcastle 11 Robson 6, Tully 4, Worrall R 1, Lindgren 04 Leicester 10 Nieminen 4, Bjerre 3, Karlsson 2, Doolan 1
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Edinburgh 21 Vissing 8, Cook 6, Sneddon 3, Pjiper 2, Tabaka 22 Ipswich 18Lanham 6, Tungate 4, Barker 3, Risager 3, Heeps 23 Somerset17 Morris 6, Grajczonek 5, Davies 4, Newman 24 Berwick 16Smith 7, Bellego 6, Wethers 2, Ashworth 1
Final Leading averages Rider Team Average Craig Cook Edinburgh 10.83 Jason Doyle Somerset 10.23 Nick Morris Somerset 9.18 Simon Stead Sheffield 9.16 Mikkel Bech Jensen Plymouth 9.02 Richie Worrall Newcastle 8.94 Ben Barker Ipswich 8.93 Richard Lawson Workington 8.84 Magnus Karlsson Leicester 8.77 Josh Grajczonek Somerset 8.70
Riders & final averages Berwick
7.37 7.21 7.16 6.43 6.34 5.94 5.00 4.22 4.05
Edinburgh
10.83 7.59 7.33 7.30 6.27 6.19 3.63 2.79 2.09
Glasgow
8.39 7.50 6.82 6.11 5.83 4.74 4.47 4.06 3.77 3.02
Ipswich
8.93 8.26 7.64 7.50 7.46 5.29 4.82 0.89
Leicester
8.77 8.46 8.15 7.59 5.82 5.33 4.73 4.34 3.45 2.53
Newcastle
8.94 8.35 8.11 8.01 7.67 7.55 7.28 5.31 3.24
Plymouth
9.02 7.80 7.28 7.16 6.56 5.82 4.70 4.57 4.30 3.94
Redcar
8.29 7.87 7.29 6.53 6.06 5.03 4.26 3.50 3.16
Rye House
8.55 8.12 7.77 7.52 7.17 6.60 5.25 4.91 3.08
Scunthorpe
8.42 7.72 7.43 6.93 6.72 5.66 5.34 5.01
Sheffield
9.16 8.45 6.97 5.66 5.35 4.71 4.13 2.94 2.40
Somerset
10.23 9.18 8.70 7.67 6.68 5.58 5.47 3.67 3.64 2.71
Workington
8.84 8.45 7.40 7.08 6.67 4.94 3.83
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References