1994 British League Division Two season

Sports event

1994 British League Division Two seasonLeague| British League Division Two

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No. of competitors| 10
Champions| Glasgow Tigers
Knockout Cup| Glasgow Tigers
Individual| Paul Bentley
Pairs| Swindon Robins
Fours| Oxford Cheetahs
Highest average| Jan Stæchmann
Division/s above| British League (Div 1)
Division/s below| British League (Div 3)

* <- 1993
* 1997 ->

The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced.[1]

## Summary

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The title and knockout Cup was won by the Glasgow Tigers, who achieved the feat of recording the 'double double' (the league and cup double for two consecutive seasons).[2][3]

## Final table

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Pos  | Team  | PL  | W  | D  | L  | BP  | Pts

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1  | Glasgow Tigers | 36  | 26  | 1  | 9  | 14  | 67
2  | Long Eaton Invaders | 36  | 24  | 2  | 10  | 15  | 65
3  | Edinburgh Monarchs | 36  | 20  | 1  | 15  | 10  | 51
4  | Swindon Robins | 36  | 18  | 1  | 17  | 12  | 49
5  | Peterborough Panthers | 36  | 18  | 2  | 16  | 10  | 48
6  | Middlesbrough Bears | 36  | 19  | 1  | 16  | 9  | 48
7  | Newcastle Diamonds | 36  | 15  | 1  | 20  | 9  | 40
8  | Oxford Cheetahs | 36  | 15  | 1  | 20  | 7  | 38
9  | Sheffield Tigers | 36  | 10  | 1  | 25  | 3  | 24
10  | Exeter Falcons | 36  | 9  | 1  | 26  | 1  | 20

## British League Division Two Knockout Cup

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The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.[4]

### First round

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Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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29/04 | Edinburgh | 54-42 | Newcastle
24/04 | Newcastle | 46-50 | Edinburgh
24/04 | Glasgow | 56-40 | Oxford
22/04 | Oxford | 39-57 | Glasgow

### Quarter-finals

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Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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30/07 | Swindon | 56-40 | Glasgow
10/06 | Peterborough | 58-38 | Sheffield
09/06 | Middlesbrough | 62-34 | Exeter
09/06 | Sheffield | 44-52 | Peterborough
06/06 | Exeter | 50-46 | Middlesbrough
05/06 | Glasgow | 66-30 | Swindon
04/06 | Swindon | rain | Glasgow
03/06 | Edinburgh | 49-47 | Long Eaton
01/06 | Long Eaton | 45-51 | Edinburgh

### Semi-finals

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Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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23/09 | Peterborough | 50-45 | Glasgow
16/09 | Peterborough | rain | Glasgow
11/09 | Glasgow | 54-42 | Peterborough
12/08 | Edinburgh | 52-44 | Middlesbrough
11/08 | Middlesbrough | 49-47 | Edinburgh

### Final

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First leg

14 October 1994

Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 11
Scott Lamb 11
Jan Andersen 9
Kevin Little 4
Stuart Robson 3
Lawrence Hare 0| 50 – 46| Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 14
Mick Powell 9
Nigel Crabtree 9
Sean Courtney 7
Róbert Nagy 4
James Grieves 2
Stewart McDonald 1

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Powderhall Stadium

Second leg

16 October 1994

Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
Sean Courtney 9
Róbert Nagy 9
Mick Powell 8
James Grieves 5
Stewart McDonald 1| 55 – 41| Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 10
Scott Lamb 9
Jan Andersen 6
Stuart Robson 3
Kevin Little 1
Lawrence Hare 0

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Shawfield Stadium

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101–91.

## Riders' Championship

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Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium.[6]

Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total

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1 |  Paul Bentley | 3 3 3 2 2 | 13
2 |  Tony Olsson | 3 3 2 2 2 | 12
3 |  Tony Langdon | 1 1 3 3 3 | 11
4 |  Alan Grahame | 2 0 2 3 3 | 10
5 |  Roman Matoušek | 2 1 3 3 1 | 10
6 |  Mick Poole | 2 2 1 3 1 | 9
7 |  Kenny McKinna | 3 0 1 1 3 | 8
8 |  Martin Dixon | 3 2 2 1 0 | 8
9 |  Róbert Nagy | 0 3 1 0 3 | 7
10 |  Ronni Pedersen | 1 1 1 2 2 | 7
11 |  Zdeněk Tesař | 0 0 3 1 2 | 6
12 |  Mark Thorpe | 0 3 0 2 0 | 5
13 |  Les Collins | 1 2 2 0 0 | 5
14 |  Paul Fry | 2 2 0 0 1 | 5
15 |  Nigel Crabtree | 0 1 0 1 0 | 2
16 |  Richard Hellsen | 1 0 0 0 1 | 2

## Pairs

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The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by the Speedway Star, was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins.[7][8]

| Qualifying

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Swindon | 20 | Olsson 12, Langdon 8
2  | Glasgow | 17 | Crabtree 12, Walsh 5
3  | Edinburgh | 16 | Ylinen 9, Collins L 7
4  | Peterborough | 16 | Tesar 12, Monaghan 4
5  | Long Eaton | 14 | Collins N 8, Dixon 6
| Qualifying

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
6  | Middlesbrough | 13 | Sumner 7, Bentley 6
7  | Newcastle | 13 | Thorpe 10, Juul 3
8  | Oxford | 9 | Goodwin 6, Poole 3
9  | Exeter | 9 | Svab 9, Verner 0
10  | Sheffield | 8 | Matousek 8, Bartlett 0

Semi finals

* Swindon bt Peterborough
* Glasgow bt Edinburgh

Final

* Swindon bt Glasgow

## Fours

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Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.[9][10]

Final

Pos | Team | Pts | Riders

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1 | Oxford Cheetahs | 24 | Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0
2 | Long Eaton Invaders | 17 | Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1
3 | Peterborough Panthers | 16 | Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1
4 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 15 | Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0

## Final leading averages

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Rider  | Team  | Average

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Jan Stæchmann | Long Eaton | 10.10
Tony Olsson | Swindon | 10.07
Nigel Crabtree | Glasgow | 9.74
David Walsh | Glasgow | 9.72
Paul Bentley | Middlesbrough | 9.39
Robert Nagy | Glasgow | 9.18
Zdeněk Tesař | Peterborough | 9.13
Martin Dixon | Long Eaton | 8.94
Mark Thorpe | Newcastle | 8.95
Michael Coles | Edinburgh | 8.57

## Riders & final averages

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Edinburgh

* Kenny McKinna 8.40
* Les Collins 8.23
* Scott Lamb 7.85
* Vesa Ylinen 7.68
* Jan Andersen 7.12
* Lawrence Hare 5.48
* Kevin Little 4.91
* Peter Scully 3.62

Exeter

* Paul Fry 7.66
* Antonín Šváb Jr. 6.99
* Václav Verner 6.44
* David Smart 6.38
* Mark Simmonds 6.29
* Mika Pellinen 6.24
* Andreas Bössner 5.30
* Scott Pegler 4.87
* Nigel Leaver 3.73
* Tommy Palmer 3.52
* Henk Bangma 2.29

Glasgow

* Nigel Crabtree 9.74
* David Walsh 9.72
* Robert Nagy 9.18
* Mick Powell 7.22
* Sean Courtney 6.36
* James Grieves 6.01
* Jesper Olsen 4.90
* Stewart McDonald 3.67

Long Eaton

* Jan Stæchmann 10.10
* Martin Dixon 8.94
* Neil Collins 8.07
* Richard Hellsen 7.86
* Steve Johnston 7.48
* Stuart Swales 4.47
* Mike Hampson 3.89
* Mark Bruton 2.74
* Scott Kirton 2.00

Middlesbrough

* Paul Bentley 9.39
* Jens Rasmussen 7.01
* Daz Sumner 6.99
* Alan Mogridge 6.71
* Stuart Swales 6.08
* Mike Smith 5.96
* Paul Whittaker 5.5
* Chris Readshaw 4.25
* Will Beveridge 1.79

Newcastle

* Mark Thorpe 8.95
* Scott Robson 7.39
* Garry Stead 7.19
* Richard Juul 6.67
* Petri Kokko 6.15
* Stuart Robson 4.95
* Chris Readshaw 4.94
* Max Schofield 4.85
* Anthony Barlow 2.55

Oxford

* Mick Poole 8.44
* Martin Goodwin 7.65
* Daz Sumner 7.06
* Alan Grahame 6.96
* Niklas Karlsson 6.86
* David Smart 6.15
* Rene Madsen 5.85
* Stefan Ekberg 5.54
* Andy Meredith 4.55
* Stephen Morris 4.48
* Spencer Timmo 2.75

Peterborough

* Zdeněk Tesař 9.13
* Carl Stonehewer 8.33
* Ronni Pedersen 7.60
* Ryan Sullivan 7.09
* Eric Monaghan 6.72
* Ian Barney 4.57
* Jason Gage 4.51
* Scott Nicholls 3.35
* Darren Shand 3.15

Sheffield

* Roman Matoušek 8.22
* George Štancl 7.65
* Alan Mogridge 6.86
* Shawn Moran 6.35
* Greg Bartlett 5.94
* Rod Colquhoun 5.36
* Robbie Kessler 5.00
* Rob Woffinden 5.00
* Shawn Venables 4.26
* Steve Knott 4.13
* Louis Carr 3.57

Swindon

* Tony Olsson 10.07
* Tony Langdon 8.05
* David Blackburn 6.81
* Gary Chessell 6.63
* Patrik Olsson 6.44
* Glenn Cunningham.5.53
* John Jefferies 1.96

## See also

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* List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
* Knockout Cup (speedway)

## References

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1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
3. ^ "Tigers just too strong". Edinburgh Evening News. 17 October 1994. Retrieved 26 April 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "1994 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
5. ^ a b "1994 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
6. ^ "Rickardsson does Sweden proud". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1994. Retrieved 22 June 2023 - via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
8. ^ "Top pair take a title at last". Western Daily Press. 30 May 1994. Retrieved 9 September 2024 - via British Newspaper Archive.
9. ^ "Speedway". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 8 August 1994. Retrieved 11 May 2023 - via British Newspaper Archive.
10. ^ "1994 complete season records" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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