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2012 Premier League speedway season

The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway.[1][2]

2012 Premier League speedway season
ChampionsScunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout CupNewcastle Diamonds
IndividualCraig Cook
PairsWorkington Comets
FoursBerwick Bandits
Highest averageJason Doyle
Division/s above2012 Elite League
Division/s below2012 National League

Summary

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The season took place between March and October 2012. The Glasgow Tigers were the defending champions after winning in 2011.

Scunthorpe Scorpions won the league after beating Somerset Rebels in the play-offs by one point in the Grand Final.[3][4]

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS LEI NEW PLY RED RYE SCU SHE SOM WOR
Berwick Bandits 40–50 49–41 55–39 43–49 46–43 56–39 65–28 50–39 56–37 46–47 35–60 46–43
Edinburgh Monarchs 56–36 57–35 48–42 55–38 64–29 55–41 52–29 57–36 39–54 56–37 56–37 52–41
Glasgow Tigers 50–39 52–40 42–33 44–46 45–45 49–41 49–41 51–36 55–38 54–39 45–45 45–45
Ipswich Witches 59–31 48–41 64–29 48–42 47–43 53–40 46–44 44–46 42–52 54–40 51–39 39–51
Leicester Lions 49–45 45–44 53–39 47–43 46–44 53–43 50–43 51–39 49–43 51–39 50–43 54–42
Newcastle Diamonds 55–39 53–39 62–31 48–42 62–31 64–30 54–39 62–30 53–37 54–38 51–42 50–40
Plymouth Devils 53–35 57–36 49–41 47–43 51–39 44–46 42–48 52–41 47–43 55–38 43–47 45–45
Redcar Bears 63–26 54–41 49–40 43–47 59–35 48–42 59–36 45–45 46–46 48–42 43–47 44–49
Rye House Rockets 59–34 58–35 58–33 43–50 43–47 43–50 52–41 41–49 49–40 56–40 34–38 47–43
Scunthorpe Scorpions 48–42 55–37 54–37 61–31 51–42 48–42 54–39 55–38 58–34 51–42 50–40 49–40
Sheffield Tigers 42–51 43–47 47–48 50–42 58–37 54–38 50–43 47–43 51–39 43–47 48–45 51–42
Somerset Rebels 53–41 48–42 58–34 50–40 51–39 48–45 52–41 57–36 52–43 48–42 63–28 59–31
Workington Comets 54–39 58–34 44–42 48–41 56–36 48–44 65–29 53–39 56–40 52–38 51–38 45–44
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final league table

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Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Newcastle Diamonds 24 11 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 2 1179 1019 51
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 24 10 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 5 1151 1043 50
3 Somerset Rebels 24 9 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 1170 1027 48
4 Workington Comets 24 9 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 1142 1045 46
5 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 8 1133 1066 41
6 Leicester Lions 24 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 1079 1128 41
7 Ipswich Witches 24 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 4 6 1088 1080 35
8 Glasgow Tigers 24 8 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 10 1031 1132 31
9 Redcar Bears 24 5 2 2 3 1 1 0 2 8 1078 1107 30
10 Berwick Bandits 24 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 9 1045 1156 28
11 Rye House Rockets 24 6 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 10 1065 1133 27
12 Sheffield Tigers 24 6 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 10 1052 1161 26
13 Plymouth Devils 24 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 1048 1164 23

Play Offs

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Group 1

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Scunthorpe Scorpions 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 202 160 7
2 Workington Comets 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 124 145 5
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 126 147 3

Group 2

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Somerset Rebels 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 193 172 8
2 Newcastle Diamonds 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 179 186 5
3 Leicester Lions 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 176 190 5

Scoring

  • Home draw = 1 point
  • Home win by any number of points = 3
  • Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
  • Away draw = 2
  • Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
  • Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Off final

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First leg

Somerset Rebels
Claus Vissing 10
Jesper B Monberg 9
James Wright 8
Alex Davies 7
XCraig Cook (guest) 7
Kyle Newman 7
Lewis Kerr (guest) 1		49 – 44Scunthorpe Scorpions
Nick Morris 10
Michael Palm Toft 9
Josh Auty 9
Ashley Birks 7
Anders Mellgren (guest) 5
Gary Irving 4
Thomas Jorgensen R/R
[6][7]

Second leg

Scunthorpe Scorpions
Nick Morris 12
Michael Palm Toft 12
Josh Auty 10
Gary Irving 7
Ashley Birks 5
Jason Bunyan (guest) 2
David Howe R/R		48 – 42Somerset Rebels
Jesper B Monberg 10
Alex Davies 8
Claus Vissing 7
James Wright 7
Richard Hall (guest) 6
Kyle Newman 5
Lewis Kerr (guest) 0
[6][8]

Scunthorpe were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–91.

Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 45th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.[9]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
25/05 Edinburgh 59-31 Rye House
27/05 Glasgow 54-36 Plymouth
24/05 Ipswich 48-42 Somerset
28/05 Newcastle 58-32 Redcar
18/05 Plymouth 52-38 Glasgow
24/05 Redcar 49-41 Newcastle
26/05 Rye House 49-41 Edinburgh
18/05 Scunthorpe 44-46 Workington
01/06 Somerset 47-43 Ipswich
19/05 Workington 48-42 Scunthorpe

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
19/08 Leicester 54-42 Workington
22/07 Workington 54-36 Leicester
06/07 Edinburgh 52-38 Glasgow
01/07 Newcastle 62-28 Sheffield
01/07 Glasgow 44-46 Edinburgh
30/06 Berwick 34-56 Ipswich
28/06 Sheffield 58-32 Newcastle
28/06 Ipswich 48-42 Berwick

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
20/10 Workington 51-39 Newcastle
14/10 Newcastle 54-36 Workington
12/10 Edinburgh 52-37 Ipswich
04/10 Ipswich 55-35 Edinburgh

Final

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First leg

Ipswich Witches
Leigh Lanham 10
Dakota North 9
Mat Tresarrieu 9
Morten Risager 5
Rohan Tungate 5
Taylor Poole 3
Stefan Nielsen (guest) 1		42 – 48Newcastle Diamonds
Claes Nedermark 10
Christian Henry 9
Matthew Wethers (guest) 8
Mark Lemon 7
Ludvig Lindgren 6
Stuart Robson 5
Paul Starke (guest) 3
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Second leg

Newcastle Diamonds
Stuart Robson 12
Ludvig Lindgren 12
Claes Nedermark 10
Mark Lemon 9
Matthew Wethers (guest) 8
Christian Henry 5
Paul Starke (guest) 2		58 – 32Ipswich Witches
Leigh Lanham 9
Dakota North 9
Stefan Nielsen (guest) 6
Morten Risager 5
Mat Tresarrieu 2
Rohan Tungate 1
Taylor Poole 0
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Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106–74.

Riders' Championship

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Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 14 October at Owlerton Stadium.[12]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1   Craig Cook 3 3 2 2 2 12 - 3
2   Anders Mellgren 3 1 1 3 1 9 3 2
3   Jason Doyle 1 2 3 2 3 11 2 1
4   René Bach 2 3 2 1 3 11 - 0
5   Leigh Lanham 2 3 1 2 3 11 1
6   Josh Auty 2 1 2 3 3 11 0
7   Nick Morris 0 0 3 3 2 8
8   Richard Lawson 3 2 0 1 2 8
9   Stuart Robson 3 1 3 0 ef 7
10   Sebastian Aldén 0 0 3 3 1 7
11   Richard Hall 2 3 0 ef 2 7
12   Kauko Nieminen 1 2 1 2 0 6
13   Ulrich Østergaard r 2 0 1 1 4
14   Ryan Fisher 1 0 2 1 0 4
15   Theo Pijper 1 0 1 0 1 3
16   James Grieves 0 1 0 0 0 1
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

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The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 24 August. The event was won by Workington Comets.[13][14]

Semi finals

  • Sheffield bt Edinburgh 5-4
  • Workington bt Somerset 6-3

Final

  • Workington bt Scunthorpe 7-2

Fours

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Berwick Bandits won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the second time. The final was held on 15 July 2012, at the East of England Arena.[15]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Berwick 23 Alden 9, Ashworth 8, Bellego 5, Complin 1
2 Leicester 20 Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 4
3 Workington 16 Lawson 6, Bach 5, Roynon 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 0
4 Plymouth 13 Barker 7, Gathercole 3, Fisher 3, Kurtz 0, Holder 0

Final Leading averages

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Rider Team Average
  Jason Doyle Somerset 10.15
  Ben Barker Plymouth 10.05
  Craig Cook Edinburgh 9.99
  Joe Screen Glasgow 9.48
  Charlie Gjedde Rye House 9.22
  Ricky Ashworth Berwick 9.20
  Josh Auty Scunthorpe 8.79
  Ryan Fisher Plymouth 8.75
  Adam Roynon Edinburgh 8.83
  Richard Lawson Workington 8.69

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Leicester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Table". Speedway GB.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Play off tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ^ "Grand Final". Speedway GB.
  5. ^ "2012 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "2012 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  7. ^ "2012 play off final 1st Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ "2012 play off final 2nd Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  9. ^ "2012 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  10. ^ "2012 KO cup final 1st Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  11. ^ "2012 KO cup final 2nd Leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Speedway: Edinburgh ace Craig is Rider Champ". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  13. ^ "2012 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Adam Roynon profile". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  15. ^ "BERWICK WIN PL FOURS". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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