The NDL Fours formerly the Conference League Four-Team Championship and National League Fours is an annual motorcycle speedway contest between teams competing in the third tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams consisting of four riders from each team are placed in two qualifying groups, and one rider from each team competed in each race. The winners and second place of each group competed for the Championship in the final.[1][2][3]

NDL Fours
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded2003
CountryUnited Kingdom

In 2009, the Conference League Four-Team Championship was replaced by the National League Fours and then in 2019 the tournament became known as the National Development League Fours (NDL Fours) for short.[4]

Winners

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Year Winners 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
Conference League Four-Team Championship
2003 Rye House Raiders Mildenhall Fen Tigers Peterborough Pumas Boston Barracuda-Braves
2004 Mildenhall Fen Tigers Newcastle Gems
Wimbledon Dons
none Stoke Spitfires
2005 Weymouth Wildcats Oxford Silver Machine Academy Armadale Dale Devils Boston Barracuda-Braves
2006 Stoke Spitfires Plymouth Devils Mildenhall Fen Tigers Scunthorpe Scorpions
2007 Scunthorpe Scorpions Plymouth Devils Weymouth Wildcats Buxton Hitmen
2008 Weymouth Wildcats Redcar Cubs Sittingbourne Crusaders Scunthorpe Saints
National League Fours
2010 - meeting abandoned and not restaged
2011[5] Dudley Heathens Belle Vue Colts Stoke Potters Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2012[6] Mildenhall Fen Tigers Buxton Hitmen Dudley Heathens Stoke Potters
2013[7] Dudley Heathens Kent Kings Mildenhall Fen Tigers King's Lynn Young Stars
2014[8] Cradley Heathens Coventry Storm Mildenhall Fen Tigers King's Lynn Young Stars
2015[9] Birmingham Brummies Coventry Storm Kent Kings Rye House Raiders
2016[10] Rye House Raiders Belle Vue Colts Eastbourne Eagles Cradley Heathens
2017 to 2018 not held
NDL Fours
2019[11] Stoke Potters Isle of Wight Warriors Mildenhall Fen Tigers Kent Kings
2020 not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 to 2022 not held

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  2. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Fours champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  5. ^ "2011". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2012 Cradley results". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. ^ "2013 National League Fours". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. ^ "2014 National League Fours" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  9. ^ "2015 National League Fours" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  10. ^ "2016 National League Fours final" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  11. ^ "2019 fours final" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.