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SGB Championship 2017
League	SGB Championship
Champions	Sheffield Tigers
Knockout Cup	Peterborough Panthers
Individual	Nick Morris
Pairs	Sheffield Tigers
Fours	Peterborough Panthers
Highest average	Craig Cook
Division/s above	SGB Premiership
Division/s below	National League
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The Speedway Great Britain Championship 2017 was the second division of British speedway. It was the first time that it was known as the SGB Championship after changing its name from the Premier League.

The season ran between March and October 2017 and 10 teams participated.

The Sheffield Tigers were the champions defeating the Ipswich Witches in the Grand Final.

British TV broadcasting rights changed hands before the start of the 2017 SGB Championship season, when Sky withdrew from their negotiated contract with the BSPA. BT then obtained the broadcasting rights for the 2017 season to be shown on their BT Sport channels.

Final League table

Pos.	Team	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Sheffield Tigers	36	18	0	0	5	3	0	3	7	1748	1515	86
2	Ipswich Witches	36	17	0	1	3	3	0	5	7	1736	1548	77
3	Edinburgh Monarchs	36	16	1	1	3	2	1	2	10	1691	1585	71
4	Glasgow Tigers	36	14	0	4	2	2	2	8	4	1656	1549	68
5	Redcar Bears	36	13	1	4	3	1	1	3	10	1627	1597	60
6	Peterborough Panthers	36	14	1	3	2	2	1	1	12	1582	1653	60
7	Newcastle Diamonds	36	15	1	2	0	2	2	1	13	1629	1617	57
8	Workington Comets	36	11	2	5	0	3	0	3	12	1556	1703	47
9	Scunthorpe Scorpions	36	8	0	10	1	1	0	3	13	1535	1699	34
10	Berwick Bandits	36	9	1	8	0	0	0	2	16	1490	1784	30

Results

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away	BER	ED	GLA	IPS	NEW	PET	RED	SCU	SHE	WOR
Berwick Bandits		42–48	44–46	40–50	51–39	50–40	34–50	42–48	41–52	48–44
Edinburgh Monarchs	57–33		45–45	48–40	53–39	60–30	52–40	54–36	49–44	52–40
Glasgow Tigers	54–38	57–34		49–43	51–42	51–41	52–41	53–37	55–37	46–44
Ipswich Witches	56–37	50–39	48–42		53–39	60–32	54–38	59–32	52–41	59–33
Newcastle Diamonds	58–33	45–45	43–47	52–38		58–34	46–44	46–44	48–42	43–47
Peterborough Panthers	54–38	48–45	55–37	46–44	43–47		51–42	51–42	45–48	51–42
Redcar Bears	49–43	52–40	24–32	54–35	58–34	40–52		51–42	41–49	42–48
Scunthorpe Scorpions	56–34	37–53	47–43	44–46	54–39	44–46	44–46		40–50	61–30
Sheffield Tigers	61–30	55–35	46–44	57–33	60–33	50–40	54–38	51–41		51–39
Workington Comets	48–42	51–42	48–45	54–38	45–45	58–34	45–45	48–45	54–37

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away	BER	ED	GLA	IPS	NEW	PET	RED	SCU	SHE	WOR
Berwick Bandits		49–41	42–42	45–47	53–40	47–46	40–52	48–42	50–40	56–37
Edinburgh Monarchs	53–39		46–43	48–41	49–41	58–32	56–34	52–40	39–51	52–40
Glasgow Tigers	58–32	53–39		41–52	52–38	40–50	56–36	55–37	44–49	43–47
Ipswich Witches	56–36	46–47	52–41		54–39	52–41	51–39	60–32	52–38	52–41
Newcastle Diamonds	60–33	46–44	53–39	46–44		58–34	48–41	54–38	54–38	62–29
Peterborough Panthers	53–39	54–38	35–31	48–42	30–30		53–39	51–39	40–50	50–43
Redcar Bears	54–39	52–41	47–42	55–38	55–37	45–45		61–32	48–42	49–44
Scunthorpe Scorpions	49–40	41–49	36–48	43–47	43–46	53–37	39–50		49–41	39–21
Sheffield Tigers	51–42	58–34	54–36	52–38	53–37	51–42	39–33	54–39		56–36
Workington Comets	58–34	38–43	47–43	39–51	46–44	42–48	48–42	43–50	44–46

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semi Finals				Grand Final

Ipswich Witches	50	41	91

Edinburgh Monarchs	40	48	88
				Ipswich Witches	37	44	81

				Sheffield Tigers	53	46	100
Sheffield Tigers	59	31	90

Glasgow Tigers	31	34	65

Play-off Final

First leg

28 September 2017

Sheffield Tigers Josh Bates 13 Kyle Howarth 13 Todd Kurtz 7 Jan Graversen 7 Lasse Bjerre 7 George Wood 3 Josh Grajczonek 3	53 – 37	Ipswich Witches Nathan Greaves 9 Danny King 9 Rory Schlein 8 Cameron Heeps 6 Kyle Newman 4 Tom Bacon 1 Justin Sedgman R/R

Owlerton Stadium

Second leg

30 September 2017

Ipswich Witches Cameron Heeps 13 Danny King 9 Rory Schlein 7 Kyle Newman 7 Nathan Greaves 5 Alfie Bowtell 3 Justin Sedgman R/R	44 – 56	Sheffield Tigers Scott Nicholls 12 Josh Bates 9 Kyle Howarth 9 Jan Graversen 7 Lasse Bjerre 6 Todd Kurtz 3 George Wood 0

Foxhall Stadium

Sheffield were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Promotion and relegation play-off

9 October	Sheffield Tigers	32–58	Leicester Lions	Owlerton Stadium Referee(s): Craig Ackroyd

16 October	Leicester Lions	49–41	Sheffield Tigers	Beaumont Park Stadium Referee(s): Mick Bates

Knockout Cup

The 2017 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 50th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was the first time it would be known as the SGB Championship Knockout Cup. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.

First round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
22/04	Workington	49-41	Newcastle
13/04	Redcar	44-46	Peterborough
09/04	Peterborough	49-39	Redcar
02/04	Newcastle	49-41	Workington

Quarter Final

Quarter Finals				Semi Finals				Final

Peterborough Panthers	54	40	94

Scunthorpe Scorpions	36	50	86
				Peterborough Panthers	50	45	95

				Glasgow Tigers	40	45	85
Ipswich Witches	60	49	101

Berwick Bandits	30	49	79
								Peterborough Panthers	47	45	92

								Ipswich Witches	43	45	88
Sheffield Tigers	43	53	96

Edinburgh Monarchs	47	37	84
				Sheffield Tigers	51	35	86

				Ipswich Witches	39	55	94
Glasgow Tigers	46	46	92

Newcastle Diamonds	44	44	88

Final

First leg

22 October 2017

Peterborough Panthers Scott Nicholls 12 Paul Starke 9 Chris Harris 9 Ulrich Østergaard 7 Simon Lambert 7 Scott Campos 3 Bradley Wilson Dean R/R	47 – 43	Ipswich Witches Danny King 13 Cameron Heeps 12 Kyle Newman 8 Connor Mountain 7 Nathan Greaves 3 Rory Schlein 0 Justin Sedgman R/R

East of England Showground

Second leg

26 October 2017

Ipswich Witches Scott Nicholls 13 Cameron Heeps 13 Nathan Greaves 8 Kyle Newman 5 Connor Mountain 3 Danny King 3 Justin Sedgman R/R	45 – 45	Peterborough Panthers Chris Harris 12 Ben Barker 9 Paul Starke 8 Simon Lambert 6 Ulrich Østergaard 6 Jack Parkinson Blackburn 4 Bradley Wilson Dean 0

Foxhall Stadium

Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92–88.

Riders' Championship

Nick Morris won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 13 October at Ashfield Stadium.

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Nick Morris	1 2 3 2 2	10	2	3
2	Chris Harris	2 2 2 3 3	12	-	2
3	Richie Worrall	3 3 3 3 3	15	-	1
4	Richard Lawson	2 3 1 2 3	11	3	0
5	Stuart Robson	2 3 3 2 2	12	1
6	Ricky Wells	2 3 1 3 R	9	0
7	Paul Starke	1 1 3 1 3	9
8	Jack Holder	R 2 2 3 1	8
9	Steve Worrall	3 2 0 1 2	8
10	Aaron Summers	1 1 2 1 2	7
11	Danny King	3 0 1 1 1	6
12	Josh Auty	0 FX 1 2 1	4
13	Michael Palm Toft	1 1 2 R	4
14	Sam Masters	3 - - - -	3
15	Jan Graversen	0 1 0 0 1	2
16	Ryan MacDonald	F F 0 F 0	0
16	Kevin Whelan (res)	0 0	0

f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Owlerton Stadium on 8 October. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers.

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Scunthorpe	23	Kerr 12, Auty 11
2	Glasgow	21	Lawson 14, Summers 7
3	Peterborough	21	Ostergaard 13, Harris 8
4	Ipswich	16	King 12, Schlein 4
5	Workington	9	Proctor 6, Campton 3

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Redcar	25	Wright 13, Barker 12
2	Sheffield	21	Howarth 11, Bjerre 10
3	Edinburgh	21	Masters 12, Wells 8
4	Newcastle	13	Robson 8, Lindgren 5
5	Berwick	11	Howe 7, Doolan 4

Semi finals

Sheffield bt Scunthorpe 7-2
Redcar bt Glasgow 6-3

Final

Sheffield bt Redcar 5-4

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the SGB Championship Fours, held on 6 August 2017, at the East of England Arena.

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Sheffield	16	Grajczonek 5, Howarth 4, Kurtz 4, Bates 3
2	Peterborough	14	Harris 6, Ostergaard 5, Starke 2, Lambert 1
3	Workington	11	Jorgensen 5, Campton 4, Proctor 1, Cook 1
4	Scunthorpe	10	Allen 5, Kerr 3, Auty 2, Douglas 0, Palm Toft 0
5	Edinburgh	9	Riss 5, Wells 2, Pjiper 1, Pickering 1, Clegg 0

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Ipswich	18	Schlein 6, Sedgemen 5, Heeps 4, King 3
2	Redcar	13	Wright 5, Andersen 3, Barker 3, Garrity 1, Perks 1
3	Newcastle	12	Worrall 6, Robson 3, Lindgren 3, Morris 0
4	Glasgow	9	Lawson 3, Summers 3, Lunna 3, Bewley 0
5	Berwick	8	Doolan 5, Howe 2, Etheridge 1, Gappmaier 0, Ruddick 0

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Peterborough	28	Harris 9, Ostergaard 9, Starke 5, Lambert 5
2	Redcar	18	Wright 7, Garrity 6, Barker 3, Andersen 2
3	Sheffield	16	Howarth 6, Grajczonek 5, Kurtz 3, Bates 2
4	Ipswich	10	King 6, Schlein 2, Sedgemen 1, Heeps 1

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Craig Cook	Workington	10.30
Josh Grajczonek	Sheffield	9.77
Robert Lambert	Newcastle	9.74
Steve Worrall	Newcastle	9.44
Jack Holder	Peterborough	9.22
Danny King	Ipswich	9.29
Ricky Wells	Edinburgh	9.24
Nick Morris	Berwick	9.07
Richie Worrall	Glasgow	9.03
Kyle Howarth	Sheffield	9.00

Teams and final averages

Berwick Bandits

Edinburgh Monarchs

Glasgow Tigers

Ipswich Witches

Newcastle Diamonds

Peterborough Panthers

Redcar Bears

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Sheffield Tigers

Workington Comets

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v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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Tier Two League Second division	1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners

v t e SGB Championship
2024 Teams	Berwick Bandits Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Oxford Cheetahs Plymouth Gladiators Poole Pirates Redcar Bears Scunthorpe Scorpions Workington Comets
Former Teams	Birmingham Brummies Eastbourne Eagles Ipswich Witches Kent Kings Lakeside Hammers Leicester Lions Newcastle Diamonds Peterborough Panthers Sheffield Tigers Somerset Rebels
Seasons	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Domestic cups	Knockout Cup Pairs Fours Riders' Individual Championship

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