The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway.
Summary 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.
Fixtures & results
Final league table 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 Scorpions24 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 484 Workington Comets 24 9 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 1142 1045 465 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 8 1133 1066 416 Leicester Lions 24 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 1079 1128 417 Ipswich Witches 24 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 4 6 1088 1080 35 8 Glasgow Tigers 2480310101101031113231 9 Redcar Bears 24 5 2 2 3 1 1 0 2 8 1078 1107 3010 Berwick Bandits 24 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 2 9 1045 1156 2811 Rye House Rockets 24 6 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 10 1065 1133 2712 Sheffield Tigers 24 6 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 10 1052 1161 2613 Plymouth Devils 24 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 12 1048 1164 23
Play Offs
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 72 Workington Comets 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 124 145 53 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 53 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 First leg
Second leg
Scunthorpe were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–91.
Premier League Knockout Cup 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.
First round Date Team one Score Team two25/05 Edinburgh 59-31 Rye House27/05 Glasgow 54-36 Plymouth24/05 Ipswich 48-42 Somerset28/05 Newcastle 58-32 Redcar18/05 Plymouth 52-38 Glasgow24/05 Redcar 49-41 Newcastle26/05 Rye House 49-41 Edinburgh18/05 Scunthorpe 44-46 Workington01/06 Somerset 47-43 Ipswich19/05 Workington 48-42 Scunthorpe
Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two19/08 Leicester 54-42 Workington22/07 Workington 54-36 Leicester06/07 Edinburgh 52-38 Glasgow01/07 Newcastle 62-28 Sheffield01/07 Glasgow 44-46 Edinburgh30/06 Berwick 34-56 Ipswich28/06 Sheffield 58-32 Newcastle28/06 Ipswich 48-42 Berwick
Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two20/10 Workington 51-39 Newcastle14/10 Newcastle 54-36 Workington12/10 Edinburgh 52-37 Ipswich04/10 Ipswich 55-35 Edinburgh
Final First leg
Second leg
Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106–74.
Riders' Championship Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 14 October at Owlerton Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Craig Cook 3 3 2 2 2 12 -32 Anders Mellgren 3 1 1 3 19 323 Jason Doyle 1 2 3 2 311214 René Bach 2 3 2 1 3 11-05 Leigh Lanham 2 3 1 2 3 11 16 Josh Auty 2 1 2 3 311 07 Nick Morris 0 0 3 3 2 88 Richard Lawson 3 2 0 1 2 8 9 Stuart Robson 3 1 3 0 ef 710 Sebastian Aldén 0 0 3 3 1 7 11 Richard Hall 2 3 0 ef 2 7 12 Kauko Nieminen 1 2 1 2 0613 Ulrich Østergaard r 2 0 1 1414 Ryan Fisher 1 0 2 1 0 415 Theo Pijper 1 0 1 0 1316 James Grieves 0 1 0 0 01 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
Pairs The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 24 August. The event was won by Workington Comets.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Workington 23 Roynon 14, Bach 92Leicester 22 Nieminen 13, Bjerre 93Newcastle 18 Lindgren 13, Lemon 54Plymouth 14 Fisher 10, Gathercole 45Redcar 13 Summers 11, Johnson (G) 2
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Scunthorpe 25 Auty 13, Jorgensen 122Somerset 20 Doyle 13, Wright 73Edinburgh 19 Tully 13, Pijper 64Glasgow 14 Grajczonek 9, Screen 55Sheffield12 Wells 10, Hall 2
Semi finals Sheffield bt Edinburgh 5–4 Workington bt Somerset 6–3
Final Workington bt Scunthorpe 7–2
Fours 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.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Berwick 16 Ashworth 5, Alden 4, Complin 4, Bellego 32 Plymouth 14 Barker 6, Gathercole 5, Fisher 2, Kurtz 13 Newcastle12 Henry 6, Robson 3, Lindgren 2, Nedermark 14 Redcar 6 Summers 4, Kus 2, Ostergaard 0, Sedgmen 0, Wilkinson 0
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Workington15 Bach 5, Roynon 5, Lawson 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 02 Leicester 12Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 43 Somerset 12Vissing 4, Doyle 4, Wright 2, Masters 24 Glasgow 9 Screen 5, Campton 2, Grajczonek 1, Grieves 1
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Berwick23Alden 9, Ashworth 8, Bellego 5, Complin 12 Leicester 20Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 43 Workington16 Lawson 6, Bach 5, Roynon 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 04 Plymouth 13 Barker 7, Gathercole 3, Fisher 3, Kurtz 0, Holder 0
Final Leading averages Rider Team Average Jason Doyle Somerset 10.15 Ben BarkerPlymouth10.05 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 Berwick
Ricky Ashworth 9.20 Sebastian Aldén 8.12 Lee Complin 7.73 Robin Aspegren 7.59 Micky Dyer 6.72 David Bellego 5.95 Alex Edberg 5.77 Nicki Barrett 5.53 Luboš Tomíček Jr. 5.23 Jason King 3.70 Klaus Jakobsen 3.19
Edinburgh
Craig Cook 9.99 Theo Pijper 8.28 Andrew Tully7.40 Matthew Wethers 7.04 Derek Sneddon 6.37 József Tabaka 5.95 Charles Wright 4.36 Micky Dyer 4.12 Marcel Helfer 3.86 James Sarjeant 1.60
Glasgow
Joe Screen 9.48 Josh Grajczonek 7.78 James Grieves 7.61 Henning Bager 6.20 Mason Campton 5.52 Charles Wright 5.13 Robert Ksiezak 4.52 Filip Šitera 4.52 Jade Mudgway 3.58 Chris Mills 3.50 James McBain 2.62 Jayden O'Malley 2.19
Ipswich
Dakota North 7.80 Kevin Doolan 7.71 Leigh Lanham 7.67 Rohan Tungate 7.22 Morten Risager 7.19 Mathieu Trésarrieu 6.70 Cameron Heeps 5.92 Taylor Poole 4.90 Stefan Nielsen 4.32
Leicester
Kauko Nieminen 8.60 Lasse Bjerre 7.85 Magnus Karlsson 7.21 Linus Eklöf 6.83 Simon Nielsen 5.83 Jan Graversen 5.52 Jari Makinen 4.99 Simon Lambert 4.86 Lewis Blackbird 2.19
Newcastle
Richie Worrall 8.62 Stuart Robson 8.25 Mark Lemon 7.84 Ludvig Lindgren 7.62 Christian Henry 7.48 Claes Nedermark 7.33 Steve Worrall 5.41 Paul Starke 3.00
Plymouth
Ben Barker 10.05 Ryan Fisher 8.75 Cory Gathercole 6.88 Todd Kurtz 5.61 Nicki Glanz 4.49 Robert Ksiezak 4.31 James Holder 3.97 Guglielmo Franchetti 3.70 Jake Anderson 3.57 Ben Reade 2.08
Redcar
Kevin Doolan 8.41 Aaron Summers 8.08 Ulrich Østergaard 8.05 Matěj Kůs 7.57 Justin Sedgmen 6.06 Carl Wilkinson 5.78 Max Dilger 5.41 Mark Jones 4.00 Jade Mudgway 3.39
Rye House
Charlie Gjedde 8.44 Jordan Frampton 7.38 Anders Mellgren 7.08 Luke Bowen 6.92 Jason Bunyan 6.39 Jason Garrity 5.94 Kasper Lykke 5.60 Ritchie Hawkins 5.48 Simon Lambert 4.93 Ben Morley 4.11
Scunthorpe
Josh Auty 8.79 Nick Morris 8.51 Thomas Jørgensen 7.42 David Howe 6.81 Ashley Birks 6.73 Michael Palm Toft 6.32 Tero Aarnio 6.12 Gary Irving 5.48 Jerran Hart 3.86
Sheffield
Richard Hall 7.49 Josef Franc 7.38 Ricky Wells 7.20 Emiliano Sanchez 6.81 Hugh Skidmore 6.60 Jo Haines 6.13 Chris Schramm 4.59
Somerset
Jason Doyle 10.15 Jesper Monberg 8.49 Sam Masters 8.15 Claus Vissing 7.61 James Wright 6.83 Kyle Newman 6.35 Alex Davies 6.15 Tom Perry 4.27
Workington
Adam Roynon 8.83 Richard Lawson 8.69 Rene Bach 8.67 Rusty Harrison 7.19 Kyle Howarth 6.85 Kenny Ingalls 6.32 Tero Aarnio 6.02 Gary Irving 5.52 Ashley Morris 3.91
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References