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.TeamMWDL4W3WD1LLF APts 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

'B' Fixtures

Play-offs

Play-off Final First leg

Second leg

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

Promotion and relegation play-off

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 Two22/04 Workington 49-41 Newcastle13/04 Redcar 44-46 Peterborough09/04 Peterborough 49-39 Redcar02/04 Newcastle 49-41 Workington Quarter Final

Final First leg

Second leg

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 Final1 Nick Morris 1 2 3 2 2 10232 Chris Harris 2 2 2 3 3 12-23 Richie Worrall 3 3 3 3 3 15-1 4 Richard Lawson 2 3 1 2 3 11305 Stuart Robson 2 3 3 2 2 1216 Ricky Wells 2 3 1 3 R 907 Paul Starke 1 1 3 1 3 98 Jack Holder R 2 2 3 1 89 Steve Worrall 3 2 0 1 2 810 Aaron Summers 1 1 2 1 2 711 Danny King 3 0 1 1 1 612 Josh Auty 0 FX 1 2 1 413 Michael Palm Toft 1 1 2 R 414 Sam Masters 3 X R R - 315 Jan Graversen 0 1 0 0 1 216 Ryan MacDonald F F 0 F 0 0 16 Kevin Whelan (res) 0 00 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 APosTeamPtsRiders1Scunthorpe 23 Kerr 12, Auty 112Glasgow 21 Lawson 14, Summers 73Peterborough 21 Ostergaard 13, Harris 84Ipswich 16 King 12, Schlein 45Workington 9 Proctor 6, Campton 3

Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Redcar 25 Wright 13, Barker 122Sheffield 21 Howarth 11, Bjerre 103Edinburgh 21 Masters 12, Wells 84Newcastle 13 Robson 8, Lindgren 55Berwick 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 APosTeamPtsRiders1 Sheffield 16Grajczonek 5, Howarth 4, Kurtz 4, Bates 32 Peterborough 14Harris 6, Ostergaard 5, Starke 2, Lambert 13 Workington11 Jorgensen 5, Campton 4, Proctor 1, Cook 14 Scunthorpe 10 Allen 5, Kerr 3, Auty 2, Douglas 0, Palm Toft 05 Edinburgh 9 Riss 5, Wells 2, Pjiper 1, Pickering 1, Clegg 0

Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Ipswich 18 Schlein 6, Sedgemen 5, Heeps 4, King 32 Redcar 13 Wright 5, Andersen 3, Barker 3, Garrity 1, Perks 13 Newcastle 12 Worrall 6, Robson 3, Lindgren 3, Morris 04 Glasgow 9 Lawson 3, Summers 3, Lunna 3, Bewley 05 Berwick 8 Doolan 5, Howe 2, Etheridge 1, Gappmaier 0, Ruddick 0

FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Peterborough 28Harris 9, Ostergaard 9, Starke 5, Lambert 52 Redcar 18Wright 7, Garrity 6, Barker 3, Andersen 23 Sheffield 16 Howarth 6, Grajczonek 5, Kurtz 3, Bates 24 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

9.07 6.98 6.81 6.50 6.26 5.91 5.89 4.73 4.34 2.78 2.47

Edinburgh Monarchs

9.24 8.93 8.32 6.39 5.42 5.14 5.03 3.82

Glasgow Tigers

9.03 8.93 8.40 7.17 6.62 4.50 3.16

Ipswich Witches

9.29 8.99 8.38 7.81 7.35 6.83 5.30 5.03 4.36 4.80

Newcastle Diamonds

9.74 9.44 8.00 7.87 7.53 5.76 4.75 2.92 2.79 2.33 (3 matches only) 0.80

Peterborough Panthers

9.22 8.99 7.83 7.06 6.49 6.44 5.57 3.50 2.97 2.57

Redcar Bears

8.78 8.06 7.62 7.23 6.13 5.95 5.64 4.96 3.32

Scunthorpe Scorpions

8.36 7.48 7.44 7.23 6.91 6.18 5.83 5.51 3.39 3.76

Sheffield Tigers

9.77 9.00 8.75 7.53 6.11 6.04 4.70 3.13 2.85 0.36

Workington Comets

10.30 7.47 7.39 6.61 5.63 5.20 3.90 2.40

See also SGB Premiership 2017 List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)

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