The National League speedway 2018 was the 2018 season of the third tier/division of British speedway.
Eastbourne Eagles won the playoffs and were declared champions. They completed the double by winning the Knockout Cup.
Results Fixtures
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.
The following National League matches were not staged during the 2018 league season Buxton Hitmen Vs Coventry Bees Eastbourne Eagles Vs Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Table
Final National League Table Up To And Including Sunday 28 October
Club Home Away 1 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 17 9 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 889 597 57 +292 2 Eastbourne Eagles 17 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 843 647 42 +196 3 Kent Kings 18 8 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 827 754 38 +73 4 Birmingham Brummies 18 5 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 846 768 33 +78 5 Coventry Bees 17 8 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 787 704 31 +83 6 Belle Vue Colts 18 7 0 2 1 1 0 2 5 809 792 30 +17 7 Plymouth Devils 18 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 7 753 863 23 -110 8 Isle of Wight Warriors 18 5 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 713 845 20 -132 9 Stoke Potters 18 4 1 4 1 0 0 2 6 656 892 19 -236 10 Buxton Hitmen 17 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 9 631 892 3 -261
2018 National League Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://speedwaygb.co.uk/nationalleaguetable18
Coventry Bees were in fourth place and higher in the league table then Birmingham Brummies at the cut-off date to decide the National League play-off places.
Play-Offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Semi-finals
Grand Final
National League Knockout Cup The 2018 National League Knockout Cup was the 21st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Grand Final
National Trophy
Northern Section
Fixtures
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.
Table
National Trophy Northern Section Table Up to And Including Wednesday 1 August
Club Home Away 1 Cradley Heathens 8 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 407 276 23 +131 2 Birmingham Brummies 8 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 418 301 21 +117 3 Coventry Bees 6 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 279 259 11 +20 4 Stoke Potters 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 259 337 7 -78 5 Buxton Hitmen 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 219 409 0 +190
2018 National League Trophy Table Retrieved Form Official Speedway GB Website http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/nationaltrophytable18
Southern Section
Fixtures
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.
Table
Final National Trophy Southern Section Table
Club Home Away 1 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 8 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 450 267 23 +133 2 Eastbourne Eagles 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 397 321 20 +76 3 Kent Kings 8 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 346 368 14 -22 4 Plymouth Devils 8 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 329 388 10 -59 5 Isle of Wight Warriors 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 270 448 0 -178
Grand Final
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Tom Bacon Birmingham 10.54 James Shanes Birmingham 10.38 Connor Mountain Coventry 10.18 Luke Bowen Kent 10.10 Drew Kemp Mildenhall 9.59
Riders' Championship Ben Morley won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 30 September at Beaumont Park Stadium.
Pos. Rider Points Total1 Ben Morley3 2 3 3 3 14+32 Alfie Bowtell 3 3 2 3 3 14+23 Connor Mountain 3 3 3 3 1 134 Jack Thomas 1 1 3 3 2 105 Max Clegg E 3 3 2 0 86 Tom Perry 0 1 2 2 3 87 Mark Baseby XD 3 2 1 2 88 Georgie Wood 3 2 1 1 1 89Ryan Kinsley 2 2 0 2 1 710 Nathan Stoneman F 1 2 0 3 611 Jon Armstrong 2 0 1 2 1 612 Tom Woolley 2 1 0 0 2 513 Kyle Bickley 2 0 1 1 0 414 Henry Atkins 1 2 0 1 0 415 Dan Gilkes (res) 1 2 316 Sheldon Davies 1 0 0 0 0 117 Ben Woodhull (res) 0 0 018 Drew Kemp R FD - - - 0
Teams and final averages Belle Vue Colts
8.84 8.59 8.34 7.52 5.71 3.92 2.78
Birmingham Brummies
10.54 10.38 9.10 8.86 5.33 4.68 3.36 2.22 2.00 1.80
Buxton Hitmen
8.44 7.33 7.18 6.18 3.27 2.65 2.30
Coventry Bees
10.18 8.21 7.61 7.42 6.82 5.73 3.92
Cradley Heathens
The Cradley team only took part in the National Trophy competition
Eastbourne Eagles
9.58 9.16 8.70 8.25 6.80 6.45 6.11 5.44
Isle of Wight Warriors
9.51 9.47 7.37 6.62 5.35 4.15 3.35 2.50
Kent Kings
10.10 8.55 8.32 8.17 7.50 5.94 5.64 3.20 1.14
Mildenhall Fen Tigers
9.59 9.37 9.25 8.56 8.21 8.17 5.86 5.53
Plymouth Devils
10.00 9.38 8.42 6.75 7.31 6.21 2.44 3.67
Stoke Potters
8.72 8.00 6.56 6.49 4.83 4.36 3.38 3.00 1.43
Development Leagues Midland Development League Pos team P W D L Pts 1 Peterborough 8 8 0 0 162 Belle Vue Colts 8 4 1 3 93 Birmingham 8 3 0 564 Carmarthen Dragons 8 2 1 555 Milton Keynes 8 2 0 64
Northern Junior League Pos team P W D L Pts 1 Berwick 12 12 0 0 242 Peterborough 12 8 0 4 163 Ashfield 12 5 1 6 114 Newcastle 12 5 0 7 105 Workington 11 4 0 7 86 Redcar 12 3 1 8 77 Edinburgh 11 3 0 8 6
Southern Development League Pos team P W D L Pts 1 Kent 8 7 0 1 142 Reading 8 5 1 3 113 Exeter 8 5 0 3104 Isle of Wight 8 2 1 555 Weymouth 8 0 0 80
See also List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
References