The 2026 SGB Cab Direct Championship season is the 79th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the ninth known as the SGB Championship.
Poole Pirates were the defending league champions and Knockout Cup champions, while Redcar Bears were the defending BSN Series champions.
Summary The same nine clubs from 2025 compete in the 2026 Championship. The format also remains the same with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also return, both following the same formats as in 2025. The Oxford promotion only entered teams for the Championship and NDL.
The top four teams qualify for the playoffs, staged over two semi-finals and a final. The points limit for team building remains at 40 points with only one rider above an 8 average allowed in each team.
League Regular season
Club Home Away 1 Poole Pirates (Q) 16 8 0 0 2 2 4 823 616 8 30 +207 2 Glasgow Tigers (Q) 16 7 1 0 2 1 5 727 689 6 26 +38 3 Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q) 16 7 1 0 1 1 6 748 691 6 24 +57 4 Edinburgh Monarchs (Q) 16 6 2 0 1 2 5 719 720 4 22 -1 5 Berwick Bandits 16 8 0 0 0 0 8 704 735 3 19 -31 6 Redcar Bears 16 6 0 2 1 0 7 706 734 4 18 -28 7 Plymouth Gladiators 16 6 0 2 1 0 7 686 751 3 17 -65 8 Workington Comets 16 4 1 3 1 0 7 673 765 2 13 -92 9 Oxford Cheetahs 16 5 1 2 0 0 8 665 750 0 11 -85
Fixtures and results
Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Knockout Cup The 2026 SGB Championship Knockout Cup (sponsored by MAXiCab) was the 58th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 9th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
BSN Series
Group Stage Scottish Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Edinburgh (Q) 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 181 179 1 6 +2 2 Berwick (Q) 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 181 179 1 5 +2 3 Glasgow 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 178 182 1 4 -4
Northern Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Redcar (Q) 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 194 166 2 8 +28 2 Workington 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 180 180 1 5 0 3 Scunthorpe 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 166 194 0 2 -28
Southern Group
Fixtures
Table
Club Home Away 1 Poole (Q) 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 186 173 2 8 +13 2 Oxford 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 175 183 0 4 -8 3 Plymouth 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 187 192 1 3 -5
Knockout Stages
Home team scores are in bold Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final First Leg
Second Leg
Pairs Championship The 2026 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Wednesday 2 September, at Wimborne Road, Poolehttps://britishspeedway.co.uk/event/championship-best-pairs-poole/. The competition was won by the Oxford Cheetahs, their first major honour since returning to the sport in 2022.
Qualifying heats Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Oxford Cheetahs 26 Sam Masters 14, Anders Rowe 12 2 Poole Pirates 23 Richard Lawson 12, Zach Cook 11 3 Berwick Bandits 20 Peter Kildemand 13, Nick Morris 7 4 Glasgow Tigers 19 Leon Flint 12, Chris Harris 7 5 Plymouth Gladiators 17 Danny King 12, Ben Barker 5 6 Scunthorpe Scorpions 17 Josh Pickering 15, Luke Harrison 2 7Redcar Bears 16 Charles Wright 13, Jason Edwards 3 8 Edinburgh Monarchs 14 Dan Thompson 10, Kye Thomson 4 9 Workington Comets 10 Troy Batchelor 6, Drew Kemp 4
Semi-finals Team One Team Two Score Result Oxford Glasgow 6-3 Masters 4, Harris 3, Rowe 2, Flint 0 Berwick Poole 5-4 Cook 4, Morris 3, Kildemand 2, Lawson 0
Final Team One Team Two Score Result Oxford Berwick 6-3 Masters 4, Morris 3, Rowe 2, Kildemand 0
Riders' Championship The 2026 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place on Saturday 12 September at Owlerton Stadium, Sheffieldhttps://britishspeedway.co.uk/major-events/championship-major-events-confirmed/. The event was won by Josh Pickering, who scored a maximum during the qualifying heats and then won the final. Defending champion Chris Harris took second.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Josh Pickering (Scunthorpe) 3,3,3,3,3 15-32 Chris Harris (Glasgow) 0,3,2,2,3 10323 Zach Cook (Poole) 2,2,2,2,2 10214 Sam Masters (Oxford) 2,3,3,3,3 14-05 Peter Kildemand (Berwick) 3,2,3,2,2 1216 Luke Killeen (Oxford) 1,2,1,3,3 1007 Richard Lawson (Poole) 3,3,0,3,0 98 Dan Thompson (Edinburgh) 2,0,3,0,2 79 Kye Thomson (Edinburgh) 3,1,1,1,1 710 Danny King (Plymouth) 2,2,1,1,1 711 Jonas Jeppesen (Workington) 1,1,2,2,R 612 Drew Kemp (Workington) 1,0,1,1,2 513 Leon Flint (Glasgow) 0,F,2,1,1 414 Jody Scott (Redcar) 0,1,0,0,1 215 Simon Lambert (Redcar) 1,1,0,R,0 216 Justin Sedgmen (Edinburgh) 0,0,0,0,0 0
Leading averages Rider Team Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 averages include league, play offs, knockout cup & bsn series, min 6 matches
Squads
Berwick Bandits
(C)
Also rode
Edinburgh Monarchs (C)
Glasgow Tigers
(C)
Oxford Cheetahs (C) 9.57 8.00 6.96 6.10 6.05 5.16 4.85 4.19
Plymouth Gladiators (C)
Also rode
Poole Pirates
(C)
Also rode
Redcar Bears
(C)
Also rode
Scunthorpe Scorpions
(C) Also rode
Workington Comets (C)
Also rode
See also List of United Kingdom speedway league champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References