SGB Championship 2018

The SGB Championship 2018 was the 2018 season of the second division of Great British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2018 and consisted of 11 teams participating.^[3]

SGB Championship 2018

League	SGB Championship
Champions	Workington Comets
Knockout Cup	Workington Comets
Individual	Craig Cook[1]
Pairs	Sheffield Tigers
Fours	Peterborough Panthers
Championship Shield	Workington Comets[2]
Highest average	Craig Cook
Division/s above	SGB Premiership
Division/s below	National League
← 2017 2019 →

Workington Comets completed the treble winning the playoffs, Championship Shield and the Knockout Cup. It was the first league title win since their formation in 1970.^[4][5]

League

Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

Results

Home \ Away	BER	EDB	GLA	IPS	LAK	NEW	PET	RED	SCU	SHF	WRK
Berwick Bandits		51–39	58–32	50–40	49–41	57–32	55–35	51–38	54–36	53–37	43–47
Edinburgh Monarchs	42–48		56–33	51–39	57–33	46–44	48–42	69–21	65–25	54–36	65–25
Glasgow Tigers	49–41	56–34		47–42	51–38	58–32	47–43	54–36	54–36	53–37	50–40
Ipswich Witches	43–47	53–37	41–49		51–39	60–29	41–49	48–42	51–38	50–40	43–47
Lakeside Hammers	56–34	54–36	50–40	52–37		48–42	40–50	56–34	61–29	51–39	56–32
Newcastle Diamonds	47–43	53–37	35–54	45–45	53–37		47–43	64–26	42–48	54–36	49–41
Peterborough Panthers	47–43	48–42	49–41	45–45	52–38	49–41		51–39	48–42	49–41	33–57
Redcar Bears	50–40	33–57	48–42	41–49	37–53	52–38	42–48		52–38	47–42	45–44
Scunthorpe Scorpions	45–45	53–37	46–44	30–59	44–45	50–40	40–50	65–25		56–34	54–36
Sheffield Tigers	58–32	45–45	56–34	52–38	38–52	35–55	45–45	38–52	37–53		48–42
Workington Comets	59–31	48–42	48.5–41.5	50–40		63–27	52–38	47–43	52–38	51–39

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

The following SGB Championship league match was not completed during the league season
Workington Comets Vs Lakeside Hammers

Table

Final SGB Championship League Table Up To And Including Sunday 16 September

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
			W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	Peterborough Panthers	20	8	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	914	866	45	+48
2	Glasgow Tigers	20	10	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	929.5	866.5	40	+63
3	Workington Comets	19	9	0	0	1	2	0	2	5	877.5	829.5	39	+52
4	Lakeside Hammers	19	9	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	900	805	38	+95
5	Berwick Bandits	20	9	0	1	0	2	1	2	5	924	874	37	+50
6	Edinburgh Monarchs	20	9	0	1	1	0	1	2	6	960	839	35	+121
7	Ipswich Witches	20	6	0	4	2	0	2	1	5	915	880	31	+35
8	Newcastle Diamonds	20	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	7	869	926	28	-57
9	Scunthorpe Scorpions	20	6	1	3	1	1	0	1	7	854	941	27	-87
10	Redcar Bears	20	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	7	803	994	24	-191
11	Sheffield Tigers	20	4	2	4	0	0	0	3	7	847	952	17	-105

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Play-offs

	Semi Finals							Grand Final
	Peterborough Panthers		44	34	78
	Lakeside Hammers		46	56	102
								Lakeside Hammers		44	29	73
								Workington Comets		34	61	95
	Glasgow Tigers		51	38	89
	Workington Comets		38	52	90

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Semi-finals

7 October	[8]	Peterborough Panthers	44–46	Lakeside Hammers	East of England Showground Referee(s): Peter Clarke

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24 October	[9]	Lakeside Hammers	56–34	Peterborough Panthers	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): David Watters

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14 October at 1:30 pm	[10]	Glasgow Tigers	51–38	Workington Comets	Peugeot Ashfield Referee(s): Jim McGregor

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14 October at 7:30 pm	[11]	Workington Comets	52–38	Glasgow Tigers	Derwent Park Referee(s): Margaret Vardy

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Grand final

27 October	[5][12]	Lakeside Hammers Nick Morris 12 Richard Lawson 10 Adam Ellis 9 Ben Morley 5 Zach Wajtknecht 4 Kyle Newman 2 Alfie Bowtell 2	44–34	Workington Comets Mason Campton 9 Nikolai Klindt 8 Rasmus Jensen 6 Rene Bach 6 Tero Aarnio 5 Kyle Bickley 0 Dan Bewley R/R	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Margaret Vardy

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28 October	[5][13]	Workington Comets Nikolai Klindt 15 Rasmus Jensen 14 Tero Aarnio 11 Rene Bach 10 Kyle Bickley 6 Mason Campton 5 Ty Proctor R/R	61–29	Lakeside Hammers Adam Ellis 9 Richard Lawson 8 Nick Morris 5 Kyle Newman 4 Zach Wajtknecht 2 Alfie Bowtell 1 Ben Morley 0	Derwent Park Referee(s): Stuart Wilson

SGB Championship Knockout Cup

The 2018 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 51st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.^[14]

KO Cup stages

	Preliminary Rounds							Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	Sheffield Tigers		44	50	94
	Redcar Bears		28	40	68
								Sheffield Tigers		51	34	85
								Scunthorpe Scorpions		39	56	95
															Scunthorpe Scorpions		59	39	98
															Peterborough Panthers		31	51	82
	Ipswich Witches		35	34	79
	Lakeside Hammers		34	49	83
								Lakeside Hammers		38	40	78
								Peterborough Panthers		52	38	90
																						Scunthorpe Scorpions		54	28	82
																						Workington Comets		36	62	98
	Edinburgh Monarchs		46	46	92
	Glasgow Tigers		44	43	87
								Edinburgh Monarchs		57	42	99
								Berwick Bandits		33	48	81
															Edinburgh Monarchs		59	29	88
															Workington Comets		31	61	92
								Newcastle Diamonds		40	29	69
								Workington Comets		50	61	111

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

First round

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31 May	[15]	Sheffield Tigers	44–28	Redcar Bears	Owlerton Stadium Referee(s): Phil Griffin

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1 June	[16]	Redcar Bears	40–50	Sheffield Tigers	Media Prima Arena Referee(s): Darren Hartley

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3 May	[17]	Ipswich Witches	35–54	Lakeside Hammers	Foxhall Stadium Referee(s): Mick Bates

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4 May	[18]	Lakeside Hammers	49–41	Ipswich Witches	Arena-Essex Raceway Referee(s): Paul Carrington

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26 May	[19]	Edinburgh Monarchs	46–44	Glasgow Tigers	Lothian Arena Referee(s): Michael Breckon

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27 May	[20]	Glasgow Tigers	43–46	Edinburgh Monarchs	Peugeot Ashfield Referee(s): Graham Flint

Quarter-finals

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28 June	[21]	Sheffield Tigers	51–39	Scunthorpe Scorpions	Owlerton Stadium Referee(s): Phil Griffin

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29 June	[22]	Scunthorpe Scorpions	56–34	Sheffield Tigers	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Mick Bates

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23 September	[23]	Peterborough Panthers	52–38	Lakeside Hammers	East of England Showground Referee(s): Mick Bates

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30 September	[24]	Lakeside Hammers	40–38	Peterborough Panthers	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Darren Hartley

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29 June	[25]	Edinburgh Monarchs	57–33	Berwick Bandits	Lothian Arena Referee(s): Jim McGregor

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30 June	[26]	Berwick Bandits	48–42	Edinburgh Monarchs	Shielfield Park Referee(s): Michael Breckon

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8 July	[27]	Newcastle Diamonds	40–50	Workington Comets	Newcastle Stadium Referee(s): Stuart Wilson

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21 September	[28]	Workington Comets	61–29	Newcastle Diamonds	Derwent Park Referee(s): Michael Breckon

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Semi-finals

5 October	[29]	Scunthorpe Scorpions	59–31	Peterborough Panthers	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Mick Bates

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13 October	[30]	Peterborough Panthers	51–39	Scunthorpe Scorpions	East of England Showground Referee(s): Dave Watters

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28 September	[31]	Edinburgh Monarchs	59–31	Workington Comets	Lothian Arena Referee(s): Ronnie Allan

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29 September	[32]	Workington Comets	61–29	Edinburgh Monarchs	Derwent Park Referee(s): Staurt Wilson

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Final

First leg

21 October	[5][33]	Scunthorpe Scorpions Steve Worrall 12 Jason Garrity 11 Ricky Wells 9 Jake Allen 9 Stefan Nielsen 7 Gino Manzares 6 Danny Phillips 0	54–36	Workington Comets Rasmus Jensen 15 Mason Campton 8 Rene Bach 5 Paul Starke 3 Nikolai Klindt 4 Kyle Bickley 1 Ty Proctor R/R	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Stuart Wilson

Second leg

25 October	[5][34]	Workington Comets Rasmus Jensen 16 Rene Bach 15 Nikolai Klindt 14 Mason Campton 11 Claus Vissing 5 Kyle Bickley 1 Ty Proctor R/R	62–28	Scunthorpe Scorpions Jake Allen 10 Stefan Nielsen 6 Steve Worrall 5 Thomas Jørgensen 3 Jason Garrity 2 Gino Manzares 2 Danny Phillips 0	Derwent Park Referee(s): Chris Durno

Workington were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–82.

Championship Shield

Borders Group

Home \ Away	BER	EDB	GLA	WRK
Berwick Bandits		53–37	47–43	45–45
Edinburgh Monarchs	51–39		41–48	44–46
Glasgow	54–36	49–41		33–56
Workington Comets	45–45	47–43	45–45

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Championship Shield Borders Group Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
			W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	Workington Comets	6	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	284	255	14	+29
2	Glasgow Tigers	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	272	266	13	+6
3	Berwick Bandits	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	265	275	9	-10
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	257	282	4	-27

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Northern Group

Home \ Away	NEW	RED	SCU	SHF
Newcastle Diamonds		51–39	46–44	53–37
Redcar Bears	58–32		36–54	39–51
Scunthorpe Scorpions	50–40	58–32		49–31
Sheffield Tigers	59–31	49–40	52–38

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Championship Shield Northern Group Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
			W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	Scunthorpe Scorpions	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	293	247	14	+46
2	Sheffield Tigers	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	289	250	13	+39
3	Newcastle Diamonds	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	253	287	9	-34
4	Redcar Bears	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	244	295	3	-51

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Southern Group

Home \ Away	IPS	LAK	PET
Ipswich Witches		44–45	44–46
Lakeside Hammers	54–35		50–40
Peterborough Panthers	46–44	53–37

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Championship Shield Southern Group Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
			W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	lakeside Hammers	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	193	165	10	+28
2	Peterborough Panthers	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	185	175	9	+10
3	Ipswich Witches	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	160	198	0	-38

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Play-offs

	Semi Finals							Grand Final
	Scunthorpe Scorpions		45	35	80
	Workington Comets		45	54	96
								Workington Comets		46	52	98
								Lakeside Hammers		44	38	82
	Lakeside Hammers		50	44	94
	Peterborough Panthers		40	46	86

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Semi-finals

7 September	[38]	Scunthorpe Scorpions	45–45	Workington Comets	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Chris Durno

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22 September	[39]	Workington Comets	54–35	Scunthorpe Scorpions	Derwent Park Referee(s): Peter Clarke

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29 September	[40]	Lakeside Hammers	50–40	Peterborough Panthers	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Darren Hartley

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30 September	[41]	Peterborough Panthers	46–44	Lakeside Hammers	East of England Showground Referee(s): Graham Reeve

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Final

19 October	[42]	Lakeside Hammers	44–46	Workington Comets	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Chris Gay

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29 October	[43]	Workington Comets	52–38	Lakeside Hammers	Derwent Park Referee(s): Jim McGregor

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 2 September at Owlerton Stadium.^[44]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Craig Cook	1 3 3 R 3	10	3	3
2	Richard Lawson	3 3 0 3 2	11	-	2
3	Kyle Howarth	3 3 1 3 1	11	-	1
4	Erik Riss	3 1 3 1 3	11	2	0
5	Charles Wright	3 3 2 0 1	9	1
6	Ty Proctor	2 1 3 FX 3	9	0
7	Tero Aarnio	0 2 2 3 2	9
8	Aaron Summers	2 2 0 3 1	8
9	Ben Barker	1 0 3 2 2	8
10	Steve Worrall	1 EX 2 1 3	7
11	Scott Nicholls	0 2 2 2 0	6
12	Ricky Wells	1 EX 1 2 2	6
13	Michael Palm Toft	2 1 0 1 1	5
14	Josh Auty	2 1 F -	5
15	Kevin Doolan	0 0 1 2 0	3
16	Nico Covatti	0 0 0 1 0	1
16	Kyle Bickley (res)	1	1

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

Pairs

The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Oaktree Arena on 20 July. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers for the second consecutive year.^[45][46][47]

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Peterborough 21 Palm Toft 15, Nicholls 6 2 Lakeside 21 Lawson 13, Morris 8 3 Edinburgh 20 Wells 12, Riss 8 4 Berwick 14 Summers 9, Doolan 5 5 Scunthorpe 14 Allen 9, Auty 5

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Sheffield 22 Wright C 12, Howarth 10 2 Workington 20 Klindt 12, Proctor 8 3 Redcar 20 Barker 10, Jorgensen 10 4 Ipswich 19 Schlein 15, Covatti 4 5 Glasgow 9 Harris 5, Starke 4

Semi finals

• Sheffield bt Lakeside 7–2
• Workington bt Peterborough 7–2

Final

• Sheffield bt Workington 5–4

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the SGB Championship Fours for the second successive year, held on 1 July 2018, at the Media Prime Arena.^[48][49]

Qualifying Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Peterborough 18 Palm Toft 6, Wilson-Dean 6, Nicholls 3, Ostergaard 3, 2 Edinburgh 17 Riss E 6, Andersson 4, Riss M 4, Pickering 2, Ruml 1 3 Lakeside 13 Morris 6, Ellis 5, Lawson 1, Bowtell 1 4 Glasgow 13 Harris 4, Kerr 4, Vissing 3, Worrall 2 5 Sheffield 13 Kurtz 5, Bjerre 5, Wright 3, Nicol 0 6 Workington 11 Bewley 4, Proctor 4, Jensen 3, Campton 0

Qualifying (cont) Pos Team Pts Riders 7 Berwick 11 Summers 5, Etheridge 3, Jakobsen 1, Howe 1, Doolan 1 8 Ipswich 10 Covatti 6, Schlein 3, Heeps 1, Hume 0 9 Redcar 10 Andersen M 3, Jorgensen 3, Andersen J 2, Barker 2 10 Newcastle 9 Aarnio 3, Robson 2, Morris 2, Kus 2 11 Scunthorpe 7 Auty 4, Manzares 1, Allen 1, Garcia 1

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Peterborough	22	Palm Toft 7, Nicholls 6, Ostergaard 5, Wilson-Dean 4
2	Edinburgh	19	Riss E 9, Pickering 4, Andersson 4, Riss M 1, Ruml 1
3	Glasgow	17	Harris 6, Kerr 5, Vissing 4, Worrall 3
4	Lakeside	14	Morris 9, Ellis 4, Lawson 1, Bowtell 0

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Craig Cook	Glasgow	11.05
Ricky Wells	Edinburgh	9.54
Nick Morris	Lakeside	9.46
Richard Lawson	Lakeside	9.41
Danny King	Ipswich	9.25
Josh Auty	Scunthorpe	9.08
Rory Schlein	Ipswich	9.01
Erik Riss	Edinburgh	8.86
Charles Wright	Sheffield	8.76
Scott Nicholls	Peterborough	8.70

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Teams and final averages

Berwick Bandits

• Aaron Summers 7.39
• Kevin Doolan 7.63
• Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 7.41
• Jye Etheridge 6.95
• David Howe 6.48
• Theo Pijper 6.23
• Dany Gappmaier 6.15
• John Lindman 4.00

Edinburgh Monarchs

• Ricky Wells 9.54
• Erik Riss 8.86
• Richie Worrall 8.63
• Victor Palovaara 7.13
• Josh Pickering 6.98
• Joel Andersson 5.89
• Mark Riss 5.55
• Matt Williamson 4.00
• Max Clegg 3.64
• William Lawson 3.63
• Max Ruml 3.42
• Coty Garcia 2.60

Glasgow Tigers

• Craig Cook 11.05
• Chris Harris 8.53
• Richie Worrall 8.11
• Lewis Kerr 8.07
• Claus Vissing 7.81
• Paul Starke 6.92
• James Sarjeant 4.74
• Nathan Greaves 3.24
• Jack Thomas 2.58

Ipswich Witches

• Danny King 9.25
• Rory Schlein 9.01
• Cameron Heeps 7.16
• Nico Covatti 7.10
• Mark Riss 5.85
• Drew Kemp 5.42
• Michael Hartel 5.00
• Coty Garcia 4.90
• Jonas Jeppesen 4.00
• Connor Mountain 3.72
• Danyon Hume 3.62
• David Wallinger 0.80

Lakeside Hammers

• Nick Morris 9.46
• Richard Lawson 9.41
• Adam Ellis 8.11
• Kyle Newman 7.02
• Zach Wajtknecht 5.97
• Ben Morley 5.58
• Alfie Bowtell 3.14

Newcastle Diamonds

• Tero Aarnio 7.22
• Stuart Robson 7.05
• Ludvig Lindgren 6.77
• Matthew Wethers 6.51
• Ashley Morris 6.39
• Matěj Kůs 5.96
• Lewis Rose 5.33
• Carl Wilkinson 4.95

Peterborough Panthers

• Scott Nicholls 8.70
• Michael Palm Toft 8.66
• Bradley Wilson-Dean 7.07
• Ulrich Ostergaard 6.93
• Emil Grondal 5.80
• Nike Lunna 5.76
• Tom Bacon 5.41
• Simon Lambert 5.16
• Ellis Perks 3.33

Redcar Bears

• Ben Barker 7.85
• Thomas Jørgensen 7.72
• Nike Lunna 6.67
• Jonas B. Andersen 6.39
• Dimitri Bergé 5.50
• Tobias Busch 5.42
• Matěj Kůs 5.19
• Theo Pijper 5.00
• Mikkel B Andersen 4.87
• Jordan Stewart 4.18
• Nathan Greaves 4.00

Scunthorpe Scorpions

• Josh Auty 9.08
• Jason Garrity 8.32
• Jake Allen 7.94
• Steve Worrall 7.62
• Stefan Nielsen 6.52
• Gino Manzares 4.29
• Danny Phillips 1.53

Sheffield Tigers

• Charles Wright 8.76
• Kyle Howarth 8.00
• Lasse Bjerre 7.69
• Kasper Andersen 6.77
• Todd Kurtz 6.75
• James Shanes 5.81
• Broc Nicol 4.00
• Connor Mountain 3.89
• Jack Smith 3.81
• Jan Graversen 3.00
• Georgie Wood 2.80
• Joe Lawlor 0.89

Workington Comets

• Ty Proctor 7.91
• Dan Bewley 7.78
• Bradley Wilson-Dean 7.76
• Nicolai Klindt 7.66
• Rene Bach 7.63
• Rasmus Jensen 7.33
• Mason Campton 7.23
• Kyle Bickley 1.69

See also

• The top division of British speedway SGB Premiership 2018
• List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)