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The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership (sponsored by Sports Insure) is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was introduced for 2017 following a restructuring of British speedway.
The 2024 SGB ROWE Motor Oil Premiership was the 89th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Premiership. [1]The defending champions were Sheffield Tigers and Ipswich Witches were the defending Knockout Cup champions.
The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. [1] It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.
Poole Pirates won the league title for the third time in four years, defeating Oxford Cheetahs in the play off final and overturning a first leg deficit of 12 points. [5] The second leg was subject to controversy following the exclusion and subsequent retirement of Luke Killeen , which effectively ended Oxford's title hopes.
The 2023 Sports Insure SGB Premiership was the 88th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Premiership. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There was an increase of one team after the Leicester Lions opted to move up from the SGB Championship .
For the first time Great Britain will host two rounds of the championship, with the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester joining the flagship Principality Stadium in Cardiff on the calendar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] There will be eight other rounds, with Poland's allocation reduced from four to three.
The 2022 SGB Premiership was the 87th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Premiership. Sheffield Tigers topped the regular season table and met Belle Vue Aces in the play off final but Belle Vue ran out the winners to claim their 13th league title.
The national speedway team held test matches against the Australia as early as 1928, although the first official test match is listed as 30 June 1930 at Wimbledon Stadium. [ 1 ] The team won the Speedway World Team Cup on five occasions as England and four times as Great Britain from 1968 to 1989.