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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. Belle Vue Aces won the title, [2] while Sheffield Tigers won the Knockout Cup.
This article lists the main speedway events and their results for 2024. This includes the Speedway Grand Prix, Speedway of Nations, Speedway European Championship, league competitions and other tournaments. [1] In 2024 speedway competitions are scheduled to be held in 4 continents. FIM is the governing body of speedway sport.
The 2025 National Development League and National Trophy is the third division/tier of British motorcycle speedway for the 2025 season. [1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing mainly the junior sides of SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs. Leicester Lion Cubs are the defending champions having won the title in 2024. [2]
The 2024 National Development League was the third division/tier of British motorcycle speedway for the 2024 season. [1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing mainly the junior sides of SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs. Oxford Chargers were the defending champions having won the title in 2023. [2]
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 league format was the same as in 2023, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also both returned for 2024, both following the same formats as in 2023.
Speedway was first staged in Leicester in 1928 and the following year a team based at Leicester Stadium joined the English Dirt Track League. [1] In 1930, the team joined the Southern League. [1] Financial problems meant that the team failed to complete the 1931 season, with Coventry taking over the remaining fixtures in late May.
The first speedway to be staged in Leicester was on a dirt track constructed inside the greyhound racing track at Leicester Stadium on Parker Drive in 1928. The team based there joined the English Dirt Track League in 1929 finishing 5th, with Syd Jackson and Billy Elmore the leading riders. [1]