British Speedway Under 21 Championship

Speedway Under 21 Championship
British Speedway Under 21 Championship
SportSpeedway
Founded1969
CountryGreat Britain
Most recent
champion(s)		Connor Bailey

The British Speedway Under-21 Championship (also known as the British Junior Speedway Championship) is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition.[1][2] The winner of the final is declared British Under-21 Champion. Previous winners include former World Champions Mark Loram and Gary Havelock.

Format

Sixteen riders plus three reserves take part in 20 heats with each rider facing each other once. The two riders which accumulate the highest number of points over the heats go straight to the final. The next four highest point scorers take part in a race-off, with first and second place riders also progressing to the final.

Qualification

Seven riders are seeded straight to the final round while nine other riders qualify through three qualifying rounds held on a regional basis which use the same format as the final round. The first, second and third placed riders from each qualifier ride in the final round and fourth place riders take part as reserves. In the final round the reserves may take the rides of any incapacitated rider, replace any rider excluded for a starting infringement, or replace any rider excluded for exceeding the two minute time allowance except in the semi-final or final.

The top three riders go through to the British Speedway Championship final and the winner qualifies for the World Junior Championship semi-final round. The next five finishers qualify for the World Junior Championship qualifying rounds.

British Under-21 Champions

Year Winner Runner-up Third
1969 Graham Plant Geoff Ambrose Mick Bell
1970 Barry Thomas Dave Jessup Mick Bell
1971 Ian Turner Dave Jessup Peter Ingram
1972 Allan Emmett Gordon Kennett Tony Davey
1973 Peter Collins Barney Kennett David Gagen
1974 Chris Morton Steve Bastable Neil Middleditch
1975 Neil Middleditch Steve Weatherley Joe Owen
1976 Michael Lee Steve Weatherley Colin Richardson
1977 Les Collins Phil Collins Colin Richardson
1978 Phil Collins Ian Gledhill Bob Garrad
1979[3] Kenny Carter Nigel Flatman Melvyn Taylor
1980 Mark Courtney Kevin Smith John Barker
1981 Rob Lightfoot Peter Carr Neil Evitts
1982 Peter Carr Martin Hagon Simon Cross
1983 Keith Millard Simon Cross Kenny McKinna
1984 Marvyn Cox Simon Cross Andy Smith
1985 Carl Blackbird Dave Mullett Andy Smith
1986 Gary Havelock Andrew Silver Darren Sumner
1987 Darren Sumner David Biles Mark Loram
1988 Mark Loram Andy Phillips Martin Dugard
1989 Martin Dugard Chris Louis Dean Barker
1990 Joe Screen Mark Loram Chris Louis
Championship not held 1991
1992 Scott Smith Joe Screen Mark Loram
1993 Joe Screen[4][5] Carl Stonehewer David Norris
1994 Paul Hurry Ben Howe James Grieves
1995 Ben Howe Paul Hurry Savalas Clouting
1996 Savalas Clouting Scott Nicholls Paul Hurry
1997 Leigh Lanham Lee Richardson Scott Nicholls
1998 Scott Nicholls Lee Richardson Paul Lee
1999 Scott Nicholls Lee Richardson David Howe
2000 David Howe Lee Richardson Paul Lee
2001 Simon Stead David Howe Paul Lee
2002 Simon Stead Ross Brady Oliver Allen
2003 Simon Stead Oliver Allen Edward Kennett
2004 Ritchie Hawkins Steve Boxall Edward Kennett
2005 Edward Kennett Chris Schramm Richard Hall
2006 Ben Wilson Daniel King Lewis Bridger
2007[6] Edward Kennett William Lawson Tai Woffinden
2008 Tai Woffinden Adam Roynon Ben Barker
2009[7] Lewis Bridger Tai Woffinden Joe Haines
2010 Joe Haines Tai Woffinden Lewis Bridger
2011 Tai Woffinden Steven Worrall Joe Haines
2012 Joe Haines Tom Perry Kyle Howarth
2013[8] Robert Branford Kyle Howarth Jason Garrity
2014 Josh Bates Adam Ellis Jason Garrity
2015[9] Kyle Howarth Robert Lambert Stefan Nielsen
2016 Josh Bates Robert Lambert Adam Ellis
2017[10] Robert Lambert Adam Ellis Josh Bates
2018[11] Robert Lambert Connor Mountain Nathan Greaves
2019[12] Robert Lambert Zach Wajtknecht Jack Thomas
2020[13] Dan Bewley Leon Flint Anders Rowe
2021 Tom Brennan Drew Kemp Dan Gilkes
2022 Leon Flint[14] Dan Thompson Connor Bailey (Australia)
2023 Connor Bailey (Australia) Anders Rowe Dan Thompson

Finals 1969 to 1978

The following is a list of finals from 1969 to 1978. Finals after 1978 are listed on the relevant British Speedway Championship year page.

1969
Pos Rider Heats SF F
1 Graham Plant 3 x 3
2 Geoff Ambrose 3 x 2
3 Mick Bell 3 x 1
4 Martyn Piddock 2 3 0
5 Bobby Beaton 1 2 x
6 Ian Turner 2 1 x
7 Phil Pratt 2 0 x
8 Ray Carter 1 x x
9 Malcolm Shakespeare 1 x x
1970
Pos Rider Pts
1 Barry Thomas 14+3
2 Dave Jessup 14+2
3 Mick Bell 13
4 John Jackson 11
5 Bobby Beaton 11
6 Malcolm Shakespeare 10
7 Graham Miles 8
8 Ian Turner 7
9 Graham Banks 7
10 Gordon Kennett 6
11 Paul Tyrer 4
12 Alan Bridgett 3
13 Sid Sheldrick 3
14 Malcolm Mackay (res) 3
15 George Devonport 2
16 Shawn Murtough (res) 2
17 Mac Woolford (res) 1
18 Steve Waplington 0
19 Barry Duke 0
1971
Pos Rider Pts
1 Ian Turner 15
2 Dave Jessup 14
3 Peter Ingram 11
4 Malcolm Shakespeare 10
5 Tony Davey 9
6 Malcolm Ballard 8
7 Doug Wyer 8
8 Jimmy Gallacher 8
9 Geoff Bouchard 7
10 Gordon Kennett 7
11 John Jackson 5
12 Peter Collins 5
13 Alan Wilkinson 4
14 Malcolm Mackay 3
15 Paul Tryer 2
16 Graham Banks 2
17 Richard Greer (res) 1
18 Alistair Brady (res) 0

1972
Pos Rider Pts
1 Allan Emmett 14
2 Gordon Kennett 12
3 Tony Davey 11+3
4 Trevor Barnwell 11+2
5 Dave Piddock 10
6 Alan Sage 9
7 Dave Kennett 9
8 Barney Kennett 8
9 John Davis 7
10 Roger Johns 7
11 Robbie Gardener 6
12 Bobby McNeil 5
13 Carl Glover 4
14 Frank Auffret 4
15 Trevor Geer 3
16 Mike Lanham (res) 1
17 Phil Bass 0
18 Rod Haynes (res) 0
1973
Pos Rider Pts
1 Peter Collins 13
2 Barney Kennett 13
3 David Gagen 12
4 Dave Piddock 11
5 Ian Hindle 9
6 Bobby McNeil 8
7 Paul Gachet 8
8 John Davis 7
9 Carl Glover 7
10 Colin Meredith 6
11 Trevor Geer 6
12 Les Rumsey 5
13 Terry Barclay 4
14 Tim Ballard 3
15 Peter Cairns 3
16 Eric Dugard 2
17 Keith White (res) 0
1974
Pos Rider Pts
1 Chris Morton 15
2 Steve Bastable 13
3 Neil Middleditch 12
4 Keith White 10
5 Andy Sims 10
6 Ian Cartwright 9
7 Eric Dugard 7
8 Robert Hollingworth 7
9 Wayne Hughes 7
10 Joe Owen 6
11 Les Rumsey 6
12 Ian Hindle 5
13 Steve Weatherley 5
14 Nigel Wasley 4
15 Martin Yeates 3
16 Paul Gachet 1
17 Russell Foot (res) 0

1975
Pos Rider Pts
1 Neil Middleditch 13+3
2 Steve Weatherley 13+2
3 Joe Owen 12+3
4 Michael Lee 12+2
5 Andy Hines 12+1
6 Billy Burton 8
7 Robert Hollingworth 8
8 Kelvin Jolly 8
9 Duncan Meredith 7
10 Steve Finch 5
11 Andy Sims 5
12 Steve Bastable 4
13 Gerald Purkiss 4
14 Ian Silk 4
15 Tom Davie 2
16 Mike Bessant 1
17 Steve Gibson (res) 1
18 John Hopper (res) 0
1976
Pos Rider Pts
1 Michael Lee 15
2 Steve Weatherley 14
3 Colin Richardson 12+3
4 Graham Clifton 12+2
5 Steve Finch 11
6 Les Collins 10
7 Karl Fiala 8
8 Kelvin Jolly 8
9 Andy Hines 7
10 Andy Cusworth 6
11 Jim Brett 3
12 Paul Gilbert 3
13 Gerald Purkiss 3
14 Mick Bates 3
15 Bob Garrad 3
16 Trevor Whiting 2
17 Alan Diprose (res) 0
1977
Pos Rider Pts
1 Les Collins 15
2 Phil Collins 12
3 Colin Richardson 11
4 Brendan Shilleto 10
5 Ian Gledhill 10
6 Paul Gilbert 9
7 Ian Clark 8
8 Bob Garrad 8
9 Neil Leeks 8
10 Dave Allen 8
11 Steve Naylor 5
12 Kevin Young 5
13 Pete Smith 4
14 Nigel Close 3
15 Chris Bevan 2
16 Dave Johnson (res) 2
17 Kevin Brice 0

1978
Pos Rider Pts
1 Phil Collins 15
2 Ian Gledhill 10+3
3 Bob Garrad 10+2
4 Melvyn Taylor 10+1
5 Steve Naylor 9
6 John Hack 9
7 Pip Lamb 9
8 Brendan Shilleto 8
9 Nigel Flatman 8
10 Kenny Carter 7
11 Louis Carr 5
12 Paul Woods 5
13 Neil Leeks 5
14 Sean Willmott 5
15 Derek Harrison 3
16 Mike Spink 2
17 Dave Shepherd (res) 0

See also

References

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  2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  4. ^ "British Under-21 Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Long eaton results 1993" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
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  8. ^ "RESULTS: TUESDAY APRIL 23". British Speedway History Archive. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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  10. ^ "Lambert Crowned U21 Champion", speedwaygb.co, 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017
  11. ^ "Lambert Retains U21 Title", speedwaygb.co, 01 May 2018. Retrieved 01 May 2018
  12. ^ http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.36340%7Ctitle=Fast Lambo Hits Brits Hat-trick|date= 28 April 2019 |publisher= Speedway GB
  13. ^ https://bellevue-speedway.com/news/bewleyisu21champion[permanent dead link] |publisher= bellevue-speedway.com
  14. ^ "Leon the Lion". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 9.
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