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2013 Premier League speedway season

The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway.[1]

2013 Premier League speedway season
ChampionsSomerset Rebels
Knockout CupSomerset Rebels
IndividualOliver Allen
PairsSomerset Rebels
FoursEdinburgh Monarchs
Highest averageCraig Cook
Division/s above2013 Elite League
Division/s below2013 National League

Summary

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The season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.

League table

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Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts
3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Somerset Rebels 24 10 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 3 1218 951 56
2 Ipswich Witches 24 10 1 0 1 2 1 4 4 1 1193 987 55
3 Newcastle Diamonds 24 10 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 3 1207 973 54
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 10 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 1172 1003 51
5 Workington Comets 24 7 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 5 1139 1056 46
6 Redcar Bears 24 6 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 5 1078 1068 45
7 Leicester Lions 24 5 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 7 1079 1103 41
8 Scunthorpe Scorpions 24 4 5 2 1 0 2 1 4 5 1080 1075 36
9 Rye House Rockets 24 4 2 3 3 0 3 0 3 6 1050 1115 31
10 Berwick Bandits 24 5 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 10 1025 1150 25
11 Plymouth Devils 24 3 1 1 7 0 2 1 1 8 994 1190 21
12 Sheffield Tigers 24 3 1 2 6 0 0 1 1 10 958 1220 16
13 Glasgow Tigers 24 1 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 12 945 1247 9

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away BER ED GLA IPS LEI NEW PLY RED RYE SCU SHE SOM WOR
Berwick Bandits 46–44 53–42 48–45 52–40 41–49 56–37 44–45 48–44 54–36 51–42 38–52 44–46
Edinburgh Monarchs 51–39 62–30 59–36 52–37 41–52 56–36 46–47 58–34 56–36 45–32 49–41 61–34
Glasgow Tigers 44–46 42–48 36–56 40–49 46–44 62–31 48–42 43–47 45–45 45–45 44–46 40–50
Ipswich Witches 56–37 51–44 63–29 53–37 43–47 62–31 59–31 55–35 47–43 60–32 50–43 53–37
Leicester Lions 54–39 50–40 55–39 48–44 46–44 46–44 53–37 44–45 46–43 49–44 46–47 53–40
Newcastle Diamonds 62–31 49–41 60–30 45–45 62–30 64–29 58–37 60–30 50–39 66–29 45–45 51–41
Plymouth Devils 50–40 41–52 59–34 34–44 38–52 43–47 40–52 48–45 44–46 51–42 45–45 43–47
Redcar Bears 53–40 45–45 56–37 47–45 37–47 43–43 51–42 36–27 49–44 60–35 49–41 41–49
Rye House Rockets 56–36 45–45 60–33 45–45 48–45 44–46 44–46 40–50 50–40 53–42 50–44 45–45
Scunthorpe Scorpions 34–31 49–45 59–35 45–45 51–38 46–44 56–34 45–44 47–46 63–31 37–56 45–45
Sheffield Tigers 52–43 40–50 53–37 45–45 44–46 49–41 45–45 39–53 44–48 44–46 26–47 47–46
Somerset Rebels 57–34 44–46 53–37 46–44 62–32 51–39 59–36 58–33 61–29 49–41 68–23 59–33
Workington Comets 59–34 46–44 65–27 43–47 58–36 53–39 44–46 50–40 54–40 47–44 62–33 45–44
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

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Group 1

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Edinburgh 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 197 163 11
2 Workington 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 182 178 8
3 Ipswich 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 161 199 0

Group 2

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Somerset 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 198 169 9
2 Newcastle 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 187 182 6
3 Redcar 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 168 202 5

Play Off final

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First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Claus Vissing 8
Derek Sneddon 8
Theo Pijper 7
Liam Carr 3
Max Fricke 3
Jozsef Tabaka 2		45 – 43Somerset Rebels
Josh Grajczonek 12
Jason Doyle 11
Charles Wright 7
Nick Morris 5
Kyle Newman 4
Alex Davies 4
Lewis Rose 0
[3][4]

Second leg

Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 11
Josh Grajczonek 9
Alex Davies 8
Kyle Newman 7
Charles Wright 6
Nick Morris 6
Oliver Greenwood 2		49 – 44Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Claus Vissing 12
Derek Sneddon 6
Theo Pjiper 6
Liam Carr 3
Max Fricke 3
Jozsef Tabaka R/R
[3][5]

Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–89.

Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.[6]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
28/04 Newcastle 42-30 Plymouth
27/04 Workington 61-29 Ipswich
26/04 Plymouth 44-46 Newcastle
25/04 Ipswich 55-35 Workington
21/04 Glasgow 52-38 Rye House
20/04 Rye House 63-26 Glasgow
18/04 Redcar 45-44 Berwick
13/04 Leicester 46-44 Edinburgh
13/04 Berwick 44-46 Redcar
12/04 Edinburgh 58-31 Leicester

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
05/07 Somerset 48-41 Workington
16/06 Newcastle 44-46 Edinburgh
16/06 Workington 48-42 Somerset
14/06 Edinburgh 44-45 Newcastle
14/06 Scunthorpe 41-49 Redcar
13/06 Redcar 50-40 Scunthorpe
16/05 Sheffield 42-48 Rye House
11/05 Rye House 52-38 Sheffield

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
31/08 Rye House 55-35 Redcar
30/08 Edinburgh 49-41 Somerset
27/08 Somerset 49-41 Edinburgh
11/07 Redcar 48-42 Rye House
20/09
replay		 Edinburgh 48-42 Somerset
18/09
replay		 Somerset 58-32 Edinburgh

Final

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First leg

Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 18
Josh Grajczonek 13
Nicolai Klindt 11
Charles Wright 10
Kyle Newman 6
Oliver Greenwood 1
Nick Morris R/R		59 – 31Rye House Rockets
Olly Allen 9
Jason Bunyan 8
Anders Mellgren 6
Pontus Aspgren 4
Kasper Lykke 3
Josh Bates 1
Tyson Nelson R/R
[3][7]

Second leg

Rye House Rockets
Anders Mellgren 10
Tyson Nelson 8
Olly Allen 7
Pontus Aspgren 7
Jason Bunyan 7
Ben Morley 4
Kasper Lykke 3		46 – 44Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 12
Josh Grajczonek 10
Charles Wright 9
Nick Morris 6
Alex Davies 4
Kyle Newman 2
Oliver Greenwood 1
[3][8]

Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 103–77.

Riders' Championship

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Oliver Allen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 22 September at Owlerton Stadium.[9]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1   Oliver Allen 2 2 2 3 2 11 3 3
2   Magnus Karlsson 3 3 3 2 3 14 - 2
3   Jason Doyle 2 3 3 2 3 13 - 1
4   Craig Cook 1 2 3 3 2 11 2 0
5   Nick Morris 3 1 0 3 2 9 1
6   René Bach 1 1 2 2 3 9 0
7   Richard Lawson 0 3 1 2 2 8
8   Sebastian Aldén 3 0 3 1 0 7
9   Ricky Wells 3 2 0 1 1 7
10   Richie Worrall 0 2 1 3 1 7
11   Dakota North 1 3 1 1 1 7
12   Mark Lemon 0 1 2 1 2 6
13   Theo Pijper 2 0 2 0 0 4
14   Micky Dyer 1 1 f 0 1 3
15   Josh Auty 2 0 ex fx 2
16   Oliver Greenwood (res) 1 0 1
17   Morten Risager 0 0 fx ns 0
18   Max Clegg (res) 0 0 0
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

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The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 31 May. The event was won by Somerset Rebels.[10][11]

Semi finals

  • Somerset bt Edinburgh 5–4
  • Scunthorpe bt Workington 5–4

Final

  • Somerset bt Scunthorpe 7–2

Fours

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Edinburgh Monarchs won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena.[12]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Edinburgh 21 Vissing 8, Cook 6, Sneddon 3, Pjiper 2, Tabaka 2
2 Ipswich 18 Lanham 6, Tungate 4, Barker 3, Risager 3, Heeps 2
3 Somerset 17 Morris 6, Grajczonek 5, Davies 4, Newman 2
4 Berwick 16 Smith 7, Bellego 6, Wethers 2, Ashworth 1

Final Leading averages

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Rider Team Average
  Craig Cook Edinburgh 10.83
  Jason Doyle Somerset 10.23
  Nick Morris Somerset 9.18
  Simon Stead Sheffield 9.16
  Mikkel Bech Jensen Plymouth 9.02
  Richie Worrall Newcastle 8.94
  Ben Barker Ipswich 8.93
  Richard Lawson Workington 8.84
  Magnus Karlsson Leicester 8.77
  Josh Grajczonek Somerset 8.70

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Leicester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "2013 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "2013 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ "2013 Play Off 1st Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ "2013 Play Off 2nd Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  6. ^ "2013 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ^ "1st Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ "2nd Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  9. ^ "ALLEN WINS PLRC". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  10. ^ "2013 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Somerset Rebels win Premier League pairs championship". Burnham on Sea. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ^ "2013 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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