SGB Championship 2025


The 2025 SGB Cab Direct Championship season was the 78th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 8th known as the SGB Championship.
Poole Pirates were the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series champions.

Summary

The same nine clubs from 2024 competed in the Championship in 2025. The format also remained the same with each team racing against each other twice, meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series also returned, both following the same formats as in 2024.
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs, staged over two semi-finals and a final. The points limit for team building remained at 40 points.
Glasgow finished top of the table during the regular season, finishing one point ahead of Poole.

League

Regular season

† Workington deducted 2 Championship points for breaching SCB regulations.

Play Offs

Home team scores are in bold

Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final

First Leg
Second Leg
'''Super Heat'''

Knockout Cup

The 2025 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 57th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 8th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.
Home team scores are in bold

Overall aggregate scores are in red

Final

First Leg
'''Second Leg'''

BSN Series

Scottish Group
Fixtures
Table
Northern Group
Fixtures
Table
Southern Group
Fixtures
'''Table'''

Knockout stages

Home team scores are in bold

Overall aggregate scores are in red
  • Redcar were declared as winners due to having more heat advantages across both legs, as per SCB Regulation 012.1.26 Abandonment.

Final

First Leg
'''Second Leg'''

Pairs Championship

The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Saturday 5 April, at the GT Tyres Arena in Workington. It was won by Redcar Bears for the second season in a row, and the third time in the last four years.
Qualifying heats
PosTeamPtsRiders
1Glasgow Tigers25Kyle Howarth 13, Chris Harris 12
2Poole Pirates24Lewis Kerr 12, Zach Cook 12
3Plymouth Gladiators24Nicolai Klindt 14, Ben Barker 10
4Redcar Bears20Charles Wright 10, Erik Riss 10
5Berwick Bandits17Drew Kemp 11, Danyon Hume 6
6Oxford Cheetahs16Sam Masters 12, Jordan Jenkins 4
7Scunthorpe Scorpions12Steve Worrall 12, Simon Lambert 0
8Edinburgh Monarchs12Kye Thomson 12, Justin Sedgmen 0
9Workington Comets12Antti Vuolas 10, Tate Zischke 2

Semi-finals
Team OneTeam TwoScoreResult
RedcarGlasgow7-2Wright 4, Riss 3, Harris 2, Howarth 0
PoolePlymouth6-3Cook 4, Klindt 3, Kerr 2, Barker 0

Final
Team OneTeam TwoScoreResult
RedcarPoole6-3Riss 4, Cook 3, Wright 2, Kerr X

Riders' Championship

The 2025 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place on Sunday 6 April at the Eddie Wright Raceway in Scunthorpe. It was won by Chris Harris of the Glasgow Tigers.
Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1

Leading averages

  • averages include league, play offs, knockout cup & bsn series, min 6 matches

Squads & final averages

Berwick Bandits

  • 9.67
  • 8.57
  • 8.54
  • 8.42
  • 7.45
  • 6.52
  • 4.05
  • 3.87
  • 3.24
  • 1.33

Edinburgh Monarchs

  • 8.30
  • 8.03 7.70
  • 7.48
  • 7.27
  • 6.36
  • 6.00
  • 2.77
  • 2.29
  • 1.67

Glasgow Tigers

9.63
  • 9.38
  • 8.83
  • 8.07
  • 7.93
  • 3.50
  • 3.37
  • 2.85

Oxford Cheetahs

10.21
  • 6.80
  • 6.38
  • 6.18
  • 6.05
  • 5.63
  • 5.54
  • 5.28

Plymouth Gladiators

  • 8.60
  • 8.44 6.93
  • 6.74
  • 5.81
  • 5.80
  • 4.73
  • 4.54
  • 3.83
  • 1.20

Poole Pirates

  • 10.33 8.86
  • 7.76
  • 7.57
  • 5.71
  • 4.91
  • 4.66
  • 3.52
  • 1.00

Redcar Bears

9.47
  • 8.76
  • 8.53
  • 7.13
  • 5.62
  • 4.93
  • 4.82
  • 3.16

Scunthorpe Scorpions

  • 7.48
  • 7.06
  • 6.61
  • 6.18
  • 6.04 5.39
  • 5.21

Workington Comets

7.70
  • 6.89
  • 6.52
  • 6.17
  • 6.13
  • 5.68
  • 4.11