British League Division Two Riders Championship
{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway individual riders' competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
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| title = British League Division Two Riders Championship
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| sport = Motorcycle speedway
| founded = 1968
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Premier League Riders Championship
from 1997
competition above
British League Riders' Championship
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The British League Division Two Riders Championship was a motorcycle speedway contest between the top riders from each club (with the highest average points) competing in the second tier of British speedway.{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|pages=100|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}
History
The championship was inaugurated in 1968 when it was known as the British League Division Two Riders Championship.{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|page=61|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}} The competition was known as the British League Division Two Riders' Championship between 1968 and 1974 and again between 1991 and 1994. From 1975 until 1990 it was known as the National League Riders' Championship.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/british-league-division-two-riders.html|title=National League Riders Championship 1968-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway Archive|access-date=30 September 2021}}
The competition was held at Hackney between 1968 and 1971, then it was moved to Wimbledon and held there between 1972 and 1984. The last year of the tournament was 1994, after which speedway was restructured with the top two leagues combining to form the Premier League. After two seasons the Premier League became the second tier/division of British speedway in 1997, this resulted in the Premier League Riders Championship effectively being a continuation of the British League Division Two Riders Championship from 1997.
Winners
Sponsors
- Gauloises (1976–1977, 1979)
- Toshiba (1980)
- Daily Mirror (1982)
- Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych (1983)
- Jawa Moto & Barum (1987–1994)