Premier League Riders Championship

{{Infobox sports league

| title = Premier League Riders' Championship

| current_season =

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| formerly = British League Riders' Championship
(tier one - 1965–1994)
British League Division Two Riders Championship
(tier two - 1968–1994)

| sport = Speedway

| founded = 1995

| country = United Kingdom

| footnotes = replaced by
Elite League Riders' Championship
(tier one - 1997)
SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship
(tier two - 2017)

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The Premier League Riders Championship was a contest between the top riders with the highest average points total from each club competing in the Premier League in the United Kingdom.

History

The championship was inaugurated in 1995, the same year that the Premier League was formed.

For its first two years, the Premier League was the top league in Britain. However, from 1997 it was the competition for the second tier, because the new Elite League had been formed.{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/2/british-1st-league-rider-championships|title=British League Riders Championship|website=Speedway.org|access-date=23 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/british-league-riders-championship-1965.html|title=British League Riders Championship 1965-1996|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=23 July 2021}}

In 2017, the Premier League became the SGB Championship and was duly renamed the SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship.

Winners

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!width=70px {{Speedway color|P3}} |Year

!width=300px {{Speedway color|P1}}|Winner

!width=300px {{Speedway color|P3}}|Team

colspan=3|In 1995 and 1996 the Premier League was the top tier of British speedway
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| align=center|1995{{cite news |title=Mullett misery |work=Reading Evening Post |date=16 October 1995 |access-date=7 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19951016/325/0050 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Havelock

| Bradford Dukes

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| align=center|1996{{cite news |title=American ace survives late drama |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=21 October 1996 |access-date=7 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19961021/015/0015 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Ermolenko

| Sheffield Tigers

colspan=3|From 1997 the Premier League was the second tier of British speedway
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| align=center|1997{{cite news |title=Champions |work=Reading Evening Post |date=15 September 1997 |access-date=24 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19970915/533/0056 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Carr

| Edinburgh Monarchs

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| align=center|1998{{cite news |title=Stonehewer second best |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=14 September 1998 |access-date=24 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19980914/045/0045 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Glenn Cunningham

| Peterborough Panthers

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| align=center|1999{{cite news |title=Wilson on top |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 September 1999 |access-date=25 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19990913/017/0017 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Wilson

| Sheffield Tigers

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| align=center|2000{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/wbindmligii.php |title=HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1960-2010 |website=Speedway History |access-date=25 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Carl Stonehewer

| Workington Comets

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| align=center|2001{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/race-report/96922/1/plrc-stoney-does-the-double |title=PLRC: Stoney does the double! |website=Crash.net |access-date=25 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Carl Stonehewer

| Workington Comets

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| align=center|2002

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Shields

| Isle of Wight Islanders

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| align=center|2003{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/100073/1/wilson-walks-off-with-plrc |title=Wilson walks off with PLRC |website=Crash.net |access-date=26 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Wilson

| Sheffield Tigers

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| align=center|2004{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/101076/1/contravercial-compton-claims-plrc |title=Controversial Compton claims PLRC |website=Crash.net |access-date=26 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andre Compton

| Sheffield Tigers

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| align=center|2005{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/2005.shtml |title=A Year in Summary : 2005 |website=Speedway Plus |access-date=26 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Wilson

| Sheffield Tigers

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| align=center|2006{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1530835.zorro-makes-mark/ |title=Zorro makes his mark |website=The Northern Echo |access-date=26 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Zetterström

| Somerset Rebels

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| align=center|2007{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/wright-hits-top-form-to-become-1009328 |title=Wright hits top form to become Riders' No 1 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=26 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} James Wright

| Workington Comets

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| align=center|2008{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/25258337 |title=Tai Woffinden: Wolves hope to re-sign World speedway champion |website=BBC Sport |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tai Woffinden

| Rye House Rockets

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| align=center|2009{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/news.php?extend.5176 |title=ASHWORTH DELIGHTED WITH RIDERS VICTORY |website=BritishSpeedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Ashworth

| Sheffield Tigers

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| align=center|2010{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/kenni-larsen-clinches-league-riders-1420547 |title=Kenni Larsen clinches League riders' top spot |website=Chronicle Live |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} Kenni Larsen

| Newcastle Diamonds

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| align=center|2011{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/australian-sam-masters-new-title-holder-1404837 |title=Australian Sam Masters is new title-holder |website=Chronicle Live |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Masters

| Somerset Rebels

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| align=center|2012{{cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/speedway-edinburgh-ace-craig-is-rider-champ-1603642 |title=Speedway: Edinburgh ace Craig is Rider Champ |website=The Scotsman |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Cook

| Edinburgh Monarchs

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| align=center|2013{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1444 |title=ALLEN WINS PLRC |website=Sheffield Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Allen

| Rye House Rockets

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| align=center|2014{{cite web |url=https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2014-09-21/simon-stead-wins-plrc |title=SIMON STEAD WINS PLRC |website=Edinburgh Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Stead

| Sheffield Tigers

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| align=center|2015{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield-speedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.1946 |title=OSTERGAARD WINS PLRC |website=Sheffield Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|DEN}} Ulrich Østergaard

| Peterborough Panthers

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| align=center|2016{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/simon-stead-interview-sheffield-tigers-supremo-on-his-life-as-a-speedway-rider-great-britain-success-and-the-sports-future-3887306 |title=Simon Stead interview: Sheffield Tigers supremo on his life as a speedway rider, Great Britain success and the sport's future |website=Yorkshire Post |access-date=27 June 2023}}

| {{Speedway color|p1}}|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Stead

| Sheffield Tigers

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Speedway Premier League}}

{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}

Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom