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2014 National League speedway season
LeagueNational League
ChampionsCradley Heathens
Knockout CupCradley Heathens
IndividualDanny Halsey
PairsStoke Potters
FoursCradley Heathens
Division/s above2014 Elite League
2014 Premier League

The 2014 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway was contested by nine teams. The Cradley Heathens won the title. The Isle of Wight Islanders were missing from 2012, and the Scunthorpe Stags and Devon Demons have joined the league.[1]

Final table

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Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Cradley Heathens 16 15 0 1 51
2 Coventry Storm 15 11 0 4 35
3 Kent Kings 16 10 1 5 34
4 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 15 10 0 5 32
5 King's Lynn Young Stars 16 8 1 7 30
6 Stoke Potters 15 8 0 7 25
7 Devon Demons 13 3 0 10 10
8 Buxton Hitmen 16 2 0 14 7
9 Scunthorpe Stags 16 1 0 15 2

[2] PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

SCORING SYSTEM Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 Home win by 7 points or more = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 Away loss by 6 points or less = 1 Away draw = 2 Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3 Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away BUX COV CH DEV KK KL MIL SCU STO
Buxton Hitmen 43–46 36–53 52–41 32–56 39–53 39–55 51–40 30–64
Coventry Storm 65–27 46–43 41–22 54–39 47–37 42–47 71–18 55–37
Cradley Heathens 71–19 57–35 63–30 65–27 64–24 55–31 72–18 64–30
Devon Demons 50–43 – 36–54 40–49 38–56 – 56–28 –
Kent Kings 57–37 53–37 37–41 64–28 45–45 48–40 69–23 56–36
King's Lynn Young Stars 62–31 38–52 29–64 59–36 44–46 51–39 71–19 45–47
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 57–36 42–48 40–50 60–33 54–39 55–38 63–30 64–29
Scunthorpe Stags 47–43 26–64 21–68 29–61 21–62 19–71 29–63 41–48
Stoke Potters 59–34 45–44 43–47 60–32 55–36 42–50 54–39 66–25
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

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Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide the championship. Cradley Heathens defeated Coventry Storm in the final.[4]

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
05/10 Mildenhall 41-48 Cradley
03/10 Coventry 54-39 Kent
30/09 Cradley 68-27 Mildenhall
22/09 Kent 49-44 Coventry

Final

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21 October Cradley Heathens
Paul Starke 13
Max Clegg 11
Matt Williamson 9
Tom Perry 8
Steve Worrall 5
Danny Phillips 4
Nathan Greaves 2 		52–42 Coventry Storm
James Sarjeant 14
Stefan Nielsen 9
Simon Lambert (guest) 8
Martin Knuckey 6
Dan Greenwood 4
Ryan Terry-Daley 1
Luke Priest 0 		Monmore Green Stadium

31 October Coventry Storm
James Sarjeant 14
Dan Greenwood 12
Simon Lambert (guest) 7
Stefan Nielsen 3
Luke Priest 3
Martin Knuckey 3
Ryan Terry-Daley 2 		44–46 Cradley Heathens
Max Clegg 11
Paul Starke 10
Nathan Greaves 9
Danny Phillips 6
Tom Perry 5
Steve Worrall 4
Matt Williamson 1 		Beaumont Park Stadium

Final Leading averages

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[5]

Rider Team Average
Lewis Rose Kings Lynn 10.82
Steve Worrall Cradley 10.46
Paul Starke Cradley 9.75

National League Knockout Cup

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The 2014 National League Knockout Cup was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Cradley Heathens were the winners for the second successive year.[6] [7]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
19/05 Kent 56-36 Devon
15/03 Devon 38-51 Kent

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
25/07 Coventry 60-34 Buxton
29/06 Buxton 40-55 Coventry
24/06 Cradley 59-33 Mildenhall
23/06 Kent 50-40 Stoke
18/05 Mildenhall 39-49 Cradley Heath
05/07 Stoke 58-32 Kent
06/04 Scunthorpe 37-56 Kings Lynn
02/04 King's Lynn 67-24 Scunthorpe

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
27/09 Stoke 49-40 Kings Lynn
17/09/ Kings Lynn 54-39 Stoke
26/09 Coventry 27-32 Cradley Heath
09/09 Cradley Heath 63-28 Coventry

Final

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22 October King's Lynn Young Stars
James Cockle 14
Simon Lambert (guest) 11
Scott Campus 8
Tom Stokes 7
Marc Owen 2
Josh Bailey 1
Darren Mallett R/R 		43–47 Cradley Heathens
Paul Starke 13
Max Clegg 11
Matt Williamson 9
Tom Perry 8
Steve Worrall 5
Danny Phillips 4
Nathan Greaves 2 		King's Lynn Stadium

28 October Cradley Heathens
Max Clegg 11
Paul Starke 9
Tom Perry 6
Nathan Greaves 6
Matt Williamson 4
Danny Phillips 3
Steve Worrall R/R 		39–22 King's Lynn Young Stars
Ben Morley 8
James Cockle 5
Josh Bailey 4
Marc Owen 3
Tom Stokes 2
Layne Cupitt 0
Darren Mallett R/R 		Monmore Green Stadium

Riders' Championship

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Danny Halsey won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 28 September at Rye House Stadium.[8][9]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Danny Halsey Mildenhall 14
2 Steve Worrall Cradley 13
3 Ben Morley Kent 12+3
4 Joe Jacobs Mildenhall 12+2
5 Jon Armstrong Stoke 9
6 Dan Greenwood Coventry 8
7 Marc Owen King's Lynn 7
8 James Cockle King's Lynn 7
9 Luke Chessell Stoke 6
10 James Sarjeant Coventry 6
11 Paul Starke Cradley 6
12 Max Clegg Cradley 6
13 Ben Hopwood Stoke 5
14 Tom Woolley Buxton 3
15 Danno Verge (res) Scunthorpe 3
16 Arron Mogridge Scunthorpe 2
17 Benji Compton Kent 0

Pairs

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The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Mildenhall Stadium, on 15 June 2014. The event was won by Ben Wilson and Jon Armstrong of the Stoke Potters.[10]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Stoke 17 Armstrong 9, Wilson 8
2 Mildenhall 16 Jacobs 12, Halsey 4
3 Kent 12 Lambert 9, Morley 3
4 Buxton 8 Carr 5, Atkin 4

Fours

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Cradley won the National League Fours, held on 26 October 2014 at Brandon Stadium.[11]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Cradley 18 Clegg 6, Greaves 6, Starke 6 Perry 0
2 Coventry 11 Sarjeant 4, Nielsen 3, Priest 2, Greenwood 2
3 Mildenhall 11 Bates 4, Johnson 3, Kingston 3, Phillips 1
4 King's Lynn 8 Cockle 4, Owen 2, Terry-Daley 2, Stokes 0

Teams and final averages

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Buxton Hitmen

  • Tony Atkin 8.14
  • Liam Carr 8.00
  • Adam Extance 5.08
  • Ryan Blacklock 4.55
  • Tom Woolley 4.11
  • Sean Phillips 3.00
  • Stefan Farnaby 3.00

Coventry Storm

  • Oliver Greenwood 9.22
  • James Sarjeant 8.67
  • Stefan Nielsen 8.38
  • Luke Crang 7.37
  • Dan Greenwood 7.27
  • Luke Priest 6.37
  • Ryan Terry-Daley 4.68
  • Martin Knuckey 4.55

Cradley Heathens

Devon Demons

  • Tim Webster 8.74
  • Ben Reade 7.70
  • Matt Bates 6.27
  • James Shanes 6.14
  • Lee Smart 5.76
  • Luke Chessell 5.62
  • Richard Andrews 4.41
  • Danny Stoneman 4.20
  • Tyler Govier 3.00

Kent Kings

King's Lynn Young Stars

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Mildenhall Fen Tigers

Scunthorpe Stags

  • Sam Chapman 5.45
  • Steven Jones 4.90
  • Arron Mogridge 4.36
  • Danno Verge 3.57
  • Reece Downs 3.33
  • Liam Sanderson 3.00
  • Ryan MacDonald 3.00
  • Michael Neale 3.00

Stoke Potters

  • Ben Wilson 9.04
  • Jon Armstrong 7.94
  • Ben Hopwood 7.28
  • Lee Payne 7.10
  • Chris Widman 4.81
  • Rob Shuttleworth 3.75
  • Adam Kirby 3.68
  • James McBain 3.00

Development Leagues

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Midland Development League

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Pos team P W D L Pts
1 Milton Keynes 17 15 0 2 30
2 Rye House 16 11 1 4 23
3 Belle Vue 17 10 1 4 21
4 Castleford 17 10 0 7 20
5 Stoke 16 9 0 7 18
6 King's Lynn 18 8 1 9 17
7 Coventry 14 7 0 7 14
8 Long Eaton 17 5 1 11 11
9 Sheffield 16 2 1 13 5
10 Buxton 16 1 3 12 5

Northern Junior League

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Pos team P W D L Pts
1 Castleford 8 5 1 2 11
2 Berwick 8 3 4 1 10
3 Workington 8 4 1 3 9
4 Northside 8 3 1 4 7
5 Redcar 8 1 1 6 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Major League Competitions". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "British Speedway Official Website".
  3. ^ "2014 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ "2014 Play Offs". Speedway Archive.
  5. ^ "2014 Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  6. ^ "National League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  7. ^ "2014 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway Archive.
  8. ^ "2014 National League Riders' Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Brilliant Halsey claims National League Riders Championship in last-heat decider". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ^ "National League Pairs" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  11. ^ "2014 National League Fours" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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