SGB Premiership
Appearance
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Sport | Speedway |
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Founded | 2017 |
First season | 2017 |
No. of teams | 7 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Most recent champion(s) | Sheffield Tigers (2023) |
Most titles | Swindon Robins (2) |
TV partner(s) | Eurosport[1] |
Sponsor(s) | Sports Insure |
Domestic cup(s) | SGB Premiership Knockout Cup |
Official website | www |
Notes | |
Leagues Below SGB Championship SGB National Development League |
The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership (sponsored by Sports Insure) is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was introduced for 2017 following a restructuring of British speedway.[2]
Teams
Current teams
- Belle Vue Aces
- Birmingham Brummies
- Ipswich Witches
- Kings Lynn Stars
- Leicester Lions
- Oxford Spires
- Sheffield Tigers
Former teams
- Poole Pirates (2017–2019)
- Rye House Rockets (2017–2018)
- Swindon Robins (2017–2019)
- Wolverhampton Wolves (2017–2023)
- Peterborough Panthers (2019–2023)
Champions
See also
- SGB Championship
- SGB National League
- British Speedway Promoters Limited
- Speedway Control Bureau
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References
- ^ "NEW TV DEAL FOR BRITISH SPEEDWAY". SpeedwayGB. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "British Speedway Gets Major Revamp", speedwaygb.co, 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016
- ^ "Official Statement". Speedway GB. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.