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2013 Premier League speedway season

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2013 Premier League speedway season
Champions	Somerset Rebels
Knockout Cup	Somerset Rebels
Individual	Oliver Allen
Pairs	Somerset Rebels
Fours	Edinburgh Monarchs
Highest average	Craig Cook
Division/s above	2013 Elite League
Division/s below	2013 National League
←2012 2014 →

The2013 Premier League season was the second division of Britishspeedway.^[1]

Summary

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The season took place between March and October 2013. TheScunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, theSomerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.

League table

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Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	Pts
Pos	Club	M	3W	2W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Somerset Rebels	24	10	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	3	1218	951	56
2	Ipswich Witches	24	10	1	0	1	2	1	4	4	1	1193	987	55
3	Newcastle Diamonds	24	10	0	2	0	2	3	1	3	3	1207	973	54
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	24	10	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	3	1172	1003	51
5	Workington Comets	24	7	3	0	2	2	2	2	1	5	1139	1056	46
6	Redcar Bears	24	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	2	5	1078	1068	45
7	Leicester Lions	24	5	5	0	2	3	1	0	1	7	1079	1103	41
8	Scunthorpe Scorpions	24	4	5	2	1	0	2	1	4	5	1080	1075	36
9	Rye House Rockets	24	4	2	3	3	0	3	0	3	6	1050	1115	31
10	Berwick Bandits	24	5	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	10	1025	1150	25
11	Plymouth Devils	24	3	1	1	7	0	2	1	1	8	994	1190	21
12	Sheffield Tigers	24	3	1	2	6	0	0	1	1	10	958	1220	16
13	Glasgow Tigers	24	1	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	12	945	1247	9

Home:3W = Home win by 7 points or more;2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away:4W = Away win by 7 points or more;3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points;1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings;D = Draws;L = Losses;F = Race points for;A = Race points against;+/- = Race points difference;Pts = Total Points

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away	BER	ED	GLA	IPS	LEI	NEW	PLY	RED	RYE	SCU	SHE	SOM	WOR
Berwick Bandits		46–44	53–42	48–45	52–40	41–49	56–37	44–45	48–44	54–36	51–42	38–52	44–46
Edinburgh Monarchs	51–39		62–30	59–36	52–37	41–52	56–36	46–47	58–34	56–36	45–32	49–41	61–34
Glasgow Tigers	44–46	42–48		36–56	40–49	46–44	62–31	48–42	43–47	45–45	45–45	44–46	40–50
Ipswich Witches	56–37	51–44	63–29		53–37	43–47	62–31	59–31	55–35	47–43	60–32	50–43	53–37
Leicester Lions	54–39	50–40	55–39	48–44		46–44	46–44	53–37	44–45	46–43	49–44	46–47	53–40
Newcastle Diamonds	62–31	49–41	60–30	45–45	62–30		64–29	58–37	60–30	50–39	66–29	45–45	51–41
Plymouth Devils	50–40	41–52	59–34	34–44	38–52	43–47		40–52	48–45	44–46	51–42	45–45	43–47
Redcar Bears	53–40	45–45	56–37	47–45	37–47	43–43	51–42		36–27	49–44	60–35	49–41	41–49
Rye House Rockets	56–36	45–45	60–33	45–45	48–45	44–46	44–46	40–50		50–40	53–42	50–44	45–45
Scunthorpe Scorpions	34–31	49–45	59–35	45–45	51–38	46–44	56–34	45–44	47–46		63–31	37–56	45–45
Sheffield Tigers	52–43	40–50	53–37	45–45	44–46	49–41	45–45	39–53	44–48	44–46		26–47	47–46
Somerset Rebels	57–34	44–46	53–37	46–44	62–32	51–39	59–36	58–33	61–29	49–41	68–23		59–33
Workington Comets	59–34	46–44	65–27	43–47	58–36	53–39	44–46	50–40	54–40	47–44	62–33	45–44

Source:^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

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Group 1

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	L	4w	3w	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Edinburgh	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	197	163	11
2	Workington	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	182	178	8
3	Ipswich	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	161	199	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	L	3w	L	F	A	Pts
1	Somerset	4	2	0	0	1	1	198	169	9
2	Newcastle	4	2	1	0	0	2	187	182	6
3	Redcar	4	1	0	1	0	2	168	202	5

Play Off final

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First leg

25 October 2013

Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook 14 Claus Vissing 8 Derek Sneddon 8 Theo Pijper 7 Liam Carr 3 Max Fricke 3 Jozsef Tabaka 2	45 – 43	Somerset Rebels Josh Grajczonek 12 Jason Doyle 11 Charles Wright 7 Nick Morris 5 Kyle Newman 4 Alex Davies 4 Lewis Rose 0
	^[3]^[4]

Armadale Stadium

Second leg

28 October 2013

Somerset Rebels Jason Doyle 11 Josh Grajczonek 9 Alex Davies 8 Kyle Newman 7 Charles Wright 6 Nick Morris 6 Oliver Greenwood 2	49 – 44	Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook 14 Claus Vissing 12 Derek Sneddon 6 Theo Pjiper 6 Liam Carr 3 Max Fricke 3 Jozsef Tabaka R/R
	^[3]^[5]

Oaktree Arena

Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate92–89.

Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of theKnockout Cup for tier two teams.Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.^[6]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
28/04	Newcastle	42-30	Plymouth
27/04	Workington	61-29	Ipswich
26/04	Plymouth	44-46	Newcastle
25/04	Ipswich	55-35	Workington
21/04	Glasgow	52-38	Rye House
20/04	Rye House	63-26	Glasgow
18/04	Redcar	45-44	Berwick
13/04	Leicester	46-44	Edinburgh
13/04	Berwick	44-46	Redcar
12/04	Edinburgh	58-31	Leicester

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
05/07	Somerset	48-41	Workington
16/06	Newcastle	44-46	Edinburgh
16/06	Workington	48-42	Somerset
14/06	Edinburgh	44-45	Newcastle
14/06	Scunthorpe	41-49	Redcar
13/06	Redcar	50-40	Scunthorpe
16/05	Sheffield	42-48	Rye House
11/05	Rye House	52-38	Sheffield

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
31/08	Rye House	55-35	Redcar
30/08	Edinburgh	49-41	Somerset
27/08	Somerset	49-41	Edinburgh
11/07	Redcar	48-42	Rye House
20/09 replay	Edinburgh	48-42	Somerset
18/09 replay	Somerset	58-32	Edinburgh

Final

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First leg

27 September 2013

Somerset Rebels Jason Doyle 18 Josh Grajczonek 13 Nicolai Klindt 11 Charles Wright 10 Kyle Newman 6 Oliver Greenwood 1 Nick Morris R/R	59 – 31	Rye House Rockets Olly Allen 9 Jason Bunyan 8 Anders Mellgren 6 Pontus Aspgren 4 Kasper Lykke 3 Josh Bates 1 Tyson Nelson R/R
	^[3]^[7]

Oaktree Arena

Second leg

6 October 2013

Rye House Rockets Anders Mellgren 10 Tyson Nelson 8 Olly Allen 7 Pontus Aspgren 7 Jason Bunyan 7 Ben Morley 4 Kasper Lykke 3	46 – 44	Somerset Rebels Jason Doyle 12 Josh Grajczonek 10 Charles Wright 9 Nick Morris 6 Alex Davies 4 Kyle Newman 2 Oliver Greenwood 1
	^[3]^[8]

Rye House Stadium

Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate103–77.

Riders' Championship

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Oliver Allen won theRiders' Championship. The final was held on 22 September atOwlerton Stadium.^[9]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Oliver Allen	22232	11	3	3
2	Magnus Karlsson	33323	14	-	2
3	Jason Doyle	23323	13	-	1
4	Craig Cook	12332	11	2	0
5	Nick Morris	31032	9	1
6	René Bach	11223	9	0
7	Richard Lawson	03122	8
8	Sebastian Aldén	30310	7
9	Ricky Wells	32011	7
10	Richie Worrall	02131	7
11	Dakota North	13111	7
12	Mark Lemon	01212	6
13	Theo Pijper	20200	4
14	Micky Dyer	11f01	3
15	Josh Auty	20exfx	2
16	Oliver Greenwood (res)	1 0	1
17	Morten Risager	00fxns	0
18	Max Clegg (res)	0 0	0

f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

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ThePremier League Pairs Championship was held atOaktree Arena on 31 May. The event was won by Somerset Rebels.^[10]^[11]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Somerset	22	Doyle 14, Grajczonek 8
2	Scunthorpe	18	Auty 9, Howe 9
3	Ipswich	18	Barker 14, Lanham 4
4	Glasgow	16	Screen 12, Wright 4
5	Berwick	16	Aspegren 8, Smith 8

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Workington	24	Lawson 12, Bach 12
2	Edinburgh	21	Cook 15, Vissing 6
3	Leicester	18	Bjerre 11, Doolan 7
4	Sheffield	15	Wells 11, Hall 4
5	Plymouth	12	Gathercole 10, Lemon 2

Semi finals

Somerset bt Edinburgh 5–4
Scunthorpe bt Workington 5–4

Final

Somerset bt Scunthorpe 7–2

Fours

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Edinburgh Monarchs won thePremier League Four-Team Championship, held on 14 July 2013, at theEast of England Arena.^[12]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Berwick	15	Ashworth 5, Smith 4, Wethers 3, Bellego 3, Aspegren 0
2	Ipswich	12	Barker 5, Risager 3, Tungate 2, Lanham 2
3	Workington	11	Lawson 5, Bach 4, Harrison 2, Aarnio 0
4	Scunthorpe	10	Auty 5, Howe 3, Jorgensen 1, Palm Toft 1

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Somerset	14	Morris 4, Davies 4, Grajczonek 3, Newman 3
2	Edinburgh	13	Cook 6, Vissing 3, Pjiper 3, Tabaka 1, Sneddon 0
3	Newcastle	11	Robson 6, Tully 4, Worrall R 1, Lindgren 0
4	Leicester	10	Nieminen 4, Bjerre 3, Karlsson 2, Doolan 1

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Edinburgh	21	Vissing 8, Cook 6, Sneddon 3, Pjiper 2, Tabaka 2
2	Ipswich	18	Lanham 6, Tungate 4, Barker 3, Risager 3, Heeps 2
3	Somerset	17	Morris 6, Grajczonek 5, Davies 4, Newman 2
4	Berwick	16	Smith 7, Bellego 6, Wethers 2, Ashworth 1

Final Leading averages

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Rider	Team	Average
Craig Cook	Edinburgh	10.83
Jason Doyle	Somerset	10.23
Nick Morris	Somerset	9.18
Simon Stead	Sheffield	9.16
Mikkel Bech Jensen	Plymouth	9.02
Richie Worrall	Newcastle	8.94
Ben Barker	Ipswich	8.93
Richard Lawson	Workington	8.84
Magnus Karlsson	Leicester	8.77
Josh Grajczonek	Somerset	8.70

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Leicester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

References

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^"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".Official British Speedway website. Archived fromthe original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved11 September 2021.
^"2013 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved13 June 2024.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"2013 results"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved3 October 2021.
^"2013 Play Off 1st Leg".Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved3 October 2021.
^"2013 Play Off 2nd Leg".Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved3 October 2021.
^"2013 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^"1st Leg".Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved3 October 2021.
^"2nd Leg".Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved3 October 2021.
^"ALLEN WINS PLRC".Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved27 June 2023.
^"2013 fixtures"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved30 May 2023.
^"Somerset Rebels win Premier League pairs championship".Burnham on Sea. 4 June 2013. Retrieved30 May 2023.
^"2013 fixtures and results"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved8 July 2023.

v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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Tier Two League Second division	1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners

v t e Premier League
2016 Teams	Berwick Bandits Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Ipswich Witches Newcastle Diamonds Peterborough Panthers Plymouth Devils Redcar Bears Rye House Rockets Scunthorpe Scorpions Sheffield Tigers Somerset Rebels Workington Comets
Former Teams	Arena Essex Hammers Birmingham Brummies Cradley Heathens Exeter Falcons Hull Vikings Isle of Wight Islanders Kings Lynn Stars Leicester Lions Long Eaton Invaders Mildenhall Fen Tigers Newport Wasps Oxford Cheetahs Reading Racers Stoke Potters Swindon Robins Trelawny Tigers
Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Domestic Cups	Premier League Knockout Cup Premier League Riders' Championship Premier League Pairs Championship Premier League Four-Team Championship Young Shield Premier League Cup