| Formerly | British League Pairs (1976-1987) Elite League Pairs (2004-2011) |
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| Sport | motorcycle speedway |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
TheSGB Premiership Pairs (formerly the Elite League Pairs) is amotorcycle speedway contest between the top two riders from each club competing in theSGB Premiership in the United Kingdom.[1]
The Championship was a reincarnation of theBritish League Pairs Championship, which ran from 1976 until 1987. After the eighth running of the competition in 2011 the Championship was discontinued. However the pairs returned for the top tier once again in 2017 and was called the SGB Premiership Pairs Championship and won by theKing's Lynn Stars ridersChris Holder &Robert Lambert.[2][3] From 2004 until 2011 it was known as the Elite League Pairs because the top league in the UK was called theElite League at the time.
In theQualification Heats, riders are allocated starting gates. For theSemi-Finals, the group winners have first choice of gate positions (A&C or B&D). Gate A is on the inside of the track, whilst Gate D is on the outside. For theFinal, the gate positions (A&C and B&D) are decided by the toss of a coin. A pair finishing third and second will score five points, whereas a pair finishing first and last will score only four. Race points scored over allQualification Heats are used to determine the final group placings.
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