2012 Premier League speedway season

The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway.[1]

2012 Premier League speedway season

League	Premier League
Season	2012
Champions	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout Cup	Newcastle Diamonds
Division/s above	2012 Elite League
Division/s below	2012 National League

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2012. The Glasgow Tigers were the defending champions after winning in 2011. Scunthorpe Scorpions won the league after beating Somerset Rebels in the play-offs by one point in the Grand Final.[2][3]

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Newcastle Diamonds	24	11	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	2	1179	1019	51
2	Scunthorpe Scorpions	24	10	2	0	0	2	1	1	3	5	1151	1043	50
3	Somerset Rebels	24	9	3	0	0	1	2	1	3	5	1170	1027	48
4	Workington Comets	24	9	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	6	1142	1045	46
5	Edinburgh Monarchs	24	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	8	1133	1066	41
6	Leicester Lions	24	7	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	1079	1128	41
7	Ipswich Witches	24	6	3	0	3	1	1	0	4	6	1088	1080	35
8	Glasgow Tigers	24	8	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	10	1031	1132	31
9	Redcar Bears	24	5	2	2	3	1	1	0	2	8	1078	1107	30
10	Berwick Bandits	24	6	2	0	4	1	0	0	2	9	1045	1156	28
11	Rye House Rockets	24	6	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	10	1065	1133	27
12	Sheffield Tigers	24	6	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	10	1052	1161	26
13	Plymouth Devils	24	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	12	1048	1164	23

Play Offs

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Scunthorpe Scorpions	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	202	160	7
2	Workington Comets	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	124	145	5
3	Edinburgh Monarchs	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	126	147	3

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Somerset Rebels	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	193	172	8
2	Newcastle Diamonds	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	179	186	5
3	Leicester Lions	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	176	190	5

Scoring

• Home draw = 1 point
• Home win by any number of points = 3
• 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

Play Off Grand Final

Team One	Team Two	First Leg	Second Leg	Aggregate
Somerset	Scunthorpe	49-44	42-48	91-92

Final Leading averages

[4]

Rider	Team	Average
Ben Barker	Plymouth	9.83
Charlie Gjedde	Rye House	9.22
Joe Screen	Glasgow	9.18
Jason Doyle	Somerset	9.17
Ricky Ashworth	Berwick	8.84
Ryan Fisher	Plymouth	8.78
Richard Lawson	Workington	8.64
Chris Neath	Rye House	8.61
Craig Cook	Edinburgh	8.50
Kauko Nieminen	Leicester	8.18

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 45th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.[5]

First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
25/05	Edinburgh	59-31	Rye House
27/05	Glasgow	54-36	Plymouth
24/05	Ipswich	48-42	Somerset
28/05	Newcastle	58-32	Redcar
18/05	Plymouth	52-38	Glasgow
24/05	Redcar	49-41	Newcastle
26/05	Rye House	49-41	Edinburgh
18/05	Scunthorpe	44-46	Workington
01/06	Somerset	47-43	Ipswich
19/05	Workington	48-42	Scunthorpe

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/08	Leicester	54-42	Workington
22/07	Workington	54-36	Leicester
06/07	Edinburgh	52-38	Glasgow
01/07	Newcastle	62-28	Sheffield
01/07	Glasgow	44-46	Edinburgh
30/06	Berwick	34-56	Ipswich
28/06	Sheffield	58-32	Newcastle
28/06	Ipswich	48-42	Berwick

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
20/10	Workington	51-39	Newcastle
14/10	Newcastle	54-36	Workington
12/10	Edinburgh	52-37	Ipswich
04/10	Ipswich	55-35	Edinburgh

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
27/10	Ipswich	42-48	Newcastle
28/10	Newcastle	58-32	Ipswich

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. "Table". Speedway GB.
2. "Play off tables". Speedway GB.
3. "Grand Final". Speedway GB.
4. "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
5. "2012 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.