The List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' Champions is the list of individual riders who have won the United Kingdom's League Riders' Championship that corresponded to the relevant league at the time. The list is split into three divisions, the top tier, the second tier and third tier, all three divisions have been known in various guises such as National League, Premier League, Elite League and many more. This list gives a complete listing of the winners for each season.[1][2]
During some years there was only one or two divisions.[3]
Riders' Championships (chronological order)
Tier One
- British Riders' Championship 1946–1948
- British League Riders' Championship 1965–1994
- Premier League Riders Championship 1995–1996
- Elite League Riders' Championship 1997–2016
- SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship 2017–present
Tier Two
- National League Division Two Riders' Championship 1954
- Southern Area League Riders' Championship 1957–1959
- Provincial League Riders' Championship 1960-1964
- British League Division Two Riders Championship 1968-1994
- Academy League Riders' Championship 1995
- Conference League Riders' Individual Championship 1996
- Premier League Riders Championship 1997–2016
- SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship 2017–present
Tier Three
- National League Division Three Riders' Championship 1950–1951
- Southern Area League Riders' Championship 1954–1956, 1960
- British League Division Three Individual Championship 1994
- Conference League Riders' Individual Championship 1997–2008
- National League Riders' Championship 2009–present
List of Winners
References
- ^ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "League Riders' champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ^ "Yes Heathens win the lot". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Jordan's charge". Speedway Star. 1 October 2022. pp. 24–25.