2024 National Development League speedway season

Third tier of 2024 British speedway season

The 2024 National Development League is the third division/tier of British motorcycle speedway for the 2024 season.[1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing mainly the junior sides of SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs. Oxford Chargers are the defending champions having won the title in 2023.[2] The league is sponsored by the World Speedway Riders' Association.[3]

Summary

Six clubs compete for the National Development League Championship, after the addition of Middlesbrough Tigers[4] and a Scunthorpe Stags and Sheffield Prowlers combined team.[5] The three teams that dropped out were Berwick Bullets, Kent Royals and Mildenhall Fen Tigers, while Workington Comets had moved up a division.[1]

The league points limit was set at 36, later increased to 36.25,[6] while all riders who achieved a Championship average higher than 4.00 in the past will be unable to race in the National Development League.

The playoff system was also scrapped, with the winners now being decided on whoever finishes top of the league table during the regular season. The knockout cup will also not be staged in 2024.

In addition to the 2024 NDL league, all other senior teams are required to run a formal programme of second half racing called the National League Riders' Development Series.

2024 National Development League speedway season is located in the United Kingdom
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Belle Vue
Belle Vue
Leicester
Leicester
Oxford
Oxford
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe
Sheffield
Sheffield
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Locations of the 2023 National Development League teams

League

League table

Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Leicester Lion Cubs 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 276 171 1 11 +105
2 Oxford Chargers 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 151 114 1 7 +37
3 Scunthorpe/Sheffield 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 75 105 0 2 -30
4 Belle Vue Colts 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 75 102 0 0 -27
5 Monarchs Academy 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 114 152 0 0 -38
6 Middlesbrough Tigers 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 111 158 0 0 -47

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away BEL EDI LEI MID OXF S/S
Belle Vue 11/10 38–49 17/06 02/08 30/08
Edinburgh 23/08 31/05 12/07 44–45 13/09
Leicester 53–37 56–34 55–35 23/06 63–27
Middlesbrough 07/06 13/07 09/08 26/07 06/07
Oxford 16/06 51–36 25/08 55–34 14/07
Scunthorpe/Sheffield 11/07 28/06 22/08 48–42 06/09
Source: [7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Riders' Championship

Pos. Rider Pts Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
  • F=fell, R=retired, X=excluded TM=two minute warning excluded

Leading averages

Rider Team Average
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
  • averages include league, play offs & knockout cup, min 6 matches

Squads & final averages

Belle Vue Colts

  • England Sam Hagon
  • England Freddy Hodder
  • Australia Matt Marson
  • England Harry McGurk
  • England Luke Muff
  • England Jack Shimelt
  • England Chad Wirtzfeld

Edinburgh Monarchs Academy

  • England Connor Coles
  • England Kyran Lyden
  • England Sam McGurk
  • England Mark Parker
  • England Max Perry
  • Scotland Mason Watson
  • Australia Dayle Wood

Leicester Lion Cubs

  • England Arran Butcher
  • England Luke Crang
  • England Vinnie Ford
  • England Max James
  • England Tom Spencer
  • England Sonny Springer
  • England Joe Thompson (C)

Middlesbrough Tigers

  • England Archie Freeman
  • England Jamie Halder
  • England William Hocaniuk
  • England Elliot Kelly
  • England Danny Phillips
  • England Ben Rathbone
  • England Ben Trigger

Oxford Chargers

  • England Jacob Clouting
  • England Jason Garrad
  • Australia Luke Killeen (C)
  • England Jody Scott
  • England Alex Spooner
  • England Senna Summers
  • England Ashton Vale

Scunthorpe Stags/Sheffield Prowlers

  • England Sheldon Davies
  • England Kean Dicken
  • England Luke Harrison
  • Scotland Ace Pijper
  • Scotland Stene Pijper
  • England Mickie Simpson
  • England Jack Smith

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Development League Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Chargers' win title". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "WSRA to sponsor National Development League". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Redcar go National". Redcar speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Stags and Prowlers combine". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ^ "NDL limit adjusted". British Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 NDL table". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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