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{{short description|British motorcycle speedway competition}}
The '''Conference League Riders Championship''' is an annual [[motorcycle speedway]] contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest [[Calculated Match Average|average points]] total from each club competing in the [[Speedway Conference League|Conference League]] in the United Kingdom.
{{Distinguish|British League Division Two Riders Championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = National League Riders' Championship
| current_season = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| current_season2 = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| last_season = <!-- do not wikilink -->
| upcoming_season = <!-- do not wikilink; replace with current_season at the start of the new season -->
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| formerly =
| sport = [[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]]
| founded = 1994
| singles =
| country = United Kingdom
| venue =
| champion = [[Connor Bailey (speedway rider)|Connor Bailey]]
| most_champs = [[Ben Morley (speedway rider)|Ben Morley]] 2
| footnotes = division above<br>[[SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship|Championship Riders' Championship]]
}}


The '''National League Riders' Championship''' is an annual [[motorcycle speedway]] contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest [[Calculated Match Average|average points]] total from each club competing in the third tier league in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/nlrc|title=NLRC|website=British Speedway|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scunthorpe-speedway.com/?p=15103 |title=BIG MEETING PREVIEW: THE NLRC! |website=Scunthorpe Speedway |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
==Winners==
{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- align=left style="background:#efefef;"
|width=40px {{Speedway color|P3}} align=center|'''Year'''
|width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winner'''
|width=200px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''Team'''


The same format of Championship applies for the tier one and tier two leagues, that of the [[SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship]] (tier one) and the [[SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship]] (tier two).

== Winners ==
{| class="wikitable"
!width=80px {{Speedway color|P3}} |Year
!width=250px {{Speedway color|P1}}|Winner
!width=250px {{Speedway color|P3}}|Team
|-
|colspan=4|''From 1994 it was known as the British League Division Three Individual Championship''
|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1994 British League Division Three|1994]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Howe races home |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=3 October 1994 |access-date=22 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19941003/024/0024 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1994
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Andy Howe
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Andy Howe]]
| [[Cleveland Bays]]
| [[Cleveland Bays]]
|-

|colspan=4|''From 1995 it was known as the Academy League Riders' Individual Championship''
|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1995 Academy League|1995]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Horspool comes fourth |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=4 September 1995 |access-date=23 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19950904/032/0032 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1995
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Kevin Little
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Kevin Little (speedway rider)|Kevin Little]]
| [[Berwick Bandits]]
| [[Berwick Bandits]]
|-

|colspan=4|''From 1996 it was known as the Conference League Riders' Individual Championship''
|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1996 Speedway Conference League|1996]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Half a team |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=9 September 1996 |access-date=28 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19960909/030/0030 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1996
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Mike Hampton
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Mike Hampson]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1997 Speedway Conference League|1997]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Nightmare |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=8 September 1997 |access-date=22 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19970908/047/0047 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1997
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Jon Armstrong
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Jon Armstrong]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1998 Speedway Conference League|1998]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1998fixtures.pdf |title=1998 fixtures |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|1998
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Steve Bishop
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Steve Bishop (speedway rider)|Steve Bishop]]
| [[St Austell Gulls]]
| [[St Austell Gulls]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[1999 Speedway Conference League|1999]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Starting trouble costs Camden |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=16 August 1999 |access-date=28 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19990816/030/0030 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| align=center|1999
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Jonathan Swales
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Jonathan Swales]]
| [[Linlithgow Lightning]]
| [[Linlithgow Lightning]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2000 Speedway Conference League|2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/4623837.mavericks-chief-scouts-for-talent/ |title=Mavericks chief scouts for talent |website=South Wales Argus |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2000
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|Scott Peglar
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Scott Pegler]]
| [[Newport Wasps]]
| [[Newport Wasps]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2001 Speedway Conference League|2001]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/1524941.mason-aims-to-bring-the-house-down/ |title=Mason aims to bring the House down |website=Dorset Echo |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2001
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|David Mason
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[David Mason (speedway rider)|David Mason]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2002 Speedway Conference League|2002]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5125783.speedway-rico-wins-testimonial/ |title=Speedway: Rico wins testimonial |website=The Argus |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2002
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[James Birkinshaw]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[James Birkinshaw]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]
| [[Rye House Rockets]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2003 Speedway Conference League|2003]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/99934/1/silver-heaps-praise-on-evans |title=Silver heaps praise on Evans |website=Crash.net |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2003
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Barrie Evans]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Barrie Evans (speedway rider)|Barrie Evans]]
| [[Rye House Raiders]]
| [[Rye House Raiders]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2004 Speedway Conference League|2004]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/1662544.ulrich-ostergaard-back/ |title=Ulrich Ostergaard is back! |website=The Northern Echo |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2004
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[James Wright (speedway rider)|James Wright]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[James Wright (speedway rider)|James Wright]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2005 Speedway Conference League|2005]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/799377.bears-relish-hat-trick/ |title=Bears relish hat-trick |website=The Northern Echo |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2005
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Steve Boxall]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Steve Boxall]]
| [[Rye House Raiders]]
| [[Rye House Raiders]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2006 Speedway Conference League|2006]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plymouth-speedway.com/adam-roynon-joins-the-swrt-centurions/ |title=Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions|website=Plymouth Speedway |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2006
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Adam Roynon]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Adam Roynon]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2007 Speedway Conference League|2007]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/news.php?extend.1026 |title=2007 ROLL OF HONOUR |website=British Speedway |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2007
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Tai Woffinden]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Tai Woffinden]]
| [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]]
| [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]]

|- align=left
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2008 Speedway Conference League|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/4528552.cats-capture-compton/ |title=Cats capture Compton |website=Dorset Echo |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
| align=center|2008
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Benji Compton]]
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Benji Compton]]
| [[Redcar Cubs]]
| [[Redcar Cubs]]
|-
|colspan=4|''From 2009 it was known as the National League Riders' Individual Championship''
|- align=left style="background:#efefef;"
|- align=left
|width=40px {{Speedway color|P3}} align=center|'''Year'''
| align=center|[[2009 National League speedway season|2009]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2010-12-17/monarchs-sign-craig-cook |title=MONARCHS SIGN CRAIG COOK |website=Edinburgh Speedway |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
|width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winner'''
|width=200px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''Team'''
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Craig Cook]]
| [[Buxton Hitmen]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2010 National League speedway season|2010]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/leesmart.htm |title=Lee Smart |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Lee Smart]]
| [[Cradley Heathens|Dudley]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2011 National League speedway season|2011]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/other-sport/speedway-birmingham-brummies-get-jason-garrity-161727 |title=Speedway: Birmingham Brummies get Jason Garrity for Challenge clash |website=Birmingham Mail |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Jason Garrity]]
| [[Belle Vue Colts]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2012 National League speedway season|2012]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryehouse-speedway.com/news.php?extend.111.2 |title=BIRKS WINS NLRC |website=Rye House Speedway |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Ashley Birks]]
| [[Stoke Potters]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2013 National League speedway season|2013]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/years/2013.htm |title=Yes Heathens win the lot |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Steve Boxall]]
| [[Kent Kings]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2014 National League speedway season|2014]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/brilliant-halsey-claims-national-league-riders-championship-in-last-heat-2159142|title=Brilliant Halsey claims National League Riders Championship in last-heat decider|website=East Anglian Daily Times|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Danny Halsey]]
| [[Mildenhall Fen Tigers]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2015 National League speedway season|2015]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/15results/rye_house_26.09.15_res.pdf |title=2015 National League Riders' Championship |website=British Speedway |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Ben Morley (speedway rider)|Ben Morley]]
| [[Kent Kings]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2016 National League speedway season|2016]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leicesterspeedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.30909 |title=CLEGG TAKES TITLE |website=Leicester Speedway |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Max Clegg]]
| [[Cradley Heathens|Cradley]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2017 National League speedway season|2017]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.33345|title=BEWLEY WINS NLRC|website=British Speedway|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Dan Bewley]]
| [[Belle Vue Colts]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2018 National League speedway season|2018]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/18results/leicester_30.09.18_res.pdf |title=2018 National League Riders' Championship |website=British Speedway|access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Ben Morley (speedway rider)|Ben Morley]]
| [[Isle of Wight Islanders]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2019 National League speedway season|2019]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.37641|title=ROWE TAKES NLRC TITLE|website=British Speedway|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Anders Rowe]]
| [[Kent Kings]]
|- align=left
|colspan=4|''The 2020 & 2021 editions were cancelled due to [[COVID-19]]''
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2022 National Development League speedway season|2022]]<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Jordan's charge |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |pages=24–25 |location= |publisher= |date=1 October 2022 |access-date=}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Jordan Jenkins (speedway rider)|Jordan Jenkins]]
| [[Oxford Cheetahs|Oxford Chargers]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2023 National Development League speedway season|2023]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/major-events/bailey-crowned-ndlrc-champ/ |title=Bailey crowned NDLRC champ |website=British Speedway |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
| {{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Connor Bailey (speedway rider)|Connor Bailey]]
| [[Workington Comets]]
|- align=left
| align=center|[[2024 National Development League speedway season|2024]]
|
|
|}
|}


==See also==
== See also ==
*[[List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions]]
* [[Speedway in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Speedway in the United Kingdom]]
* [[Speedway Elite League Riders Championship]]
* [[Speedway Premier League Riders Championship]]


== References ==
[[Category:Speedway competitions]]
{{Reflist}}

{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons}}
{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 14:27, 22 July 2024

Not to be confused with British League Division Two Riders Championship.

National League Riders' Championship
SportSpeedway
Founded1994
CountryUnited Kingdom
Most recent
champion(s)		Connor Bailey
Most titlesBen Morley 2
Notes
division above
Championship Riders' Championship

The National League Riders' Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average points total from each club competing in the third tier league in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

The same format of Championship applies for the tier one and tier two leagues, that of the SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship (tier one) and the SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship (tier two).

Winners

[edit]
Year Winner Team
From 1994 it was known as the British League Division Three Individual Championship
1994[3] Andy Howe Cleveland Bays
From 1995 it was known as the Academy League Riders' Individual Championship
1995[4] Kevin Little Berwick Bandits
From 1996 it was known as the Conference League Riders' Individual Championship
1996[5] Mike Hampson Buxton Hitmen
1997[6] Jon Armstrong Buxton Hitmen
1998[7] Steve Bishop St Austell Gulls
1999[8] Jonathan Swales Linlithgow Lightning
2000[9] Scott Pegler Newport Wasps
2001[10] David Mason Rye House Rockets
2002[11] James Birkinshaw Rye House Rockets
2003[12] Barrie Evans Rye House Raiders
2004[13] James Wright Buxton Hitmen
2005[14] Steve Boxall Rye House Raiders
2006[15] Adam Roynon Buxton Hitmen
2007[16] Tai Woffinden Scunthorpe Scorpions
2008[17] Benji Compton Redcar Cubs
From 2009 it was known as the National League Riders' Individual Championship
2009[18] Craig Cook Buxton Hitmen
2010[19] Lee Smart Dudley
2011[20] Jason Garrity Belle Vue Colts
2012[21] Ashley Birks Stoke Potters
2013[22] Steve Boxall Kent Kings
2014[23] Danny Halsey Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2015[24] Ben Morley Kent Kings
2016[25] Max Clegg Cradley
2017[26] Dan Bewley Belle Vue Colts
2018[27] Ben Morley Isle of Wight Islanders
2019[28] Anders Rowe Kent Kings
The 2020 & 2021 editions were cancelled due to COVID-19
2022[29] Jordan Jenkins Oxford Chargers
2023[30] Connor Bailey Workington Comets
2024

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "NLRC". British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "BIG MEETING PREVIEW: THE NLRC!". Scunthorpe Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Howe races home". Nottingham Evening Post. 3 October 1994. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Horspool comes fourth". Cambridge Daily News. 4 September 1995. Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Half a team". Cambridge Daily News. 9 September 1996. Retrieved 28 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Lee Nightmare". Nottingham Evening Post. 8 September 1997. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "1998 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Starting trouble costs Camden". Cambridge Daily News. 16 August 1999. Retrieved 28 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Mavericks chief scouts for talent". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Mason aims to bring the House down". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Speedway: Rico wins testimonial". The Argus. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Silver heaps praise on Evans". Crash.net. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Ulrich Ostergaard is back!". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Bears relish hat-trick". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions". Plymouth Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  16. ^ "2007 ROLL OF HONOUR". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Cats capture Compton". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  18. ^ "MONARCHS SIGN CRAIG COOK". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Lee Smart". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Speedway: Birmingham Brummies get Jason Garrity for Challenge clash". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  21. ^ "BIRKS WINS NLRC". Rye House Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Yes Heathens win the lot". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Brilliant Halsey claims National League Riders Championship in last-heat decider". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  24. ^ "2015 National League Riders' Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  25. ^ "CLEGG TAKES TITLE". Leicester Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  26. ^ "BEWLEY WINS NLRC". British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  27. ^ "2018 National League Riders' Championship" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  28. ^ "ROWE TAKES NLRC TITLE". British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  29. ^ "Jordan's charge". Speedway Star. 1 October 2022. pp. 24–25.
  30. ^ "Bailey crowned NDLRC champ". British Speedway. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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