- Summary
- Team Lineups Berwick Bandits Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Ipswich Witches Leicester Lions Newcastle Diamonds Plymouth Devils Redcar Bears Rye House Rockets Scunthorpe Scorpions Sheffield Tigers Somerset Rebels Workington Comets
- League table
- Final Leading averages
- Premier League Knockout Cup First Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
- See also
- References
{{Infobox speedway league season | competition = 2013 Speedway Premier League | season =2013 | winners = Somerset Rebels | domesticcup1 = Knockout Cup | domesticcup1 winners = Somerset Rebels | domesticcup2 =remier League Fours | domesticcup2 winners =Edinburgh Monarchs | domesticcup3 =Premier League Pairs | domesticcup3 winners =Somerset Rebels | domesticcup4 =Riders Championship | domesticcup4 winners ={{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Allen | league above = 2013 Elite League | leagues below = 2013 National League | prevseason = 2012 | nextseason = 2014 }}The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. SummaryThe season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up thes previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions. Team LineupsBerwick Bandits{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Ricky Ashworth}}
- {{player||AUS|Kozza Smith}}
- {{player||SWE|Robin Aspgren}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Matthew Wethers}}
- {{player||FRA|David Bellego}}
- {{player||SWE|Alex Edberg}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Nicki Barrett}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Edinburgh Monarchs{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Craig Cook}}
- {{player||NED|Theo Pijper}}
- {{player||AUS|Sam Masters}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||SCO|Derek Sneddon}}
- {{player||AUS|Max Fricke}}
- {{player||HUN|Jozsef Tabaka}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||GER|Marcel Helfer}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Glasgow Tigers{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Joe Screen}}
- {{player||SCO|James Grieves}}
- {{player||ENG|James Wright}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Henning Bager}}
- {{player||AUS|Joey Ringwood}}
- {{player||AUS|Harley Horwood}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Joe Jacobs}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Ipswich Witches{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Ben Barker}}
- {{player||ENG|Leigh Lanham}}
- {{player||DEN|Morten Risager}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Rohan Tungate}}
- {{player||FIN|Jari Makinen}}
- {{player||AUS|Cameron Heeps}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Adam Ellis}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Leicester Lions{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||FIN|Kauko Nieminen}}
- {{player||DEN|Lasse Bjerre}}
- {{player||AUS|Kevin Doolan}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Adam Roynon}}
- {{player||DEN|Jan Graversen}}
- {{player||DEN|Simon Nielsen}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Lewis Blackbird}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Newcastle Diamonds{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Stuart Robson}}
- {{player||SCO|Andrew Tully}}
- {{player||SWE|Ludvig Lindgren}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Christian Henry}}
- {{player||ENG|Richie Worrall}}
- {{player||ENG|Steve Worrall}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Lewis Kerr}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Plymouth Devils{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Ty Proctor}}
- {{player||AUS|Mark Lemon}}
- {{player||SWE|Ricky Kling}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Cory Gathercole}}
- {{player||ENG|Chris Schramm}}
- {{player||AUS|Todd Kurtz}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Ben Reade}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Redcar Bears{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Ulrich Ostergaard}}
- {{player||AUS|Aaron Summers}}
- {{player||CZE|Matej Kus}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Hugh Skidmore}}
- {{player||ENG|Carl Wilkinson}}
- {{player||AUS|Micky Dyer}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||GER|Max Dilger}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Rye House Rockets{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Oliver Allen}}
- {{player||SWE|Anders Mellgren}}
- {{player||AUS|Tyson Nelson}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||NZ|Jason Bunyan}}
- {{player||ENG|Jason Garrity}}
- {{player||ENG|Simon Lambert}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||DEN|Kasper Lykke}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Scunthorpe Scorpions{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Josh Auty}}
- {{player||ENG|David Howe}}
- {{player||DEN|Thomas Jorgensen}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Ashley Birks}}
- {{player||DEN|Michael Palm Toft}}
- {{player||AUS|Ryan Douglas}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Josh Bates}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Sheffield Tigers{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Simon Stead}}
- {{player||ENG|Richard Hall}}
- {{player||USA|Ricky Wells}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Joe Haines}}
- {{player||ARG|Facundo Albin}}
- {{player||AUS|Damien Koppe}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Jake Knight}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Somerset Rebels{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||AUS|Jason Doyle}}
- {{player||AUS|Nick Morris}}
- {{player||AUS|Josh Grajczonek}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Alex Davies}}
- {{player||ENG|Kyle Newman}}
- {{player||ENG|Tom Perry}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Stefan Nielsen}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}Workington Comets{{col-begin}}{{col-1-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Richard Lawson}}
- {{player||DEN|Rene Bach}}
- {{player||AUS|Rusty Harrison}}
{{col-2-of-5}}- {{player||FIN|Tero Aarnio}}
- {{player||ENG|Kyle Howarth}}
- {{player||AUS|Mason Campton}}
{{col-3-of-5}}- {{player||ENG|Ashley Morris}}
{{col-4-of-5}}{{col-5-of-5}}{{col-end}}League tablePos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/- | Pts | 3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L |
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1 | Somerset Rebels | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1218 | 951 | | 56 |
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2 | Ipswich Witches | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1193 | 987 | 55 | 3 | Newcastle Diamonds | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1207 | 973 | 54 |
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4 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1172 | 1003 | 51 |
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5 | Workington Comets | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1139 | 1056 | 46 |
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6 | Redcar Bears | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1078 | 1068 | 45 |
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7 | Leicester Lions | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1079 | 1103 | 41 |
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8 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1080 | 1075 | 36 |
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9 | Rye House Rockets | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1050 | 1115 | 31 |
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10 | Berwick Bandits | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1025 | 1150 | 25 |
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11 | Plymouth Devils | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 994 | 1190 | 21 |
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12 | Sheffield Tigers | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 958 | 1220 | 16 |
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13 | Glasgow Tigers | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 945 | 1247 | 9 |
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Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total PointsFinal Leading averages[1]Rider | Team | Average |
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{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Cook | Edinburgh | 10.52 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Barker | Ipswich | 9.44 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Richie Worrall | Newcastle | 8.64 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Bech Jensen | Plymouth | 8.41 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Karlsson | Leicester | 8.40 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Screen | Glasgow | 8.15 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Allen | Rye House | 8.09 | {{flagicon|NED}} Theo Pijper | Edinburgh | 7.70 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mickey Dyer | Redcar | 7.58 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kevin Doolan | Leicester | 7.51 |
Premier League Knockout CupThe 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.[2] First RoundDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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28/04 | Newcastle | 42-30 | Plymouth | 27/04 | Workington | 61-29 | Ipswich | 26/04 | Plymouth | 44-46 | Newcastle | 25/04 | Ipswich | 55-35 | Workington | 21/04 | Glasgow | 52-38 | Rye House | 20/04 | Rye House | 63-26 | Glasgow | 18/04 | Redcar | 45-44 | Berwick | 13/04 | Leicester | 46-44 | Edinburgh | 13/04 | Berwick | 44-46 | Redcar | 12/04 | Edinburgh | 58-31 | Leicester |
Quarter FinalsDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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05/07 | Somerset | 48-41 | Workington | 16/06 | Newcastle | 44-46 | Edinburgh | 16/06 | Workington | 48-42 | Somerset | 14/06 | Edinburgh | 44-45 | Newcastle | 14/06 | Scunthorpe | 41-49 | Redcar | 13/06 | Redcar | 50-40 | Scunthorpe | 16/05 | Sheffield | 42-48 | Rye House | 11/05 | Rye House | 52-38 | Sheffield |
Semi FinalsDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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31/08 | Rye House | 55-35 | Redcar | 30/08 | Edinburgh | 49-41 | Somerset | 27/08 | Somerset | 49-41 | Edinburgh | 11/07 | Redcar | 48-42 | Rye House | 20/09 replay | Edinburgh | 48-42 | Somerset | 18/09 replay | Somerset | 58-32 | Edinburgh |
FinalDate | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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27/09 | Somerset | 59-31 | Rye House | 06/10 | Rye House | 46-44 | Somerset |
See alsoList of United Kingdom Speedway League ChampionsReferences1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co/issues13/pl13_final.pdf|title=Greensheet Averages|publisher=Speedway GB}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/10/premier-league-ko-cup-2013.html|title=2013 Premier League Knockout Cup|publisher=Speedway archive}}
{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons}}{{Speedway Premier League}} 3 : Speedway Premier League|2013 in speedway|2013 in British motorsport |