The 2012 season of the

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was the third tier/division of British

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and was contested by eight teams.

Summary

Newport and Belle Vue did not return from 2011, and Hackney opted to run at Rye House only, renaming the team

Rye House Raiders The Rye House Rockets were a speedway team based at Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon, England. They competed in various British speedway leagues from 1954 to 2018. History Rye House began life in 1934 hosting open meetings. Whilst at Hackney in 1 ...

Mildenhall Fen Tigers The Mildenhall Fen Tigers are a British speedway team, founded in 1975 and currently riding in the National Development League. History 1971–1989 The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with chef Bernie Kla ...

beat

Dudley Heathens Cradley Heathens was a motorcycle speedway team from Dudley, England. The team was founded in 1947 and competed at the top level of British speedway until its closure in 1995. It was revived as Dudley Heathens in 2010, competing in the National ...

in the play-off final to become champions.

Final table

PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points ''SCORING SYSTEM'' Home loss by any number of points = 0 Home draw = 1 Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2 Home win by 7 points or more = 3 Away loss by 7 points or more = 0 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 Offs

Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship.

defeated

in the final.

Semi-finals

Final

Final Leading averages

National League Knockout Cup

The 2012

National League Knockout Cup The National League Knockout Cup is a speedway third tier Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom. The competition was previously known as the Academy League Knockout Cup (1995) and the Conference League Knockout Cup (1996-2008) until it ...

was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.

were the winners for the second successive year.

First round

Semi-finals

Final

+abandoned heat 12 due to curfew result stands

2012 Teams

Buxton Hitmen The Buxton Hitmen were a speedway team in the British National League (formerly the Conference League) from 1994 to 2018. The club stopped racing in the National League after the 2018 speedway season. History The team's inaugural season was i ...

* Charles Wright *

Robert Branford Robert Peter Branford (born 23 November 1993) is an Australian speedway rider. Career Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he is the son of former Australian rider Darrell Branford.Adam McKinna Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as ...

*Dean Felton *Luke Priest *Ryan Blacklock *Chris Widman Also rode: *Richard Andrews *Michael Neale *Adam Portwood

Adam Roynon Adam Wayne Roynon (born 30 August 1988, in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria) is a British motorcycle speedway rider. His father, Chris Roynon, was a speedway rider and promoter for the Barrow Blackhawks. Career Roynon won three trophies in his fir ...

* Tom Perry * Ashley Morris *

Byron Bekker Byron Anthony Bekker (born 2 July 1987, in Johannesburg) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from South Africa, who rode in the British Premier League. Career Bekker started his British racing career in 2005 with Newcastle Gems where he rod ...

*Dan Greenwood *Darryl Ritchings *James White-Williams Also rode: *Conor Dwyer * Joe Haines *Adam Kirby

Isle of Wight Islanders The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors (formerly Islanders) are a British speedway team. They last competed in the 2019 National Development League and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium. History Isle of Wight speedway began at ...

* Danny Warwick *Ben Hopwood *

Paul Starke Paul Simon Starke (born 18 November 1990) is an English speedway rider. Career Born in Hereford, Starke started his career with the Buxton Hitmen in 2007, before going on to have spells at a variety of different clubs during his development i ...

*Mark Baseby *Steve Jones *Danny Stoneman *Ross Walter Also rode: *Aaron Baseby *Dan Berwick *Gary Cottham *

Adam Ellis Adam Ellis (born 21 March 1996) is a British grasstrack and speedway rider and former British champion. Biography Born in Marmande, France, Ellis began grasstrack racing in 2009, going on to finish second in the 250cc French Grasstrack Champ ...

* Kyle Hughes *Marc Owen

King's Lynn Young Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when Kin ...

* Darren Mallet *

Lewis Kerr Lewis James Kerr (born 25 March 1990) is a British speedway rider from Snettisham in England. Speedway career Kerr took up speedway in late 2009, and made his competitive debut in June the following year for King's Lynn Young Stars' in the Nat ...

* Jake Knight *Adam Lowe *Brendan Johnson *Tom Stokes *Scott Campos Also rode: *

James Cockle Sir James Cockle FRS FRAS FCPS (14 January 1819 – 27 January 1895) was an English lawyer and mathematician. Cockle was born on 14 January 1819. He was the second son of James Cockle, a surgeon, of Great Oakley, Essex. Educated at Charte ...

*Martin Knuckey *Andy Mountain *Lewis Rose *Sam Woods

* Cameron Heeps * Stefan Nielsen * Joe Jacobs *

Lewis Blackbird Lewis Blackbird (born 21 February 1987) is a British former motorcycle speedway rider. Biography Born in Peterborough, Lewis is the son of Carl Blackbird and nephew of Mark Blackbird and Paul Blackbird, all former riders.

* Danny Halsey * Josh Bates *Ryan Terry-Daley Also rode: *Joe Graver * Gareth Isherwood *

Nathan Stoneman Nathan Mark Stoneman (born 17 September 1996) is a Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider from Wales. Career Stoneman began his speedway career in 2012 with the Mildenhall Fen Tigers, where he picked up a league and cup double as the team dominated ...

*Ross Walter *Tom Woolley

Jason Garrity Jason Garrity (born 9 November 1993) is an English motorcycle speedway rider who won the British Under-19 Championship and the National League Riders Championship in 2011. Biography Born in Longsight but now living in Droylsden, Greater Manch ...

James Sarjeant James Sarjeant (born 16 November 1993) is a former speedway rider from England. Career Sarjeant took up speedway at the age of nine on 80cc bikes, progressing to 500cc bikes by the age of eleven, and was the Sheffield Tigers mascot as a child.< ...

* Ben Morley *Luke Chessell *Shane Hazelden * Connor Coles *Brad Tokley Also rode: *Tom Braddock *Richard Franklin *Joe Graver *Nick Laurence *Nick Lee *David Mason *Rikki Mullins *Danno Verge

Scunthorpe Saints The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1972, at three different venues. History 1972–1978 The original Scunthorpe side were known as Scunthorpe Saints from 197 ...

Jerran Hart Jerran Hart (born 19 January 1991) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Speedway career Hart began his British career riding for Newport Wasps in 2008. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Ipswich Witches d ...

Steve Worrall Steven "Steve" Worrall (born 23 September 1991) is a British speedway rider. Career Born in St Helens, the twin brother of Richie Worrall, Steve competed in motocross before taking up speedway in 2009 and had his first competitive season in 2 ...

* Gary Irving *Tom Young *Oliver Greenwood *

Max Clegg Max Clegg (born 11 April 1997) is a British speedway rider. Career Born in Brighouse, Yorkshire, Clegg started racing in grasstrack at the age of seven, moving on to speedway in his teens and becoming team mascot for Sheffield Tigers.

*Danny Phillips Also rode: *Simon Allan *Tommy Fenwick *Steve Jones *Adam Kirby *Adam Wrathall *Martin Wrathall Stoke Potters * Ashley Birks *

Tony Atkin Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...

Ben Reade Ben Reade (born 27 March 1991) is a former speedway rider from England. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Belle Vue Aces during the 2014 Elite League speedway season. He started his speedway career in En ...

*Liam Carr *Richard Andrews *Liam Rumsey Also rode: *Lee Geary *Jack Kingston * Simon Lambert *Rhys Naylor * Jaimie Pickard *Ross Walter *Adam Wrathall

Summary

Final table

Play Offs

Semi-finals

Final

Final Leading averages

National League Knockout Cup

First round

Semi-finals

Final

2012 Teams

Development Leagues

Midland Development League

Anglian Development League

Northern Development League

See also

References

See also