2012 Speedway National League
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The 2012 season of the
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was the third tier/division of British speedway and was contested by eight teams.


Summary

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...
and Belle Vue did not return from 2011, and Hackney opted to run at Rye House only, renaming the team Rye House Raiders.
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 Klat ...
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 L ...
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.
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 Klat ...
defeated
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 L ...
in the final.


Semi-finals


Final


Final Leading averages


National League Knockout Cup

The 2012 National League Knockout Cup was the 15th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.
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 Klat ...
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 * 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 *Dean Felton *Luke Priest *Ryan Blacklock *Chris Widman Also rode: *Richard Andrews *Michael Neale *Adam Portwood
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 L ...
* Adam Roynon * Tom Perry * Ashley Morris * Byron Bekker *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 ...
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Danny Warwick Danny is a masculine given name. It is related to the male name Daniel. It may refer to: People *Danny Altmann, British immunologist * Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer * Danny Baker (born 1957), English journal ...
*Ben Hopwood * Paul Starke *Mark Baseby *Steve Jones *Danny Stoneman *Ross Walter Also rode: *Aaron Baseby *Dan Berwick *Gary Cottham * Adam Ellis * 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 ...
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Darren Mallet Darren is a masculine given name of uncertain etymological origins. Some theories state that it originated from an Anglicisation of the Irish first name Darragh or Dáire, meaning "Oak Tree". According to other sources, it is thought to come from ...
* Lewis Kerr *
Jake Knight Jake may refer to: Name * Jake (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Katrin Jäke (born c. 1975), German swimmer * Jake (gamer), American ''Overwatch'' player and coach Animals * Jake (rescue dog), a ...
*Adam Lowe *Brendan Johnson *Tom Stokes *Scott Campos Also rode: * James Cockle *Martin Knuckey *Andy Mountain *Lewis Rose *Sam Woods
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 Klat ...
* Cameron Heeps * Stefan Nielsen * Joe Jacobs * Lewis Blackbird *
Danny Halsey Daniel John Halsey (born 15 September 1988) is a former motorcycle speedway from England. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Eastbourne Eagles during the 2014 Elite League speedway season. He started his s ...
* Josh Bates *Ryan Terry-Daley Also rode: *Joe Graver *
Gareth Isherwood Gareth Isherwood (born 28 November 1988, in Manchester) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Cadishead, Salford, Greater Manchester. Career He rode for three National league clubs since 2005 in which was his debut season. They are Scun ...
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Nathan Stoneman Nathan Mark Stoneman (born 17 September 1996) is a 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 the 2012 National ...
*Ross Walter *Tom Woolley Rye House Raiders *
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 Man ...
* James Sarjeant * Ben Morley *Luke Chessell *Shane Hazelden *
Connor Coles Connor Coles (born 7 September 1994) is a speedway rider from England. Speedway career Coles began his speedway career riding for Rye House Raiders during the 2012 National League speedway season and then moved to Kent Kings for the 2013 Na ...
*Brad Tokley Also rode: *Tom Braddock *Richard Franklin *Joe Graver *Nick Laurence *Nick Lee *David Mason *Rikki Mullins *Danno Verge Scunthorpe Saints *
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 ...
* Steve Worrall *
Gary Irving Gary may refer to: * Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran *Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;Un ...
*Tom Young *Oliver Greenwood * Max Clegg *Danny Phillips Also rode: *Simon Allan *Tommy Fenwick *Steve Jones *Adam Kirby *Adam Wrathall *Martin Wrathall
Stoke Potters The Stoke Potters previously the Hanley Potters were a British speedway team competing in the National League. As Stoke, the team raced at Loomer Road Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme. As Hanley Potters they raced from 1929 to 1963. History ...
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Ashley Birks Ashley Adam Birks (born 19 October 1990) in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England is a former speedway rider from England. Career Birks rode with the Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Premier League and Swindon Robins in the Elite League. A fo ...
* Tony Atkin * Ben Reade * James Cockle *Liam Carr *Richard Andrews *Liam Rumsey Also rode: *Lee Geary *Jack Kingston * Simon Lambert *Rhys Naylor *
Jaimie Pickard Jaimie is an alternative spelling of Jamie or Jaime and may refer to: People * Jaimie Alexander (born 1984), American actress * Jaimie Cloud, American sustainability educator and advocate * Jaimie Dawson (born 1969), badminton player from Canad ...
*Ross Walter *Adam Wrathall


Development Leagues


Midland Development League

Milton Keynes won grand final 21–15


Anglian Development League


Northern Development League


See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions


References


See also

{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons Speedway National League Speedway National League Speedway National League