The 2013 season of the

National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team ...

, the third tier of British

speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta *Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana Types of races and race cours ...

was contested by eight teams.

Summary

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 ...

and

Rye House Cobras 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 ...

were missing from 2012, and replaced by

Coventry Storm Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Southern ...

and

Kent Kings The Kent Royals (formerly Kings) are a British speedway team formed in 2013. Through 2021 they competed in the SGB Championship but also run a junior team in the National League. They were based at Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne, with a t ...

. The

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 ...

were 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 fewer = 1
Away draw = 2
Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Playoffs

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

defeated

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 ...

in the final.

Semi-finals

Final

Final leading averages

National League Knockout Cup

The 2013

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 16th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams.

were the winners.

First round

Semi-finals

Final

2013 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 *

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 ...

*Adam McKinna *Ryan Blacklock *Tyler Govier *Matt Williamson *Tom Woolley

* Joe Jacobs *

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.< ...

*Oliver Greenwood *Brendan Johnson *Richard Franklin *Trevor Heath *Martin Knuckey

* Ashley Morris *

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.

*Dan Greenwood *Paul Starke *Gareth Isherwood *Max Clegg *Nathan Greaves

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 ...

* Tom Perry *

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 ...

*Ben Hopwood *Darryl Ritchings *Danny Stoneman *

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 ...

*Brandon Freemantle

Steve Boxall Steven Shane (Steve) Boxall (born 16 May 1987 in Canterbury, Kent) is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom. He rode with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League. Career Boxall won the Conference League Riders' Championship in 2005. Also i ...

*Ben Morley *David Mason * Connor Coles *Jack Kingston *Adam Kirby *Sam Woods

*Darren Mallett *Tom Young *

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 *Shane Hazelden *Lewis Rose *Shane Waldron

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 ...

* Stefan Nielsen *Jon Armstrong *Dan Halsey *Josh Bates *Aaron Baseby *

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 ...

*Liam Rumsey Stoke Potters *

Lee Smart Lee Mitchell Smart (born 5 April 1988) in Swindon, Wiltshire, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Smart raced for the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in the Premier League in 2008 after being released by the Birmingham Brummies ...

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 ...

* Kyle Hughes *Luke Priest *Luke Chessell *Shaun Tedham *Emerson Jones

Development Leagues

Midland Development League

Northern Junior League

References

{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons

Speedway National League The current National Development League formerly the National League was formed in 2009 as the third division of speedway in the United Kingdom, replacing the Conference League. It follows the same rules and regulations as the SGB Premiership an ...

Speedway National League

Summary

Final table

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Final

Final leading averages

National League Knockout Cup

First round

Semi-finals

Final

2013 teams

Development Leagues

Midland Development League

Northern Junior League

See also

References