The 2022 National Development League was the third division/tier of British
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for the 2022 season.
It is a semi-professional development league, containing the junior sides of many
SGB Premiership
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and
SGB Championship
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clubs.
Summary
Eight clubs competed for the League Championship, with Armadale, Belle Vue, Berwick, Kent, Leicester and champions Mildenhall all returning. Kent would switch venues from Central Park Stadium to the Iwade Speedway Stadium and would only enter the Royals in the National League.
Oxford
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and
Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
would also enter junior sides, taking the total to eight sides
The Championship Play Offs also returned in 2022 to determine the League Champions, as would the
Knockout Cup.
Leicester Lion Cubs dominated the season by winning the league and successfully defending their
National League Knockout Cup
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The competition was previously known as the Academy League Knockout Cup (1995) and the Conference League Knockout Cup (1996-2008) until it ...
title (from 2019) and winning the
Pairs Championship.
Regular season
League Table
Fixtures & Results
League Scoring System
*Home loss by any number of points = 0
*Home draw = 1
*Home win by any number of points = 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
Championship Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in
red
Final
First Leg
Second Leg
Knockout Cup
The 2022
National Development League Knockout Cup was the 23rd edition of the
Knockout Cup for tier three teams. It returned after being cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Home team scores are in bold]
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final
First Leg
Second Leg
Pairs Championship
Result
Semi-finals
Final
Leading Averages
*averages include NDL, KO Cup, min 6 matches
Riders' Championship
The 2022 edition of the National Development League Riders Championship, took place on Sunday 25 September at The Eddie Wright Raceway, Scunthorpe.Jordan Jenkins
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*2nd 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. 13 (after run off)
*3rd Jason Edwards 13
*4th Lee Complin 11
*5th Ben Morley 10
*5th Dan Thompson 10
*7th Joe Thompson 9
*7th Jack Kingston 9
*9th Tom Woolley 7
*9th Jack Smith 7
*11th Ben Trigger 5
*12th Jody Scott 4
*13th Harry McGurk 3
*14th Luke Harrison 2
*14th Mason Watson 2
*16th Luke Crang 1
*17th Jack Shimelt (res) 0
Squads & final averages
Armadale Devils
* 8.28
* 7.29
* 7.12
* 6.95
* 4.80
* 4.38
* 3.85
* 2.50
* 1.68
Belle Vue Colts
* 8.72
* 8.67
* 8.30
* 7.68
* 6.75
* 6.31
* 5.61
Berwick Bullets
* 9.44
* 8.16
* 7.17
* 7.11
* 5.32
* 4.50
* 3.87
Kent Royals
* 12.00
* 10.30
* 10.00
* 8.19
* 6.14
* 5.55
* 4.22
* 3.52
* 2.61
* 2.00
Leicester Lion Cubs
* 10.81
* 9.69
* 9.29
* 7.25
* 6.11
* 5.57
* 5.12
Mildenhall Fen Tigers
* 10.50
* 7.06
* 7.02
* 7.00
* 6.83
* 6.21
* 5.88
Oxford Chargers
* 9.73
* 9.65
* 8.23
* 6.63
* 6.35
* 5.25
* 4.98
* 2.91
Plymouth Centurions
* 10.67
* 8.83
* 6.20
* 5.96
* 5.33
* 4.93
* 3.20
* 0.80
See also
* List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
*Knockout Cup (speedway)
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References
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National League
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National Development League
Speedway National League