The 2019 British Speedway Championship was the 59th edition of the

British Speedway Championship The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. History Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the Spe ...

. Robert Lambert was the defending champion having won the title in

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. The competition consisted of one semi-final and a final, with six riders qualifying from the semi-final, there were 10 riders seeded to the final. These riders were Robert Lambert,

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, Chris Harris, Dan Bewley,

Craig Cook Craig William Cook (born 21 May 1987) is a British speedway rider. Career Born in Whitehaven, Cook's speedway career began in 2008. In 2009 Cook won the National League Riders Championship and three years later won the Premier League Riders' ...

, Richard Lawson,

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and Danny King. However, Lambert and Ellis missed out on the final due to injury, so Lambert was unable to defend his title. The championship was won by Charles Wright for the first time, King finished second, while Cook took third place.

Results

Semi-Final

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* 31 May 2019

The Final

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* 29 July 2019

References

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Results

Semi-Final

The Final

See also

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