The British Speedway Under-21 Championship (also known as the British Junior Speedway Championship) is an annual
speedway competition open to riders of
British nationality
British nationality law prescribes the conditions under which a person is recognised as being a national of the United Kingdom. The six different classes of British nationality each have varying degrees of civil and political rights, due to th ...
aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition.
The winner of the final is declared British Under-21 Champion. Previous winners include former World Champions
Mark Loram
Mark Roysten Gregory Loram (born 12 January 1971)
is a former British motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Speedway Championship in 2000 and won the British Championship in 1997, 1999, and 2001.
Career
Born in Mtarfa, Malta, Mark Lo ...
and
Gary Havelock
Robert Gary Havelock (born 4 November 1968, in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England) is a former speedway rider who was World Champion in 1992. For several years he captained the Redcar Bears in the Premier League. He is the son of former speed ...
.
Format
Sixteen riders plus three reserves take part in 20 heats with each rider facing each other once. The two riders which accumulate the highest number of points over the heats go straight to the final. The next four highest point scorers take part in a race-off, with first and second place riders also progressing to the final.
Qualification
Seven riders are
seeded straight to the final round while nine other riders qualify through three qualifying rounds held on a regional basis which use the same format as the final round. The first, second and third placed riders from each qualifier ride in the final round and fourth place riders take part as reserves. In the final round the reserves may take the rides of any incapacitated rider, replace any rider excluded for a starting infringement, or replace any rider excluded for exceeding the two minute time allowance except in the semi-final or final.
The top three riders go through to 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 ...
final and the winner qualifies for the
World Junior Championship semi-final round. The next five finishers qualify for the
World Junior Championship qualifying rounds.
British Under-21 Champions
See also
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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 ...
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British Speedway Under 18 Championship
The British Under-19 Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders aged nineteen years and under at the start of each year. In 2011, it was replaced the British Under-18 Championship.
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Speedway in the United Kingdom
The sport of speedway in the United Kingdom has changed little since the first meetings in the 1920s. It has three domestic leagues, its own Speedway Grand Prix, and an annual entry into the Speedway World Cup / Speedway of Nations.
History
Se ...
References
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National championships in the United Kingdom
Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom