The Premier League Riders Championship was a contest between the top riders with the highest average points total from each club competing in the
Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
in the United Kingdom.
History
The championship was inaugurated in 1995, the same year that the Premier League was formed.
For its first two years, the Premier League was the top league in Britain. However, from 1997 it was the competition for the second tier, because the new
Elite League had been formed.
In 2017, the Premier League became the SGB Championship and was duly renamed the
SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship.
Winners
See also
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List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions
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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
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References
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Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom