1997 Speedway Conference League

The 1997 Speedway Conference League (also called the Amateur League), was the third tier/division of British speedway. It reverted to being the third tier because during the previous season it was inadvertently the second tier competition while the British League ran as a single merged division.[1]

1997 Speedway Conference League

League	Conference League (also called Amateur League)
Season	1997
Champions	Peterborough Pumas
Division/s above	1997 Elite League 1997 Premier League

Summary

The title was won by Peterborough Pumas the junior side belonging to Peterborough Panthers.[2][3]

The majority of the clubs were the junior sides belonging to their respective senior side or a collaboration ran by their senior sides. The Raven Sprockets were a combination of the Reading Racers and Swindon Robins, the Western Warriors were a combination of the Exeter Falcons and Newport Wasps, the Shuttle Cubs were Wolverhampton Wolves and Long Eaton Speedway and finally the Anglian Angels were the Ipswich Witches and Rye House Rockets.

Final league table

[4]

Pos	Team	Played	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Peterborough Pumas	24	22	1	1	1064	729	45
2	Berwick Border Raiders	24	17	2	5	999	767	36
3	Ryde Wight Wizards	24	15	1	8	987	857	31
4	Buxton Hitmen	24	15	0	9	948	901	30
5	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	24	13	2	9	961	874	28
6	St Austell Gulls	24	13	0	11	963	871	26
7	Raven Sprockets+	24	10	3	11	820	848	23
8	Western Warriors+	24	10	0	14	909	946	20
9	Oxford Cubs	24	9	0	15	901	909	18
10	Shuttle Cubs+	24	9	0	15	799	969	18
11	Lathallan Lighting	24	7	0	17	798	967	14
12	Belle Vue Colts	24	7	0	17	819	1024	14
13	Anglian Angels+	24	4	1	19	725	1031	9

+ combined team

Other honours

• Riders' Championship: Jon Armstrong (Buxton), 13 pts

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. "1996 tables". Speedway GB.
2. "1997 tables". Speedway GB.
3. "Peterborough Panthers". Greyhound Derby.com.
4. "Table". Speedway Archives.