2016 National League speedway season

The 2016 National League speedway season was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]

2016 National League speedway season

League	National League
Season	2016
Champions	Birmingham Brummies
Knockout Cup	Eastbourne Eagles
Division/s above	2016 Elite League 2016 Premier League

Summary

The title was won by Birmingham Brummies.[2][3]

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Birmingham Brummies	22	10	1	0	9	1	0	1	0	1181	779	71
2	Kent Kings	22	10	0	1	5	1	1	3	1	1098	858	58
3	Eastbourne Eagles	21	11	0	0	4	1	0	2	3	1028	856	54
4	Cradley Heathens	22	10	0	1	3	1	0	0	7	1008	947	45
5	Belle Vue Colts	22	9	0	2	1	2	0	4	4	1004	968	41
6	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	21	9	0	2	1	1	0	3	5	939	914	34
7	King's Lynn Young Stars	20	8	0	2	0	1	0	3	6	896	877	30
8	Isle of Wight Islanders	22	7	0	4	1	1	0	1	8	942	1030	29
9	Rye House Raiders	21	6	0	5	0	0	0	3	7	864	1016	21
10	Coventry Storm	20	2	0	7	1	2	0	0	8	768	966	16
11	Stoke Potters	19	3	0	6	1	0	0	0	9	746	925	13
12	Buxton Hitmen	22	3	0	8	0	1	0	0	10	817	1155	12

League scoring system

• Home draw = 1
• Home win by any number of points = 3
• 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

Play-offs

	Semi Finals							Grand Final
	Kent		43	38	81
	Eastbourne		47	52	99
								Eastbourne		50	33	83
								Birmingham		47	57	94
	Birmingham		53	47	100
	Cradley Heath		37	43	80

Final Leading averages

[4]

Rider	Team	Average
Adam Ellis	Eastbourne	10.98
Max Clegg	Cradley	10.08
Rob Branford	Rye House	9.98

National League Knockout Cup

The 2016 National League Knockout Cup was the 19th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners for the second successive year.[5] [6]

First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
24/04	Mildenhall	48-42	Eastbourne
23/04	Eastbourne	50-38	Mildenhall
24/04	Rye House	37-52	Birmingham
06/04	Birmingham	56-34	Rye House
25/05	Belle Vue	31-35	Stoke
14/05	Stoke	38-52	Belle Vue
02/05	Kent	57-33	Isle of Wight
07/06	Isle of Wight	40-50	Kent

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
06/08	Belle Vue	41-48	Birmingham
06/07	Birmingham	54-36	Belle Vue
20/06	Kent	56-34	Coventry
10/06	Coventry	34-56	Kent
29/05	Buxton	44-44	Cradley
14/05	Stoke	38-52	Belle Vue
13/06	Cradley	46-42	Buxton
26/06	Eastbourne	61-28	King's Lynn
22/07	King's Lynn	postponed	Eastbourne

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
15/10	Eastbourne	62-27	Cradley
27/09	Cradley	44-46	Eastbourne
12/09	Kent	36-54	Birmingham
07/09	Birmingham	49-41	Kent

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/10	Birmingham	48-42	Eastbourne
30/10	Eastbourne	52-38	Birmingham

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. "Table". Speedway GB.
2. "2016 Play offs". Speedway GB.
3. "2016 CHAMPIONS - PICTURE SPECIAL". Birmingham Brummies.
4. "2016 Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
5. "National League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
6. "2016 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway Archive.