2026 SGB Premiership
| League | Premiership |
|---|---|
| No. of competitors | 5 |
| Champions | tbd |
| Knockout Cup | tbd |
| Highest average | tbd |
| Division/s below | 2026 Championship 2026 NDL |
The 2026 SGB Premiership is the 91st season of the top tier of British speedway and the 9th known as the SGB Premiership.[1][2] Ipswich Witches were the defending champions, while Leicester Lions were the defending Knockout Cup champions.
Summary
The league consisted of six teams after Birmingham Brummies and Oxford Spires left and a new team called Northampton Speedway joined.[3] The Brummies had no home after the closure of Perry Barr Stadium[4] and the Oxford promotion only entered teams for the Championship and NDL.[5]
Ipswich started the season with new owners, the Silverstone based company Mayfield.[6]
The rules remained similar to the previous season except for the play offs, where 2nd and 3rd finishers in the regular season league table would meet to determine who would play the 1st place team in the grand final. A 37 points limit for six riders was agreed, with one rising star place at seven.[1]
League
Regular season
League table
| Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
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| 4 | |||||||||||||
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| 6 | |||||||||||||
A fixtures
B fixtures
Play Offs
| Semi Finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final
First Leg
| October | – | |||
Second Leg
| October | – | |||
Knockout Cup
The 2026 Knockout Cup was the 81st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.
Bracket
| Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
Home team scores are in bold, with overall aggregate scores noted in red
Final
First Leg
| July | – | |||
Second Leg
| July | – | |||
Leading averages
| Rider | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | |||
| 10 |
- averages include league, play offs & knockout cup, min 6 matches
Squads and final averages
Averages include 2026 Premiership and Knockout Cup matches.
Belle Vue Aces
- Dan Bewley
- Norick Blödorn
- Will Cairns (Rising star)
- Zach Cook
- Peter Kildemand
- Brady Kurtz
- Tate Zischke
Ipswich Witches
- Tom Brennan
- Jason Edwards (Rising star)
- Philip Hellström Bängs
- Danny King (capt)
- Richard Lawson
- Tobiasz Musielak
- Scott Nicholls
King's Lynn Stars
- Michele Paco Castagna
- Ben Cook
- Max Fricke
- Chris Harris (capt)
- Jan Kvěch
- Cooper Rushen
- Jody Scott (Rising star)
Leicester Lions
- Ryan Douglas
- Dan Gilkes (Rising star)
- Kyle Howarth
- Drew Kemp
- Sam Masters (capt)
- Nick Morris
- Dan Thompson
Northampton
- TBC
Sheffield Tigers
- Jye Etheridge
- Leon Flint
- Chris Holder
- Jack Holder
- Luke Killeen (Rising star)
- Josh Pickering (capt)
- Anders Rowe
See also
- 2026 SGB Championship
- 2026 National Development League speedway season
- British Speedway League Champions
References
- ^ a b "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "British Premiership Rides On In 2026". FIM Speedway. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "NORTHAMPTON ENTER 2026 PREMIERSHIP". British Speedway. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Century of greyhound racing to end as track closes". BBC News. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Oxford Cheetahs complete squad with two new signings". Oxford Mail. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Ipswich Speedway Statement". British Speedway. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.