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1984 National League season

The 1984 National League was contested as the second division of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom.

Summary

A new team called the Arena Essex Hammers, promoted by Wally Mawdsley joined the league. Crayford Kestrels moved to Hackney Wick Stadium to become the Hackney Kestrels.

The title was won by the Long Eaton Invaders who finished just one point clear of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers. Remarkably the Long Eaton Invaders had gone from finishing last in 1983 to first in 1984 under former rider Vic White. He had been brought in as the team manager and had signed Graham Drury and Chris Pidcock to support Dave Perks, Paul Stead and David Tyler.

Final table

Fixtures and results

Top five riders (league averages)

National League Knockout Cup

The 1984 National League Knockout Cup was the 17th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Hackney Kestrels were the winners of the competition.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg

Hackney were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 83–72.

Riders' Championship

Ian Barney won the Riders' Championship. The final was originally held at Wimbledon Stadium on 23 September but was abandoned after eight heats due to rain. The Championship was restaged on 13 October at East of England Arena.

Pairs

The National League Pairs was held at Hackney Wick Stadium on 30 June and was won by Stoke Potters.

Semi finals

  • Stoke bt Mildenhall
  • Berwick bt Weymouth

Final

  • Stoke bt Berwick

Fours

Mildenhall won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Showground on 22 July.

Semi finals

  • SF1 = Boston 16, Stoke 13, Canterbury 10, Berwick 9
  • SF2 = Mildenhall 23 Milton Keynes 10, Middlesbrough 8, Hackney 7

Final

Leading averages

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

Berwick

Boston

Canterbury

Edinburgh

Glasgow

  • Steve Lawson 10.38
  • Andy Reid 7.64
  • Brian Collins 6.58
  • Colin Caffrey 6.11
  • Martin McKinna 5.44
  • Jim Beaton 4.55
  • David Cassels 3.26
  • Tam Baggley 2.75
  • Barry Ayres 2.67
  • Geoff Powell 2.59

Hackney

Long Eaton

  • Dave Perks 8.99
  • Paul Stead 8.75
  • Graham Drury 8.50
  • David Tyler 7.37
  • Chris Pidcock 6.96
  • Miles Evans 5.83
  • Mark Stevenson 5.41
  • John Frankland 5.35

Middlesbrough

  • Steve Wilcock 9.71
  • Mike Spink 8.50
  • Geoff Pusey 7.26
  • Paul Price 5.70
  • Pete Smith 4.87
  • Mark Crang 4.75
  • Jim Burdfield 4.68
  • Ashley Norton 4.24
  • Rob Carter 3.22
  • John Place 2.06

Mildenhall

Milton Keynes

Peterborough

  • Mick Hines 7.51
  • Dave Allen 6.98
  • Ian Barney 6.96
  • Andy Fisher 6.36
  • Keith Millard 6.25
  • Adrian Hume 5.86
  • Mike Spinks 4.65
  • Neil Cotton 4.32
  • Lawrie Bloomfield 3.90
  • Mike Smart 2.56

Rye House

Scunthorpe

  • Julian Parr 8.11
  • Andy Buck 7.80
  • Rob Woffinden 7.65
  • Derek Richardson 7.5
  • Paul Evitts 6.64
  • Mike Wilding 6.06
  • Kevin Armitage 5.54
  • Ian Gibson 4.73
  • Mark Burrows 3.94
  • Richie Owen 2.43

Stoke

Weymouth

  • Martin Yeates 10.35
  • Alun Rossiter 9.23
  • David Biles 7.06
  • John Barker 6.84
  • Kevin Price 5.21
  • Gordon Humphreys 4.28
  • Mike Semmonds 4.10
  • Michael Coles 3.78
  • Ian Humphreys 3.62
  • Dave Gibbs 3.55
  • Terry Mussett 2.92
  • Wayne Barrett 1.09

See also

References

  • Oakes, Peter (1991) The Complete History of the British League, Front Page Books, , p. 17 (Division Two section)