2016 Premier League speedway season

2016 Premier League speedway season

League	Premier League
Season	2016
Champions	Somerset Rebels
Knockout Cup	Glasgow Tigers
Division/s above	2016 Elite League
Division/s below	2016 National League

The 2016 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. The title was won by Somerset Rebels who defeated Sheffield Tigers in the Grand Final.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	4w	3w	D	1L	L	For	Against	Points
1	Somerset Rebels	24	12	0	0	1	6	1	0	4	1192	998	60
2	Glasgow Tigers	24	11	0	1	4	2	0	2	4	1212	962	57
3	Newcastle Diamonds	24	12	0	0	2	2	0	3	5	1171	989	53
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	24	11	0	1	1	2	0	4	5	1088	1043	47
5	Ipswich Witches	24	10	0	2	1	1	1	1	8	1136	1057	40
6	Sheffield Tigers	24	10	1	1	1	1	1	0	9	1080	1104	40
7	Workington Comets	24	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	10	1058	1126	38
8	Peterborough Panthers	24	6	1	5	3	2	0	1	6	1056	1131	38
9	Rye House Rockets	24	7	2	3	1	0	0	4	7	1042	1114	31
10	Berwick Bandits	24	7	1	4	1	0	1	1	9	1042	1097	29
11	Scunthorpe Scorpions	24	7	0	5	0	1	0	2	9	1017	1160	26
12	Plymouth Devils	24	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	11	992	1126	25
13	Redcar Bears	24	5	1	6	0	0	1	3	8	997	1176	21

Scoring

• Home draw = 1 point
• 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

Quarter Finals

Team One	Team Two	First Leg	Second Leg	Aggregate
Ipswich	Edinburgh	58-32	37-53	95-85
Sheffield	Newcastle	48-42	44-46	92-88

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	First Leg	Second Leg	Aggregate
Somerset	Ipswich	53-37	49-41	102-78
Sheffield	Glasgow	49-41	42-48	91-87

Final

Team One	Team Two	First Leg	Second Leg	Aggregate
Sheffield	Somerset	44-46	36-54	80-100

Final Leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Craig Cook	Peterborough	9.83
Danny King	Ipswich	9.57
Edward Kennett	Rye House	9.27
Rohan Tungate	Somerset	9.03
Sam Masters	Edinburgh	8.97
Robert Lambert	Newcastle	8.92
Josh Grajczonek	Somerset	8.90
Aaron Summers	Glasgow	8.57
Jason Garrity	Sheffield	8.55
Richie Worrall	Glasgow	8.49

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2016 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 49th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was the last time it would be known as the Premier League Knockout Cup because the following season it would be the SGB Championship Knockout Cup.

Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition.

First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
02/05	Scunthorpe	50-40	Newcastle
06/05	Somerset	52-38	Workington
12/05	Ipswich	46-44	Rye House
13/05	Edinburgh	54-36	Plymouth
14/05	Plymouth	47-42	Edinburgh
14/05	Rye House	53-37	Ipswich
14/05	Workington	44-46	Somerset
22/05	Glasgow	60-29	Redcar
26/05	Redcar	40-50	Glasgow
11/07	Newcastle	57-32	Scunthorpe

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
03/07	Peterborough	38-52	Somerset
28/06	Somerset	62-28	Peterborough
17/07	Newcastle	62-28	Sheffield
21/07	Sheffield	45-45	Newcastle
31/07	Glasgow	54-30	Edinburgh
06/08	Berwick	53-37	Rye House
29/08	Rye House	54-36	Berwick
26/08	Edinburgh	48-41	Glasgow

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
09/10	Newcastle	47-43	Rye House
07/10	Rye House	47-43	Newcastle
08/10	Glasgow	50-39	Somerset
23/09	Somerset	34-38	Glasgow

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
23/10	Newcastle	45-45	Glasgow
24/10	Glasgow	59-31	Newcastle

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions