2023 National Development League speedway season

The 2023 National Development League is the third division/tier of British speedway for the 2023 season.[1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing mainly the junior sides of SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs. Leicester Lion Cubs will defend the title.[2]

2023 National Development League speedway season
LeagueNational Development League
Championstbd
Knockout Cuptbd
Pairs Championshiptbd
Riders Championshiptbd
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
SGB Championship

Summary

Eight clubs will compete for the League Championship[3] after the addition of the Workington Comets to the league,[4] who will race on the new Northside track.[5] Armadale Devils were renamed Edinburgh Monarchs Academy,[6] while the Plymouth Centurions did not return.

The league points system changed in-line with the SGB Premiership and SGB Championship, with teams scoring two points for a win (home or away), with a bonus point scored for an aggregate win. A 'Super Heat' has also been introduced in the event of a tied meeting, with the winners scoring two league points and the losers gaining one point.[7] The top two in the league will qualify for the Grand Final.

The rider points limit for team construction is 42 points.

Locations of the 2023 National Development League teams

Regular season

League table
Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 147 121 0 6 +26
2 Belle Vue Colts 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 157 112 0 4 +45
3 Monarchs Academy 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 139 130 0 4 +9
4 Kent Royals 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 151 182 1 3 -31
5 Workington Comets 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 53 37 0 2 +14
6 Leicester Lion Cubs 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 86 92 0 2 -6
7 Oxford Chargers 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 126 140 0 2 -14
8 Berwick Bullets 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 189 234 0 2 -45


Fixtures & Results

Home \ Away BEL BER EDI KEN LEI MIL OXF WOR
Belle Vue 61–29 21/07 07/07 09/06 26/05 56–33 25/08
Berwick 15/07 01/07 43–23 12/08 10/06 03/06 25/08
Edinburgh 50–40 30/06 52–37 17/06 25/08 15/09 08/07
Kent 18/06 54–34 10/09 23/07 20/08 02/07 06/08
Leicester 03/06 47–42 24/06 27/05 01/07 26/08 09/09
Mildenhall 04/06 49–41 09/07 53–37 06/08 45–43 18/06
Oxford 24/05 23/08 20/09 26/07 50–39 06/06 16/08
Workington 26/08 21/05 53–37 12/08 10/06 03/06 24/06
Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

First leg

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Second leg

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Knockout Cup

The 2023 National Development League Knockout Cup will be the 24th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. It's limited to teams that are not also running promotions in the SGB Championship.

Semi-finals Grand Final
        
Kent Royals 44 29 73
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 46 60 106
Mildenhall Fen Tigers
 
Workington Comets
Leicester Lion Cubs

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Squads

Belle Vue Colts

Berwick Bullets
  • Scotland Greg Blair (C)[9]
  • England Connor Coles
  • England Josh Embleton
  • England Archie Freeman[10]
  • England Jamie Halder
  • England Danny Phillips
  • Scotland Mason Watson

Edinburgh Monarchs Academy

Kent Royals

Leicester Lion Cubs

Mildenhall Fen Tigers

Oxford Chargers

Workington Comets

See also

References
  1. "BRITISH SPEEDWAY AGM STATEMENT". British Speedway. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "Lion Cubs complete". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE STATEMENT". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. "Comets taking shape". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. "Workington Comets will ride again next year". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. "Edinburgh Monarchs Academy enter NDL". SCB.
  7. "National Development League statement". SCB.
  8. "2023 National Development League Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 1 May 2023.
  9. "Blair to skipper Bullets". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  10. "Freeman joins Bullets". British Speedway. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  11. "Comets move for McGurk brothers". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  12. "Comets Make Ace Move". British Speedway. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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