2022 National Development League speedway season

2022 National Development League speedway season
League	National Development League
Champions	Leicester Lion Cubs
Knockout Cup	Leicester Lion Cubs
Pairs Championship	Leicester Lion Cubs
Riders Championship	Jordan Jenkins
Highest average	Dan Thompson
Division/s above	SGB Premiership; SGB Championship
	← 2021; 2023 →;

The 2022 National Development League was the third division/tier of British speedway for the 2022 season.^[1] It is a semi-professional development league, containing the junior sides of many SGB Premiership and SGB Championship clubs.

Summary

Eight clubs competed for the League Championship, with Armadale, Belle Vue, Berwick, Kent, Leicester and champions Mildenhall all returning.^[2]^[3] Kent would switch venues from Central Park Stadium to the Iwade Speedway Stadium and would only enter the Royals in the National League.^[4] Oxford and Plymouth would also enter junior sides, taking the total to eight sides^[5]

The Championship Play Offs also returned in 2022 to determine the League Champions, as would the Knockout Cup. Leicester Lion Cubs dominated the season by winning the league and successfully defending their National League Knockout Cup title (from 2019) and winning the Pairs Championship.^[6]

Kent

Locations of the 2022 National Development League teams

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Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Leicester Lion Cubs	14	7	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	708	547	35	+161
2	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	14	5	0	2	3	0	1	1	2	674	573	30	+101
3	Berwick Bullets	14	7	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	668	583	29	+85
4	Oxford Chargers	14	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	4	652	600	26	+52
5	Belle Vue Colts	14	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	682	572	25	+110
6	Kent Royals	14	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	5	590	667	23	-77
7	Plymouth Centurions	14	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	6	536	721	7	-185
8	Armadale Devils	14	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	499	746	6	-247

Home \ Away	ARM	BEL	BER	KEN	LEI	MIL	OXF	PLY
Armadale		51–36	38–52	42–48	36–53	38–50	42–48	51–39
Belle Vue	69–21		50–40	64–26	50–40	64–26	57–33	58–32
Berwick	56–28	55–35		53–37	49–41	48–42	50–40	67–23
Kent	55–35	47–43	46–44		50–40	45–45	42–47	47–43
Leicester	65–25	59–32	52–37	56–34		49–40	51–39	57–32
Mildenhall	60–27	41–47	57–33	57–32	39–50		55–32	56–34
Oxford	65–25	48–41	50–39	60–29	45–45	39–51		50–39
Plymouth	50–40	53–37	44–45	38–52	40–50	35–55	34–56

Semi-finals					Grand Final

1	Leicester Lion Cubs	44	52	96

4	Oxford Chargers	46	38	84
					Leicester Lion Cubs	52	62	114

					Mildenhall Fen Tigers	37	28	65
3	Berwick Bullets	46	22	68

2	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	43	67	110

27 October	^[8]	Mildenhall Fen Tigers Jason Edwards 16 Luke Muff 9 Ashton Boughen 5 Alex Spooner 4 Josh Warren 2 Jack Kingston 1 James Shanes r/r	37–52	Leicester Lion Cubs Dan Thompson 14 Joe Thompson 10 Connor Coles 8 Max Perry 7 Vinnie Foord 6 Mickie Simpson 5 Tom Spencer 2	Mildenhall Stadium Referee(s): Mick Bates

4 November	^[9]	Leicester Lion Cubs Max Perry 11 Dan Thompson 11 Joe Thompson 11 Tom Spencer 10 Vinnie Foord 7 Mickie Simpson 7 Max James 5 Connor Coles r/r	62–28	Mildenhall Fen Tigers Jason Edwards 17 Ashton Boughen 5 Tom Woolley 3 James Laker 2 Bailey Fellows 1 James Jessop 0 James Shanes r/r	Adrian Flux Arena

2022 National Development League speedway season

Summary

Regular season

Championship Play Offs

Final

Knockout Cup

Final

Pairs Championship

Leading Averages

Riders' Championship

Squads & final averages

Armadale Devils

Belle Vue Colts

Berwick Bullets

Kent Royals

Leicester Lion Cubs

Mildenhall Fen Tigers

Oxford Chargers

Plymouth Centurions

See also

References

Team one	Team two	Score	Result
Leicester	Oxford	7-2	D. Thompson, J. Thompson, Jenkins, Hagon
Armadale	Plymouth	5-4	Roynon, Kelly, Woolley, Naylor (f.exc)

	Rider	Team	Average
1	Dan Thompson	Leicester	10.81
2	Jason Edwards	Mildenhall	10.50
3	Alfie Bowtell	Kent	10.30
4	Ben Morley	Kent	10.00
5	Nathan Stoneman	Oxford	9.73

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jordan Jenkins	14
2	Max Clegg	13+3
3	Jason Edwards	13+2
4	Lee Complin	11
5	Ben Morley	10
6	Dan Thompson	10
7	Joe Thompson	9
8	Jack Kingston	9
9	Tom Woolley	7
10	Jack Smith	7
11	Ben Trigger	5
12	Jody Scott	4
13	Harry McGurk	3
14	Luke Harrison	2
15	Mason Watson	2
16	Luke Crang	1
17	Jack Shimelt (res)	0

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division	1929 1929 1930 1930 1931 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tier Two League Second division	1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Champions	League champions Cup winners