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The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, named the National League Pairs Championship in the years that the second division was known as the National League was a motorcycle speedway contest between the top two riders from each club competing in the British League Division Two/New National League/National League in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

Winners

Year Winners Runners-up
National League Pairs
1975[3] Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Brian Havelock) 		Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Colin Goad)
1976[4] Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Chris Turner) 		Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Joe Owen)
1977[5] Boston Barracudas
(Rob Hollingworth & Colin Cook) 		Newport Dragons
(Jim Brett & Brian Woodward)
1978[6] Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Steve Finch) 		Newcastle Diamonds
(Tom Owen & Robbie Blackadder)
1979[7] Milton Keynes Knights
(Andy Grahame & Bob Humphreys) 		Ellesmere Port Gunners
(John Jackson & Steve Finch)
1980[8] Middlesbrough Tigers
(Mark Courtney & Steve Wilcock) 		Boston Barracudas
(Rob Hollingworth & Gary Guglielmi)
1981[9] Canterbury Crusaders
(Mike Ferreira & Denzil Kent) 		Berwick Bandits
(Wayne Brown & Steve McDermott)
1982[10] Weymouth Wildcats
(Martin Yeates & Simon Wigg) 		Long Eaton Invaders
(Alan Molyneux & Dave Perks)
1983[11] Weymouth Wildcats
(Martin Yeates & Simon Cross) 		Glasgow Tigers
(Jim McMillan & Steve Lawson)
1984[12] Stoke Potters
(Nigel Crabtree & Tom Owen) 		Berwick Bandits
(Bruce Cribb & Steve McDermott)
1985[13] Ellesmere Port Gunners
(Joe Owen & Louis Carr) 		Poole Pirates
(Martin Yeates & Stan Bear)
1986[14] Edinburgh Monarchs
(Les Collins & Doug Wyer) 		Hackney Kestrels
(Barry Thomas & Andy Galvin)
1987[15] Mildenhall Fen Tigers
(Dave Jessup & Melvyn Taylor) 		Peterborough Panthers
(Ian Barney & Kevin Hawkins)
1988[16] Stoke Potters
(Graham Jones & Steve Bastable) 		Poole Pirates
(Steve Schofield & David Biles)
1989[17] Stoke Potters
(Nigel Crabtree & Eric Monaghan) 		Mildenhall Fen Tigers
(Preben Eriksen & Peter Glanz)
1990[18] Hackney Kestrels
(Steve Schofield & Andy Galvin) 		Exeter Falcons
(Steve Regeling & Peter Jeffrey)
1991 to 1993 competition not held
British League Division Two Pairs
1994[19] Swindon Robins
(Tony Olsson & Tony Langdon) 		Glasgow Tigers
(Nigel Crabtree & David Walsh)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1991). The Complete History of the British League. Front Page Books. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0-948882-07-7.
  3. ^ "1975 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ^ "1976 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ^ "1977 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  6. ^ "1978 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Diamonds out in semi finals". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 22 July 1979. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Tigers pairs champs". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 20 July 1980. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "1981 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Bruce snubs star event". Sunday Mirror. 29 August 1982. Retrieved 23 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "1983 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Stoke stars take title". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 1 July 1984. Retrieved 23 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "1985 Ellesmere Port results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Speedway Pairs Out". Newcastle Journal. 14 July 1986. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Tigers triumph". Cambridge Daily News. 27 July 1987. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Stoke speedway pair triumph". Staffordshire Sentinel. 24 August 1988. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 59. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  18. ^ "Potters pairs bid comes unstuck". Staffordshire Sentinel. 18 June 1990. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "1994 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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