The 2024 National Development League is the third division/tier of British
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
for the 2024 season.
It is a semi-professional development league, containing mainly the junior sides of
SGB Premiership and
SGB Championship clubs.
Oxford Chargers are the defending champions having won the title in 2023. The league is sponsored by the World Speedway Riders' Association.
Summary
Six clubs compete for the National Development League Championship, after the addition of
Middlesbrough Tigers and a
Scunthorpe Stags and
Sheffield Prowlers combined team. The three teams that dropped out were
Berwick Bullets
The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...
,
Kent Royals
The Kent Royals (formerly Kings) are a British speedway team formed in 2013. Through 2021 they competed in the SGB Championship but also run a junior team in the National League. They were based at Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne, with a ...
and
Mildenhall Fen Tigers, while
Workington Comets had moved up a division.
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The league points limit was set at 36, later increased to 36.25,] while all riders who achieved a Championship average higher than 4.00 in the past will be unable to race in the National Development League.
The playoff system was also scrapped, with the winners now being decided on whoever finishes top of the league table during the regular season. The knockout cup will also not be staged in 2024.
In addition to the 2024 NDL league, all other senior teams are required to run a formal programme of second half racing called the National League Riders' Development Series.
League
League table
Fixtures & results
Riders' Championship
* F=fell, R=retired, X=excluded TM=two minute warning excluded
Leading averages
*averages include league, play offs & knockout cup, min 6 matches
Squads & final averages
Belle Vue Colts
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Edinburgh Monarchs Academy
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Leicester Lion Cubs
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* (C)
Middlesbrough Tigers
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Oxford Chargers
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* (C)
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Scunthorpe Stags/Sheffield Prowlers
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See also
* List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
* Knockout Cup (speedway)
References
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Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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