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2015 Premier League speedway season

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League
  
Premier League

Champions
  
Edinburgh Monarchs

Premier League KOC
  
Somerset Rebels

Season
  
2015

Premier League Cup
  
Edinburgh Monarchs

Premier League Fours
  
Edinburgh Monarchs Craig Cook Sam Masters Erik Riss Justin Sedgmen

The 2015 Premier League season took place between March and October 2015. The Edinburgh Monarchs were the defending champions after winning the championship in 2014. The 13 teams that competed remained unchanged from the teams who competed in 2014. There had been concerns about whether or not the Peterborough Panthers would be able to compete but their future was secured after being able to raise the money necessary to continue racing.

In an all-Scottish final, the Edinburgh Monarchs became the first team to win consecutive Premier League titles, by beating the Glasgow Tigers in the Grand Final. The Tigers held a 7-point lead after the first leg at Ashfield, but the Monarchs won 14 of the 15 heats in the second leg at Armadale – winning 58–32 on the night – to win the tie overall 99–80. It was one of three titles won by the Monarchs in 2015; in the Premier League Cup, the Monarchs beat the Tigers once again 100–79, while the quartet of Craig Cook, Sam Masters, Erik Riss and Justin Sedgmen won the Premier League Fours.

Aside from Edinburgh's successes, the Somerset Rebels defeated the Monarchs to win the Knockout Cup, Daniel King and Rohan Tungate won the Premier League Pairs for the Ipswich Witches, and Danish rider Ulrich Østergaard won the Premier League Riders' Championship for the Peterborough Panthers.

Team-by-team

Unless otherwise stated, all listed riders were declared at the start of the 2015 Premier League season.

References

2015 Premier League speedway season Wikipedia