1978 BRITISH LEAGUE
Team Mts Won Drn Lst For Agn Pts
1.COVENTRY ‘Bees’ 36 27 0 9 1542 1257 54
2.Belle Vue ‘Aces’ 36 26 0 10 1491½ 1315½ 52
3.Hull ‘Vikings’ 36 22 2 12 1477 1325 46
4.Wimbledon ‘Dons’ 36 22 1 13 1502 1300 45
5.Cradley Heath ‘Heathens’ 36 21 1 14 1477 1322 43
6.Ipswich ‘Witches’ 36 21 1 14 1471 1330 43
7.Exeter ‘Falcons’ 36 20 1 15 1532 1269 41
8.Sheffield ‘Tigers’ 36 19 2 15 1366½ 1439½ 40
9.Bristol ‘Bulldogs’ 36 19 0 17 1432 1367 38
10.Poole ‘Pirates’ 36 17 3 16 1426 1379 37
11.Leicester ‘Lions’ 36 17 0 19 1368 1434 34
12.Halifax ‘Dukes’ 36 14 3 19 1371½ 1431½ 31
13.King’s Lynn ‘Stars’ 36 14 2 20 1391 1412 30
14.Reading ‘Racers’ 36 13 3 20 1338 1462 29
15.White City ‘Rebels’ 36 12 3 21 1319½ 1474½ 27
16.Swindon ‘Robins’ 36 12 3 21 1255 1544 27
17.Wolverhampton ‘Wolves’ 36 11 1 24 1312 1491 23
18.Birmingham ‘Brummies’ 36 11 1 24 1280 1525 23
19.Hackney ‘Hawks’ 36 10 1 25 1264 1538 21
KNOCK-OUT CUP FINAL: Ipswich 92 Belle Vue 64
INTER LEAGUE KNOCK-OUT CUP FINAL: King’s Lynn 94 Exeter 62
PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP: =1st Coventry & Cradley Heath
BL RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: Ole Olsen (Coventry), 13 pts
1978 NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team Mts Won Drn Lst For Agn Pts
1.CANTERBURY ‘Crusaders’ 38 30 0 8 1719 1240 60
2.Newcastle ‘Diamonds’ 38 29 2 7 1698 1261 60
3.Rye House ‘Rockets’ 38 27 0 11 1650½ 1308½ 54
4.Eastbourne ‘Eagles’ 38 25 1 12 1704 1248 51
5.Ellesmere Port ‘Gunners’ 38 24 0 14 1576 1359 48
6.Peterborough ‘Panthers’ 38 22 1 15 1578 1383 45
7.Oxford ‘Cheetahs’ 38 20 4 14 1599½ 1358½ 44
8.Stoke ‘Potters’ 38 21 1 16 1527 1433 43
9.Glasgow ‘Tigers’ 38 19 1 18 1397 1556 39
10.Crayford ‘Kestrels’ 38 16 2 20 1437 1519 34
11.Berwick ‘Bandits’ 38 17 0 21 1389 1565 34
12.Mildenhall ‘Fen Tigers’ 38 16 1 21 1538 1420 33
13.Weymouth ‘Wildcats’ 38 16 0 22 1460 1490 32
14.Workington ‘Comets’ 38 16 0 22 1424 1535 32
15.Edinburgh ‘Monarchs’ 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 31
16.Milton Keynes ‘Knights’ 38 12 6 20 1350 1608 30
17.Boston ‘Barracudas’ 38 13 2 23 1308 1644 28
18.Teesside ‘Tigers’ 38 12 0 26 1297 1662 24
19.Scunthorpe ‘Saints’ 38 9 2 27 1291 1645 20
20.Barrow ‘Furness Flyers’ 38 8 2 28 1204 1755 18
KNOCK-OUT CUP FINAL: Eastbourne 83 Rye House 73
FOUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: Peterborough 18, Stoke 12, Canterbury 9, Ellesmere Port 9
PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st Ellesmere Port; 2nd Newcastle
NL RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: Steve Koppe (Canterbury), 14 pts