The Western Australian Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Western Australia to determine the WA State champion. The event is organised by the Speedway Motorcycle Club of WA and is sanctioned by Motorcycling Australia (MA).
History Sig Schlam was the first ever winner of the Championship in 1927/28.
Mick McKeon and Glenn Doyle have both won six championships each, with Chum Taylor and Cameron Heeps winning five times.
Seven international riders have become the Western Australian Champion. They are Arthur Atkinson (England - 1930), Wal Morton (England - 1936), Ken McKinlay (Scotland - 1966), Ove Fundin (Sweden - 1969), Ivan Mauger (New Zealand - 1973), Simon Cross (England - 1987) and Rob Woffinden (England - 1988). Although 1956 winner Ron Johnson was born in Scotland, he emigrated to Perth with his family when still a child and started his speedway career at Claremont. He also rode for Australia during his career.
Past winners Unless stated, all riders are from Western Australia Year Venue CityWinners 1927/28 Claremont Speedway Perth Sig Schlam (2 Miles) 1928/29 Claremont Speedway Perth Fred Kirkpatrick 1929/30 Claremont Speedway Perth Arthur Atkinson () 1930/31 - 1934/35 Not Held 1935/36 Claremont Speedway Perth Wal Morton () 1936/37 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick Murphy 1937/38 - 1949/50 Not Held 1950/51 Claremont Speedway Perth Wally Higgs 1951/52 Claremont Speedway Perth Wally Higgs 1952/53 Claremont Speedway Perth Ray Melville 1953/54 Claremont Speedway Perth Rusty Wainwright 1954/55 Claremont Speedway Perth George McPherson 1955/56 Claremont Speedway Perth Ron Johnson 1956/57 Not Held 1957/58 Claremont Speedway Perth Chum Taylor 1958/59 Not Held 1959/60 Claremont Speedway Perth George McPherson 1960/61 Claremont Speedway Perth Aub Lawson (NSW) 1961/62 Claremont Speedway Perth Chum Taylor 1962/63 Claremont Speedway Perth Chum Taylor 1963/64 Claremont Speedway Perth Ross Nickisson 1964/65 Claremont Speedway Perth Jim Phillips 1965/66 Claremont Speedway Perth Ken McKinlay () 1966/67 Claremont Speedway Perth Ross Nickisson 1967/68 Claremont Speedway Perth Chum Taylor 1968/69 Claremont Speedway Perth Ove Fundin () 1969/70 Claremont Speedway Perth Chum Taylor 1970/71 Claremont Speedway Perth Terry O'Leary 1971/72 Claremont Speedway Perth Les Leisk 1972/73 Claremont Speedway Perth Ivan Mauger () 1973/74 Claremont Speedway Perth Rod Chessell 1974/75 Claremont Speedway Perth Peter Thompson 1975/76 Claremont Speedway Perth Les Leisk 1976/77 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick McKeon 1977/78 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick McKeon 1978/79 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick McKeon 1979/80 Claremont Speedway Perth Robert Moores 1980/81 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick McKeon 1981/82 Bunbury SpeedwayGeraldton Speedway BunburyGeraldton Glyn Taylor 1982/83 Claremont Speedway Perth Glyn Taylor 1983/84 Claremont Speedway Perth David Cheshire 1984/85 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick McKeon 1985/86 Claremont Speedway Perth Mick McKeon 1986/87 Claremont Speedway Perth Simon Cross () 1987/88 Claremont Speedway Perth Rob Woffinden () 1988/89 Claremont Speedway Perth Glenn Doyle 1989/90 Claremont Speedway Perth Glenn Doyle 1990/91 Claremont Speedway Perth Glenn Doyle 1991/92 Collie Speedway Collie Glenn Doyle 1992/93 Claremont Speedway Perth Glenn Doyle 1993/94 Claremont Speedway Perth Steve Johnston 1994/95 Claremont Speedway Perth Glenn Doyle 1995/96 Claremont Speedway Perth Steve Johnston 1996/97 Claremont Speedway Perth Lee Redmond 1997/98 Claremont Speedway Perth Frank Smart 1998/99 Claremont SpeedwayEsperance SpeedwayKalgoorlie SpeedwayBibra Lake Speedway PerthEsperanceKalgoorliePerth Guy Wilson 1999/2000 Esperance SpeedwayClaremont SpeedwayKalgoorlie Speedway EsperancePerthKalgoorlie Lee Redmond 2000/01 Esperance SpeedwayGeraldton SpeedwayPerth Motorplex EsperancePerthKwinana Beach Guy Wilson 2001/02 Perth Motorplex (x2)Bibra Lake Speedway Kwinana BeachPerth Guy Wilson 2002/03 Bibra Lake Speedway Perth Lee Blackman 2003/04 Bibra Lake Speedway Perth Steve Johnston 2004/05 Perth MotorplexGeraldton Speedway Kwinana BeachGeraldton Trevor Harding 2005/06 Bunbury SpeedwayGeraldton Speedway BunburyGeraldton David Cheshire 2006/07 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Cory Gathercole (Vic) 2007/08 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Chris Holder (NSW) 2008/09 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Frank Smart 2009/10 Ellenbrook Speedway Bullsbrook Leigh Boujos 2010/11 Nickol Bay Speedway Karratha Leigh Boujos 2011/12 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Frank Smart 2012/13 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Cameron Heeps 2013/14 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Daniel Winchester 2014/15 Pinjar Park SpeedwayCollie Speedway PerthCollie Cameron Heeps 2015/16 Pinjar Park Speedway Perth Daniel Winchester2016/17Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthCameron Heeps2017/18Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthCameron Heeps2018/19Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthTai Woffinden ()2019/20Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthDakota Ballantyne2020/21Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthMatt Marson2021/22Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerth Steve Johnston2022/23Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthCameron Heeps2023/24Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthLuke Killeen2024/25Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthMitch McDiarmid2025/26Pinjar Park SpeedwayPerthMitch McDiarmid
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