# British Speedway Championship

The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion.

## History

Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship it was open to riders from Britain and the British dominions. It was initially dominated by riders from New Zealand such as Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger because of the British Final forming part of the World Speedway championship qualifying rounds. Briggs and Mauger were multiple world champions. It was not until 1975 that the final was restricted to British riders. Countries such as Australia and New Zealand then held their own World Individual Speedway championship qualifying rounds. In the first dozen finals, it was only won twice by a British born rider, both times by Peter Craven.
Australians Rory Schlein and Jason Crump rode under an ACU (British) licence.

## British Champions

| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Third |
| 1961 | Barry Briggs | Peter Craven | Ronnie Moore |
| 1962 | Peter Craven | Barry Briggs | Ronnie Moore |
| 1963 | Peter Craven | Barry Briggs | Nigel Boocock |
| 1964 | Barry Briggs | Ken McKinlay | Ron How |
| 1965 | Barry Briggs | Nigel Boocock | Ken McKinlay |
| 1966 | Barry Briggs | Ivan Mauger | Colin Pratt |
| 1967 | Barry Briggs | Ivan Mauger | Eric Boocock |
| 1968 | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Eric Boocock |
| 1969 | Barry Briggs | Nigel Boocock | Ronnie Moore |
| 1970 | Ivan Mauger | Ronnie Moore | Roy Trigg |
| 1971 | Ivan Mauger | Barry Briggs | Tony Lomas |
| 1972 | Ivan Mauger | Nigel Boocock | Barry Briggs |
| 1973 | Ray Wilson | Bob Valentine | Peter Collins |
| 1974 | Eric Boocock | Terry Betts | Dave Jessup |
| 1975 | John Louis | Peter Collins | Malcolm Simmons |
| 1976 | Malcolm Simmons | Chris Morton | Doug Wyer |
| 1977 | Michael Lee | Dave Jessup | Doug Wyer |
| 1978 | Michael Lee | Dave Jessup | Malcolm Simmons |
| 1979 | Peter Collins | Michael Lee | Dave Jessup |
| 1980 | Dave Jessup | Michael Lee | Phil Collins |
| 1981 | Steve Bastable | Kenny Carter | John Louis |
| 1982 | Andy Grahame | Alan Grahame | Kenny Carter |
| 1983 | Chris Morton | Michael Lee | Andy Grahame |
| 1984 | Kenny Carter | Andy Grahame | Dave Jessup |
| 1985 | Kenny Carter | John Davis | Kelvin Tatum |
| 1986 | Neil Evitts | Phil Collins | Jeremy Doncaster |
| 1987 | Kelvin Tatum | Neil Evitts | Simon Wigg |
| 1988 | Simon Wigg | Kelvin Tatum | Chris Morton |
| 1989 | Simon Wigg | Kelvin Tatum | Alan Grahame |
| 1990 | Kelvin Tatum | Simon Cross | Jeremy Doncaster |
| 1991 | Gary Havelock | Kelvin Tatum | Chris Louis |
| 1992 | Gary Havelock | Martin Dugard | Andy Smith |
| 1993 | Andy Smith | Joe Screen | Gary Havelock |
| 1994 | Andy Smith | Joe Screen | Steve Schofield |
| 1995 | Andy Smith | Joe Screen | Dean Barker |
| 1996 | Joe Screen | Chris Louis | Carl Stonehewer |
| 1997 | Mark Loram | Chris Louis | Sean Wilson |
| 1998 | Chris Louis | Joe Screen | Paul Hurry |
| 1999 | Mark Loram | Joe Screen | Chris Louis |
| 2000 | Chris Louis | Paul Hurry | Martin Dugard |
| 2001 | Mark Loram | Stuart Robson | Martin Dugard |
| 2002 | Scott Nicholls | Lee Richardson | David Howe |
| 2003 | Scott Nicholls | Dean Barker | David Norris |
| 2004 | Joe Screen | David Norris | Mark Loram |
| 2005 | Scott Nicholls | Chris Harris | Joe Screen |
| 2006 | Scott Nicholls | Joe Screen | Simon Stead |
| 2007 | Chris Harris | David Howe | Scott Nicholls |
| 2008 | Scott Nicholls | Edward Kennett | Tai Woffinden |
| 2009 | Chris Harris | Edward Kennett | Tai Woffinden |
| 2010 | Chris Harris | Scott Nicholls | Ben Barker |
| 2011 | Scott Nicholls | Chris Harris | Tai Woffinden |
| 2012 | Scott Nicholls | Chris Harris | Tai Woffinden |
| 2013 | Tai Woffinden | Scott Nicholls | Chris Harris |
| 2014 | Tai Woffinden | Craig Cook | Ben Barker |
| 2015 | Tai Woffinden | Craig Cook | Danny King |
| 2016 | Danny King | Craig Cook | Robert Lambert |
| 2017 | Craig Cook | Steve Worrall | Rory Schlein |
| 2018 | Robert Lambert | Dan Bewley | Craig Cook |
| 2019 | Charles Wright | Danny King | Craig Cook |
| 2020 | Rory Schlein | Richard Lawson | Jason Crump |
| 2021 | Adam Ellis | Dan Bewley | Charles Wright |
| 2022 | Dan Bewley | Tom Brennan | Craig Cook |
| 2023 | Dan Bewley | Steve Worrall | Ben Barker |
| 2024 | Dan Bewley | Tai Woffinden | Tom Brennan |

## Medals classification

| Pos | Rider | | | |
| 1. | Scott Nicholls | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Barry Briggs | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. | Ivan Mauger | 4 | 2 | |
| 4. | Chris Harris | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. | Dan Bewley | 3 | 2 | |
| 6. | Tai Woffinden | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. | Mark Loram | 3 | | 1 |
| | Andy Smith | 3 | | 1 |
| 9. | Joe Screen | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 10. | Kelvin Tatum | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 11. | Michael Lee | 2 | 3 | |
| 12. | Chris Louis | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 13. | Kenny Carter | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 14. | Peter Craven | 2 | 1 | |
| 15. | Simon Wigg | 2 | | 1 |
| | Gary Havelock | 2 | | 1 |
| 17. | Craig Cook | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18. | Dave Jessup | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19. | Peter Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Chris Morton | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Andy Grahame | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Danny King | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23. | Eric Boocock | 1 | | 2 |
| | Malcolm Simmons | 1 | | 2 |
| 25. | Neil Evitts | 1 | 1 | |
| 26. | John Louis | 1 | | 1 |
| | Robert Lambert | 1 | | 1 |
| | Rory Schlein | 1 | | 1 |
| | Charles Wright | 1 | | 1 |
| 30. | Ray Wilson | 1 | | |
| | Steve Bastable | 1 | | |
| | Adam Ellis | 1 | | |