The British Final...

We return to my favourite sport - speedway!  The British Final (given its full name of the British Speedway Championship) has been held annually since 1961.  A number of different venues have been used, although you will see that some tracks did become established as regular hosts.  Until the mid-1970's, the event did include Australians and New Zealanders, who also represented Great Britain in international team fixtures.

Here is a list of British Champions (English unless stated) :

1961 (Wembley) - Barry Briggs (NZ & Southampton)
*1962 - Peter Craven (Belle Vue)
*1963 - Peter Craven (Belle Vue)
1964 (Wembley) - Barry Briggs (NZ & Swindon)
1965 (West Ham) - Barry Briggs (NZ & Swindon)
1966 (Wimbledon) - Barry Briggs (NZ & Swindon)
1967 (West Ham) - Barry Briggs (NZ & Swindon)
1968 (Wimbledon) - Ivan Mauger (NZ & Newcastle)
1969 (West Ham) - Barry Briggs (NZ & Swindon)
1970 (West Ham) - Ivan Mauger (NZ & Belle Vue)
1971 (Coventry) - Ivan Mauger (NZ & Belle Vue)
1972 (Coventry) - Ivan Mauger (NZ & Belle Vue)
1973 (Sheffield) - Ray Wilson (Leicester)
1974 (Coventry) - Eric Boocock (Halifax)
1975 (Coventry) - John Louis (Ipswich)
1976 (Coventry) - Malcolm Simmons (Poole)
1977 (Coventry) - Michael Lee (King's Lynn)
1978 (Coventry) - Michael Lee (King;s Lynn)
1979 (Coventry) - Peter Collins (Belle Vue)
1980 (Coventry) - Dave Jessup (King's Lynn)
1981 (Coventry) - Steve Bastable (Swindon)
1982 (Coventry) - Andy Grahame (Birmingham)
1983 (Coventry) - Chris Morton (Belle Vue)
1984 (Coventry) - Kenny Carter (Halifax)
1985 (Coventry) - Kenny Carter (Halifax)
1986 (Coventry) - Neil Evitts (Bradford)
1987 (Coventry) - Kelvin Tatum (Coventry)
1988 (Coventry) - Simon Wigg (Oxford)
1989 (Coventry) - Simon Wigg (Oxford)
1990 (Coventry) - Kelvin Tatum (Coventry)
1991 (Coventry) - Gary Havelock (Bradford)
1992 (Coventry) - Gary Havelock (Bradford)
1993 (Coventry) - Andy Smith (Coventry)
1994 (Coventry) - Andy Smith (Coventry)
1995 (Coventry) - Andy Smith (Coventry)
1996 (Coventry) - Joe Screen (Bradford))
1997 (Coventry) - Mark Loram (Bradford)
1998 (Coventry) - Chris Louis (Ipswich)
1999 (Coventry) - Mark Loram (Poole)
2000 (Coventry) - Chris Louis (Ipswich)
2001 (Coventry) - Mark Loram (Peterborough)
2002 (Coventry) - Scott Nicholls (Ipswich)
2003 (Eastbourne) - Scott Nicholls (Ipswich)
2004 (Oxford) - Joe Screen (Belle Vue)
2005 (Oxford) - Scott Nicholls (Coventry)
2006 (Belle Vue) - Scott Nicholls (Coventry)
2007 (Wolverhampton) - Chris Harris (Coventry)
2008 (Swindon) - Scott Nicholls (Eastbourne)
2009 (Poole) - Chris Harris (Coventry)
2010 (Wolverhampton) - Chris Harris (Coventry)
2011 (Wolverhampton) - Scott Nicholls (Swindon)
2012 (Wolverhampton) - Scott Nicholls (Coventry)
2013 (Wolverhampton) - Tai Woffinden (Wolverhampton)
2014 (Wolverhampton) - Tai Woffinden (Wolverhampton)
2015 (Wolverhampton) - Tai Woffinden (N/A)

* The 1962 and 1963 British Championships were not decided by a single final, but by a series of three semi-finals at Wimbledon, Southampton, and Norwich.  The Champion was decided by total points accumulation over the three meetings.