Played at Legacy House, South Perth on 13 April
Six participants played in this year's Modern Rapids.
All players recieved a copy of Peter Well's Chessbase CD : Strategy and Tactics, Chess badges and postcards for participating.
Special merit award to Caleb Thomas, the youngest participant at 10 years old, who despite his score, went the distance with his opponent in every round.
He received a bonus CD of chesslectures.com videos.
Marc Vlietstra pocketed $40 and chose to take home Kasparov's Najdorf Vol Trilogy Chessbase DVDs among the treasury of knowledge on offer.
A great time was had by all.
| No. | Player | Score | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. |
| 1. | Vlietstra, Marc | 4.0 / 5 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Holland, Dennis | 3.5 / 5 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | = | 1 |
| 3. | Barber, Haydn | 3.0 / 5 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. | Tomic, Nedeljko | 3.0 / 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 |
| 5. | Ellis, David | 1.5 / 5 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | X | 1 |
| 6. | Thomas, Caleb | 0.0 / 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X |
Round 1: RKNRBBNQ Tomic - Vlietstra : 0 1 Holland - Thomas : 1 0 Ellis - Barber : 0 1 Round 2: NRBBKQNR Holland - Tomic : 1 0 Barber - Vlietstra : 0 1 Thomas - Ellis : 0 1 Round 3: BRQNNBKR Vlietstra - Thomas : 1 0 Ellis - Holland : = = Tomic - Barber : 1 0 Round 4: RKBQNBNR Ellis - Tomic : 0 1 Thomas - Barber : 0 1 Holland - Vlietstra : 1 0 Round 5: RQKNNRBB
Tomic - Thomas : 1 0 Barber - Holland : 1 0 Vlietstra - Ellis : 1 0
WA Modern Chess Rapid Champions 2007 : David Ellis 2008 : Marc Vlietstra