Major tyre brand, Kumho Tyres has announced a rural based tyre dealer as its Western Australian Platinum Dealer of the Year, with the operation also picking up a number of major awards and commendations this year.

Boddington Tyres, based in the gold mining and farming town of Boddington, about 120 km south-east of Perth, was named as the WA Kumho Platinum Dealer of the Year for the first time this year, despite coming close to taking the award several times in the past few years.

Boddington Tyres is a family operated dealership which has been in business for around 15 years, and has been a Kumho Platinum Dealer for the past decade. Boddington Tyres proprietors Brad and Melanie Hewton said they were proud to be named Dealer of the Year, and said the award was recognition of the team they have assembled in the business.



“We have to give credit to our team, including my wife Mel and our mechanic/technicians Alby and Dylan, in enabling us to win the Dealer of the Year Award and to achieve what we have over the years,” said Brad Hewton.

“It’s all about the teamwork, because teamwork makes the dreamwork as far as I am concerned, and the results prove that,” he added. As well as being named the Kumho Tyres WA Platinum Dealer of the Year, Boddington Tyres also took out the award for the Highest Percentage sales increase for a Kumho dealer in WA, as well as winning Highest RV Sales for the past three years.

Kumho Tyre Australia’s Retail Operations Manager, Paul Deer, praised Brad and Mel Hewton, as well as the team at Boddngton Tyres, for their dedication and focus on delivering great customer service as well strong sales performance across all sectors.

“We congratulate Brad and Mel as well as the entire team for the well-deserved accolades in being named Kumho Tyres Western Australian Platinum Dealer of the Year, and the strong and consistent performance from the team at Boddington Tyres,

which is why they clinched the title,” said Paul Deer.

Brad was quick to also praise Kumho Tyres for the support and back up it provides as well as the quality of their products.

“We really wouldn’t be in this position without the support, advice and assistance that Kumho has provided for us over the years,” said Brad.

“Our Kumho rep, David Meier goes out of his way to make sure we have all the support we need and it is just a great company to deal with in terms of support and back up, as well as the fact that the product is top shelf and cost effective to boot,” he added.

Brad Hewton has been involved in the tyre business for about a decade, coming to the business as manager when his father owned it. With a background as an operations manager with a major freight company and before that in farming and mining, he easily slotted into the family business. Five years ago Brad and Mel bought the business off of his father and have really taken the ball and run with it ever since and the Dealer of the Year Award is proof of this.