Brett Woodifield

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Brett Woodifield
Born15 March 1976 (1976-03-15) (age 47)
Gawler, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1997 Skegness Braves
1997 Isle of Wight
1998, 2000 Peterborough Panthers
1999 Ipswich Witches
2001 Trelawny Tigers
2003 Rye House Rockets
2004 Workington Comets
Team honours
1998Premier League winner
1998 Premier League Pairs winner
1998 Premier League Four-Team Championship

Brett Wayne Woodifield (born 15 March 1976) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2]

Career

Woodifield started his British leagues career during the 1997 Premier League speedway season, where he rode for Skegness Braves and the Isle of Wight Islanders, following the former's withdrawal from the league. [2] [3] The following season he signed for Peterborough Panthers and was part of the team that secured a 1998 League title. [2] He was also selected by Peterborough for the Premier League Pairs Championship to partner Glenn Cunningham and the pair won the Championship. [4] He completed a treble as part of the Peterborough four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 30 August 1998, at the East of England Arena. [5]

Peterborough moved up to the top division to compete in the 1999 Elite League speedway season, which saw Woodifield leave the club for the season and ride for rivals Ipswich Witches in the same division. He returned to Peterborough for the 2000 season before moving on to Trelawny Tigers in 2001. [2]

He missed the 2002 British season after being refused a work permit [6] before joining Rye House Rockets for 2003 and then Workington Comets for his final season in Britain in 2004. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Brett Woodifield. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN   0-948882-81-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Brett Woodifield" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Brett Woodifield". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Speedway" . Birmingham Daily Post. 27 July 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Last heat fury" . Hull Daily Mail. 31 August 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Woodifield blow for Peterborough". Crash.net. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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