Bill Woods

Bill Woods

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2UE Occasional Fill-in on Sports Today
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William "Bill" Woods (born 1962 in Moruya, New South Wales) is an Australian television broadcaster. He is currently the co-host of Network Ten's Early News on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and presents the national weekend edition of Ten News

Woods has been with Ten since 1989. He was the anchor for Ten's National Basketball League coverage in the mid-1990s, as well as acting as play-by-play commentator for Sydney Kings home games. Woods was also the regular weekend presenter on Ten's Sports Tonight from 1996 to 2005, as well as acting as a back-up presenter on weeknights.

While Woods has been a constant face on Ten's sports coverage, it was during the ill-fated 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race that he rose to national prominence. With Ten being the official TV broadcaster of this prestigious event, he delivered regular news updates from Hobart (along with yachting commentator Rob Mundle) on the unfolding tragedy brought about by severe gale-force winds and sea swells reaching several metres in height. Five competing boats were sunk and six people died.

Woods has also been the face of Ten's motorsport coverage since 2000, serving as the studio anchor for its V8 Supercars broadcasts, as well as hosting the magazine programme "RPM".

Woods lost a close colleague in Barry Sheene, who died of cancer on March 10, 2003.

Since early 2006, Woods began co-hosting Ten's Early News, currently presenting on Wednesday to Friday. In 2007, Woods permanently took over Ten's Weekend News replacing Tracey Spicer.

In late 2007, Woods headed Ten's coverage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.

In his time away from television commitments, he has written a book, "Legends of Speed". This book is about Australia’s great race drivers. His second book, "El Magic: The Life of Hazem El Masri", a biography of rugby league player Hazem El Masri, was released in 2007.

During the summer of 2007-2008, Bill Woods occaisonally filled in as a stand-in on the nightly 2UE sports program, Sports Today.

References

* http://www.mytalk.com.au/presenter.aspx?p=152

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