- Bill Woods
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birth_date =1965
birth_place =Moruya, New South Wales
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occupation =Network Ten Journalist / Early and Weekend News2UE Occasional Fill-in on Sports Today
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agent =William "Bill" Woods (born
1962 inMoruya, New South Wales ) is anAustralia n television broadcaster. He is currently the co-host ofNetwork Ten 's Early News on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and presents the national weekend edition ofTen 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 forSydney Kings home games. Woods was also the regular weekend presenter on Ten'sSports 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 onMarch 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 inFrance .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 playerHazem El Masri , was released in2007 .During the
summer of2007 -2008 , Bill Woods occaisonally filled in as a stand-in on the nightly2UE sports program, Sports Today.References
* http://www.mytalk.com.au/presenter.aspx?p=152
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