Georgie Wood

Georgie Wood
Born (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993
Maidstone, Kent
Nationality  England
Current club information
British league Eastbourne Eagles, Sheffield Tigers
Career history
National League
2015– Eastbourne Eagles
Championship
2017–2018 Sheffield Tigers
Team honours
2015, 2016, 2017 National League Knockout Cup
2015 National League Gold Cup
2015 National Trophy
2017 SGB Championship

Georgie Wood (born 8 September 1993) is a British grasstrack[1] and speedway rider. He currently rides Eastbourne Eagles in the National League.

Career

2015 season

Wood began speedway racing in 2015, signing for Eastbourne Eagles as one of their reserves after the team dropped down to the National League that season.[2] During the season he increased his starting 3.00 to 5.90 and moved out of the reserve position, after sitting August out with ligament damage to his knee, to ride at number 2.[3] Riding at number 2 he scored his first paid-maximum from 4 rides getting 11+1 on 12 September in a National Trophy fixture against Mildenhall Fen Tigers.[4] Wood helped the Eagles win a National League treble, with team winning the Knockout Cup, Gold Cup and National Trophy.[5]

2016 season

It was confirmed on 17 November 2015 that Wood would ride again for Eastbourne in the 2016 season after a very successful first season.[6] He had another good season again incresing his average up to 7.62[7], spending most of the season riding as a heat-leader at number 3 or number 4. Wood again won the Knockout Cup with the Eagles defeating Birmingham Brummies in the final.[8]

2017 season

Eastbourne

Wood signed for Eastbourne for the third season in a row on 17 November 2016[9], and he was also named team captain for the 2017 season. In July, Wood made it to the top of the Eastbourne's averages meaning that he would ride at number 1 for the first time.[10] He lost his place at number 1 to Jake Knight at the end of the month. He scored his first full maximum getting 18 points from 6 rides in the National League play-off semi-final against Kent Kings.[11] Wood finished the season with an average of 7.61, which was a slight decrease to his starting average but this was understandable with him riding at the much trickier position of number 5 for most of the season.[12] He also helped Eastbourne win the Knockout Cup for the third successive season beating Mildenhall Fen Tigers in the final.[13]

Sheffield

Due to his impressive start to the season with Eastbourne, on 19 July, Sheffield Tigers signed Wood as a replacement for the injured Nathan Stoneman at reserve with a starting average of 2.00.[14] Georgie finished the season with an average of 2.31[15] and Sheffield won the SGB Championship beating Ipswich Witches in the play-off final.[16] He also recorded his best heat win to date beating, former British Speedway Champion, Danny King in heat 7 of the promotion/relegation meeting against Leicester Lions.[17]

2018 season

Eastbourne

On 21 December 2017, it was announced that Wood would ride for Eastbourne for the fourth successive season in the National League.[18] He started in the number 5 position but after another great start to the season saw him regain the number 1 race jacket after the first new set of averages were released.[19] Wood lost the number 1 position to Tom Brennan for the month of July[20], but retook it in September, he stayed in it for the remainder of the season.[21]

Sheffield

Wood didn't start the season in the Sheffield septet, however with the Tigers having a poor start to the season and with Wood on top form for Eastbourne, Sheffield decided to make team changes. This saw Wood and Broc Nicol come into the side, on 20 June, to replace Jack Smith and Jan Graversen respectively.[22] Wood gave up his Championship place, on 27 July, to focus on his racing with Eastbourne, he was replaced in the Sheffield side by Joe Lawlor.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Georgie Wood". Grasstrack GB. 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Eagles Make Double Signing". Speedway GB. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  3. ↑ "2015 National League Final Green Sheets Issue 25" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Eastbourne v Mildenhall" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. ↑ "Eagles celebrate the treble after last-race drama". The Argus. 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  6. ↑ "Georgie Wood is first name on Eastbourne Eagles team sheet for 2016". Eastbourne Herald. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  7. ↑ "2016 National Development League Final Green Sheets Issue 27" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  8. ↑ "Eastbourne IT First Eagles end season in style with Knockout Cup win". The Argus. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  9. ↑ "Wood back at Eagles". Speedway GB. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  10. ↑ "2017 National Development League Issue 18" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  11. ↑ "Eastbourne v Kent" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  12. ↑ "2017 National Development League Final Averages Issue 33" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  13. ↑ "Eagles Retain KO Cup". Speedway GB. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  14. ↑ "Tigers Swoop For Georgie Boy". Sheffield Tigers. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  15. ↑ "2017 SGB Chamionship League Green Sheets - Final Issue" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  16. ↑ "Sheffield are Champions". Speedway GB. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  17. ↑ "Leicester Vs Sheffield (Promotion/Relegation) 16/10/2017". Speedway Updates. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  18. ↑ "Georgie signs on as Eagles take shape for 2018 season". Eastbourne Herald. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  19. ↑ "2018 National Development League Issue 11" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  20. ↑ "2018 National Development League Issue 18" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  21. ↑ "2018 National Development League Issue 31" (PDF). Speedway GB. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  22. ↑ "Double Swoop By Tigers". Sheffield Tigers. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  23. ↑ "Milestone Ningt at Owlerton". Speedway GB. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-10-03.


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