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'''William Woods''' (born 1962 in [[Moruya, New South Wales]]) is an [[Australians|Australian]] television [[journalist]], radio and [[television presenter|television broadcaster]], and [[author]]. He is best known as the presenter, alongside [[Sandra Sully]], of [[Network Ten]]'s ''[[Ten News|Ten News at Five]]'' in [[Sydney]] (a role which he left in November 2012) and ''[[Sports Tonight (Australian TV program)|Sports Tonight]].'' He co-hosted ''[[Bill & Boz]]'' on [[Fox Sports News (Australia)|Fox Sports News]].<br />
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==Early career==<br />
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In 1982, Woods graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Professional Writing at [[Canberra College of Advanced Education]] (now University of Canberra) and in early 1983, began another three-month course in Commercial Radio Broadcasting at the [[Australian Film and Television School]]. After that course he was employed, along with classmate Mike Hammond, by [[2BS]] Bathurst owner Ron Camplin, who then used the young DJs as morning and afternoon hosts for one of his other regional stations, [[2LF]] Young.<br />
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In early 1984, Woods was offered a journalism cadetship with Radio [[2WS]] in Sydney. He filled all kinds of news reporting and presenting roles, as well as major sporting event coverage. This included a trip to [[The Championships, Wimbledon]] in 1987, to cover [[Pat Cash]]'s historic win. The following year he accepted the role of 2WS Sports Director. In late 1988, he was offered a part-time job at Network Ten, which soon resulted in an offer of full-time work as a sports reporter for the evening news.<br />
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==Television career==<br />
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Woods began his television career with Network Ten in 1989. He began as a reporter, progressing to fill-in presenting on weekends and by the end of the year became the main sports anchor alongside [[Ian Leslie]] in Ten's half-hour evening news. Soon after [[Eric_Walters_(newsreader)|Eric Walters]] replaced Leslie, Woods was replaced by Graham Hughes. <br />
After stints on ''[[Good Morning Australia (1981–92)|Good Morning Australia]]'' with [[Tim Webster]] and [[Kerri-Anne Kennerley]] as a sports commentator, Woods was asked to fill in for Webster on a few occasions. This led to his appointment in a series of sport broadcasts outside the news department.<br />
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He was the presenter for Ten's [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] coverage from 1992 to the mid-1990s, as well as acting as [[play-by-play]] commentator for [[Sydney Kings]] home games. Woods continued in the news room as regular weekend presenter on Ten's ''[[Sports Tonight (Australian TV program)|Sports Tonight]]'' from 1996 to 2005, as well as acting as a back-up presenter to Tim Webster on weeknights.<ref name="ten1">{{cite web|url=http://ten.com.au/ten-news-bill-woods.htm|title=Ten News - Bill Woods|publisher=Network Ten|accessdate=17 February 2010}}</ref><br />
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Woods was also the face of Ten's motorsport coverage from 1997 to 2006. He hosted the magazine programme [[RPM (TV series)|RPM]], six of those years with former World Champion [[Barry Sheene]]. Sheene and Woods also anchored and commentated on the World Motorcycle Championship (Motogp). The pair became firm friends, and Woods broke down during the episode dedicated to Sheene after his death from cancer in 2003.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/15/1047583740777.html Leapin' Larry L, "Not quite 10 out of Ten, but very close"], ''The Age'', 16 March 2003.</ref> In 2004 Woods also filled the role of commentator in the [[V8 Supercar Championships]] Series alongside regular commentator [[Neil Crompton]].<br />
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In January 2006, Woods began presenting ''Ten'' ''Early News''. In 2007, he permanently took over ''Ten'' ''Weekend News'', replacing [[Tracey Spicer]].<br />
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In January 2009, Woods replaced [[Ron Wilson (newsreader)|Ron Wilson]] as presenter of ''Ten News at Five'' in Sydney. Woods's time presenting ''[[Ten News|Ten News at Five]]'' in Sydney and his time at the network was ended abruptly as the Network Ten moved all ''Ten News at Five'' broadcasts to a single-anchor format in late 2012, his last broadcast aired on 29 November 2012. Woods was with Network Ten for 23 years.<br />
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He currently co-hosts ''SportsFan Clubhouse'' on [[7mate]], which is a sports entertainment show made up of sports news, views and social media. Also on 7mate, he also hosted Season 2 of ''[[Shannons Legends of Motorsport]]'', having taken over from [[Neil Crompton]] as host.<br />
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He co-hosted ''[[Bill & Boz]]'' on [[Fox Sports News (Australia)|Fox Sports News]], which was a sports entertainment show made up of sports news, views and social media.<br />
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In 2021, Woods was commentator on [[Seven Network]]’s new series ''[[Ultimate Tag (Australian TV series)|Ultimate Tag]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/bill-woods-returns-in-ultimate-tag.html|title=Bill Woods returns in Ultimate Tag|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=25 February 2021|accessdate=25 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Highlights==<br />
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Woods's first major sports anchoring role was at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada. He fronted Ten's national news coverage of the 1996 [[Atlanta Olympic Games]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympic Games]] and was prime-time anchor of the [[2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games]] telecast.<br />
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Woods worked as a reporter on the ill-fated [[1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]]. With Ten being the official TV broadcaster of the race, Woods 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.<br />
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He has also hosted the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] from France, interviewed [[David Beckham]] as well as hosting [[LA Galaxy]]'s exhibition match with [[Sydney FC]], as well as numerous [[Australian Grand Prix]], [[Australian motorcycle Grand Prix]], [[Gold Coast Indy 300]] and [[Bathurst 1000]] telecasts amongst others.<br />
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He has anchored five [[Logie Awards|Logie]] award-winning telecasts: four for the Bathurst 1000 coverage, one for the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He has also anchored and commentated on a variety of other events and series, including the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007]] and [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 Federal Election]] telecasts, Triathlon Grand Prix and [[Australian Ladies Masters]] golf tournament.<br />
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In 2009 and 2010 Woods hosted a two-hour sports variety show called ''[[Thursday Night Live (TV series)|Thursday Night Live]]'' on the [[One (Australian TV channel)|One HD]] channel.<br />
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==Radio==<br />
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During the summer of 2007–08, Woods occasionally filled in as a stand-in on the nightly [[2UE]] sports program, ''[[Sports Today]]''. In 2009-10 he and [[Deborah Knight]] also filled in on ''Weekends with George and Paul''.<br />
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Woods currently co hosts The Hit Up, on [[ABC Radio Grandstand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/programs/the-hit-up/|title = Sport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)| website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=12 October 2023 }}</ref><br />
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==Author==<br />
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In his time away from television commitments, he has written a book, ''Legends of Speed'', 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.<ref name="ten1" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{twitter|bmrwoods}}<br />
*{{IMDb name|id=1862422|name=Bill Woods}}<br />
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