Career
A product of junior speedway at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura (where the likes of Philosophy Crump, Jason Crump and Leigh Adams learnt their trade), Woodward gained experience of racing in Australia before starting his British speedway career in 2003 with Elite League Poole Pirates, and initially combined speedway racing with his job back in Australia as a plumber. He then spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons in the Premier League with Edinburgh Monarchs, his average rising to over 7. In 2008 and 2009 he also rode the Polish Ekstraliga for Stal Rzeszów, moving on to Miskolc in 2010.
Since 2011 he rides for KMŻ Lublin.
In 2012 he finished in 3rd place in the Australian National Championship. Woodward also competes in long track speedway, and took part in the World Championship in 2012, finishing in 6th place overall.
Woodward"s 2014 season was ended by a broken femur sustained in a crash while riding in Poland in September. While it was anticipated that he would be fit for the start of the 2015 season, and after signing for Coventry Bees and Indianerna, in January a check-up revealed that the break hadn"t healed and a bone graft would be required, meaning that he would miss the early part of the season.
Australian Championship: 3rd (2012)
Australian Under-21 Championship: 2nd (2003), 3rd (2005)
World Longtrack Championship: 6th (2012).
