Georgie Wood (born 8 September 1993) is a British

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and speedway rider.

Career

2015-2016 seasons

Wood began speedway racing in 2015, signing for

Eastbourne Eagles The Eastbourne Eagles were a British speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England, that raced in the SGB Championship. History Speedway was initially introduced to Eastbourne in 1929. During their first league season th ...

as one of their reserves after the team dropped down to the National League that season. During the season, he increased his average from the starting 3.00 to 5.90 and, after sitting August out with ligament damage to his knee, moved out of the reserve position to ride at number 2. Riding at number 2, he scored his first paid-maximum from 4 rides by scoring 11+1 on 12 September in a National Trophy fixture against

Mildenhall Fen Tigers The Mildenhall Fen Tigers are a British speedway team, founded in 1975 and currently riding in the National Development League. History 1971–1989 The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with chef Bernie Klat ...

. Wood helped the Eagles win a National League treble, with the team winning the

Knockout Cup A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

, Gold Cup and National Trophy. Following his successful first season, on 17 November 2015, it was confirmed that Wood would ride again for Eastbourne in the 2016 season. He had another good season, this time increasing his average to 7.62, spending most of the season riding as a heat-leader at number 3 or 4. Wood again won the Knockout Cup, with the Eagles defeating

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in the final.

2017 season

Eastbourne

Wood signed for Eastbourne for the third season in a row on 17 November 2016, 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. 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 The Kent Royals (formerly Kings) are a British speedway team formed in 2013. Through 2021 they competed in the SGB Championship but also run a junior team in the National League. They were based at Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne, with a t ...

. Wood finished the season with an average of 7.61, a slight decrease to his starting average. This was a consequence of having acquired the much trickier position of number 5 for most of the season. He also helped Eastbourne win the Knockout Cup for the third successive season; this time, the Eagles beat

in the final.

Sheffield

Due to his impressive start to the season with Eastbourne, on 19 July,

Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield 'Tru Plant' Tigers are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. The Tigers traditionally hold their race n ...

signed Wood as a replacement for the injured Nathan Stoneman at reserve, with a starting average of 2.00. Wood finished the season with an average of 2.31, and Sheffield won the

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by beating

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in the play-off final. In heat 7 of the promotion/relegation meeting against

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

, Georgie Wood beat former British Speedway Champion Danny King.

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. Wood started in the number 5 position, but he regained the number 1 race jacket following the release of the first new set of averages. Wood lost the number 1 position to Tom Brennan for the month of July, but retook it in September; he stayed in it for the remainder of the season. For the fourth consecutive season, Wood won the Knockout Cup, with Eastbourne defeating

in the final. He also helped Eastbourne win their first league title in 18 years by winning the National League Play-Off Final against

Sheffield

Wood didn't start the season in the Sheffield septet; however, the Tigers had 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 Jan Graversen (born 10 April 1987) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark who rode in the British Premier League for Leicester Lions and in the SGB Premiership for Somerset Rebels. 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.

2019 season

Eastbourne

Wood joined Eastbourne again for a fifth season in a row, and he continued with them in their move up to the

. According to the Championship average declarations on 2 August 2019, Wood's average was 3.78. In late August 2019, according to Eastbourne Eagles and SpeedwayGB, Georgie Wood had been banned from racing in the leagues for 28 days because he had not been riding in certain speedway matches. His failure to ride in these matches was, in turn, due to medical problems.

Isle of Wight

With Eastbourne going into the Championship, Wood needed to find a new National League club. It was announced on 16 December 2018 that he had signed for the

Isle of Wight Warriors The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors (formerly Islanders) are a British speedway team. They last competed in the 2019 National Development League and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium. History Isle of Wight speedway began at ...

. National League average declarations on 2 August 2019 gave him a 9.6 average.

2020 season

Eastbourne

Georgie Wood is not on Eastbourne's team for the 2020 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Georgie 1993 births British speedway riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Isle of Wight Islanders riders Living people Sheffield Tigers riders