racers and royals Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 Very sad news of the passing of Brian Woodward aged 70 clubs ridden for Newport (1972-1977)Chesterton (1973)Stoke (1974)Oxford (1974, 1982)Weymouth (1975, 1979-1981)Bristol (1977)Wolverhampton (1978)Reading (1979)Birmingham (1980) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 Sad news...Brian rode briefy for Oxford in 1982 before injury curtailed his appearances. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 Not heard of the chap, but RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted November 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said: Not heard of the chap, but RIP Are you sure ?- did a lot at Newport Speedway when he retired. He was a mate of Tim Stones and was clerk of the course for years. Edited November 15, 2022 by racers and royals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendonebunching Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 Sad news , had a good chat to him on a plane to Warsaw a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 1 hour ago, racers and royals said: Are you sure ?- did a lot at Newport Speedway when he retired. He was a mate of Tim Stones and was clerk of the course for years. Not my 'neck of the woods' I'm afraid. Poor Tim, that's another story. RIP Tim too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAST GATER Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 Great little rider RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlivefrankie Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 RIP Brian was cornerstone of Newport Speedway for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessexboy Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 RIP Brian. Many Weymouth Speedway fans have very fond memories of Brian riding for Wizards/ Wildcats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 Very good riding in his day R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampyboy Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 I'm sure Brian also did a lot of grass track in the Wales, Hereford and Bristol area . He had a machining/engineering business in the Cwmbran area at one time, he did some valve seats on a Jawa for us once. He and Tim Stone put in a lot of effort for Newport Speedway, now all sadly gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessex Wanderer Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 One of Lew Coffins trainees. He won the Weymouth Speedway Training School Championship in about 1970 before embarking on an excellent career as listed by Racers and Royals. In his later spells at Weymouth he was always a very good heat leader and definitely the best team rider we ever had. One night at Workington our two reserves got beat for a 5-1 in heat two but each of them came out in their next ride as Brian’s partner and he somehow got them out in front and then blocked all attempts by the home pair to get past. A Weymouth 5-1 each time. And that was a verY strong Comet’s team at the time. RIP Brian and thanks for (usually spectacular) memories. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiegal Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 Brian was a lovely, gentle and amusing fella. He travelled regularly with us, recently as last month when h visited the Czech G Helmet and Torun. He was always a happy smiling face, polite and good company. The Speedway World will miss him, we at TRAVEL PLUS TOURS will miss him hugely, but its his loss to his family which will be felt the most. Rest well "Woody" its been a huge pleasure and honour. JAMES EASTER. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 Brian’s funeral service will take place at The Forest of Dean Crematorium on Monday 12th December at 12.30pm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 A very talented engineer, He was a great help to everyone in the grass track circuit when he was helping Paul Fry at home & on the continent. both much sadly missed RIP "Woody" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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