Bill Woods

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William "Bill" Woods (born 1962 in Moruya, New South Wales) is an Australian television broadcaster. He is currently the co-host of Network Ten's Early News on Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesday, and presntes the national weeked news edition of Ten News

Woods has been with Ten since 1989. He was the anchor for Ten's National Basketball League coverage in the mid-1990s, as well as acting as play-by-play commentator for Sydney Kings home games. Woods was also the regular weekend presenter on Ten's Sports Tonight from 1996 to 2005, as well as acting as a back-up presenter on weeknights.

While Woods has been a constant face on Ten's sports coverage, it was during the ill-fated 1998 Sydney-to-Hobart Yacht Race that he rose to national prominence. With Ten being the official TV broadcaster of this prestigious event, he 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.

Woods has also been the face of Ten's motorsport coverage since 2000, serving as the studio anchor for its V8 Supercars broadcasts, as well as hosting the magazine programme RPM.

Since early 2006, Woods began co-hosting Ten's Early News, currently presenting on Wednesday to Fridays. In 2007, Woods permantely took over Ten's Weekend News replacing Tracey Spicer.

In his time away from television commitments, he has written a book, Legends of Speed. This book is about Australia’s great race drivers. His second book, a biography of rugby league player Hazem El Masri, is due for release early in 2007.