Tai Woffinden
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| Tai Woffinden | ||
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| Personal Information | ||
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| Nationality |  Great Britain |
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| Date of birth | August 10, 1990 | |
| Place of birth | Scunthorpe, England | |
| Website | www.taiwoffinden.com | |
| Current Club Information | ||
| British League | Rye House Rockets | |
| Polish League | Włókniarz Częstochowa | |
| Swedish League | Vargarna | |
| Career History | ||
| Scunthorpe Scorpions Rye House Rockets Poole Pirates |
2006-2007 2007-2008 2007 |
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| Individual Honours | ||
| Western Australia Under 16 Champion Conference League Riders Champion British Under 18 Champion British Under 21 Champion |
2006 2007 2007 2008 |
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| Team Honours | ||
| Premier League Champion Conference League Champion Conference Trophy Winner Conference KO Cup Winner Conference Shield Winner |
2007 2006, 2007 2006, 2007 2006, 2007 2006 |
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Tai Woffinden (born August 10 1990 in Scunthorpe, England) is a speedway rider currently riding for the Rye House Rockets in the British Premier League.[1] Tai is the son of former speedway rider Rob Woffinden.
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[edit] Career
Tai started his career with the Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Conference League in 2006. When he turned sixteen years of age he made his Premier League debut for the Sheffield Tigers as a guest rider. He is an assest of Wolverhampton Wolves after he signed a full contract with the Elite League side in 2006.[2]
2007 saw Tai return to Scunthorpe in the Conference League and signed on a season's loan with the Rye House Rockets in the Premier League. In August 2007 he also signed for the Poole Pirates in the Elite League to ride at reserve, sharing the spot with Rye House Rockets team-mate Steve Boxall for the rest of the season.
Tai has signed for Rye House Rockets again for the 2008 Season.
[edit] Honours
With the Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2006 he completed a clean sweep of Conference League trophies, winning the Championship, Conference Trophy, Conference Shield and the Knockout Cup.
In 2007, Tai became the youngest ever rider to appear in the British Championship Final but unfortunately suffered injury in a crash and had to withdraw from the meeting. In September he became the Conference League Riders Champion and then two days later won the British Under 18 Championship.
The Rockets clinched the Premier League Championship in 2007 after beating the Sheffield Tigers in the final.
- Individual U-21 World Championship:
- 2007 - qulify to Semi-Final 2, but he was replace by track reserve
- Team U-21 World Championship:
- 2007 - Silver medal (track reserve - 0 heats)
Woffinden became British Under 21 Champion in 2008. The event was held at the Arena Essex Raceway, with Woffinden only dropping one point in the qualifying heats and winning the final ahead of Adam Roynon and Ben Barker.[3]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ^ Woffy a Wolf. BSPA (2006-10-17). Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ Tai takes national crown. WorldSpeedway.com (2008-04-26). Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
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