Brett Woodifield
{{Short description|Australian speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Brett Woodifield
| image =
| nationality = Australian
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 March 1976}}
| birth_place = Gawler, South Australia, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Skegness Braves
| years1 = 1997
| career2 = Isle of Wight
| years2 = 1997
| career3 = Peterborough Panthers
| years3 = 1998, 2000
| career4 = Ipswich Witches
| years4 = 1999
| career5 = Trelawny Tigers
| years5 = 2001
| career6 = Rye House Rockets
| years6 = 2003
| career7 = Workington Comets
| years7 = 2004
| indivyear1 =
| indivhonour1 =
| teamyear1 = 1998
| teamhonour1 = Premier League winner
| teamyear2 = 1998
| teamhonour2 = Premier League Pairs winner
| teamyear3 = 1998
| teamhonour3 = Premier League Four-Team Championship
}}
Brett Wayne Woodifield (born 15 March 1976) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Brett Woodifield |year=2004 |page= |publisher=Peter Oakes, Peterborough |isbn=0-948882-81-6}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Brett Woodifield |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 May 2023}}
Career
Woodifield started his British leagues career during the 1997 Premier League speedway season, where he rode for Skegness Braves and the Isle of Wight Islanders, following the former's withdrawal from the league.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2978/brett-woodifield |title=Brett Woodifield |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=27 May 2023}} The following season he signed for Peterborough Panthers and was part of the team that secured a 1998 League title. He was also selected by Peterborough for the Premier League Pairs Championship to partner Glenn Cunningham and the pair won the Championship.{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=27 July 1998 |access-date=27 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19980727/026/0026 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} He completed a treble as part of the Peterborough four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 30 August 1998, at the East of England Arena.{{cite news |title=Last heat fury |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=31 August 1998 |access-date=24 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19980831/020/0020 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Peterborough moved up to the top division to compete in the 1999 Elite League speedway season, which saw Woodifield leave the club for the season and ride for rivals Ipswich Witches in the same division. He returned to Peterborough for the 2000 season before moving on to Trelawny Tigers in 2001.
He missed the 2002 British season after being refused a work permit{{cite web |url=https://www.crash.net/speedway/news/97221/1/woodifield-blow-for-peterborough |title=Woodifield blow for Peterborough |website=Crash.net |access-date=27 May 2023}} before joining Rye House Rockets for 2003 and then Workington Comets for his final season in Britain in 2004.