SHEFFIELD SWOOP FOR WOFFY

SHEFFIELD have pulled off the sensational signing of triple World Champion Tai Woffinden.

The Tru Plant Tigers have swooped to secure the signature of the Great Britain captain as an injury replacement for Jack Holder who is facing a spell on the sidelines with a broken wrist.

Co-Promoter Damien Bates said: “For Sheffield to sign a rider like Tai Woffinden is a massive coup, not only for us as a club but for British Speedway as a whole.

“Tai’s had his reasons for not racing in the UK for a while now but as soon as Steady (Simon Stead – team manager) spoke to him, he was well up for it.

“Jack has had an operation but we can’t say for definite how long he’ll be out for and we don’t know how quickly he’ll be ready to come back.

“I don’t want to be struggling to be booking guests or being forced to run rider replacement at No.1.

“So with that in mind we felt it’s better to bring in an injury replacement for Jack for now, have a full team and give ourselves the best chance of making sure we stay in that top four.

“In Tai we’ve brought in a genuine, proven World class rider and it’s going to be great to see him lining up in a Sheffield racejacket.”