Phillip Gardner
Trustee
Phillip hails from a deaf sporting family – his auntie Kathleen Squires competed in the 4th International Games for the Deaf, White City, London in 1935, winning both gold in the team relay and bronze in the sport sprint. His father Frank was a prolific sportsman especially the pole vault. This inspired Phillip at an early age, and like his father, he enjoyed excelling in all sports especially football and chess. But athletics remains his first love.
Phillip was educated at Burwood Park School where under the influence of a professional games master, George S. Watson, he continued to develop into a master sportsman. He has represented Great Britain at the 1981 Koln Deaflympics in athletics, and the 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics as Team Manager winning the gold medal. As for chess, he has represented his county several times at the World Individual and Team Championships. He is currently President of the International Chess Committee of the Deaf. He continues officiating football and futsal matches as referee as well as some coaching.
Because of his deaf roots, Phillip has always been engrossed in deaf sports history in all deaf sports globally. He is involved as Secretary / Historian and Researcher for the British Deaf Sports Heritage (formerly British Deaf Sports Council), and with the vast material he has, he hopes to find the time to write books and journals on various deaf sports history. The thorny question is when he will put pen to paper!
Phillip was educated at Burwood Park School where under the influence of a professional games master, George S. Watson, he continued to develop into a master sportsman. He has represented Great Britain at the 1981 Koln Deaflympics in athletics, and the 2005 Melbourne Deaflympics as Team Manager winning the gold medal. As for chess, he has represented his county several times at the World Individual and Team Championships. He is currently President of the International Chess Committee of the Deaf. He continues officiating football and futsal matches as referee as well as some coaching.
Because of his deaf roots, Phillip has always been engrossed in deaf sports history in all deaf sports globally. He is involved as Secretary / Historian and Researcher for the British Deaf Sports Heritage (formerly British Deaf Sports Council), and with the vast material he has, he hopes to find the time to write books and journals on various deaf sports history. The thorny question is when he will put pen to paper!
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