Career
He also competed in the IAAF World Cup held in Madrid, Spain that same year. Earlier in his sporting career he represented New Zealand in Rugby union, when from November 1984 to January 1985 he toured the United Kingdom with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby union Team. Later that year he was again picked for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby union Team who toured Australia.
Athletics = World Cup = = New Zealand Track & Field Championships Philip has had a very long career, with some interesting statistics relating to national titles, as follows:- most titles - 20. most in a row - 17 consecutive titles.
= Personal Best Rugby = Sevens Represented Waikato in 7s Rugby at the New Zealand National Tournament. = Fifteens However, with Waikato featuring what would become an all All Blacks front row (Richard Loe, Graham Purvis, Warren Gatland), it would be difficult for Philip to make it into the starting fifteen.
Preferring to play in the backline, Philip successfully switched from Hooker to Wing at a representative level