My Commonwealth Hero

                                                     Phil Burrows

Full name: Phil Ross Burrows

Date of birth: 24.04.1980

Birth place: Wellington, NZ

Position: striker

Phil Ross Burrows is a 34 year old hockey player. He has  played in the Olympics and the Commonwealth games. He has won 1 silver and 1 bronze medals in the Commonwealth games. He is New Zealand's top field goal scorer and was named New Zealand’s player of the year. Phil Burrows has completed over 120 international games. 

He has competed in 2 summer Olympics in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing. 

He has played club hockey in the Netherlands since 2004.

By Mac