DSA Vice President David Peters was presented with DSA Life Membership by DSA President Brent Phillips at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Australian Deaf Games. David was a humble and worthy recipient of the award which is due recognition of his over 30 years contribution to Deaf Sports Australia.

David’s first involvement with sports was humble, where he played football at his school, Victorian School for Deaf Children. He also enjoyed playing Cricket, Basketball and Squash. David became involved with the Jolimont Deaf Basketball Club Committee at 18 years of age while he also played basketball at the same time. This was the start of his contribution to deaf sports where he became involved with Victorian Sports for the Deaf (now called Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria) and Deaf Sports Australia.

His experiences over the years saw him become the Sports and Venues Manager for the 2005 Deaflympic Games which was a very successful event that was held in Melbourne.
David mentioned that while he enjoyed playing sports, he mainly enjoyed being part of working with a team of athletes and people especially during his roles as Chef de Mission for the Australian Teams at the 1997, 2001 & 2009 Deaflympic Games.

Congratulations David on behalf of everyone at DSA and the Deaf Sport Community.

The full list of DSA Life Members is as follows:

Anne Bremner

Wyndham Cooper OAM (deceased)

Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick OAM

Dorothy Griffiths (deceased)

Wendy Home

Lauren Johns

John M Lovett AM (deceased)

Bruce R Muller JP

Benjamin Taylor OAM (deceased)

John Webb

David Peters