Frank Peard

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Frank Peard
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Birth nameFrancis Woodley Peard
Born5 October 1919
Died22 September 2019 (aged 99)
Mount Hybla Nursing Home, Dublin

Frank Peard (1919 - 2019) was an Irish badminton player who played for Ireland internationally in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Early life and family

Frank Peard was born in 1919. [1] Having lived in Mountmellick, County Laois, Peard's family moved to Listowel, County Kerry in 1932. Peard attended St Michael's secondary school in Listowel. [2]

He married fellow badminton player, Susan Devlin, in 1960. They had two children, Mark and Pam. [1]

Badminton career

Peard began playing badminton at around age 9 or 10. He joined the Ailesbury Badminton Club in the early 1940s, where he partnered with Ham Lambert and Mrs Eileen Goulding. Along with Raymund Egan, Dick Bell, Colin Maidment and Geoff Trapnell, Peard was a co-founder of The Knights Badminton Club in 1946. Peard cited his study of David Guthrie Freeman's singles games as greatly improving his own game in the late 1940s. [2] Between 1946 and 1957, Peard played for Ireland in badminton 20 times. He won 3 Irish Open titles, 16 Irish Close titles, and 6 Scottish titles. Peard played in two All-England semi-finals, playing alongside Noel Radford and Jim FitzGibbon. He played at European badminton tournaments with FitzGibbon. In 1948 he played in the first match of the inaugural Thomas Cup, playing against Denmark. [1] [3]

He was a keen promoter of badminton in Ireland, taking part and organising many exhibition events. Peard had a long coaching career, and was invited to speak at the 1985 World Coaching Conference in Calgary. He served on the executive committee of the Leinster Branch, overseeing the move of the branch to new premises at the Terenure Centre, Whitehall Road in 1954. Peard served as the Director of the European Championships when they came to Dublin in 1976. He was also involved in the establishment of the Badminton Museum of Ireland, donating funds and objects to the museum. [1]

Peard wrote a number of publications on the history of badminton:

Achievements

YearTournamentEventWinner
1948 Scottish Open Men's doublesFrank Peard / T. L. Henry
1948 Irish Open Men's doublesFrank Peard / Noel Radford
1949Scottish OpenMen's doublesFrank Peard / T. L. Henry
1949Scottish OpenMen's singlesFrank Peard
1949 Irish National Badminton Championships Men's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1950North of England ChampionshipsMen's singlesFrank Peard
1950Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's singlesFrank Peard
1950Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMixedFrank Peard / B. I. Donaldson
1950Irish OpenMen's singlesFrank Peard
1950Scottish OpenMen's singlesFrank Peard
1950Irish OpenMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1950Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1951Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's singlesFrank Peard
1951Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMixedFrank Peard / B. I. Donaldson
1951Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1951Scottish OpenMen's singlesFrank Peard
1951Scottish OpenMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1952Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1952Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMixedFrank Peard / B. I. Donaldson
1952Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's singlesFrank Peard
1953Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMixedFrank Peard / B. I. Donaldson
1953Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's singlesFrank Peard
1953Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1954Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1954Irish OpenMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1955Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMixedFrank Peard / B. I. Donaldson
1955Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1961Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon
1962Irish National Badminton ChampionshipsMen's doublesFrank Peard / James FitzGibbon

Career

Outside of badminton, Peard worked for Guinness in Dublin from 1939 until his retirement in 1981. He initially worked Accountant's Department. He spent 18 months in the United States studying, and during this time he wrote for The Irish Times and the Irish Management Institute on business matters. [4] One such article for The Irish Times entitled "How to Get There: An Emigrant's to New York" was a guide to new Irish arrivals to the city. [5] After his return to Dublin he became Assistant Chief Accountant, later Director of Guinness in 1972, and finally in 1977 he became Deputy Managing Director of Guinness Ireland. He became a Trustee of the Iveagh Trust in 1981. In 1993 he became the first non-member of the Guinness family to serve as Chairman of the Trust. [4]

Peard died at Mount Hybla Nursing Home, Dublin on 22 September 2019. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 O'Rafferty, Dick (23 September 2019). "Frank Peard – An Appreciation". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Peard, F.W. (1995). Sixty Years of Badminton. Dublin. pp. 1, 5, 12, 19.
  3. Adams, Bernard (1980). The Badminton Story. London: BBC. p. 102. ISBN   0563164654.
  4. 1 2 3 "Francis Woodley Peard, 1919 – 2019 | The Iveagh Trust | Housing Association & Approved Housing Body, Dublin, Ireland" . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. Brown, Terence (2015). The Irish Times : 150 years of influence. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 232. ISBN   978-1-4729-1906-9. OCLC   904268506.