A leading figure for bowls in New Zealand for many years, Kerry Clark, has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
He was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1989 for services to bowls. He has been Bowls New Zealand chief executive since its amalgamation in 1996 and chaired the World Bowls laws committee since 2004, overseeing the rewriting of the game's laws three times. He chaired the Bowls Events New Zealand board which organised the 2008 world championships. In this role, he was also responsible for accessing the funding required to run the World Bowls international events in New Zealand from 2004 to 2008, and the World Bowls internationals in Christchurch from 2013 to 2016.
Kaiapoi's Tony Hall has also been awarded a CNZM for services to education and sport.
As Pro-Chancellor and then Chancellor of Lincoln University, he has provided leadership through a challenging period post-earthquake, and has overseen the progression towards the establishment of the Lincoln Research and Education Hub.
He is on the board of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and is a member of its selection panel. He supports and sponsors the Winter Paralympian team. He established the Gilly & Tony Hall Foundation to help fund this and other charitable initiatives and has had a long association with Canterbury sport.
