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Kerry Clark
Peter Kerry Clark CNZM OBE (born 30 June 1949) is a New Zealand lawn bowls player and administrator. Early life and familyBorn in Cromwell on 30 June 1949, Clark was educated at Cromwell District High School from 1961 to 1965.[1] He married his wife, Suzanne, in 1990, and the couple have one child.[1] Playing careerClark began playing bowls in Cromwell as a 12-year-old, and represented New Zealand at the 1972 world championships.[2] At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal, partnering David Baldwin, Gordon Jolly and John Somerville.[3] At the following 1978 Commonwealth Games he came fourth in the men's singles.[3] He made his final international appearance for New Zealand in 1980.[2] AdministrationBetween 1982 and 1986, Clark was the convenor of the national men's selection panel, and was involved in the organisation of the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.[2] He served as president of the International Bowling Board for two years.[2] When the New Zealand men's and women's bowls associations amalgamated to form Bowls New Zealand in 1996, Clark was appointed as that body's inaugural chief executive.[2] He announced his retirement in 2016.[2] Clark became chair of the World Bowls laws committee in 2004, and also chaired the organisation of the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship held in Christchurch.[4] He was chair of the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute between 1997 and 2011,[4] and was the World Bowls technical delegate for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[5] Clark also Chaired the organisation of the 2016 World Outdoor Championships in Christchurch. A trustee of the Halberg Disability Foundation since 1996, Clark was made a life trustee in 2016.[4] HonoursIn the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, Clark was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls.[6] In 2013, he was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[7] Clark was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to bowls in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.[8] Awarded the Order of Merit by the Commonwealth Games Federation at the CGF General Assembly in April 2018 for services to Lawn Bowls References
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