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QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST 2016

8/6/2016

 
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NZCPA Patron and Life Member Barry Sinclair has been recognised as a Member of NZ Order of Merit for services to cricket. 

Fellow NZCPA Life Member, Blair Furlong has also been recognised for services to cricket and rugby with the Queen's Service Medal. 

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SINCLAIR, Mr Barry Whitley
To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
For services to cricket
Mr Barry Sinclair has had a life-long involvement with cricket.
Mr Sinclair played 21 test matches between 1962 and 1968, and captained the New Zealand team in three Tests. He also played for Wellington from 1955 to 1971. After moving to Auckland, he joined the North Shore Cricket Club where he played in the premier team and devoted himself to mentoring and coaching young players. He has mentored a number of notable players, including Richard Jones and Grant Elliott. He has made significant contributions to the game at club cricket level as an administrator, fundraiser, and coach, and has provided leadership and support to the Past Players Hardship Trust initiative and their community programme Hooked on Cricket. He was made a patron of the North Shore Cricket Club and inaugural patron of the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association. Mr Sinclair was inducted into the Wellington Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.


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FURLONG, Mr Blair Donald Marie
The Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For services to cricket and rugby
Mr Blair Furlong was the Central Districts Cricket Association’s Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 2010, during which time he brought together the disparate parts of the Central Districts area to ensure they were a strong contributor to the national cricket scene.
Mr Furlong was a representative cricket player for Hawke’s Bay and Central District from 1963 to 1973 and was the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Association Administrator from 1985 to 1988. He was a Board member of Sport Hawke’s Bay from 1990 to 2002. He played a key role in the redeveloped of Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth into a multi-use stadium and has been a strong supporter of the development of McLean Park in Napier to be able to host international rugby and cricket. He played rugby for Hawke’s Bay in the 1960s and 1970s and played as an All Black in South Africa in 1970, before coaching the Napier High School Old Boys in the 1970s and Marist Senior rugby teams in the 1980s. He was assistant coach of the Hawke’s Bay Magpies from 1979 to 1981 and a member of the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union’s Board from 1974 to 1981. He has held various administrative positions with the Hawke’s Bay Saracens Rugby Club from 1973 to 2016. Mr Furlong has been Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union’s President since 2011.


other notable honours

TROUP, Mr Gary Bertram
To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
For services to sport and the community


MURDOCH, Mrs Lesley Jean, MBE
To be a Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
For services to sport

HEAL, Mr Stuart Barry
To be a Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
For services to cricket and the community


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