Kerry Clark
New Zealand lawn bowls player and administrator
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Peter Kerry Clark CNZM OBE (born 30 June 1949) is a New Zealand lawn bowls player and administrator.
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| Born | Peter Kerry Clark 30 June 1949 Cromwell, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and family
Born 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 career
Clark 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]
Administration
Between 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]
Honours and awards
In 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] In 2018, Clark was awarded the Commonwealth Games Federation Order of Merit.[9]