Our Life Members

About Life Membership

Life Membership is awarded to individuals who have provided exceptional service to bowls in New Zealand over a sustained period of time.

Recipients have demonstrated leadership, dedication, and a significant impact on the development and wellbeing of the sport.

Nominations are considered through a formal process and reflect the values, history, and future of bowls in Aotearoa.

1972

*G N George Boulton MBE

Gisborne East Coast

1978

*R M Dick Byford

Auckland

1978

*M A Maurice Le Cren MBE

Christchurch

1980

*G H Gordon Jolly OBE

Dunedin

1981

*J N S John Flett OBE

Auckland

1982

*M R Ron Buchan

Waikato

1990

*H D Hugh Moss

Taranaki

1999

*R G Bob Vinsen

Taranaki

2002

Jean Ashby ONZM

North Harbour

2003

P J Peter Belliss MBE

Wanganui

2011

*M Martin Christensen

Gisborne East Coast

2019

Ann Muir QSM

Northland

2021

John Carter

Wellington

* An asterisk denotes Life Members who are now deceased.