Monica Burns
Monnie Burns, of Invercargill, received The Queen's Service Medal for services to netball. Mrs Burns has been involved with netball in Invercargill for some 50 years. She was a player for 22 years until 1974 and represented Southland for 13 years. She was actively involved in Netball New Zealand tournaments for 27 years until 1991. She has coached at club level and more recently coached winning school teams at intermediate and secondary school level. She was awarded a New Zealand Coaching Award in 1981 and is a life member of the St Mary’s Netball Club, the Invercargill Netball Centre, and Netball Southland. Mrs Burns was awarded an Invercargill Civic Honours Award in 2007.