Barry Cleal, Auckland, MNZM
For services to rowing. Mr Cleal is a rowing coach who has been involved for 38 years with the Auckland Rowing Club. He has helped develop the skills of many of New Zealand’s best rowers, including two members of the current New Zealand Elite Rowing Team. His coaching successes have included five New Zealand Premier Championship titles between 1999 and 2006. Internationally, he has coached the New Zealand Women’s Squad at the World Rowing Championships in 1978, and the New Zealand Junior ‘Men’s 8’ in the 2003 Trans-Tasman Rowing Series. His current role as Coaching Director of the Auckland Rowing Club focuses on passing on his expertise to new and developing coaches and rowers. He has completed much of his rowing work on a voluntary basis.