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2015-2016
Citations for The Queen’s Service Medal.
Queen’s Birthday
Honours 2015
For services to the community and sport.
Bryan was a committee member and president
for seven years of the Auctioneers Association of
New Zealand until 2013.
As an auctioneer and organiser Bryan has lent
his skills to a range of charitable organisations,
facilitating the raising of more than $6 million
for the wider community. This includes more
than $1 million raised for Canterbury children’s
charities via the Rotary Club ball, of which he has
been a committee member as well as auctioneer
for the past 15 years. He has been a trustee of
the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation since
2007, and a fundraising auctioneer for the
Trust for 22 years. He has served as chairman
of the Christchurch Regional Trustees of the
Foundation. He was involved with cricket as a
player, commentator and Convenor of Selectors
for Canterbury Cricket in the 1970s and 1980s.
He held various official positions with the
Canterbury Park Trotting Club until being elected
president in 1997. Bryan was involved with the
amalgamation of the three Canterbury trotting
clubs to form the New Zealand Metropolitan
Trotting Club in 1999, where he served on the
board until 2004. Bryan is currently President of
the Christchurch Golf Club.
Bryan Andrews (6848)