What is the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand? | Information Guide | Members of the Sports Tribunal

Who are the Members of the Tribunal?

The Tribunal is currently made up of nine members who were selected for their legal and sporting experience. The Tribunal’s chairperson must be either a retired judge or a senior barrister or solicitor.

For each hearing, the chairperson will usually select three people from the nine Tribunal members. One must always be a member with legal expertise and it is this person who directs the hearing procedures. In complex cases, more than three members may be appointed to determine the dispute.

The Tribunal's current members are:

		Chair: Hon Barry Paterson CNZM, OBE, QC Barry Paterson is a retired High Court Judge who, prior to his appointment to the Bench, practised as a solicitor and then as a barrister in Hamilton. He currently undertakes arbitrations and mediations. In addition to chairing the Sports Tribunal, Barry chairs the New Zealand Press Council, the Independent Oversight Group supervising Telecom's separation, and Paymark Limited. He is a Fellow (both arbitration and mediation) of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ) and sits on Courts of Appeal in several Pacific Islands. He is also a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He served as a Board member of New Zealand Cricket for 25 years and has had lengthy involvement in administration and legal matters in several sports.
		Deputy Chair: Sir Bruce Robertson Sir Bruce was appointed a High Court Judge in 1987 and a Court of Appeal Judge in 2005. He retired in 2010. He is President of the Court of Appeal in Vanuatu and of the Court of Appeal in Pitcairn Island.  He has also sat on the Court of Appeal in Samoa. Sir Bruce was Chair of the Rugby World Cup Authority. He holds and has held several other appointments in legal and judicial circles, many of them of an international nature, and in community affairs.
		Deputy Chair: Alan Galbraith QC Alan Galbraith QC is an eminent barrister and former Rhodes Scholar who was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1987 and has also acted as a member of the Public and Administrative Law Reform Committee (1985-1987), the Legislation Advisory Committee (1987-1996), the Broadcasting Commission (1989-1993) and the Racing Industry Board (1992-1996).  Alan has a long career in athletics, winning several New Zealand and Australian age-group track titles and more recently winning world masters age-group titles in the 1500m (2001) and the 10km road race (2004).
		Ron Cheatley MBE A company managing director, Ron is well known for his many years' experience in sports administration and particularly for his involvement with cycling as a competitor, coach and administrator. He has been cycling coach for four Olympic Games, four Commonwealth Games, seven World Championships and five Oceania Championships and his cyclists have won a total of 48 international medals for New Zealand. His achievements have been recognised with the Halberg Awards "Sportsman of the Year" Coach Award in 1989/1990 and 1998, and his naming as a Life Member of Cycling New Zealand.
		Dr Lynne Coleman Lynne is a general practitioner and sports doctor who has been involved with elite sport for more than a decade.  Initially with North Harbour Rugby and Netball teams, Lynne is now Medical Director for Basketball NZ, Swimming NZ and the New Zealand Women’s Rugby team (Black Ferns).  She also travels as team doctor for the Tall Ferns and Black Ferns teams. Lynne was a doctor for the New Zealand Olympic Health Team in Athens 2004, co-led the Health Team for Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006 and led the Health Team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  She is a supervisory "doping" doctor to the international basketball organsiation FIBA for Oceania events. Lynne has also been an elected member of the Waitemata District Health Board since 2001.
		Anna Richards MNZM Anna Richards is New Zealand's most capped female rugby player, having played for New Zealand (the Black Ferns) since 1990.  Anna has also represented New Zealand in Touch and played netball and tennis at provincial levels. She has a legal background and has worked as a tax consultant for KPMG Peat Marwick and is currently Programme Manager for the Alan Duff Charitable Foundation (Books in Homes).  Anna was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 for services to rugby.
		Chantal Brunner Chantal has more than 25 years of sporting experience. She represented New Zealand in the long jump at two Olympic Games, four World Championships and four Commonwealth Games. She is a member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and is the convenor of the New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission. She works as legal counsel for Les Mills in Auckland.
		Robert Hart Rob played cricket for Northern Districts from 1992 to 2004 and for the Black Caps from 2002 to 2004. Until recently he was a Board member of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association and is now currently a Board member of New Zealand Cricket. Rob is also on the Board of The Balloons Over Waikato Charitable Trust. He works as a lawyer for firm Tompkins Wake in Hamilton.