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DENNIS KENNY QSM
Honouring a stalwart of the Lake City Rotorua Club and one of the initial organisers of the Rotorua Marathon Dennis Kenny QSM. Dennis died on 27 February 2025 aged 86.
He competed in the first Rotorua Marathon in 1965 finishing sixth in 3:03:52, improving to 2:53:10 for 31st place in 1967.
He was the Rotorua Athletic and Harrier Club secretary and served as Rotorua Marathon race director for 35 years. In 1978 he received an Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty Service Award and he was Centre President 1984-85.
Dennis and his wife Pam both received the Queen’s Service Medal in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to athletics.
Dennis’s long and rich history is documented in this link below
Rotorua Marathon icon Dennis Kenny dies at 86 – NZ Herald
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