World-class thrower Arthur Grayburn, a New Zealand masters pioneer and historian, has died at age 80 after suffering a stroke, according to this press account. The obituary (reproduced below) makes reference to the “1994 World Masters Association Games.” This isn’t the WAVA/WMA world masters championships (held in odd-numbered years) but instead is the event more properly known as the World Masters Games. The 1994 event was held in Brisbane. Arthur competed as recently as March 2006, when he won the M75 discus, shot and hammer at the New Zealand masters nationals. I regret that I never had a chance to meet Arthur or read his history of masters track Down Under.

A Kiwi masters club posted other details:

Grayburn and his wife Merle held training camps and Grayburn was always available to officiate at meetings, when he was not competing. He was always ready give advice or tips to field event athletes.
Grayburn was president of the Canterbury Masters Association 1982-84, vice chairman of the organising committee for the fourth world veteran games in Christchurch in 1981, secretary organiser of the South Island masters track and field championships from 1981 to 2005, 11 years executive member of the New Zealand Masters Association and eight years executive member of the Oceania Masters Association.
He was made a life member of the New Zealand Masters Association in 1996 and the Canterbury Masters Association in 2002.
Grayburn received an Athletics New Zealand merit award in July 2006.
He was also very involved in the community and received a “Keep Christchurch Beautiful” service award in October 2001. He was also a prominent Freemason.
Grayburn was a prolific writer, an author of five books, one of these was an outstanding “A History of NZ Veteran Athletics 1962-1999”.
He made an enormous contribution to the sport of athletics and that cheerful smiling face, always ready to swap the latest joke, will be sadly missed.

Here’s the main obit:

Thursday, 15 November 2007
Master athlete-turned-writer dead at 80
Two time national javelin champion and New Zealand Masters Association stalwart Arthur Grayburn has died in Christchurch aged 80.
Grayburn never recovered from a stroke that he suffered last Tuesday.
A New Zealand representative at the 1950 Centennial Games, Grayburn won a silver medal in his specialist throwing event.
He went on to win the New Zealand javelin throw title in 1952 and 1953.
As a veteran/master athlete, he was invincible in his age group, having won 31 consecutive NZ Masters Association titles. At the 1994 World Masters Association Games he won the gold medal in the 65-69 years age group javelin with a record throw of 46.94m. He has also won two silver and two bronze medals at world championships.
He competed at every masters track and field championships since their introduction in 1975 and all but two Oceania masters track and field championships.
Grayburn holds four national masters, four Oceania, five national championship and five Canterbury masters javelin records.
Grayburn and his wife Merle held training camps and Grayburn was always available to officiate at meetings, when he was not competing. He was always ready give advice or tips to field event athletes.
Grayburn was president of the Canterbury Masters Association from 1982-1984, vice chairman of the organising committee for the fourth world veteran games in Christchurch in 1981, secretary organiser of the South Island masters track and field championships from 1981 to 2005, 11 years executive member of the New Zealand Masters Association and eight years executive member of the Oceania Masters Association.
He was made a life member of the New Zealand Masters Association in 1996 and the Canterbury Masters Association in 2002.
Grayburn received an Athletics New Zealand merit award in July 2006.
He was also very involved in the community and received a Keep Christchurch Beautiful service award in October 2001. He was also a prominent Freemason.
A prolific writer, Grayburn was the author of five books, including History of NZ Veteran Athletics 1962-1999.
An Athletics New Zealand spokesman said he made an enormous contribution to the sport of athletics.
“That cheerful smiling face, always ready to swap the latest joke, will be sadly missed.”