Prince of Wales presents Terry with OBE at Windsor Castle

Thursday December 11th 2025

Belfast Cathedral parishioner and Board Member Terry Pateman with his OBE.

Belfast Cathedral parishioners Terry and Brenda Pateman were at Windsor Castle on Wednesday December 10, where Terry received an OBE from HRH The Prince of Wales.

Terry, who is also a member of the Cathedral Board, was awarded the OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list for 2025 for services to grassroots sport and community relations. He has been involved in all aspects of administering the Northern Amateur Football League on a voluntary basis from 1965 to the present day.

As Secretary, Vice Chair, Chair and latterly Chair of the League Management Committee, Terry proactively helped position the league as a place where all sides of a divided community could join together as equals in football.

Terry Pateman OBE with his wife Brenda at the investiture in Windsor Castle on December 10.

In 2010, Terry was elected to the position of Vice President of the Irish Football Association and was in office until 2013 representing the Association at International Level.

In the 1960s and 70s, Terry was an officer of the St James’ Parish Boys Brigade and worked tirelessly to foster good relations between communities on either side of Duncairn Gardens and the Lower Antrim Road.

Terry and Brenda were joined at the investiture in Windsor by their family. Congratulations to them all.