Bill toured South Africa with the New Zealand team in 1969 and Noeleen won gold medals in the triples and fours in World Bowls at Wellington in 1973.
Bowls New Zealand chief executive Kerry Clark, who started playing bowls as a teenager at the Cromwell club, presented both bowlers with their special test caps.
It was part of a Bowls New Zealand initiative to honour the 148 bowlers - 104 men and 44 women - who have played international bowls for New Zealand.
Bill was the forty-fifth male bowler to represent New Zealand and Noeleen was the fourth woman.
‘‘I thought we were past our used-by date,'' Bill quipped to the Otago Daily Times.
Bowls was an important part of the Scotts' married life and they spent a lot of time at the local club.
‘‘If there had been accommodation at the bowling club, I think we might have moved in,'' Bill said. ‘‘We just about lived on the green".
The Scotts recognised it as an honour.
‘‘I was worried that the caps might be too small for us,'' Bill said. ‘‘Our heads swelled a bit when we heard about the honour".
The Scotts were the founders of the family dynasty that has made a big impact on New Zealand bowls over the past 50 years.
Bill's brother Kevin represented New Zealand in the transtasman test series against Australia in 1980.
His nephews Jim and Terry both represented New Zealand. Jim won silver medals at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and at World Bowls two years later.
The next Scott to represent New Zealand could be Bill's nephew Shaun, who was runner-up in the New Zealand singles in Dunedin last year.
