Daphne Ann Shaw is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[2][3]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1943[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | North Haven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowls career edit
Shaw started bowling in 1977 and won the 1979 North Haven Club Championship.[4]
In 1990 she won a gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In 1991 Daphne won the NSW Champion of Club Champions singles title and won a gold medal in the pairs and a silver in the singles at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships.[5] In 1996 she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[6]
She was inducted into Bowls NSW Hall of Fame in 2016[7] and in May 2021, she opened a new green at the New Haven Bowls Club, which is named after her.[1]
Personal life edit
Daphne married her husband Colin in 1963 and has been the mentor for Karen Murphy.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "Commonwealth Games gold medalist Daphne Shaw opens new green at North Haven". Port News. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Lawn bowls golden girl still keen as ever". The Senior.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Daphne Shaw earns Bowls NSW Hall of Fame induction". Wauchope Gazette.