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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | North Haven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daphne Ann Shaw is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.
Bowls career
Shaw started bowling in 1977 and won the 1979 North Haven Club Championship.
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. 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.
She was inducted into Bowls NSW Hall of Fame in 2016 and in May 2021, she opened a new green at the New Haven Bowls Club, which is named after her.
Personal life
Daphne married her husband Colin in 1963 and has been the mentor for Karen Murphy.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.