Daphne Shaw
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born1943[1]
Sport
ClubNorth Haven
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Adelaidefours
Silver medal – second place 1996 Adelaidetriples
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1990 Aucklandfours
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place1991 Kowloonsingles
Gold medal – first place1991 Kowloonpairs

Daphne Ann Shaw is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[2][3]

Bowls career

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

Daphne married her husband Colin in 1963 and has been the mentor for Karen Murphy.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Commonwealth Games gold medalist Daphne Shaw opens new green at North Haven". Port News. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ↑ "Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Lawn bowls golden girl still keen as ever". The Senior.
  5. ↑ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  7. ↑ "Daphne Shaw earns Bowls NSW Hall of Fame induction". Wauchope Gazette.
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