Penny…and her thoughts
Penny Went collected a silver medal at the last World Games for the Deaf – now she is home and aiming for gold.
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Taonga source:
Christchurch Star
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1989-031
Bibliographic source:
Christchurch Star, 6 January 1989, p.3
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