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Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowling Club, Easter 1983

Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowling Club; NEW ZEALAND DEAF INDOOR BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP, DUNEDIN, EASTER 1983; WINNERS OF SINGLE FOURS, LADIES AGGREGATE, RUNNER-UP PAIRS, FOURS AND JEROME TROPHY INTERCLUB COMPETITION. GAMES Played 12, Won 7, Ends For 56, Ends Against 107. POINTS – Wellington 15, Auckland 14, Otago 12, Christchurch 10, Manawatu 9.

Back Row: T. PORTER (R.U. Fours), O. GIBBONS (R.U. Fours – R.U. Jerome Trophy), R. OXSPRING (Fours), P. OXSPRING (R.U. Fours – R.U. Jerome Trophy). Front Row: B. KINNAIRD (Single – Fours – R.U. Pairs – R.U. Jerome Trophy), N. DOHERTY (R.U. Pairs – R.U. Jerome Trophy), J. WILSON (Chairman R.U. Jerome Trophy), G. BAYS (Fours – Ladies Aggregate – R.U. Jerome Trophy), T. STEAD (R.U. Fours). Absent: B. BREWSTER (Fours), S. CLARKE (R.U. Jerome Trophy).

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NZSL story – Taonga source: John Mansell

John’s Early Days on the Indoor Bowls Mat

John gave indoor bowls a go in the late 1960s and played for about a decade. He started in 1968, the year his team won the overall Jerome Plate. He was lucky to play under Skip Sen Smith, a top indoor bowls player in both Auckland and New Zealand. John remembers how everyone had to dress formally for team photos, wearing suits and ties. Unlike today’s more relaxed style, he believes things were better back then.
Taonga source:
Auckland Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1983-P002-ADS
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