Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club, Easter 1987 — SignDNA - Deaf National Archive New Zealand

Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club, Easter 1987

AUCKLAND DEAF SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS CLUB, WINNERS OF SINGLES & FOURS TITLES & JEROME TROPHY INTERCLUB COMPETITION AT N.Z. DEAF INDOOR BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, FEILDING, EASTER 1987. Back Row: W TRISTRAM (Fours), O GIBBONS (Jerome Trophy), SEN SMITH (Jerome Trophy). Middle Row: B KATU (Jerome Trophy), D WARD (Jerome Trophy) J BAYS (Jerome Trophy), B GRAHAM (Fours). Front Row: J WILSON (Treasurer), N DOHERTY (Jerome Trophy, Fours, Chairperson), R OXSPRING (Secretary), B KINNAIRD (Jerome Trophy, Singles, Fours).

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Barry Kinnaird

Bill (William) Graham

Bill (William) Graham

Bill (William) Katu

Bill (William) Katu

David Ward

Jim Wilson

John Bays

Ngaire Doherty

Owen Gibbons

Rae McKie (Oxspring)

Rae McKie (Oxspring)

Sen (Stewart) Smith

Sen (Stewart) Smith

Wayne Tristram

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