Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club
AUCKLAND DEAF SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS CLUB. First “ALL FEMALE” Combination to win the N.Z. Deaf Indoor Bowls Pairs Championship, Dunedin, 1988. N DOHERTY (S), R OXSPRING (L).
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Taonga source:
Auckland Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1988-P001-ADS
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1989
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1958
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1972
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1956
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1964
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1958
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1979
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1972
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1975
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