Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Women’s Basketball Team, Bronze Medal Winners, 1989 — SignDNA - Deaf National Archive New Zealand

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Women’s Basketball Team, Bronze Medal Winners, 1989

New Zealand Deaf Womens Basketball Team. BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS, 1989. ANDREA VOWLES, MIRIA STOREY, NADIA BARADI ANGLINE PEREZ, BARBARA HAZELWOOD (Team Manageress), KELLY QUIRKE, PETER DOWNIE (Coach), RIPEKA BIRD, LORRAINE BUTLER, CAROL OWEN, SUSIE OVENS (Captain), NICKY MORRISON (Vice-Captain), ERINA HARONGA.

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Andie Vowles

Angeline Perez

Barbara Hazelwood

Barbara Hazelwood

Carol Owen

Erina Carroll (Haronga)

Erina Carroll (Haronga)

Kelly Quirke

Lorraine Butler (Waghorn)

Lorraine Butler (Waghorn)

Miiria Storey

Nadia Baradi

Nicki Morrison

Peter Downie

Ripeka Bird

Susie (Suzanne) Ovens

Susie (Suzanne) Ovens

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1989-P001-MDS

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