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Team Photo: Auckland Deaf Society Indoor Bowls Club, Easter 1991

AUCKLAND DEAF SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS CLUB 25th TOURNAMENTS; WINNERS OF SINGLES TITLE, FOURS RUNNER-UP & JEROME TROPHY INTERCLUB COMPETITION AT N.Z. DEAF INDOOR BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, AUCKLAND, EASTER WEEKEND 1991. GAMES – Auckland 58, Christchurch 55, Manawatu 38. Third Row: S. ROBSON, RON LEWIS (Fours), ROY LEWIS, E. POWELL (Jerome). Second Row: J. BAYS (Single, Jerome), J. WILSON, R. OXSPRING (Fours, Jerome) – T. STEAD (Fours, Jerome), J. PETERSON. First Row: M. GRAHAM (Jerome Reserve), B. GRAHAM (Jerome), D. WARD (Captain, Jerome), O. GIBBONS (Selector, Fours), N. DOHERTY, G. BAYS (Jerome).

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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.
NZSL story – Taonga source: Unknown, Colleen Norris

Colleen’s Bowls Win While Six Months Pregnant

Colleen explains how she got involved in Auckland Deaf Society’s indoor bowls team for the 1968 NZ Deaf Sports Convention in Christchurch. The team was short on players, and since her husband was already going to play basketball, she decided to join. Her mother-in-law came to help look after her daughter. At the time, Colleen was six months pregnant. Despite that, she won the singles, doubles, and team events. She remembers how formal team photos were back then. In the November team photo, everyone tried to hide her pregnancy!
Taonga source:
Auckland Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1991-P003-ADS
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