Norma Shaw
Representing ![]() | ||
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World Outdoor Championships | ||
![]() | 1981 Toronto | Singles |
![]() | 1981 Toronto | Pairs |
![]() | 1981 Toronto | Team |
![]() | 1985 Melbourne | Pairs |
![]() | 1985 Melbourne | Team |
![]() | 1988 Auckland | Triples |
![]() | 1988 Auckland | Fours |
![]() | 1992 Ayr | Triples |
![]() | 1996 Leamington Spa | Fours |
![]() | 1996 Leamington Spa | Team |
![]() | 2000 Moama | Triples |
![]() | 2000 Moama | Team |
Commonwealth Games | ||
![]() | 1982 Brisbane | Triples |
![]() | 1994 Victoria | Singles |
![]() | 1994 Victoria | Triples |
![]() | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Fours |
World Indoor Championships | ||
![]() | 1997 Llanelli | Singles |
Atlantic Bowls Championships | ||
![]() | 1993 Florida | singles |
![]() | 1993 Florida | pairs |
![]() | 1995 Durban | singles |
![]() | 1995 Durban | pairs |
![]() | 1999 Durban | fours |
British Isles Championships | ||
![]() | 1990 | pairs |
![]() | 1983 | triples |
Norma Shaw MBE (1937-2009), born near Wakefield, was an English international indoor and lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
World Championship
Norma won twelve World Outdoor Bowls Championship medals. The success started with two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto. Four years later she won a silver medal and another bronze at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship followed by two more silvers at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Norma then competed in her fourth and fifth successive championships at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship securing a bronze in both. Her final appearance was at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Moama where she won a bronze in the triples and finished with a gold medal in the team event.[2]
Commonwealth Games
Norma represented England at four Commonwealth Games winning four medals from 1982 until 1998.[3][4][5]
World Indoor Bowls Championship
Norma also won the 1997 World Indoor Bowls Championship held in Llanelli.[6]
Atlantic Championships
Norma won five medals Atlantic Bowls Championships including a singles gold medal at the 1993 inaugural tournament in Florida.[7][8][9][10]
National
Norma won eight National Championships bowling for Durham.[11] Theyincluded the singles in 1998, the pairs in 1980 and 1989,[12] the triples in 1982[13] and the fours in 1977.[14]
Norma was the first woman to break into the male dominated televised tournaments. She died in June 2009.[15]
Recognition
Shaw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to bowls.[16]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ ""Shaw turns tables for final reward." Times [London, England] 21 Apr. 1997". The Times.
- ^ "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 August 1980. p. 34. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Allan, G. 'Bowls'". The Times. 19 August 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 26 August 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Waverley within a shot of EBA title". Nottingham Evening Post. 23 August 1977. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tribute competition to bowls legend Norma Shaw held". Gazette Live. 30 August 2010.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1985. p. 15.