Daphne Shaw Explained

Daphne Shaw
Nationality:	Australian
Birth Date:	1943^[1]
Club:	North Haven

Daphne Ann Shaw is a former international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.^{[2] [3]}

Bowls career

Shaw started bowling in 1977 and won the 1979 North Haven Club Championship.^[4]

In 1990 she won a gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. In 1991 Daphne won the NSW Champion of Club Champions singles title and won a gold medal in the pairs and a silver in the singles at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships.^[5] In 1996 she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.^[6]

She was inducted into Bowls NSW Hall of Fame in 2016^[7] and in May 2021, she opened a new green at the New Haven Bowls Club, which is named after her.^[1]

Personal life

Daphne married her husband Colin in 1963 and has been the mentor for Karen Murphy.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commonwealth Games gold medalist Daphne Shaw opens new green at North Haven. Port News. 31 May 2021.
2. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. 1990. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
3. Web site: Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls. Commonwealth Games Federation. 31 August 2017. 1 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401203324/http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/lawn.htm. dead.
4. Web site: Lawn bowls golden girl still keen as ever. The Senior.
5. Web site: Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners. World Bowls. 31 May 2021.
6. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
7. Web site: Daphne Shaw earns Bowls NSW Hall of Fame induction. Wauchope Gazette.