Norma Shaw

Norma Shaw MBE (1937-2009), born near Wakefield, was an English international indoor and lawn bowler.[1]

Norma Shaw
MBE
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born(1937-06-08)8 June 1937
Died10 June 2009(2009-06-10) (aged 72)
Sport
SportBowls
ClubNorton BC
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 TorontoSingles
Bronze medal – third place 1981 TorontoPairs
Gold medal – first place 1981 TorontoTeam
Bronze medal – third place 1985 MelbournePairs
Silver medal – second place 1985 MelbourneTeam
Silver medal – second place 1988 AucklandTriples
Silver medal – second place 1988 AucklandFours
Bronze medal – third place 1992 AyrTriples
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Leamington SpaFours
Silver medal – second place 1996 Leamington SpaTeam
Silver medal – second place 2000 MoamaTriples
Gold medal – first place 2000 MoamaTeam
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1982 BrisbaneTriples
Bronze medal – third place 1994 VictoriaSingles
Bronze medal – third place 1994 VictoriaTriples
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Kuala LumpurFours
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 LlanelliSingles
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Floridasingles
Silver medal – second place1993 Floridapairs
Silver medal – second place1995 Durbansingles
Silver medal – second place1995 Durbanpairs
Silver medal – second place1999 Durbanfours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1990pairs
Gold medal – first place1983triples

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]

Norma was the first woman to break into the male dominated televised tournaments. She died in June 2009.[12]

Recognition

Shaw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to bowls.[13]

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ""Shaw turns tables for final reward." Times [London, England] 21 Apr. 1997". The Times.
  7. "'Shaw strikes gold'". The Times. 25 October 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  8. "'Guernsey finally falter". The Times. 1 November 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  9. "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.
  10. "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  11. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  12. "Tribute competition to bowls legend Norma Shaw held". Gazette Live.
  13. United Kingdom list: "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1985. p. 15.
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