Norma Massey

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Norma Massey
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born1924
DiedOctober 2014
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubYarraville Footscray Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1969 Sydney singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1969 Sydney triples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1969 Sydney team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Worthing team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Melbourne triples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1985 Melbourne fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Melbourne team
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1985 Tweed Headstriples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1985 Tweed Headsfours

Norma Massey (1924-2014) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia. [1]

Contents

Bowls career

World Championships

Massey won the singles bronze medal and triples silver medal with Connie Hicks and Mary Ormsby, at the 1969 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney and also won a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy). [2]

Eight years later she represented Australia in the singles and triples events finishing just outside the medals but was part of the team that claimed the gold medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy). [3]

Sixteen years after her first World Championships she won the triples gold medal with Dorothy Roche and Mavis Meadowcroft, the fours silver medal with Meadowcroft, Roche and Fay Craig and the team event gold medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne. [4]

Asia Pacific Championships

She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 triples at Tweed Heads, New South Wales. [5]

National

Norma joined Yarraville Seddon Bowling Club in 1953 and represented Australia in 104 times. [6]

Awards

Massey was awarded the Order of Australia for services to bowls in 2006. In 2011 she was inducted into Bowls Australia’s Hall of Fame. [7] She died in October 2014. [8]

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References

  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.
  2. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  3. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  5. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. "Profile - Norma Joyce Massey - Player Legend". Benalla Bowls Club.
  7. "Massive Roll for Norma Massey 20/12". TBM VIC community bowls.
  8. "MASSEY, Norma OAM". Weekly Times. Retrieved 31 May 2021.