Norma Shaw

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]