Ora Washington
Ora Washington was an exceptional athlete in the early twentieth century, excelling in both basketball and tennis.
Category Archives: Sports
Continue reading
Bernice Lumley
Identical twins Bernice and Doreen Lumley were well-known athletes from New Zealand.
Doreen Lumley
Identical twins Bernice and Doreen Lumley were well-known athletes from New Zealand.
Elsie Hamer Wilkie
Her equable temperament – said to be her greatest asset – together with natural talent and an exceptional technique, helped her to become a leader in women’s bowls. Her victory in the world bowls in 1973 gave New Zealand women’s bowls a high profile.
Ina Mabel Lamason
Ina Lamason was a sporting phenomenon. She represented New Zealand at cricket and hockey, was an international hockey umpire and served both sports as an administrator.
Hedwick Wilhelmina McDonald
Hedwick Wilhelmina McDonald’s greatest achievement as a racehorse trainer does not appear in record books; nor does her real name. She trained the winner of the 1938 Melbourne Cup, but because women were not permitted to be professional trainers in Australia at the time, her husband temporarily took over the role. As for her name, most of her life she was known simply as ‘Granny’.
Dot Simons
In an era when the achievements of women in sport received scant regard from New Zealand newspapers and radio, Dot Simons made the field her own.
Freda Du Faur
Du Faur is significant as the best amateur climber of her day and as the first woman to take up high climbing in New Zealand
Maggie Briggs
New Zealand show-jumper
Beverly Knight
Elected to the board of the Essendon Football Club in 1993, she was the first woman to hold that position at an Australian Football League (AFL) club. Knight is also well know for the leading role she has taken in bringing the work of Aboriginal artists to public notice. She is a former president of the Australian Commercial Galleries Association and helped develop a code of conduct to protect Aboriginal artists from exploitative dealers.