{{Short description|British lawn bowler (1937–2009)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Norma Shaw<br /><small>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}}}</small> | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|6|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age |df=yes|2009|6|10|1937|6|8}} | death_place = | sport = Bowls | club = Norton BC | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalGold| 1981 Toronto|Singles}} {{MedalBronze| 1981 Toronto|Pairs}} {{MedalGold| 1981 Toronto|Team}} {{MedalBronze| 1985 Melbourne|Pairs}} {{MedalSilver| 1985 Melbourne|Team}} {{MedalSilver| 1988 Auckland|Triples}} {{MedalSilver| 1988 Auckland|Fours}} {{MedalGold| 1988 Auckland|Team}} {{MedalBronze| 1992 Ayr|Singles}} {{MedalBronze| 1992 Ayr|Triples}} {{MedalBronze| 1996 Leamington Spa|Fours}} {{MedalSilver| 1996 Leamington Spa|Team}} {{MedalSilver| 2000 Moama|Triples}} {{MedalGold| 2000 Moama|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1982 Brisbane|Triples}} {{MedalBronze| 1994 Victoria|Singles}} {{MedalBronze| 1998 Kuala Lumpur|Fours}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalGold|1997 Llanelli|Singles}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|1993 Florida|singles}} {{MedalSilver|1993 Florida|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|1995 Durban|singles}} {{MedalSilver|1995 Durban|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|1999 Durban|fours}} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|1990|pairs}} {{MedalGold|1983|triples}} }}
'''Norma Shaw''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (1937-2009), born near Wakefield, was an English international indoor and lawn bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2453|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}</ref>
=== Commonwealth Games === Norma represented England at four Commonwealth Games winning four medals from 1982 until 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49075|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215050144/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49075|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GRB Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49075|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215050144/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49075|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== World Indoor Bowls Championship === Norma also won the 1997 World Indoor Bowls Championship held in Llanelli.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501208674&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title="Shaw turns tables for final reward." Times [London, England] 21 Apr. 1997|work=The Times}}</ref>
=== Atlantic Championships === Norma won five medals Atlantic Bowls Championships including a singles gold medal at the 1993 inaugural tournament in Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503369651/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=53c04381|title='Shaw strikes gold'|date=25 October 1993|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=28|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500635684/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=7805d2c8|title='Guernsey finally falter|date=1 November 1993|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=21|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503392012/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=9b165530|title=Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'|date=24 April 1995|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=21|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503393918/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=f061afde|title='For the Record' (1995)|date=1 May 1995|newspaper=The Times|access-date=25 May 2021|page=32|via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
=== National === Norma won eight National Championships bowling for Durham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|title=Past Records|publisher=Bowls England|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327221853/https://www.bowlsengland.com/about-us/past-records|url-status=dead}}</ref> Theyincluded the singles in 1998, the pairs in 1980 and 1989,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS118064914/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=b0e1d9f1 |title=Bowls |date=18 Aug 1980 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 Aug 2023 |page=34 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> the triples in 1982<ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS320178963/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=5bb6993a |title=Allan, G. 'Bowls' |date=19 Aug 1982 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=26 Aug 2023 |page=19 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and the fours in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003894/19770823/019/0019 |title=Waverley within a shot of EBA title |work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=23 August 1977 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
Norma was the first woman to break into the male dominated televised tournaments. She died in June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/tribute-competition-bowls-legend-norma-3701265|title=Tribute competition to bowls legend Norma Shaw held|date=30 August 2010 |publisher=Gazette Live}}</ref>
== Recognition == Shaw was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to bowls.<ref>United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |date=14 June 1985 |supp=y |issue=50154 |pages=15 }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Norma}} Category:English female bowls players Category:1937 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls World Champions Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:20th-century English sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls