Norma Massey

Norma Massey (1924 to 2014) was an Australian international lawn bowls competitor whose career ran across more than three decades of world level play. She joined the Yarraville Seddon Bowling Club in 1953 and went on to represent Australia 104 times. At the World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Sydney in 1969 she won the singles bronze medal and, with Connie Hicks and Mary Ormsby, the triples silver medal, and she also took a silver in the team event for the Taylor Trophy. She was part of the Australian team that won the Taylor Trophy team gold in 1977, and at the 1985 championship in Melbourne she won triples gold with Dorothy Roche and Mavis Meadowcroft, fours silver, and another team gold. She also won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including the 1985 triples gold at Tweed Heads, was awarded the Order of Australia for services to bowls in 2006, and was inducted into Bowls Australia's Hall of Fame in 2011.