Trophy To Frances Pere

Frances Pere became Gisborne's first Sportswoman Of The Year on September 17. A gala sportswomen's dinner was held in the Archery Club Hall at which the title was announced. Six sportswomen were nominated for the title and they were guests, along with more than 250 other women, at the dinner which raised just on $1200 for the Crippled Children Society. Nineteen-year-old Frances Pere was nominated by the Gisborne Park Golf Club. She has a very impressive record already in the golfing world. She has been a member of the Russell Grace team, won the Maori Ladies' championship four times in a row, qualified to play in the Australian Open, was in the 1973 and 1974 Tasman Cup team, has been in both the New Zealand junior and senior ladies' representative teams, and was captain of the New Zealand junior team in Australia in 1972.

Frances Pere receives the award from John Guy of Guy & Dunsmore Ltd, who have donated the very handsome trophy.

Guest speakers at the function were Gillian Bannan (N.Z. representative golfer), Eve Rimmer (paraplegic athlete), and Jaynie Parkhouse (Commonwealth Games swimming gold medallist).

The three women responsible for the very successful function are, from left, Margaret Gorringe, Joan Coates and Jan Comp.

Those present at the function included Carol Cameron and Rosemary Bruce

Pam Kay, Norma Wood and Dot Harris

Christine, Joyce and Karyn Findon

Judy McKenzie, Joan Stockwell and Iris Timmings

Nea and Karen Pearce

Lorna McNeil and Mary Nelson

Pauline Ross, Ruth Evans, Patricia Honey and Jean Young

Members of the Gisborne Park Golf Club ladies contingent which attended the dinner

Also present at the Sportswomen's Dinner were, from left, Ena Dewes, Lorna Baynes, Elaine Anderson, Sue Wilis and Frankie Pokai

Babe Wharehinga, Robyn MacDonald, Joan Bowden, Janet Willson, Sheryl Martinsen and Lyn Buscke came down from Matawai.

Shona Martin, Helen Twisleton, Jocelyn Higgins and Jill Scott.

Jan Scholium and Clare Scholium.

Jenny Lunn, Raewyn Duncan, Carolyn Potter and Jean Duncan.

Cynthia Greatbatch and Joy Thornton.

Nancy Utting, Christine Hyland and Janice Utting.

Betty Irving and Erica Egan.

Connie Matthewson and Cherie Thomson.

The other five nominees for the Sportswoman of the Year title were, from left, Reah Lahmert (Poverty Bay Ladies' Golf Club), Betty Irving (Poverty Bay Netball Association), Gillian File (Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club), Diana Hansard (Poverty Bay and East Coast Badminton Association) and Mrs Phyllis Clarke, representing her daughter Judith Clarke (Barry Memorial Croquet Club).

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 244 : October 9, 1974

Trophy To Frances Pere