Softball Women, 1982

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Inducted in 1999

The New Zealand women’s softball team won the International Softball Federation’s fifth world championships in Taiwan in 1982.

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Twenty-three teams took part in four sections, with New Zealand finishing first in their section despite a loss.

They were unbeaten in post-section play and beat Chinese-Taipei 2-0 in the final.

They played 11 games for 10 wins and a loss. Team members were:

Maahi Baker
Jane Earnshaw
Rita Fatialofa
Karen Fraser
Natalie Hazelwood
Cheryl Kemp
Lesley Monk
Carol Moore
Vicki Murray
Debbie Mygind
Penny Salton
Naomi Shaw (captain)
Robyn Storer
Edith Tuavera
Gina Weber
Deslea Wrathall

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Allison Roe

(1956 - )

Allison Roe was many things to many people during her stunning athletics career, but she was best known in New Zealand and internationally for winning the famed Boston and New York Marathons in the same year, 1981.

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