Bruce Shaw's story as below:
In 2004, Mark Adam, David Hayward, Tony Rennex, Tony Mackdrodt, David
Graham, Judy Buehow, Janice and Geoff Wright and my wife, Odotto and I
went to Auckland for DTBANZ's National Deaf Championship. I met their
President Basil Kroon and
Tournament Director Norman Norris and we talked about having a future
National Deaf Tournament Challenge between the two countries, New
Zealand and Australia. Our Talk was positive and we agree that we both
need to have a formal talk between the two Associations, I told the
board of National Deaf Tenpin Bowling Association that I had talked to
the others in New Zealand about forming a challenge tournament between
New Zealand and Australia. The Board agreed that it was a good idea and
send three of our Board Directors to Auckland in 2006. The three Board
Directors, Sylvia Gusts, Wendy Devlin and I flew over the Auckland and
one of their committee picked us up at Auckland Airport and we were
billeted in their house overnight.
We
meet three of the Deaf Tenpin Bowling Association of New Zealand Board
of Directors at one of their clubs. They were Basil Kroon (President),
Norman Norris (Tournament Director) and Stephen Jourdain (Assistant Tournament
Director) after we were introduced we then discussed what was the
priorities for the Challenge Tournament then agree to set more solid
foundation at Norman Norris's place next morning. We has a very strong
discussion about what is best for all bowlers, both Australia and New
Zealanders, regulation/rules, and what requirements we had to meet for
Tenpin Bowling of Australia and New Zealand, etc. We all agree the new
title name for our Challenge would be "Tasman Cup". The first Tasman
Cup was held at Perth on Australia's 25th National Deaf Championships
in 2007, Australia defeated New Zealand. Then we went to Rotorua for
our second Tasman Cup on 2008. Many Australian bowlers went there and
we won again. Our third Tasman Cup was in Melbourne in 2010. There was
only one bowler from New Zealand and he snatched the Tasman Cup from
us! Now we will have to go Dunedin, New Zealand this year to challenge
for the Tasman Cup and bring it home again!
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