Val Gow

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Valerie Gladys "Val" Gow , nee Valerie Gladys Johnson (born March 8, 1929 - August 24, 2012 ), was a New Zealand badminton player .

Career

Val Gow was New Zealand champion for the first time in 1950, where she competed with Heather Redwood . In the following 15 years she was one of the most important players in badminton in New Zealand, alongside Redwood and Sonia Cox . By 1964 she won a total of ten national titles.

Sporting successes

season event discipline space Surname
1950 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Heather Redwood / Val Johnson
1951 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 RG Pattinson / Val Johnson
1951 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Heather Redwood / Val Johnson
1952 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 Heather Redwood / Val Gow
1958 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 A. Butterworth / V. Gow
1959 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 A. Butterworth / V. Gow
1960 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 JE Robson / V. Gow
1962 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 JE Robson / V. Gow
1963 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 JE Robson / V. Gow
1964 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 1 JE Robson / V. Gow
1969 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 Richard Purser / Val Gow
1969 New Zealand: Individual Championships Ladies doubles 2 Heather Robson / Val Gow
1970 New Zealand: Individual Championships Mixed 1 Richard Purser / Val Gow

credentials

personal data
SURNAME Gow, Val
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gow, Valerie Gladys; Johnson, Valerie Gladys
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand badminton player
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1929
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2012