Woonona war-time pioneers blaze trail for women's sport

By Mike Driscoll
Updated July 15 2020 - 2:00pm, first published 1:30pm
Proud: Bev Bloor, Mary Whitehead, Linda Adams, Betty Farmilo, Vicki Bott, Olwyn Roberts, Maureen Appleton and Helen Pittman in 2019.
Proud: Bev Bloor, Mary Whitehead, Linda Adams, Betty Farmilo, Vicki Bott, Olwyn Roberts, Maureen Appleton and Helen Pittman in 2019.

Woonona is the South Coast's oldest women's bowls club and among the longest-serving in NSW having been formed in the turbulent months prior to the start of World War II in 1939.

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