Bev Brewis
New Zealand high jumper
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Full name | Beverley Lenna Brewis |
Born | (1930-06-15) 15 June 1930 (age 94) Hamilton, New Zealand |
Died | 22 March 2006(2006-03-22) (aged 75) Hamilton, New Zealand |
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Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Track and field |
Beverley Lenna Brewis (15 June 1930 – 22 March 2006) was a New Zealand high jumper who represented her country at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Early life and family
Born on 15 June 1930, Brewis was the daughter of Avril Hume Brewis (née Strachan) and Edward Cecil Brewis, a doctor, of the Hamilton suburb of Claudelands.[1][2]
Athletics
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Brewis competed in the high jump, finishing fifth with a best leap of 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m).[3][4]
Death
Brewis died in Hamilton on 22 March 2006, and her body was cremated at Hamilton Park Crematorium.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Death search: registration number 2006/7204". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 17 June 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Bev Brewis". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Results for the 1950 British Empire Games – Athletics – High jump – Women". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. 24 March 2006.
- ^ "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team
- Neil Bates
- Dave Batten
- Kevin Beardsley
- Johnny Borland
- Bev Brewis
- Gordon Bromley
- Johnny Brown
- Max Carr
- Jack Clarke
- Claude Clegg
- Dave Dephoff
- Ruth Dowman
- Arthur Eustace
- Pixie Fletcher
- Keith Forsythe
- Lionel Fox
- Arthur Fuller
- Noeline Gourley
- Shirley Hardman
- Doug Harris
- Joan Hart
- Peter Henderson
- Doug Herman
- Wallace Heron
- Allen Hill
- John Holland
- George Hoskins
- Bevin Hough
- Graham Jeffries
- Roy Johnson
- Don Jowett
- Colin Kay
- Stan Lay
- Jim Leckie
- Colin Lousich
- Arthur Lydiard
- Clyde Main
- Colleen Malone
- Maurice Marshall
- George Martin
- Raymond McKenzie
- Keith Morgan
- John Myles
- Harold Nelson
- Dorothea Parker
- Clem Parker
- Gus Redmond
- Eric Rhodes
- Merv Richards
- Cleone Rivett-Carnac
- Lesley Rowe
- June Schoch
- Janet Shackleton
- Cliff Simpson
- Jack Sinclair
- Lionel Smith
- Barry Steel
- Derek Steward
- Jack Sutherland
- Noelene Swinton
- Noel Taylor
- Yvette Williams
- Neil Wilson
- Roy Woolley
- Jim Barnden
- James Beal
- Robert Broadhurst
- Frank Creagh
- Bert Maddern
- James McIvor
- William Paterson
- Christopher Rollinson
- Graham Avery
- Nick Carter
- Alan Dean
- James Downie
- Graham Hughes
- Ted Lambert
- Les Lock
- Don Olive
- Malcolm Simpson
- Allen Stonex
- Frank Tredrea
- Joyce Carpenter
- Owen Jaine
- Betty Moore
- Mayzod Reid
- Jack Stewart
- Florence Andrews
- Eric Cox
- Charles Dearing
- Stephen Elsom
- Eric Flaws
- Austen Gittos
- Murray Gittos
- Trevor Hadley
- Olga Jekyll
- J.H. Malcolm
- Allan McLeavey
- Nathaniel Millar
- J. Shaw
- Julius Stafford
- Joseph Ward
- Patricia Woodroffe
- Dudley Wright
- Arthur Engebretsen
- Phil Exelby
- Robert Henry
- Noel Jolly
- James Pirret
- Fred Russell
- Pete Skoglund
- Donald Adam
- Kerry Ashby
- Murray Ashby
- Bill Carroll
- Bruce Culpan
- Thomas Engel
- David Gould
- Humphrey Gould
- Tristan Hegglun
- Bill James
- Grahame Jarratt
- Ted Johnson
- Colin Johnstone
- John O'Brien
- Don Rowlands
- Joe Schneider
- Des Simonson
- Edwin Smith
- Bill Tinnock
- Michael Amos
- Lyall Barry
- Norma Bridson
- Colin Callan
- Colin Chambers
- Noel Chambers
- Trevor Eagle
- Roger Gibbs
- Winifred Griffin
- Peter Hanan
- Joan Hastings
- Kristin Jacobi
- Buddy Lucas
- Helen Mackenzie
- Peter Mathieson
- John Shanahan
- Jean Stewart
- Margaret Sweeney
- Charles Brown
- Jim Cameron
- Terry Harris
- Bob Hatchwell
- Barrie Hutchinson
- Tom Logan
- Edward Raven
- Jim Walsh
- Neil Williams
- Wally Williams
- Trevor Clark
- Harold Cleghorn
- Tony George
- Lewis Lawn
- Edwin Norton
- John Armitt
- Peter Fletcher
- Gordon Hobson
- Eric Matthews
- Jack Monaghan
- Doug Mudgway
- Pat O'Connor
- Arthur Sneddon
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