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Beryl Taylor

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Beryl Taylor

 
Beryl Taylor (nee Goswell) was born deaf in 1924. She attended Dutton Park School for the Deaf in Queensland with her deaf siblings, Iris and George Goswell.   Upon completing school, they returned to the family farm in Coraki, northern New South Wales until they moved to Gordon-Davis House at Stanmore in 1949.  It was at Gordon-Davis House where Beryl met her future husband, Benjamin Taylor.  They were married in Lismore in 1952 and have two deaf daughters, Diana and Jane.

Beryl regularly attended social events at 5 Elizabeth St and Stanmore Deaf Centre.  She volunteered at any special events, including the famous canteen on Friday Club nights at Stanmore.  In the early days, Beryl was a committee member of the NSW Deaf Tennis Club and the Deaf Younger Set. 

A sports all-rounder, Beryl achieved much in a variety of sports.  Beryl was a champion tennis player and joined the NSW Deaf Tennis Club as soon as she moved to Sydney, which soon after led to selection in the NSW team that participated in the Australia Deaf Sports Carnival, Sydney 1949/50.  Following these games she became Captain for an ever-winning NSW Deaf Tennis team at Australian Deaf Sports Carnival 1951/52, 1954/55 and 1964/65. 

She also represented NSW in Swimming in Australian Deaf Sports Carnival 1951/52 and Table Tennis in Australian Deaf Sports Carnival 1954/55, and Indoor Bowls in the later years.

It was after an eye operation in mid-1960s that she had to stop playing her beloved tennis, and so dedicated herself to Lawn Bowls in 1967. From that year until the mid-2000s, Beryl was a member and long serving committee member/ Treasurer of the NSW Deaf Women’s Lawn Bowls Club -  she followed it from Strathfield House Aged Person’s Home for the Deaf, then to the Deaf Centre at Stanmore, and later at Burwood Bowls Club and finally at Ashfield Bowls Club.  Beryl captained the NSW Women’s team at 10 Australian Deaf Games; the team won the shield in Perth 1985/86, Hobart 1991 and Adelaide 1993/94.

Beryl won the Australian Deaf Women’s Single Tennis in 1964 at age of 40 and Australian Deaf Women’s Lawn Bowls Single Championship in 1985/86 and 1991 plus was the NSW State Women’s Lawn Bowls Champion 11 times – on top of a swag of gold medals for doubles and the mixed teams.

Beryl’s amazing talent saw her representing Australia as captain at the 1982 and 1985 Trans-Tasman Games for the Deaf (New Zealand), the 1993 World Deaf Lawn Bowls Championship (Melbourne), the 1995 World Deaf Lawn Bowls Championship in Scotland, 1999 in South Africa as Team Manager and 2003 New Zealand as Team Manager and player. 

For leisure, Beryl first attended Deaf Women’s Guild in 1961 and joined the committee in 1965. She then became Treasurer for many years.  She dedicated herself to this group for as long as her health allowed her to.  She also was a member of the Deaf Senior Citizen’s group, as well as committee member for many years.

Beryl passed away in 2020.

Sources

Personal information from Diana Ashley and Jane Taylor.