Garry Frew

BiographyGarry Alexander John Frew, the former sports editor of The Northern Advocate newspaper is a name synonymous with Northland sport.

It was during his time at the Advocate, that Garry assembled this vast collection of sporting articles, which provide a wealth of information about sport in Northland, from the 1950’s onwards.

However it wasn’t just his duties as a prolific sports writer that made Garry well known, but also his own sporting achievements that set him apart.
He represented New Zealand at table tennis for many years and coached and mentored many other Northlanders to also achieve at national and international level in his beloved sport.
He was honoured with life memberships by Northland Table Tennis, Rugby and Tennis before being awarded an MBE for services to sport in 1992.

At the time of his sudden death in 2000 Garry was serving as patron of Sport Northland – an organisation he had dedicated much time to, having been a foundation board member.

Garry Frew was inducted posthumously as a Northland Legend of Sport in 2006. Date of Death2000

Scrapbook

Sport Northland XXXX

Sport Northland 1969-vol2

Sport Northland 1969-vol1

Sport Northland 1968

Sport Northland 1967-vol2

Sport Northland 1967-vol1

Sport Northland 1966-1967

Sport Northland 1965

Sport Northland 1964-vol2

Sport Northland 1964-vol1

Sport Northland 1963-vol2

Sport Northland 1963-vol1

Sport Northland 1962

Gary Frew Collection 1952 Part 1

Garry Frew's Sporting History 1951

Garry Frew's Sporting History 1950

Collection

Northern Advocate Sports Supplement (Sport Northland) Collection

Garry Frew's Sporting History Collection

Relates to

CollectionsGarry Frew's Sporting HistoryNorthern Advocate Sports Supplement (Sport Northland)Subject/KeywordsSport Northland