Mayzod Reid

Mayzod Elizabeth Hodgson was a New Zealand diver who represented her country at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Early life and family

Born Mayzod Elizabeth Reid, Hodgson was born in Dunedin on 30 August 1928, the daughter of Daisy Agnes Reid and Arthur Alexander Reid, a doctor. As an 18-year-old in 1946, she played in what is believed to have been the first women's rugby union tournament in New Zealand, held at Carisbrook.

Swimming and diving

Reid twice won the New Zealand national intermediate girls' diving championship, and went on to win the New Zealand national women's diving championship in 1946, 1947, and 1948.
She then competed for New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland where she finished sixth in the women's 3 m springboard.

Later life

After Reid's marriage to Clifford William Hodgson, she lived in Auckland where she continued her interest in diving as a secondary school diving coach and judge. She also served as a diving delegate to the Auckland Swimming Centre.
Reid died on 13 November 2001 and was cremated, with her ashes interred at Purewa Cemetery in Auckland. She had been predeceased by her husband in 1983.