Katelyn Inch
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Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rangiora, Canterbury Region | 19 August 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Canterbury Bowling Club and Oxford Club Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regional finals | Queensland titles 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | New Zealand titles 2 Australian title 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 14 (June 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]Inch was born in Rangiora and brought up in Oxford, New Zealand. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Kirsten Edwards.[3]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
In 2023, she won the Australian Open fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[6][7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.
Commonwealth Games
[edit]She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[8] In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9] In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.
Asia Pacific
[edit]Inch has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10][11]
Nationals
[edit]Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan[12] and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Katelyn Inch". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10". World Bowls.
- ^ "2019 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: QUEENSLAND CLEAN SWEEP THE PAIRS FIELD". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ Findlater, Gordon (8 January 2020). "Canterbury bowlers crowned national champs". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Katelyn Inch at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Katelyn Inch at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Katelyn Inch at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games