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Katelyn Inch

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Katelyn Inch
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Born (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29)
Rangiora, Canterbury Region
EducationUniversity of Canterbury
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubCanterbury Bowling Club
and Oxford Club Bowls
Achievements and titles
Regional finalsQueensland titles 4
National finalsNew Zealand titles 2
Australian title 1
Highest world ranking14 (June 2024)[1]
Medal record
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch Fours
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast fours
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch triples
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch fours
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gold Coast fours
WB Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Warilla singles

Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

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World Championships

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Katelyn Inch". Bowls New Zealand.
  3. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ^ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand.
  5. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald.
  9. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  11. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10". World Bowls.
  12. ^ "2019 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: QUEENSLAND CLEAN SWEEP THE PAIRS FIELD". Bowls Australia.
  13. ^ "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand.
  14. ^ Findlater, Gordon (8 January 2020). "Canterbury bowlers crowned national champs". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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