Katelyn Inch

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

World Championships

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

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

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

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

  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.