Katelyn Inch
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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2] She reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in June 2024.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[7][8] 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.[9] In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.
Other
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.[11][12]
In November 2025, partnering Selina Goddard, she won the pairs silver medal at the 2025 Bowls World Cup.[13]
Nationals
Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan[14] and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.[15][16]
References
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ↑ "Katelyn Inch". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ↑ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ↑ "2025 World Cup". World Bowls. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ↑ "2019 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: QUEENSLAND CLEAN SWEEP THE PAIRS FIELD". Bowls Australia. 3 December 2019.
- ↑ "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ↑ Findlater, Gordon (8 January 2020). "Canterbury bowlers crowned national champs". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
External links
- 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
