Tayla Bruce
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| Born | 22 February 1995 (1995-02-22) (age 31) Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnside Bowling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Singles champion (2022) Pairs champion (2023) Fours champion (2017, 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 2 (August 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tayla Bruce (born 22 February 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls player. She reached a career high ranking of world number 2 in August 2024.[2]
Born in Christchurch in 1995, Bruce plays for the Burnside Bowling Club.[3] She won the 2017 national women's fours title, in a team with Jo Edwards, Val Smith, and Kirsten Edwards.[4][5] At the annual Canterbury awards, she was named as sportswoman of the year and young player of the year.[6]
She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[7]
A second national fours title was secured in 2020, playing alongside Sandra Keith, Clare Hendra, and Selina Smith.[8] During the same year she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
In 2022, she won her third national title after securing the singles crown.[10] Also in 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11] She won double bronze; in the triples playing with Nicole Toomey and Val Smith and in the fours, playing with Selina Goddard, Toomey and Smith.[12] In November 2022, she won the gold medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand.[13]
In January 2023, Bruce won the New Zealand National Bowls Championships women's pairs title with Clare Hendra.[14]
Also in 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[15] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.[16][17] In the singles, Bruce won her group undefeated before reaching the semi-final, where she beat Ellen Ryan to set up a final against Kelly McKerihen. In the final, Bruce defeated McKerihen, 21–18.[18] In the triples (partnering Val Smith and Leeane Poulson), the team won the group undefeated before winning a tense quarter final against Malaysia and a semi final against Canada. In the final they met Australia, losing 16–9 but claiming the silver medal.
After winning the 2024 New Zealand national indoor singles she subsequently won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen.[19]
References
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ↑ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ↑ "Tayla Bruce". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee.
- ↑ "Classy Sean O'Neill and Tayla Bruce takes NZ club singles title at Taieri". Stuff.co.nz.
- ↑ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "Top bowls club revealed at awards". Star.kiwi.
- ↑ "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "Record-extending 14th national title for Gary Lawson". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ↑ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ↑ "Tayla Bruce crowned National Singles Champ, at home green". Bowls New Zealand. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ↑ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ "England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ↑ "Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion". England Bowls. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ↑ "World champion Tayla Bruce caps phenomenal year with national pairs title alongside Clare Hendra". Stuff. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "'It's just unreal': Canterbury's Tayla Bruce wins world title in lawn bowls". Stuff. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ↑ "2025 World Bowls Indoor Championships: Final day recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
External links
- Tayla Bruce at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Tayla Bruce at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Tayla Bruce at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
