Andrew Kelly (born 8 March 1988) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler.

Early life

He grew up in

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and was a pupil at

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Bowls career

In 2009, he won the

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pairs title with Richard Collett. He was a World Junior champion (2010) and he captained the fours (outdoors) when winning the

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in 2012 and 2014, when bowling for the Canterbury 2017 and Redcliffs Bowls Clubs respectively. He won double gold at the 2015

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in Christchurch. In 2018, he qualified for the

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where he eliminated six times world champion Alex Marshall. In 2020 he won the singles title at the National Championships. In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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During the same year won the national singles. In 2022, he won his fourth national title after winning the pairs. In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the

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. The following year in 2023, he finished runner-up to

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in the singles at the 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the

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. He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events. In the pairs with

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, they reached the quarter finals before losing to eventual winner Ireland. In the singles, he qualified from his group but then lost to Aaron Wilson at the quarter final stage.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Andrew 1988 births Living people New Zealand male bowls players Commonwealth Games bowls players for New Zealand Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School 20th-century New Zealand people Sportspeople from Oamaru 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen