Emma Boyd (born 29 July 2000) is a Canadian international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

. She reached a career high ranking of world number 30 in June 2025.

Career

Boyd came to prominence in 2017, when she was selected by Canada for the 2017 World Junior Championships in Wales, known as the

IIBC Championships ''This page is about the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship. For the rival World Bowls Tour event, see World Indoor Bowls Championships.'' The World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship (formerly the IIBC Championships) are an annual indoor bowl ...

. She won the Under-25 mixed doubles gold medal at the Championships. She later moved to live in Australia and joined the Tweed Heads BC. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Canada at the blue riband event of the sport, the

2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship is the 14th edition of the World Bowls Championship, held on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 10 September. The event was long-awaited by the sport because the 2020 World Out ...

. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, Boyd qualified in second place in her group before being eliminated in the quarter final after losing to Scotland. One week later in the triples partnering Joanna Cooper and Baylee van Steijn, the team won a bronze medal after losing to New Zealand in the semi finals. In 2024, Boyd won the

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fours title with

Leanne Chinery Leanne Marie Chinery (born 24 November 1981) is a Canadian international lawn bowler. Bowls career She was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia and represented Canada at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She was s ...

, Louise Cronan and Kelly McKerihen. In November 2024, Boyd won the Hong Kong International Classic pairs with McKerihen.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Emma 2000 births Living people Canadian female bowls players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen