Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

Bowls career

World Championships

Inch was born in

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and brought up in

Oxford, New Zealand Oxford is a small town serving the farming community of North Canterbury, New Zealand. It is part of the Waimakariri District and is a linear town, approximately long. Originally, it was served by the Oxford Branch railway, and had two station ...

. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the

2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Avonhead Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. It has two primary schools, a shopping centre and several parks. Etymology Engineer W ...

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with

Angela Boyd Angela Boyd (born 1986) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career Angela's sister Mandy Boyd is also an international bowler. She won two medals at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch. Boyd has won four nat ...

, Val Smith and

Kirsten Edwards Kirsten Edwards née Griffin (born 1991) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. Bowls career Edwards won the bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Katelyn In ...

. In 2020, she was selected for the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2023, she won the

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fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the

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. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. 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 The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, ...

on the Gold Coast in

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. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.

Asia Pacific

Inch has won three medals at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held every ...

, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the

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Nationals

Inch won the 2019

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pairs with

Julie Keegan Julie Keegan is a female Australian international lawn bowls player. Bowls career In 2008, she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 2008 World Championships. Two years later she won a silver medal at the 2010 ...

and the

New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ...

singles and pairs in 2020.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inch, Katelyn 1995 births Living people New Zealand female bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games People from Rangiora Sportspeople from Canterbury, New Zealand Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games