Selina Goddard (sometimes called Selina Smith; born 23 July 1994) is a New Zealand international

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player, playing out of Takapuna Bowling Club. She reached a career high ranking of world number 6 in September 2024.

Bowls career

Goddard was introduced to the sport at a young age through her parents, who were keen bowlers. She started playing bowls competitively at age 14, while attending

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in eastern

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. , she is based in

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. Goddard has been a part of numerous annual Trans-Tasman series. In 2013 she was first introduced to the New Zealand Under 18 Bowls Team. In 2014, she was then selected to play in the New Zealand Development Team for the annual Trans-Tasman match, where the ladies development team won series. At the 2016 Trans-Tasman in

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she was a part of the winning open women's side. At the 2017 Trans-Tasman on the

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, she was selected to be a part of the series. She competed at the

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as part of the women's triples and women's fours teams. She won a bronze medal in the women's fours events alongside teammates Mandy Boyd, Amy McIlroy and

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. Selina has won four national titles. The first at the 2014

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, where alongside teammates Mandy Boyd, Amy Mcilroy and Gemma Watts they won the fours. Then at the 2017 National Open Championships in

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, she won the singles which entered her into the 2017

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, held at St John Park Bowling Club in

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and where she won a bronze medal. The third and fourth National titles came in 2020 when she won the pairs with

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and the fours under her married name. In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the

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. In the pairs and fours she secured a bronze medal. In 2023, she won her fifth title at the National Championships, bowling for Takapuna BC. Later in 2023, she was 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.

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Selina Goddard
at Bowls New Zealand (archived) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Selina 1994 births Living people New Zealand female bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games People educated at Howick College Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls