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Katelyn Inch

Katelyn Inch is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. She reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in June 2024.

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Katelyn Inch
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Born (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995
Rangiora, Canterbury Region
EducationUniversity of Canterbury
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubCanterbury Bowling Club
and Oxford Club Bowls
Achievements and titles
Regional finals
Queensland titles 4
National finals
New Zealand titles 2
Australian title 1
Highest world ranking
14 (June 2024)1
Medal record
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch fours
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Christchurch team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast fours
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gold Coast team
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham pairs
Bowls World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2025 Kuala Lumpur pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch triples
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch fours
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gold Coast fours
WB Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Warilla singles

Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.2 She reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in June 2024.3

Bowls career

World Championships

Inch was born in Rangiora and brought up in Oxford, New Zealand. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Kirsten Edwards.4

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.5

In 2023, she won the Australian Open fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.6 She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.78 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 on the Gold Coast in Queensland.9 In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.10 In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.

Other

Inch has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.1112

In November 2025, partnering Selina Goddard, she won the pairs silver medal at the 2025 Bowls World Cup.13

Nationals

Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan14 and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.1516

References

References

  1. "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. "Katelyn Inch". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  10. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 30 June 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. "Results Portal". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  12. "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  13. "2025 World Cup". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 23 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  14. "2019 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: QUEENSLAND CLEAN SWEEP THE PAIRS FIELD". Bowls Australia. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  15. "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  16. Findlater, Gordon (8 January 2020). "Canterbury bowlers crowned national champs". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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