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

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.

Katelyn Inch

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.

Katelyn Inch

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. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Katelyn Inch

Commonwealth Games

She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.

Asia Pacific

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.

Nationals

Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.

References

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1995 births

Living people

New Zealand female bowls players

Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand

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