Selina Goddard
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| Born | 23 July 1994 Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Takapuna Bowling Club Carlton Cornwall Bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Singles champion (2017, 2023) Pairs champion (2020) Fours champion (2014, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 6 (September 2024)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Selina Goddard (sometimes called Selina Smith; born 23 July 1994) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls player,[3] playing out of Takapuna Bowling Club.[4]
Bowls career
[edit]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 Howick College in eastern Auckland. As of 2017[update], she is based in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
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 Christchurch, New Zealand she was a part of the winning open women's side. At the 2017 Trans-Tasman on the Gold Coast, Queensland, she was selected to be a part of the series.
She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 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 Val Smith.[6]
Selina has won four national titles. The first at the 2014 New Zealand National Bowls Championships in Dunedin, where alongside teammates Mandy Boyd, Amy Mcilroy and Gemma Watts they won the fours. Then at the 2017 National Open Championships in Taranaki, she won the singles which entered her into the 2017 World Singles Champion of Champions, held at St John Park Bowling Club in Sydney, Australia and where she won a bronze medal.[7] The third and fourth National titles came in 2020 when she won the pairs with Katelyn Inch and the fours under her married name.[8][9]
In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] 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.[11] Later in 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[12] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[13][14] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.
References
[edit]- ^ "Selina Goddard". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Celebration-for-Nationals-winners-from-Takapuna" (PDF). North Harbour Bowls.
- ^ Johannsen, Dana (23 April 2014). "Youngsters the fresh face of bowls". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Richens, Matt (28 July 2014). "Women's four claims bowls bronze in Glasgow". Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ "Record-extending 14th national title for Gary Lawson". Bowls New Zealand.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Entry Hub". Bowls New Zealand. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Selina Goddard at Bowls New Zealand (archived)
- Selina Goddard at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Selina Goddard at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Selina Goddard at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Selina Goddard at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
