Selina Goddard

Selina Goddard (married name Selina Smith) (born 23 July 1994) is a New Zealand lawn bowls player, playing out of Carlton Cornwall Bowls Club.[2]

Selina Smith
(née Selina Goddard)
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994
Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportLawn bowls
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow, Scotland Women's fours
World Singles Champion of Champions
2017 Sydney, Australia Women's singles

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 Howick College in eastern Auckland. As of 2017, she is based in Auckland, New Zealand.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] The third and fourth National titles came in 2020 when she won the pairs with Katelyn Inch and the fours under her married name.[6][7]

References
  1. "Selina Goddard". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. Johannsen, Dana (23 April 2014). "Youngsters the fresh face of bowls". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  4. Richens, Matt (28 July 2014). "Women's four claims bowls bronze in Glasgow". Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  6. "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand.
  7. "Record-extending 14th national title for Gary Lawson". Bowls New Zealand.
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