Andrew Kelly (bowls)

Andrew Kelly

Personal information
Born	(1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36) Oamaru, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn & indoor bowls
Club	Dunedin PBA Canterbury 2017
Achievements and titles
National finals	Singles champion (2020) Pairs champion (2022) Fours champion (2012, 2014)
Medal record Representing   New Zealand Men's bowls Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 2015 Christchurch Triples 2015 Christchurch Fours WB Indoor Championships 2023 Warilla singles

Andrew Kelly (born 8 March 1988) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler. ^[1]

Early life

He grew up in Oamaru, North Otago and was a pupil at Waitaki Boys' High School. ^[1]

Bowls career

In 2009, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Richard Collett. ^[2] He was a World Junior champion (2010) and he captained the fours (outdoors) when winning the New Zealand National Bowls Championships in 2012 and 2014, when bowling for the Canterbury 2017 and Redcliffs Bowls Clubs respectively. ^{[1] [3]}

He won double gold at the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch. ^[4]

In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 World Indoor Bowls Championship where he eliminated six times world champion Alex Marshall. ^[5] In 2020 he won the singles title at the National Championships. ^[6] In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[7] During the same year won the national singles. In 2022, he won his fourth national title after winning the pairs. ^[8]

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. ^[9] The following year in 2023, he finished runner-up to Aron Sherriff in the singles at the 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships.

In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. ^[10] He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events. ^{[11] [12]} In the pairs with Tony Grantham, they reached the quarter finals before losing to eventual winner Ireland. In the singles, he qualified from his group but then lost to Aaron Wilson at the quarter final stage.

References

1. "Kelly to take up challenge in Melbourne for NZ". Otago Daily Times.
2. "HK Classic winners Men Pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
3. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
4. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
5. "Schedule and results". World Bowls Tour.
6. "Inch doubles up securing singles and pairs silverware". Bowls New Zealand.
7. "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020". Bowls New Zealand.
8. "BRUCE CROWNED WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION, KELLY AND CURTIN SWEEP PAIRS". Bowls New Zealand. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
9. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
10. "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
11. "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
12. "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

External links

• Andrew Kelly at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Andrew Kelly at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games