Mandy Boyd

Mandy Boyd

Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1991-10-15) 15 October 1991 (age 33) Napier, New Zealand [1]
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Club	Burnside
Medal record Representing   New Zealand Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Women's fours World Outdoor Championships 2012 Adelaide Women's triples

Mandy Boyd (born 15 October 1991) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls player. ^[2]

Bowls career

Mandy followed her sister Angela Boyd into the sport, and started playing in 2006 while at Napier Girls' High School. ^{[1] [3]}

Boyd 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 along with teammates Selina Goddard, Amy McIlroy and Val Smith. ^[4]

She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. ^[5]

In addition to her international success she has won the 2015 & 2016 pairs titles with her sister and six 'fours' titles (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021) at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Burnside Bowls Club. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Mandy Boyd". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
3. Johnson, Robert (14 June 2012). "Young bowler is queen of the green". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
4. Richens, Matt (28 July 2014). "Women's four claims bowls bronze in Glasgow". Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
5. "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Herald.
6. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
7. "Women's fours draw and results" (PDF). Bowls New Zealand. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links

• Mandy Boyd at Bowls New Zealand at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 July 2014)
• Mandy Boyd at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Mandy Boyd at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Mandy Boyd at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)