Selina Goddard

Selina Goddard

Personal information
Born	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 31) Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand [1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Takapuna Bowling Club
Achievements and titles
National finals	singles (2017, 2023) pairs (2020) fours (2014, 2020) mixed pairs (2024)
Highest world ranking	5 (July 2025) [2]
Medal record Women's lawn bowls Representing   New Zealand World Outdoor Championships 2023 Gold Coast Fours 2023 Gold Coast Team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Fours 2022 Birmingham Pairs 2022 Birmingham Fours World Singles Champion of Champions 2017 Sydney Singles

Selina Goddard (born 23 July 1994) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls player, ^[3] playing out of Takapuna Bowling Club. ^[4] She reached a career high ranking of world number 5 in July 2025. ^[5]

From 2020 to 2021 she played under the name of Selina Smith. ^{[6] [7]}

Bowls career

Early 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 Auckland. She was first selected for the New Zealand Under-18 team in 2013, followed by the New Zealand Development team for the 2014 Trans-Tasman series, which the women’s development team won ^[8] .

Commonwealth Games

Goddard made her Commonwealth Games debut at the 2014 Games in Glasgow, Scotland, winning a bronze medal in the women’s fours alongside Mandy Boyd, Amy McIlroy, and Val Smith. ^[9]

At the 2022 Games in Birmingham, England, she won bronze medals in both the women’s pairs with Katelyn Inch and the women’s fours with Val Smith, Nicole Toomey, and Tayla Bruce.

World Championships

Goddard made her World Championship debut at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championships on the Gold Coast, Queensland. She competed in the women’s pairs and the women’s fours. ^[10] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal, and the collective efforts of the New Zealand women’s team earned them the Taylor Trophy for being the best-performed women’s team at the event. ^[11]

At the 2017 World Champion of Champions Singles at St Johns Park Bowling Club in Sydney, Australia, Goddard won the bronze medal.

International Competitions

Goddard has been a regular member of the New Zealand side in the Trans-Tasman series from 2015 to 2025, including being part of the winning open women’s team at the 2016 event in Christchurch, New Zealand. ^[12] She has also enjoyed success at the Multi-Nations, winning bronze medals in the women’s fours and triples in 2016, and claiming the pairs title with Katelyn Inch in 2023 on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ^{[13] [14]} In 2024, she secured a bronze medal in the women's pairs in Hong Kong International Bowls Classic with Briar Atkinson. ^[15] In 2025, she achieved a historic clean sweep at the Victorian Open, winning the singles, pairs, and triples titles, and also claimed the women’s pairs title at the Australian Open with Chloe Stewart. ^{[16] [17]}

National Titles

Goddard has won six New Zealand National Bowls Championship Titles:

• 2014 – Fours (with Mandy Boyd, Amy McIlroy, Gemma Watts)
• 2017 – Singles ^[18]
• 2020 – Pairs (with Katelyn Inch) and Fours (with Tayla Bruce, Clare Hendra, Sandra Keith)
• 2023 – Singles ^{[19] [20]}
• 2024 – Mixed Pairs (with Sheldon Bagrie-Howley)

References

1. "Selina Goddard". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
3. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
4. "Celebration-for-Nationals-winners-from-Takapuna" (PDF). North Harbour Bowls.
5. "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
6. "Auckland Bowls attracts World Class Bowlers for 2020 Women's Premier Singles Event" (PDF). North Harbour Bowls. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
7. "Selina Smith". North Harbour Bowls. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
8. [e-mail] (17 March 2014). "Australia take early Trans-Tasman honours". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
9. "Stuff". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
10. Nurkka, Erin (28 July 2023). "Excitement builds for 2023 World Bowls Championships" . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
11. Nurkka, Erin (11 September 2023). "Blackjacks awarded Best Overall Women's Team - Bowls New Zealand Aotearoa" . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
12. [e-mail] (2 March 2016). "Australia pillage Trans Tasman trophies". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
13. mediaqld (13 March 2023). "UPDATED - RESULTS INCLUDED Queensland Invited to Compete in Multi Nations Event". Bowls Queensland. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
14. "2023 Multi-Nations Series". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
15. "Lawn Bowls Association of Hong Kong, China" . Retrieved 11 August 2025.
16. Partridge, Garth (31 March 2025). "Selina Goddard - Three Times a Champion". Bowls North Harbour. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
17. Febbo, Val (26 June 2025). "Goddard hails Australian Open win 'special'". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
18. Staff (12 January 2017). "Goddard takes NZ Singles title". Times. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
19. "Stuff". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
20. Hirst, Jasmine (9 January 2023). "A fifth NZ National Title and a Gold Star for Selina". Henselite. Retrieved 11 August 2025.

External links

• 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