Tayla Bruce
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| Born | 22 February 1995(age29) Christchurch,New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burnside Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Singles champion (2022) Pairs champion (2023) Fours champion (2017, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 3(June 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tayla Bruce(born 22 February 1995) is a New Zealand internationallawn bowlsplayer.
Bowls career[edit]
Born inChristchurchin 1995, Bruce plays for the Burnside Bowling Club.[2]She won the 2017 national women's fours title, in a team withJo Edwards,Val Smith,andKirsten Edwards.[3][4]At the annual Canterbury awards, she was named as sportswoman of the year and young player of the year.[5]
She was selected as part of theNew Zealand teamfor the2018 Commonwealth Gameson theGold CoastinQueensland.[6]
A second national fours title was secured in 2020, playing alongsideSandra Keith,Clare Hendra,andSelina Smith.[7]During the same year she was selected for the2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championshipin Australia but the event was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[8]
In 2022, she won her third national title after securing the singles crown.[9]Also in 2022, she competed in thewomen's triplesand thewomen's foursat the2022 Commonwealth Games.[10]She won double bronze; in the triples playing withNicole Toomeyand Val Smith and in the fours, playing withSelina Goddard,Toomey and Smith.[11]In November 2022, she won the gold medal at theWorld Singles Champion of Championsin Wellington, New Zealand.[12]
In January 2023, Bruce won theNew Zealand National Bowls Championshipswomen's pairs title with Clare Hendra.[13]
Also in 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[14]She participated in thewomen's singlesand thewomen's triplesevents.[15][16]In the singles, Bruce won her group undefeated before reaching the semi-final, where she beatEllen Ryanto set up a final againstKelly McKerihen.In the final, Bruce defeated McKerihen, 21–18.[17]In the triples (partnering Val Smith andLeeane Poulson), the team won the group undefeated before winning a tense quarter final against Malaysia and a semi final against Canada. In the final they met Australia, losing 16–9 but claiming the silver medal.
References[edit]
- ^"Female rankings".World Bowls Series.Retrieved28 June2024.
- ^Tayla Bruceat theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^"Classy Sean O'Neill and Tayla Bruce takes NZ club singles title at Taieri".Stuff.co.nz.
- ^"New Zealand Championships".Bowls Tawa.
- ^"Top bowls club revealed at awards".Star.kiwi.
- ^"Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games".New Zealand Herald.
- ^"Record-extending 14th national title for Gary Lawson".Bowls New Zealand.
- ^"Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020".Bowls New Zealand.
- ^"Tayla Bruce crowned National Singles Champ, at home green".Bowls New Zealand.Retrieved28 February2022.
- ^"Official Games profile".2022 Commonwealth Games.Retrieved4 August2022.
- ^"England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold".BBC Sport.Retrieved15 January2023.
- ^"Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion".England Bowls.Retrieved25 November2022.
- ^"World champion Tayla Bruce caps phenomenal year with national pairs title alongside Clare Hendra".Stuff.9 January 2023.Retrieved10 January2023.
- ^"COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023".Bowls International.5 June 2023.Retrieved2 September2023.
- ^"Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia".World Bowls.Retrieved2 September2023.
- ^"SCHEDULE & DRAWS".Bowls Australia.Retrieved2 September2023.
- ^"'It's just unreal': Canterbury's Tayla Bruce wins world title in lawn bowls ".Stuff.3 September 2023.Retrieved3 September2023.
External links[edit]
- 1995 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century New Zealand women
- 21st-century New Zealand people
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls World Champions
- Sportspeople from Christchurch