Tayla Bruce
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Born | 22 February 1995 (1995-02-22) (age 29) 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | Singles champion (2022) Pairs champion (2023) Fours champion (2017, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 3 (June 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tayla Bruce (born 22 February 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls player.
Bowls career
Born in Christchurch in 1995, Bruce plays for the Burnside Bowling Club.[2] She won the 2017 national women's fours title, in a team with Jo Edwards, Val Smith, and Kirsten 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 the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[6]
A second national fours title was secured in 2020, playing alongside Sandra Keith, Clare Hendra, and Selina Smith.[7] During the same year she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
In 2022, she won her third national title after securing the singles crown.[9] Also in 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] She won double bronze; in the triples playing with Nicole Toomey and Val Smith and in the fours, playing with Selina Goddard, Toomey and Smith.[11] In November 2022, she won the gold medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand.[12]
In January 2023, Bruce won the New Zealand National Bowls Championships women's pairs title with Clare Hendra.[13]
Also in 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[14] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.[15][16] In the singles, Bruce won her group undefeated before reaching the semi-final, where she beat Ellen Ryan to set up a final against Kelly McKerihen. In the final, Bruce defeated McKerihen, 21–18.[17] In the triples (partnering Val Smith and Leeane 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
- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Tayla Bruce at the New 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. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion". England Bowls. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "World champion Tayla Bruce caps phenomenal year with national pairs title alongside Clare Hendra". Stuff. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "'It's just unreal': Canterbury's Tayla Bruce wins world title in lawn bowls". Stuff. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
External links
- Tayla Bruce at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Tayla Bruce at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Tayla Bruce at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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