Clare Hendra is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.

Bowls career

Hendra became a national champion after winning the fours event, playing with Sandra Keith,

Selina Smith Selina () is a feminine given name, considered either a variant of Selene, the goddess and personification of the Moon in Greek mythology and religion, or a spelling variation of the name Celina, which is derived from the Roman name Cecilia, refe ...

and

Tayla Bruce 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. She won the 2017 national women's fours title, in a team with Jo Edward ...

, at the 2020

New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ...

. She was later named as the New Zealand Female Emerging player of the year. In 2022, she was selected by New Zealand as a reserve for the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

in Birmingham, England. In January 2023, Hendra won a second national title, when winning the women's pairs title with

. She then participated in her first World indoor bowls championship, competing in the singles and mixed pairs at the

2023 World Indoor Bowls Championship ''This page is about the World Bowls Tour Championships.'' The 2023 Imagine Cruising World Indoor Bowls Championship took place at Potters Resort, Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 6 to 22 January 2023. There ...

. In 2023, she won her second title at the National Championships, bowling for Silverstream BC.

Working life

Hendra works as a data analyst manager for the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendra, Clare Living people New Zealand female bowls players 21st-century New Zealand women Sportspeople from Upper Hutt Year of birth missing (living people)