Mandy Boyd (born 15 October 1991) is a

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international

lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

player.

Bowls career

Mandy followed her sister Angela Boyd into the sport, and started playing in 2006 while at

Napier Girls' High School Napier Girls' High School is a state secondary school on Clyde Road, Napier, New Zealand. It is one of the oldest schools in New Zealand for girls, and has a current school roll of about 1000. History In July 1883 plans were submitted to the b ...

. Boyd competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

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 Selina Goddard (sometimes called Selina Smith; born 23 July 1994) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls player, playing out of Takapuna Bowling Club. Bowls career Goddard was introduced to the sport at a young age through her parents, who ...

, Amy McIlroy and

Val Smith Valerie Christine Smith (born 29 July 1965) is an international bowls, lawn bowler from New Zealand. Bowls career World Championships Smith won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa before winning three ...

. She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on the

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. 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 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 ...

when bowling for the Burnside Bowls Club.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Mandy 1991 births Living people New Zealand female bowls players Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games People educated at Napier Girls' High School 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women