| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (age 31) |
| 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 | 1 (November 2025)[2] |
Selina Goddard (born 23 July 1994) is a New Zealand internationallawn 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]
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 attendingHowick College inAuckland. 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]
Goddard made her Commonwealth Games debut at the2014 Games in Glasgow, Scotland, winning a bronze medal in the women’s fours alongsideMandy Boyd,Amy McIlroy, andVal Smith.[9]
At the2022 Games in Birmingham, England, she won bronze medals in both thewomen’s pairs withKatelyn Inch and thewomen’s fours withVal Smith,Nicole Toomey, andTayla Bruce.
Goddard made her World Championship debut at the2023 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 2017World Champion of Champions Singles at St Johns Park Bowling Club inSydney, Australia, Goddard won the bronze medal.
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 inChristchurch, 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 theGold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[13][14] In 2024, she secured a bronze medal in the women's pairs inHong 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 theAustralian Open with Chloe Stewart.[16][17]
In November 2025, partnering Katelyn Inch, she won the silver medal at the2025 Bowls World Cup.[18]
Goddard has won sixNew Zealand National Bowls Championship Titles:
