BOWLS NORTH OPEN & MINOR MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-21
Bowls North introduced Mixed pairs for 202021 and sectional play was held on Sunday 7th February at North Launceston and Kings Meadows Bowls Club with 25 teams competing in the open section and 15 in the minor section.
SECTIONAL WINNERS
OPEN:
| SECTION: | POINTS: | |
| 1 | RYMAN/HILL | 5 POINTS +13 |
| 2 | PAGE/SAUNDERS | 6 POINTS +17 |
| 3 | VINEY/BAKER | 6 POINTS +9 |
| 4 | WALKER/MONSON | 5 POINTS +9 |
| 5 | SALTER/HOBBS | 6 POINTS +12 |
| 6 | FLETCHER/FROST | 6 POINTS +13 |
| 7 | McMULLEN/McMULLEN | 6 POINTS + 35 |
| 8 | STROCHNETTER/STROCHNETTER | 5 POINTS + 12 |
MINOR:
| SECTION: | POINTS: | |
| 1 | WHELAN/WHELAN | 6 POINTS +7 |
| 2 | BANNON/BANNON | 6 POINTS +20 |
| 3 | MORRISON/GOSS | 6 POINTS +15 |
| 4 | BASSETT/DAINES | 5 POINTS +12 |
In the Open section, the seven section winners plus the next best qualifier progressed into the quarter finals of the open section on Sunday 28 February at Kings Meadows Bowls Club and the score line does not reflect the standard of bowls that was played, spectators were treated to great lead bowling by the players competing and conversion shots being played by the skips.
Both the Open and Minor sections was down to the semi final stage to see you would play in the Grand Finals and become the first players to win this Bowls North event for the first time and some great games was played and any of the teams could have progressed to the afternoon final.
QUARTER FINAL RESULTS:
| QUARTER FINALS: | RESULTS: |
| SECTION 1 Vs NBQF | McMULLEN/McMULLEN 22 def STROCHNETTER/STROCHNETTER 3 |
| SECTION 3 Vs SECTION 1 | RYMAN/HILL 20 def VINEY/BAKER 12 |
| SECTION 2 Vs SECTION 4 | PAGE/SAUNDERS 18 def WALKER/MONSON 8 |
| SECTION 5 Vs SECTION 6 | FLETCHER/FROST 21 def HOBBS/SALTER 8 |
With both the Open and Minor sections down to semi final stage to see who would play in the Grand Finals and become the first players to win this Bowls North event for the first time, there was some great games played and any of the teams could have progressed to the afternoon final.
SEMI FINAL RESULTS:
| OPEN SEMI FINALS: | RESULTS: |
| McMULLEN/McMULLEN Vs RYMAN/HILL | McMULLEN/McMULLEN 33 def RYMAN/HILL 3 |
| PAGE/SAUNDERS Vs FLETCHER/FROST | PAGE/SAUNDERS 17 def FLETCHER/FROST 10 |
| MINOR SEMI FINALS: | RESULTS: |
| BANNON/BANNON Vs MORRISON/GOSS | BANNON/BANNON 15 def MORRISON/GOSS 7 |
| WHELAN/WHELAN Vs BASSETT/DAINES | WHELAN/WHELAN 17 def BASSETT/DAINES 14 |
Open final was contested by husband-and-wife duo of Jessica & Robert McMullen who lined up against Invermay’s Kim Saunders and Aaron Page from Kings Meadows. Kim & Aaron started well leading by 3 shots after 2 ends before the McMullen duo scored. After 8 ends the score line was 7 all and neither team were able to gain the upper hand. The McMullen duo then clicked into gear and jumped out to a 15 to 9 lead with one end remaining. Saunders/Page managed a single on the last end for a final score of 15 to 10 in McMullen’s favour.
Following a decorated career with many Bowls South titles, this was the first Bowls North title for Robert McMullen.
In the Minor final the Cressy duo of Julie & Anthony Bannon played Invermay’s father and daughter combo of Jamie & novice player Zoe Whelan. The Bannon duo started well to be leading 7 to nil after 3 ends before Jamie & Zoe scored on the next 2 ends to be only 3 shots behind on the score card. Julie & Anthony then won the next 6 ends with included several multiple scores to be well ahead in the game and claim the title for 2020-21, 21 to 6.
Bowls North would like to thank the host clubs, umpires and match Mangers who was involved in conducting this event.
BOWLS NORTH PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-21
D L REID WOMEN’S SINGLES 2020-21
D L Reid Women’s singles was played today at Invermay Bowls Club, with 16 entries received for this event this year.
There were some great matches played in the early rounds and the score line for these matches does not reflect the standard of bowls that was being played.