D L Reid Singles Winner 2019-20 Bev Huett with Bowls North Vice President Maxine Viney
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D L Reid 2019

Seventeen entrants vied for the D L Reid Singles.

Seventeen entries were received for this years D L Reid Singles, which was played at North Launceston Bowls Club on 11 & 12 of February 2020.

Even though there had been heavy rain the night before the competition, the green’s at North Launceston was running beautifully, which is a credit to the Greenkeeper at North Launceston – Ray Boutcher.

The games were evenly matched throughout the day and the score lines in some games did not reflect the high standard of draw bowling that was displayed by all the players competing.

Players winning through to the semi-finals this year was – D Middap, R Simpson, M Monson & B Huett.

These games once again were of a high standard, with R Simpson defeating D Middap – 25-16 and Bev Huett defeated M Monson – 25-19.

In the final which was played on Wednesday morning – this was an exceptional final. Rae Simpson had won this event the past two years and Bev won the event in 2016/17. The game could have been won by either player. The players had played 22 ends and at this stage the scores were Rae 20 to Bev 18, when Rae was able to win 2 out of the 3 next ends to only need 2 shots to win. Bev fought back, winning the next four ends to take out the title for 2019-20.

Bowls North would like to thank the players who marked games throughout this event and North Launceston for hosting the D L Reid Singles for 2019-20.