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Campbell, Foster-Veinot win Provincial Fours Titles

9/5/2021

It was an exciting day at the St. Mary’s Lawn Bowls Club as we determined our first Provincial Champions of the 2021 season in the Provincial Fours Championship!
In the Men’s Fours, it was the team of Braeden Campbell, Raymond MacDonald, John Siteman and Liam Campbell who went undefeated throughout the weekend to pick up this year’s title with a 4th round win 20-10 over Steve Ogden, Steve Bezanson, Doug McLearn and Phil Balcom. After getting out to a 6-1 lead- Team Ogden went on a 5 point run to tie up the match through 7 ends. After picking up a deuce in the 8th end, Team Campbell went on a 8 point run and after deuces in the 13th and 14th end for Ogden- got 3’s in the final two ends to pick up the victory and a defence of their title for Braeden, Raymond and Liam while a first fours title for John (after previous wins in Men’s Triples in 2018 and Men’s Pairs in 2019).
In the Women’s Fours, it was the Team of Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Debbie Foster and Lorraine Bezanson who took out this year’s title in a tight clash all throughout Sunday against Lena Cameron, Kate Thompson, Debby Purdy and Carissa Lynch in a rematch of the 2019 final in this year’s edition of the event. In the morning, Team Foster-Veinot pulled off a 13-12 victory to force an extra game in the double knockout event for the title. In the final, it was a tight battle the whole way through as the teams were tied 7-7 after 8 ends of play. In the second half of the match, it was Team Foster-Veinot who pulled ahead with a 7-3 run in the second half to win the title 14-10 victory in the afternoon session. For a few of the members of their squad, it was their 11th Provincial Fours Championship title- showing once again their consistent success in the fours discipline to send them to the National Championships.
Thanks to St. Mary’s Lawn Bowling Club for their great work in putting on this year’s championship. Special thanks to the greens crew who got the green running extremely well for the teams and to the huge crew of umpires who came out to support running the event and ensuring everything was all done up right. Next on our provincial schedule- we head back to the Wanderers Lawn Bowls Club in Halifax for the second part of our Provincial Championships as they host the Provincial Pairs Championship September 11th-12th. Stay tuned as the draw will come out later this week!

Campbell, LeFresne, Stewart Win Another Robar Memorial Title

8/29/2021

Another great tournament took to the greens this weekend as the crew at Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club hosted the Jack Robar Memorial Men’s Triples! In the end, it was a 12-6 win for the defending champions Braeden Campbell, Cameron LeFresne and Mike Stewart over the Wanderers based trio of Ian MacDonald, Grahame Usher and Phil Balcom to pick up this year’s title. Thanks to the crew at Wanderers for putting on a great event! Congratulations to the 10 teams for putting on a great show all weekend long. Up next on our provincial schedule- we finally make our way onto the road to the 2022 Canadian Championships as the Provincial Fours Championships takes to the greens of the St. Mary’s Lawn Bowling Club this upcoming weekend.

Campbell, Foster-Veinot Win Janet Merry Mixed Pairs

8/22/2021

It was an exciting weekend of bowls at the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club as after a pandemic delay, the 2021 Janet Merry Mixed Pairs was played! Played in honour of the late Janet Merry (who was a trailblazing athlete and volunteer in both lawn bowls and curling), 12 teams took to the greens in search of this year’s crown. This afternoon (on what would have been Janet Merry’s 93rd birthday), the final games were played for the trophy and prize money. In the Gold Medal Game, the 2016 Champions Braeden Campbell and Tammy Foster-Veinot defeated the 2019 Champions Jackie Foster and Mike Stewart to take home the trophy. In the 3rd Place game, Cameron LeFresne and Lena Cameron defeated Rick Burrows and Heather Salmon to take the final podium position. Congratulations to all the top 4 money winners (and all the participating teams) on putting on an excellent show! Thanks to Peter Boudreau and the team at Bedford for putting on an excellent event! Up next on the LBNS schedule, we head to the Wanderers Lawn Bowls Club in Halifax next weekend for the Jack Robar Memorial Men’s Triples!

Ogden Wins Memorial Mixed Triples Title at Wanderers

8/15/2021

After a busy two days of action at the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club, we now have our champions in the Memorial Mixed Triples Championship! After the completion of the Round Robin, Team Fry (3-1) and Team Tower (2-1-1) advanced out of A pool while Team Ogden (4-0) and Team Campbell advanced from Section B to end up with rematches of their morning round matchups in the playoffs! In the Championship Game- Steve Ogden, Steve Bezanson and Lorraine Bezanson picked up this year’s title with a 13-9 victory over their Wanderers club mates Rick Fry, Phil Balcom and Vicki Balcom. In the Bronze Game, it was the Bridgetown and Wanderers trio of Braeden Campbell, Liam Campbell and Anne MacDonald who won the 3rd place in a strong performance over Debbie Tower, John Siteman and Charmaine Cameron of Dartmouth. Thanks to Wanderers for hosting, our umpiring crew of Paul Knox, Joan MacDonald and Daniel Sirois for officiating the event and all of the participants for putting on a great show in the heat all weekend long in Halifax! Next up on the provincial schedule, we head to Bedford next weekend for this year’s playing of the Janet Merry Mixed Pairs!

MacDonald, Salmon, McKnight Win Cobequid Open Triples Title

8/7/2021

It was a great day of bowls fun and competition in Truro as our second event of the season on our Nova Scotia Provincial Schedule was played with the Cobequid Annual Invitational Open Triples at the Cobequid Lawn Bowls Club! There was 12 teams who battled it out in three games of play within 3 sections with winners determined on overall results. Congratulations to Raymond MacDonald, Heather Salmon and Carolyn McKnight from the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club on picking up the title. Thanks to Cobequid for hosting another great event. Up next on the schedule, we head next weekend to Halifax to the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club for our first LBNS event- the Memorial Shield Mixed Triples!
Winners:
1st Place- Raymond MacDonald, Heather Salmon, Carolyn McKnight (Dartmouth)
2nd Place- Dennis Mullane, Rick Burrows, Don Murchy (Wanderers)
3rd Place- Chris Donnachie, Peter Saunders, Sandi Messer (Cobequid)
4th Place- Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Debbie Foster (Bridgetown)

NS Bowlers Compete at New Brunswick Day Pairs in Moncton

8/2/2021

With the holiday weekend around here in many of our Atlantic provinces- four of our bowlers took to the greens yesterday in Moncton for their 1st Annual New Brunswick Day Open Pairs. Don Murchy (Wanderers) teamed up with Mark Bieman of Centennial to get a 2-1 record and finished 3rd overall. Debbie Tower (Dartmouth) teamed up with Diane Trites of Centennial also finish up with a 2-1 record and finishing 4th overall. John Siteman and Ann Marie Siteman (Dartmouth) also finished 2-1 finishing 8th overall. With all of our teams cashing in that event- it was a fun day of bowls in Moncton! Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to Centennial for hosting! Looking forward to seeing our competitive circuit kick back up again for some action next weekend with the Cobequid Open Triples next weekend in Truro.

LeFresne Wins DLBC Early Bird Title To Open 2021 Season

7/17/2021

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Early Bird Mixed Triples at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club (our first inter club tournament in Nova Scotia in over 650 days!). They had a full field of 16 teams to battle it out and everyone had a great day on the carpet in Dartmouth. Special congratulations to Cameron LeFresne, Lena Cameron and Lindsay LeFresne of the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club who won this year’s title! Thanks to the Club Match Committee at Dartmouth for running an excellent first event of 2021!

MacDonald and Kelly Honoured For Support in COVID-19 Return to Play

6/19/2021

For the 2021 Support4Sport Awards, Sport Nova Scotia gave all provincial sport organizations the opportunity to nominate an individual or group who went above and beyond for their sport during the COVID-19 pandemic as recipients of the “Sport Makes a Difference Award.” LBNS is pleased to announce that our recipients for this special honour are Joan MacDonald and Janet Kelly. During the course of the pandemic, Joan and Janet went above and beyond to help get our sport back on the greens- assisting in developing our comprehensive return to play plan, communicating the ever-changing health and safety protocols and expectations with our member clubs and working with all clubs to ensure protocols were adhered to over our 2020 season and into our current bowls season. Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work to get us back on the greens and ensure members and our communities can enjoy our sport in a safe and healthy environment during these unprecedented times. (Pictured L-R- Joan MacDonald, Janet Kelly)

Landry Honoured With Dr. Robert Strang Community Hero Award

6/9/2021

A special congratulations go out to Vince Landry (a member at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club and Wanderers Lawn Bowls Club) who was named a recipient of the Dr. Robert Strang Community Hero Award. The special honour was given to 20 recipients from around the province who have gone the extra mile to help their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vince received the award for his work in brightening the spirits of his community with chalk drawings in local neighbourhoods- spreading smiles and positive spirits among those who saw them. To learn more about this special award, you can read about it here: https://www.yourdoctors.ca/.../healthy-living/strang-awards2. You can also learn more about Vince's story through a Colleen Jones story from last week on CBC News here: https://twitter.com/cbccolleen.../status/1400252495910277120
Congratulations Vince!

Boudreau Receives 25 Year Membership Recognition Pin

10/5/2020

As part of the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club "Covid Challenge" Triples Tournament held this past weekend, Maureen (Mo) Boudreau was recognized for her 25 years as part of our sport in Canada. She's served in many capacities whether as a player, volunteer, official and beyond. Mary Cooke gave a short speech at the event telling members about Mo's experiences in the sport before DLBC President John Driscoll presented Mo with her BCB 25 Year pin. Congratulations Mo!