Mother Nature decided to spoil the party as we kicked off the 2025 Nova Scotia Lawn Bowls season today at the Dartmouth Early Bird Mixed Triples. The event brought together a full field of 16 teams to battle it out for top honours. Unfortunately for the excited group of bowlers, torrential rains and thunderstorms called off the normally 6 round event after 3 games were completed. Congratulations to Doug McLearn, Carolyn Reeves and Betty MacAlpine who captured this year’s title. 2nd place went to Cameron Lefresne, Mark Singer and Carissa Lynch. 3rd Place went to Laura Branchaud, Alan Weinberger and Lowell Goulden. 4th Place went to Mike Ritchie, Meg Endo-Ritchie and Mayumi Endo. Thanks to Tournament Chair Vicki Balcom and all of the volunteers from the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club for hosting a great event especially given the weather.

What a fun night at the Halifax Convention Centre on Saturday night celebrating great achievements from across all of our Nova Scotian sports community at the 2025 Sport Nova Scotia Support4Sport Awards!
Congratulations to our LBNS Award recipients who were honoured during the Awards show:

• Senior Female Athlete of the Year- Vicki Balcom
• Team of the Year- Team Foster-Veinot (Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Ann Marie Siteman, Lorraine Bezanson, Vicki Balcom)
• Coach of the Year- Carolyn Reeves
• Volunteer of the Year- John Siteman
• Senior Male Athlete of the Year- Steve Ogden (Not present- will be recognized at a later date)

Great to see you all recognized for your achievements this past year on and off the green. Thanks to Sport Nova Scotia and Support4 Sport for everything that they do to support the growth of sport in our province.

LBNS are excited to announce our 2025 Provincial Calendar of Events- with lots of exciting competitions for bowlers of all experience levels to get on the green and have some fun. The season kicks off with the Early Bird Mixed Triples at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club on May 31st. For more information, message us here or contact LBNS Provincial Match Chair Mark Robar.

​It was a great day yesterday at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club as the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club hosted their Late Owl Mixed Fours tournament! This year’s event was hosted for the second year in Dartmouth and featured 11 teams battling it out for top honours in Mixed Fours and Pairs play. Congratulations to the team of John Driscoll, Vivian Condran, Gary Marshall and Heather Salmon on winning this year’s title. 2nd Place went to Larry Anderson, Joyce Anderson, Raymond MacDonald and Charmaine Cameron while 3rd went to Steve Ogden, Vicki Balcom, Grahame Usher and Joy Moreside. Thanks to Tim O’Hearn and Kathy Myketyn for helping organize the event.

​It was an outstanding conclusion to the 2024 Provincial Men’s Singles Championship today at the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club. Congratulations to Steve Bezanson on winning this year’s title in a thrilling 21-17 win over his longtime teammate Steve Ogden in the Gold Medal Game. In the Bronze Medal Game, it was Mark Singer who picked up 3rd place in a 21-17 win over Rick Fry.
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this weekend a great success- from our umpires Joan MacDonald and Paul Knox to our many markers from both Wanderers and Dartmouth to the many spectators who cheered on the competitors all event. With lots of great games all weekend long- it made for an entertaining finale to our provincial championship competitions for this season. Congratulations to all the players who put on a great show all weekend long in front of a great crowd in Halifax.

It was an exciting day at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club as the 2024 Provincial Women’s Singles Championship finals were played. Congratulations to Vicki Balcom on winning this year’s championship- defeating her teammate Ann Marie Siteman 21-7 in the final. In the 3rd Place Game, congratulations to Joyce Anderson who battled back to win 21-20 over Charmaine Cameron to pick up the bronze.
Thanks to the many volunteers who helped make this weekend a success and to Dartmouth for hosting. Also, special thanks to many of you from around the world who tuned into our live streamed coverage throughout the weekend (where we had viewers from all over Canada and even Australia, New Zealand, India and beyond!).
​Our next Provincial event is the Provincial Men’s Singles Championship next weekend (September 28th-29th) at the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club. Entries close tonight- so get your entries in ASAP! Also, if you’re interested in marking at this event- send us a message!

What a Finals Day at the 2024 Atlantic Bowls Championship! The sun was shining and the action across the greens was top notch. Congratulations to Team Nova Scotia- the winners of the Sid Currie Trophy for the Top Provincial Team of the event with an awesome 103 points! Also, congratulations to all of our medalists, all of which you can find below. Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped made the event possible- we couldn’t have done it without you. We look forward to seeing all of you at the Seaside Lawn Bowls Club in Saint John, New Brunswick in 2025.

Men’s Pairs
Gold- Nova Scotia B (Mark Robar and Jim Granville)
Silver- Nova Scotia A (John Siteman and Raymond MacDonald
Bronze- New Brunswick A (Paul Johnson and Harry McDougall)

Women’s Pairs
Gold- Nova Scotia A (Debby Purdy and Charmaine Cameron
Silver- Nova Scotia B (Lindsay LeFresne and Patti Granville)
Bronze- Prince Edward Island B (Joyce Anderson and Nancy Latimer)

Men’s Triples
Gold- Nova Scotia B (Steve Ogden, Rick Fry and Grahame Usher)
Silver- Prince Edward Island A (Scott Spence, Charlie Reid and Mark Kelly)
Bronze- Quebec B (John Devlin, Gilles Cayer and Mike Doskas)

Women’s Triples
Gold- Prince Edward Island A (Etta Reid, Myrna Craswell and Myrna Sanderson)
Silver- Prince Edward Island B (Lena Cameron, Debbie Tower and Carissa Lynch)
Bronze- Nova Scotia A (Meg Endo-Ritchie, Mayumi Endo, Heather Salmon)

Here are the final standings for the Pairs and Triples events at this year's championship.

​It was a great weekend at the Wanderers Lawn Bowls Club in Halifax as the 2024 edition of the Jack Robar Memorial Men’s Triples took to the greens. In the final, it was the Dartmouth combo of John Siteman, Raymond MacDonald and Gordon Foster who took out this year’s title with a nail biting 11-9 win over the Wanderers/Bedford combo of Chris Cooper, Don Murchy and Kevin Stewart. In the 3rd place game, it was the Wanderers trio of Matt Sebastian, Hal Jones and Mike LeBlanc who took out the final spot on the podium with a 12-5 win over Mark Singer, Mark Robar and Eric Veinot. Thanks to all the teams who competed throughout the weekend who put on a great show, to the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club volunteers led by Robar and Singer for organizing and to the greens crew for having the surface in tip top shape for the event. Up next on the LBNS calendar, all eyes head to the other side of the harbour as Team Nova Scotia competes in the 2024 Atlantic Bowls Championship.

​It was a great day of lawn bowls yesterday at the St. Mary's Lawn Bowls Club as they hosted their annual Frank Hamilton Memorial Mixed Triples! There were lots of great games all day long as 12 teams battled it out in singles, pairs and triples play. Congratulations to Meg Endo-Ritchie, Mike Ritchie and Mayumi Endo from Wanderers LBC who went 6-0 to capture this year’s title. 2nd place went to Mark Singer, Jim Granville and Patti Granville of Wanderers. 3rd place went to John Driscoll, Heather Salmon and Linda Deveau of Dartmouth and Bedford. 4th place went to Larry Anderson, Joyce Anderson and Carolyn Reeves of Dartmouth and Bedford. Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to Anita Knox, Paul Knox, Joan MacDonald and all of the many other volunteers who made the event a great success. The next event on the LBNS Calendar is the Jack Robar Memorial Men’s Triples next weekend at Wanderers.