was an exciting day of lawn bowls on the greens in Dartmouth yesterday as the Janet Merry Mixed Pairs! Hosted by the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club, the event had 16 teams from across Nova Scotia take to the greens looking for the title of champion and their share of the prize purse for this year.
Congratulations to Steve Ogden and Vicki Balcom of Dartmouth- who went 4-0 to take out this year’s Janet Merry Mixed Pairs title. 2nd place went to the Bedford duo of Doug McLearn and Betty MacAlpine (4-0). 3rd place went to the Grahame Usher and Joy Moreside of Wanderers (3-1). 4th place went to Kevin Colvey and Debbie Tower of Dartmouth (3-1).
The Bedford Lawn Bowls Club want to thank the following for their support of the tournament:

• Dartmouth LBC for providing their greens and clubhouse for this year’s event.
  
• Umpires Daniel Sirois and Jerry Publow for helping facilitate play throughout the day.
  
• Lucas Matheson and Tyler Marshall for the great job running the kitchen throughout the event.
  
• Match Chair Tim O’Hearn for serving as tournament chair and statistician throughout the event.
  
• Nancy Sinclair- Bedford’s honorary “Mom” for the day- who made sure everyone was looked after, you checked in with every team, offered encouragement and coaching, and helped keep the day running smoothly.

Hope everyone had a great day of lawn bowls on and off the greens- despite the bit of wet weather throughout the day. Bedford look forward to seeing you again at the Christie Mixed Triples Tournament (to be held August 6th at Wanderers). Sign-up information for that event will be sent out shortly.

​It was a great Saturday in Truro as the Cobequid Lawn Bowls Club hosted their annual Open Pairs Tournament. Congratulations to George Wood and Peter Saunders of Cobequid who won this year’s title. 2nd place went to Jackie Foster and Cameron Lefresne. 3rd Place went to Kathy Myketyn and John Driscoll. 4th place went to Keith Cheyne and Gordon Taylor. Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped put on a great event. Up next on the LBNS calendar is the Janet Merry Mixed Pairs next weekend in Dartmouth hosted by the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club.

It was a great day today in Bridgetown as another full field of teams hit the greens for the E.W. “Silver Fox” Foster Open Pairs! A traditional favourite on the calendar, the competition lived up to expectations with top teams from all over descending in to battle it out for the top prize. Congratulations to Dave Veinot and Jackie Foster who returned to the top of the podium with a 10-8 win in the final over clubmates Tammy Foster-Veinot and Cameron Lefresne. In the 3rd place game, it was the Bridgetown duo of Gerald Hackenschmidt and Jerry Publow who took out the bronze in a 10-8 win over Steve Ogden and Vicki Balcom of Dartmouth. President Tim Jackson presented the prizes to all the teams. It was a special one as well for those related to the Silver Fox himself as the final featured two of his granddaughters (Tammy and Jackie) and his grandson-in-law (Dave) in final. Special thanks to Cam for the draw; Vicki and Julie for the kitchen, Stuart, Milledge and crew for the green, out of town teams who supported the tournament.

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.