​It was an outstanding finale to the 2025 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships in Edmonton, Alberta for Team Nova Scotia on Saturday including a big silver medal!
In the Men’s Pairs, the team of John Siteman and Raymond MacDonald went on a huge run in the tournament- going 5-2 in the round robin (including a big 3 wins over Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia respectively) to qualify for the playoff rounds. In the semifinals, they faced off against the Alberta duo of Greg Wilson and Rob Law (both of whom represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games and World Bowls Championship). In a tight battle featured on the Bowls Canada Boulingrin live streaming, the outstanding teamwork and strong draw play led our Nova Scotians to an 11-8 win. In the final, they faced off against the powerhouse Quebec duo of Ryan Craig and Marco Veillieux. The game was tight the whole way with bigtime plays from both sides, but in the end- it ended off with a Quebec win 13-6 and a Silver Medal for our Nova Scotians.
In the other events, Team Nova Scotia performed exceptionally well but missed out on the playoffs in each discipline. Some highlights to note was a valiant title defence for the Women’s Fours quartet of Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Ann Marie Siteman and Lorraine Bezanson (going 4-3 with three nailbiter tight losses), an excellent performance for Vicki Balcom in the Women’s Singles where she took many of the top Women’s Singles players in the country right to the limit (including a tiebreak against the eventual champion Joanna Cooper of Alberta in the final round robin session) and a great perseverance performance from the Men’s Triples trio of Grahame Usher, Jordan Gailey and Kevin Stewart who put in a strong showing against a top class field of talent.
LBNS would like to extend a huge thank you to Jordan Gailey of Saskatchewan- who joined our Nova Scotia Men’s Triples squad to spare for Terry O’Neil who was unable to attend due to the Air Canada strike. Jordan had come to be a spectator at the championship- but immediately jumped at the opportunity to help when this extraordinary situation came into play that affected many of the teams in one way or another. You’ll always be an honourary Nova Scotian representative and we appreciate your hard work throughout the event alongside our team. Since he isn’t on Facebook, we look forward to personally extending this thank you in the near future.
Congratulations to the whole team who battled it out for Nova Scotia in Edmonton (Men- John Siteman, Raymond MacDonald, Grahame Usher, Kevin Stewart and Jordan Gailey, Women- Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Ann Marie Siteman, Lorraine Bezanson and Vicki Balcom). You all represented Nova Scotia with pride and hopefully you made memories that will last a lifetime!

​It was an exciting Saturday of Lawn Bowls at the St. Mary’s Lawn Bowls Club as the Frank Hamilton Memorial Mixed Triples hit the greens for another year. Named after a longtime member of their club, the competition brought together teams from across Atlantic Canada to battle it out in Singles, Pairs and Triples competition. Congratulations to the trio of Steve Ogden, Cathy Mills and Steve Bezanson of Dartmouth who took out this year’s championship. 2nd Place went to Bedford’s Carolyn Reeves, Greg Heatherington and Linda Deveau. 3rd Place went to the Wanderers trio of Mark Singer, Jim Granville and Patti Granville. 4th Place went to Dartmouth’s Larry Anderson, Joyce Anderson and Nancy Latimer. Thanks to everyone for participating and to all the volunteers who helped make the event a huge success!

​After a great event last week in Edmonton with the Canadian Youth Championship- it’s time for the main event of the national season- the 2025 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships! Our bowlers have headed out west to the beautiful greens of the Commonwealth Lawn Bowling Club in Edmonton, Alberta (the home of the 1978 Commonwealth Games) to battle it out with the rest of the country for top honors. Practice Day is underway right now before the Opening Ceremonies this evening and play commencing tomorrow. Good luck to the members of Team Nova Scotia as they go for Gold against the top teams in the country. Here are your teams for the first disciplines for this week:
Men’s Singles: Terry O’Neil
Women’s Pairs: Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster
Women’s Triples: Vicki Balcom, Ann Marie Siteman, Lorraine Bezanson
Men’s Fours: John Siteman, Grahame Usher, Raymond MacDonald, Kevin Stewart

​It was an exciting weekend of lawn bowls in Dartmouth as the Memorial Mixed Triples took to the carpet. 8 teams battled it out in the main LBNS Provincial Championship for mixed competition and play was fierce right to the final bowl.
In the A final, it was a battle of Dartmouth as John Siteman, Ann Marie Siteman and Richard Cobb (the 2nd place seed with a 4-0 record) faced off with Steve Ogden, Rick Fry and Vicki Balcom (the 4th place seed with a 2-2 record) for the title. After a 3 point start to the first end for Team Siteman, Ogden went on a 9 point run to open up the game and never looked back- taking out the title with a 23-5 win.
In the B final, it was a nail biting game as Dennis Mullane, Linda Deveau and Vicki Jo Bowden faced off with Debbie Tower, Mike LeBlanc and Karen Church. After rushing out to a 10-1 start, Tower rallied with 9 points in the second half. In the end, it was a single point in the 12th end which helped Team Mullane maintain the lead and get over the line to take out the 3rd place spot.
Thanks to the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club (including Match Chair Debby Purdy, the kitchen staff and the many volunteers who helped make the event a success. The next events on the schedule brings us up to Truro for the Cobequid Open Triples on Saturday followed by the Wanderers Mix and Match Pairs back in Halifax on Sunday.