​It was a great Saturday of lawn bowls in Bridgetown as a full field of bowlers from across Nova Scotia battled it out for top honours in the 2025 Joe Tidd Memorial Open Triples!
Congratulations to Steve Ogden, Rick Fry and Vicki Balcom of Dartmouth on winning this year’s title in a 17-10 win in the final versus Milledge Sheridan, Charles Stock and Vicki Holland of Bridgetown. In the 3rd Place Game, it was the Bridgetown and Wanderers trio of Tammy Foster-Veinot, Dennis Mullane and Jackie Foster who defeated Peter DeValiant, Ruth Kelly and Julie Medicraft of Bridgetown 16-7.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this year’s event a great success! Up next on the LBNS Tournament Calendar next weekend, we have the final event of the season- the Late Owl Mixed Fours (hosted by Bedford but hosted at Dartmouth).

​It was an exciting finale to the 2025 Provincial Women’s Singles Championship today at the St. Mary’s Lawn Bowls Club. After a hard fought round robin between 12 women’s bowlers from across our member clubs- it came down to a grand finale in the medal rounds at 3pm today.
Congratulations to Vicki Balcom on winning this year’s championship in a 21-9 win over Mayumi Endo in the final. As well, congratulations to Ann Marie Siteman who won the bronze in a 21-13 win over Nancy Sinclair. Great job everyone! Thanks to everyone who volunteered at St. Mary’s for putting on a great event. Up next on the LBNS Schedule next weekend, we have a double header of action with the Joe Tidd Memorial Open Triples in Bridgetown on Saturday followed by the Annual LBNS Celebration Bowls and Barbeque at Wanderers (if you want to participate- connect with your home club).

​It was a great weekend of lawn bowls action this weekend at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club as they hosted the 2025 Provincial Men’s Singles Championship. 10 top men’s players from across our member clubs took to the greens for their chance at the top men’s individual title in our association.
After the round robin, the top 6 advanced to the playoff rounds: Steve Ogden (1st: 3-0, +43), Mark Mullane (2nd: 3-0, +27), John Siteman (3rd: 3-0, +25), Grahame Usher (4th: 2-1, +7), Kevin Stewart (5th: 1-2, -3) and Terry O’Neil (6th: 1-2, -5). The quarterfinals round (the battle of the Team Nova Scotia National 5-a-Side Team) was played Sunday morning with John Siteman defeating Terry O’Neil (21-5) and Kevin Stewart defeating Grahame Usher (21-9). In the semifinals, it was wins by both Steve Ogden and Mark Mullane to set up the finals matchups.
In the Finals, the championship game would feature Steve Ogden vs. Mark Mullane while the third place game featured John Siteman vs. Kevin Stewart.
In the championship game full of lots of big time shots for the lawn bowls fans in attendance, Steve Ogden had a quick start to jump out to a 11-5 lead after 10 ends. Then it was Mark Mullane who staged quite the comeback- outscoring Ogden 11-6 to get the margin to 17-16. In the end, it was a 3 in the 22nd end to get Ogden over the line to take out the title once again.
In the 3rd place game, it was a strong performance from both John Siteman and Kevin Stewart with lots of great shots throughout the match. With some strong draw play to kick off the game, Siteman jumped out to a 15-3 lead after 10. The next four ends were a strong comeback with great shots from Stewart to the delight of the Bedford fans who came to cheer him on. In the end, it was a trail of the Jack for 2 in the 17th end to get Siteman over the line and onto the podium once again.
Thanks to the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club for hosting a great Provincial Men’s Singles Championship- including Match Chair Debby Purdy, umpires Joan MacDonald, Gordon Foster, Vicki Balcom and Jackie Foster, the markers, the kitchen crew, the maintenance crew and all the many other volunteers who helped make the event a success. Up next on the LBNS Provincial Calendar, the Women take to the greens of the St. Mary’s Lawn Bowls Club for the 2025 Provincial Women’s Singles Championship next weekend (September 20-21). If you haven’t gotten your entry in yet- make sure to do so ASAP as the deadline is tonight! If you’re not playing, make sure to get over to St. Mary’s to cheer on the players as they go for gold!

​It was golden day in Saint John for Team Nova Scotia as they captured the Sid Currie Memorial Trophy in a dominating performance at the 2025 Atlantic Bowls Championship.
Going into the day in medal contention in all four events, the team finished off with a 4-2-2 record against Quebec in the final two sessions to cap off the weekend with a strong 30-14-4 overall record and taking out all four gold medal titles! This mark’s Nova Scotia’s 27th Sid Currie Memorial Trophy title at the Atlantic Bowls Championship (since it was first awarded in 1984) and a successful defence of their title won last year in Dartmouth.
In the Men’s Pairs, the gold medal went to Ian MacDonald and Jim Granville who finished off the weekend with a 4-1-1 record. The Wanderers based duo had a strong performance all weekend and capped it off with a nailbiting 12-10 win over Quebec B’s Jean-Rene Leduc and Marco Veillieux to clinch the top position. Our B representatives Gerald Hackenschmidt and Tim Jackson of Bridgetown finished out the weekend in 6th Place after a 9-9 tie in the final session against Quebec A’s Andy Wepruk and Jonathan Knight.
In the Women’s Pairs, it was two medals for Team Nova Scotia as the Wanderers duo of Lindsay LeFresne and Patti Granville captured the Gold Medal with a strong 5-1 weekend while the Dartmouth duo of Ann Marie Siteman and Vicki Balcom took home the bronze medal with a 4-1-1 record. Both teams had strong performances throughout the division setting themselves up for medal finishes going into Day 3. For LeFresne and Granville, it was a tight 13-11 decision over Quebec A’s Muffin Hoodspith and Gail Routley which booked their Gold Medal berth while Siteman and Balcom finished off with a nailbiting 8-8 tie against Quebec B’s Johanne DuCap and Dee Conroy to cap off the weekend in 3rd Place.
In the Men’s Triples, it was another Gold Medal for the Wanderers based trio of Steve Ogden, Rick Fry and Grahame Usher who took out the title in Saint John with a strong 5-1 record. Going into Sunday, the team was an undefeated 5-0 but dropped a tight 9-6 decision to Quebec A’s John Devlin Mike Doskas and Gilles Cayer. However, the better aggregate score at the end of the round robin propelled Team Nova Scotia into the top position. Our Nova Scotia A team of Dave Veinot, Steve Bezanson and Mike Stewart fought through some adversity and finished off the weekend with an 11-7 win over Quebec B’s Venance Basque, Benoit Vezina and Andre Beauchesne to finish 2-4 on the weekend.
In the Women’s Triples, it was a two medal day for Team Nova Scotia with a return to the top of the podium as Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster and Lorraine Bezanson (Bridgetown and Wanderers) as the trio took out a strong Gold Medal win with a 5-0-1 record for the weekend. With their only blemish being a tie earlier in the round robin, it was a strong 13-8 win in the final session over Quebec A’s Anne-Marie Belanger, Diane Dolan and Addie Petronko which booked Team Nova Scotia another trip to the top of the podium. With the bronze medal, it was the Dartmouth based trio of Cathy Mills, Mayumi Endo and Kelly Moore who capped off the weekend with a final 3-3 record to take out the bronze on aggregate.
Congratulations to all of our members of Team Nova Scotia on representing the province with pride and putting on a great showing on and off the greens. Thanks to the Seaside Lawn Bowls Club, the host committee, the volunteers, the officials and everyone who helped put on an outstanding showcase of lawn bowls in Eastern Canada. Looking forward to next year as the event heads back to Quebec.

​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