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Wanderers LBC to Host 2023 Canadian Mixed Pairs

12/10/2022

We're excited to announce that Bowls Canada Boulingrin has awarded the 2023 Canadian Mixed Pairs Championship to the Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club! The event is scheduled to take place September 12-16, 2023 on their historic greens at the Wanderers Grounds. The event will be co-chaired by Lena Cameron and Ann Marie Siteman. As many of you know, Wanderers was scheduled to host the Canadian Mixed Pairs in 2020 before the pandemic hit- so their members are super excited to be welcoming back bowlers from across Canada to Halifax for what should be a great week of championship bowls. Stay tuned for more details as they look forward to making this year's Canadian Mixed Pairs a huge success.

Pictured- The Opening Ceremonies parade at the 2016 Canadian Senior Triples Championship hosted at the Wanderers Lawn Bowls Club.

2022 Team NS Honoured in Bridgetown

11/1/2022

It was a special night this past Saturday night in Bridgetown as there was a special mention for lawn bowls as part of the Bridgetown Area Sports Hall of Fame 2022 Induction Night. As part of their ceremony, they recognized the successes of our provincial team at the 2022 Canadian Championships in Burlington with our two gold medals and one silver medal (the best medal haul in Nova Scotian bowls history at the Majors). With five of our representatives coming from the Bridgetown Lawn Bowling Club- it was a special night to celebrate our sport’s success in 2022 at Majors. Congratulations everyone!

Team NS Honoured In NS Legislature

10/18/2022

Check this out! In Friday’s session of the Nova Scotia Legislature, Claudia Chender (the MLA for Dartmouth South- the electoral district which the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club is in) recognized the members of the DLBC who won medals for Nova Scotia at the 2022 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships. She particularly noted Steve Ogden’s success of becoming a 5 time Canadian Men’s Pairs Champion and Team Campbell having 3 bowlers aged 25 years old or younger and “breaking down the age barrier in sport”. Thanks Ms. Chender for recognizing our Team Nova Scotia success in the House!

LeFresne and Foster win Cobequid Open Pairs

9/17/2022

Definitely a great day of bowls in Truro as 10 teams from around the Maritimes battled it out in the Cobequid Lawn Bowls Club's Open Pairs tournament! Congratulations to Cameron LeFresne and Jackie Foster who returned to the tournament to defend their title won during the 2019 edition (the last edition of this tournament before the pandemic resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 editions). Thanks to Cobequid for hosting a great event! Up next on the LBNS Provincial Schedule, we head to the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club for the Late Owl Mixed Fours!

Bezanson and Cameron win Provincial Singles Titles in Dartmouth

9/4/2022

It was an exciting weekend at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club as we closed out our Provincial Championship season for 2022 with the Men’s and Women’s Singles Provincial Championship!
In the Men’s Singles, it was Steve Bezanson who defeated John Siteman to win the Men’s Singles title 21-6. Today in the Silver Medal Game, it was Bezanson’s Canadian Championship teammate Steve Ogden who took the silver medal defeating Siteman 21-4.
In the Women’s Singles- it was Charmaine Cameron who captured her first Provincial Singles title, defeating Debby Purdy 21-14 in the Women’s Singles final. In the Silver Medal Game, Nancy Latimer booked her ticket to the Nationals with a nailbiter 21-16 win over Purdy.
All three medalists in both Men’s and Women’s Singles have earned their spot into the Canadian Singles Championship- to be held next August (host is still to be announced). Thanks to Dartmouth for hosting and to all the volunteers who worked hard to make this weekend a success! Up next on the provincial schedule- we head back to Bridgetown for the Joe Tidd Memorial Open Triples while our Team Nova Scotia reps start their September Championship run up in Montreal at the Atlantic Bowls Championship.

Historic Week for Nova Scotia at Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships

8/26/2022

Team Nova Scotia picked up two GOLD medals and a SILVER at the 2022 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships in Burlington, Ontario. It was the province’s best showing in recent lawn bowls history, with Nova Scotian teams competing in three of the four gold medal matches. The Nova Scotia teams were composed of brothers, sisters, mother and daughters and husband and wife.

Men’s Pairs
Steve Ogden and Steve Bezanson (Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club) defeated Alberta 16-11 in the gold medal game to win their 4th Canadian Men’s Pairs Championship. The duo previously won in 2009, 2010 and 2012. After dropping their first two matches in round robin play, they went on a 6-1 run to clinch a spot in a tiebreaker, where the pair beat British Columbia 12-11 to advance to the final.

Women’s Fours
Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Debbie Foster and Lorraine Bezanson (Bridgetown/Wanderers) defeated Saskatchewan 18-13 in the gold medal game to capture the gold and their first Canadian Women’s Pairs title. The Foster-Veinot rink finished round robin play with a 6-3 record to advance to the gold medal game.

Men’s Fours
Braeden Campbell, Raymond MacDonald, John Sitemanand Liam Campbell (Bridgetown/Dartmouth) brought home the silver medal after a 16-8 loss in the gold medal game against Alberta. This was the first appearance on the national stage for this foursome who made the final with 3 of 4 team members aged 25 years old or younger.

Nova Scotia was represented in Women’s Pairs by Debbie Tower and Nancy Latimer of Dartmouth and Ann Marie Siteman and Vicki Balcom of Dartmouth as did the Dartmouth/Wanderers Men’s Fours team of Terry O’Neil, Rick Fry, Grahame Usher and Mike Ritchie.

The 2022 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships were held in Burlington, Ontario August 15-20, 2022.

Campbell, Foster-Veinot win Provincial Fours Championships in Bedford

7/10/2022

It was an exciting weekend at the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club as we determined our second set of Provincials to head off to the 2023 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championship with this year's Provincial Fours Championship!

In the Men's Fours, it was the defending champions Braeden Campbell, Raymond MacDonald, John Siteman and Liam Campbell (Bridgetown/Dartmouth) who took out this year's title with a hard fought series win over the Wanderers based combo of Terry O'Neil, Rick Fry, Mike Ritchie and Grahame Usher (22-15 and 18-14 to win the series). With both teams headed to the 2022 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championship, it's expected that we'll see another great battle between these two teams when they represent Nova Scotia in Burlington.

In the Women's Fours, it took until 10pm on Sunday night for the defending champions Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Debbie Foster and Lorraine Bezanson (Bridgetown/Wanderers) to take out this year's championship in a hard fought 16-10 Gold Medal Tie-Breaker win over the Dartmouth based combo of Debbie Tower, Ann Marie Siteman, Nancy Latimer and Vicki Balcom. It was a tight battle the whole way between the two teams (all of which will be representing Nova Scotia in Burlington this year in various team events) where Team Tower took the victory in the morning session over Team Foster-Veinot before following it up with a win over their clubmates Team Joyce Anderson to force the late evening exciting tie-breaker finale to the Women's tournament.

Both Team Campbell and Team Foster-Veinot advance on to represent Nova Scotia at the 2023 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championship (with host to be announced at a later date). Thanks to the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club for their great hospitality in running an awesome Provincial Fours Championship. Up next on our LBNS Provincial Schedule, we head next week to the St. Mary's Lawn Bowls Club for the Atlantic Bowls Pairs Trials!

Foster, Veinot win Bridgetown Silver Fox Open Pairs

7/2/2022

It was a great day of bowls this past weekend as the EW “Silver Fox” Foster Open Pairs took to the greens of the Bridgetown Lawn Bowling Club. Congratulations to the team of David Veinot and Jackie Foster who took out this year’s championship title. Jeff Veinot and Jerry Publow secured 2nd place in the event. Thanks to all who participated and hope to see you all in Bridgetown next season for another great Silver Fox Open Pairs tournament!

Reeves, Comeau win Bedford Janet Merry Mixed Pairs

6/26/2022

On Saturday, 12 teams battled it out on the greens of the Bedford Lawn Bowls Club in the Janet Merry Mixed Pairs. Congratulations to Carolyn Reeves and Hector Comeau (Bedford LBC) who captured this year’s title. 2nd Place went to the team of Betty MacAlpine and Doug McLearn (Bedford LBC), and 3rd Place went to Jim and Patti Granville (Wanderers LBC). The consolation prize went to the team of Richard Tracey and Linda Deveau of Bedford LBC. Thanks to Kathy Myketyn for umpiring for the event and to Jane Wentzell, the daughter of Janet Merry, who presented the prizes.

Ogden/Bezanson, Cameron/Purdy win Provincial Pairs in Dartmouth

6/26/2022

It was an exciting weekend at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club as we hosted the first of our three “Majors” Provincials- the 2022 Provincial Pairs Championship! With 6 Men’s teams and 4 Women’s teams battling it out all weekend long in some great games- it was expected to be a great start to the road to Canadians. In the Men’s- it was a return to the top for Steve Ogden and Steve Bezanson as they fought back through the B Bracket to defeat Braeden Campbell and Grahame Usher in the final. In the Women’s, it was the Wanderers based combo of Lena Cameron and Debby Purdy who captured their first pairs provincial title together with a thrilling final against former champions Ann Marie Siteman and Vicki Balcom which came down right to the last shot. Congratulations to the winning teams and good luck to them at the Canadians next August. Up next on our competitive schedule for LBNS is the E.W. “Silver Fox” Foster Open Pairs next weekend in Bridgetown.