Wanderers Lawn Bowling Club

What a great day of lawn bowls action today at the club as the Jack Robar Memorial Open Triples hit the greens of Wanderers! The event is celebrating its 10th anniversary as the Robar and the 59th anniversary of the event since the beginning and the play was top notch.

Here are your standings after Day 1 of Play- with the trio of John Siteman, Raymond MacDonald and Gordon Foster currently leading the field headed into Day 2.

Play kicks back off at 9:00am with Round 4 of the competition. This will be followed by the playoff rounds starting shortly after the completion of that round- so make sure to get down to the club to cheer on the teams. Here is your draw of play for the 9:00am session:

Rink 1: Cameron Lefresne/Chris Cooper/Dennis Mullane (2-1) vs. Charles Freeman/Dennis Cuvelier/Carissa Lynch (1-1-1)
Rink 2: Cathy Mills/Vicki Balcom/Lorraine Bezanson (2-0-1) vs. Ian MacDonald/Matt Sebastian/Greg Heatherington (1-2)
Rink 3: Eldon MacKeigan/Tim Brennan/David Mills (2-1) vs. Al Bridges/Joe Casey/Rob Gordey (1-2)
Rink 4: Steve Ogden/Rick Fry/Grahame Usher (1-1-1) vs. Tyler Marshall/Ryan Campbell/Mark Teeple (0-3)
Rink 5: Mark Robar/Mark Singer/Eric Veinot (1-1-1) vs. Blair Veinot/Jody Veinot/Paul Veinot (1-2)
Rink 6: Don Murchy/Lucas Matheson/Joy Moreside (1-2) vs. Mike Ritchie/Mayumi Endo/Terry O’Neil (1-2)
Rink 7: John Siteman/Raymond MacDonald/Gordon Foster (3-0) vs. Doug McLearn/Mike LeBlanc/Lorne Davis (2-1)

Tune into the action right now from the 2026 Canadian Seniors Triples as our Team Nova Scotia reps (including WLBC Members Ann Marie and Debby and their teammate Carolyn) compete against New Brunswick on the live streamed rink.

Canadian Sr. Triples - Day 4 Rd 7 Round 5: Women New Brunswick vs Nova Scotia

Good luck Curtis! Wanderers is wishing you all the best as you go for gold at the 2026 Canadian Championship. For those wanting to cheer him on live- he’ll be on the live streamed rink coming up tomorrow at 1pm Atlantic.

Good luck to Team Nova Scotia as they head into the Canadian Women’s Fours final this afternoon (evening our time) in North Vancouver. Go Nova Scotia Go!

Breaking News! Congratulations to our Women’s Fours Team Nova Scotia (Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jackie Foster, Vicki Balcom and Mary Wright) who have clinched 1st place and a spot in the Gold Medal Game.
The Bluenose team battled their way to an 18-5 win over Manitoba to book their ticket to the final at 7:15pm Atlantic. In that match, they’ll face Team Alberta (Joanna Cooper, Jennifer MacDonald, Teryn Mitchell and Kiera Schaelow) for the National title. Good luck Team Nova Scotia- we’ll be cheering for you all the way! The medal rounds are streamed via Island Bowls Live- so should be some great games to watch (haven’t confirmed who will be on stream as of yet).
Special congratulations as well to our Women’s Pairs duo of Debbie Tower and Debbie Mitchell who wrapped up their competition in North Vancouver finishing up at 3-4 in their event. Well done to you both!

(Photo Credit- Bowls Canada, T. McColl)

Great time getting to host the crew from Digital Nova Scotia for a group outing on the green! If your group wants to learn to lawn bowl- send us a message as we’d love to see what we can do to make it happen!

Make sure to get down to the club this weekend to cheer on the teams as they hope to qualify for Atlantic Bowls in Quebec!

It’s time for Week 2 of our Atlantic Bowls qualifying events- as we are down to the Triples competition. Good luck to all the teams who will compete for the final spots. Here is your draw schedule for the weekend- rink assignments to come on Friday as per usual LBNS practice. See you all on Saturday at Wanderers!

We’ve got some exciting events coming up! Wanderers will be hosting two of our open tournaments- the WLBC Mix-and-Match Pairs (August 15th) and the Jack Robar Memorial Open Triples (August 29th-30th). These are two great ways to get on the greens and compete against many different players from within the club and beyond. Get your entries in today!

What a phenomenal weekend of bowls at the club as we hosted the 3rd Annual Wanderers Open Pairs! The event brought together 12 teams from all over Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to battle it out for the largest prize purse in Nova Scotia lawn bowls!
Congrats to Steve Ogden and Vicki Balcom on winning this year’s championship in a 14-7 Flight final win over Lindsay LeFresne and Luke Guthro. In the A Flight Final, it was Mark Robar and Matt Sebastian who won top honours defeating John Siteman and Carissa Lynch 13-3. In the B Flight final, it was a hard fought victory for Don Murchy and Patti Granville over their clubmates Greg Heatherington and Kevin Stewart.
Thanks to Cameron Lefresne and Mark Singer for organizing the event, John Siteman for doubling as official scorer, the many volunteers who assisted with the meals and helping the players out and to HRM Parks and Recreation for having the green in the best condition of the year- which led to top class bowls all weekend long!

What a great day of bowls at the club as we hosted Day 1 of the Wanderers Open Pairs! The competition was fierce as 12 top teams from all over Nova Scotia and New Brunswick took to the greens in search of top honours. Currently leading the field are the Wanderers duo of Lindsay LeFresne and Luke Guthro (3-0, +19, 24 ends) followed closely by defending champions Tammy Foster-Veinot and Jackie Foster (3-0, +23, 22 ends) and former finalists Braeden Campbell and Cameron Lefresne (3-0, +29, 21 ends). Some big games coming up tomorrow starting at 9:00am followed by flight semis (roughly 10:30am depending on pace of play) and finals (roughly 12:15pm assuming similar pace of play). Here are your games for tomorrow’s final preliminary round:
Rink 2: Don Murchy/Patti Granville vs. Lindsay LeFresne/Luke Guthro
Rink 3: Mark Robar/Matt Sebastian vs. Tammy Foster-Veinot/Jackie Foster
Rink 4: Steve Ogden/Vicki Balcom vs. Chad Trites/Chris Trites
Rink 5: Tyler Marshall/Lucas Matheson vs. Greg Heatherington/Kevin Stewart
Rink 6: Braeden Campbell/Cameron Lefresne vs. Mark Singer/Eric Veinot
Rink 7: Grahame Usher/Joy Moreside vs. John Siteman/Carissa Lynch