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Lena and Ann Marie are passionate lawn bowlers who are incredibly engaged in their clubs. Both sit on their club’s executive team. Lena the Provincial Match & Junior Director for the Wanderers Lawn Bowls Club and Ann Marie the Secretary for the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club.
Thanks to the efforts of Ann Marie and Lena, Halifax got to play host to the Canadian Mixed Pairs Championship in 2023.
WHY THEY DID IT
Lena is the Junior Director for the Wanderers Club and Lena and Ann Marie had collaborated to bring the Canadian Juniors Lawn Bowling Championship to Halifax in 2017. Deciding it had been long-enough since they hosted the Juniors, they decided to put Halifax’s hat in the ring again with Bowls Canada Boulingrin (BCB). “Somebody has to step up,” said Ann Marie. “Since we work well together and know we can do what needs to be done. Let’s just do it.”
Unfortunately, the location for the 2023 Juniors event had already been selected. Don’t worry, this isn’t a sad story. When the Juniors were no longer an option, the discussions with BCB shifted to hosting the Canadian Mixed Pairs Championship in Halifax instead.
When it came time to plan the event, Lena and Ann Marie had a fantastic network of people supporting them, and they tapped Discover Halifax to help. “They took the brunt off our shoulders,” said Ann Marie. “They helped us find a host hotel and when there was stuff with contracts that we didn’t understand, we could pick up the phone and call them and they’d explain it.”
BIG OUTCOMES
The 2023 Canadian Mixed Pairs Championships brought 50 out-of-town attendees and drew another 250 local attendees to the event. The estimated economic impact of the event is over $144,000.
When asked if they’d do it again, Lena replied with “If you had asked me the day after, I would have said no, but a week later, I would have been back in there.”
Lena and Ann Marie are already planning what’s next. Ann Marie will have her hands full with the Atlantic Bowls Championship, which will be hosted at the Dartmouth Lawn Bowls Club.
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