It is with pleasure that the Bridgetown Area Sports Hall of Fame recognizes the accomplishments of individual and team athletes who, between the 1st day of October, 2017 and the 30th of September 2018, competed and won a championship at the Provincial Level, or qualified and competed at a level of competition beyond the Provincial realm.
Accordingly, the Directors of the Bridgetown Area Sports Hall of Fame acknowledge the following athletes and their accomplishments.
2018 Honour Roll
Lawn Bowling
2017- U.S. Open Singles. Bronze Medalist
Jacqueline Foster
2017- Florida Senior Games, Lawn Bowls Mixed Pairs, Gold Medalists
Deborah Foster and Patrick Beggs
2018- Team Canada Member, Commonwealth Games-Australia
4th Ladies Triples, 4th Ladies Fours
Jacqueline Foster
2018 SED Open (Florida), Ladies Fours Gold Medalists
Deborah Foster NS, Mary Meldrum On,
Sharon Farrish On, Valerie Bechard NS
2018-Team Canada Members- Multi Nations Championships-Wales
Jacqueline Foster (ladies fours) and Braeden Campbell
2018-NS Junior Singles Champion
Liam Campbell
2018-NS Senior Mens Champions
Dale Kidd, Raymond MacDonald, Mike Stewart
2018- NS Senior Ladies Champions
Deborah Foster, Valerie Bechard, Lorraine Bezanson
2018-Atlantic Bowl Trials; NS Winners-Mens Triples
Braeden Campbell, Cameron Lefresne, Mike Stewart
2019- NS Ladies Fours Champions
Tammy Foster-Veinot, Jacqueline Foster, Deborah Foster, Lorraine Bezanson
2018- Under 25 Canadian Singles – Bronze Medalists
Braeden Campbell
2018- (over 55) Canada Games Ladies Pairs- Gold Medalists
Deborah Foster and Lorraine Bezanson
2018- Atlantic Bowls Mens Triple-Gold Medalists
Braeden Campbell, Cameron Lefresne, Mike Stewart
2018 Atlantic Bowls Ladies Pairs- Gold Medalists
Tammy Foster-Veinot and Jacqueline Foster
Archery
2018 Indoor 3D Provincial Championships (bantam U12) – Roland Spicer-GOLD
2018 Outdoor 3D National Championships (Pee Wee U 10) – Riley Spicer –GOLD
Boys Soccer
NSSAF 2017 Provincial Champions
B.R.C.S. (First Provincial Banner) Senior Boys Soccer (tier 2)
Players: Spencer Cress, Tanner Cress, Jacob Taylor, Andy Lycett,
Keaton Theriault, Ben Vidito, Bradley Charlton, Adrian Bent, Quinton Havenga,
Kyle Garde, Chan Yoon, Hudson Joudrey, Harry Lillford-Brighton, Andrew Long,
Coaches: Andrew Verran, Brent Saunders, Phil Theriault.
Girls Soccer
Jenica Saunders – (playing with Valley United) won GOLD at 2018 U15 girls AAA Provincial Championships
– (Playing with team Nova Scotia) won GOLD at 2018 U15 Atlantic Championships
– U15 AAA Valley United Team represented Nova Scotia at the 2018 National Championships in Laval. 6th place finish
** Up until Nationals, this U15 girl’s soccer team had never lost a game, including tournaments all season. It also was the highest finish ever for an U15 Nova Scotia girl’s team at the National level.
Track and Field
2018-Athletics NS Provincial Championships
Women’s: (age 12-13) 80 meter hurdles – Lillian Young – GOLD*(11 years old)
Women’s: (age 12-13) High Jump – Madelyn MacDonald – GOLD
Women’s: (age 12-13) Discus Throw- Ella Marshall – GOLD
Women’s: (age 12-13) Javelin Throw – Ella Marshall – GOLD
Mens: (35-39) Shot Put – Steve Young-GOLD
*2018-Athletics NS Provincial Outdoor Championships
Madelyn MacDonald set a record in the tetrathlon – Bantam (age 12-13) with a score of 788 points
Darts
2018 Junior Boys Provincial Champion
Liam Campbell
2018 Junior National Championships
Boys Singles – Liam Campbell- JOINT 5th
Boys’ singles – Cohen Campbell- SILVER
Mixed Doubles – Liam Campbell and Emily Alford – GOLD
2018 Open Class (mens doubles) – National Championships – Nick Smith and Robert Percy – SILVER
2018 P.E.I. Potato Open – Nick Smith –GOLD (this win gives Nick an Invite to the BDO World Masters Championship in October 2019.
2018 Canadian Open (Singles)–Nick Smith –GOLD
Badminton
NSSAF Senior Girls Doubles, 2018 Provincial Champions
Hailey Saunders and Emilee Cress (5th provincial title in 6 years)
Arm Wrestling
2018 Nova Scotia Mens Arm wrestling Championships
Donavon Crouse: Right arm- 165lbs – GOLD
Left arm- 165lbs – GOLD
2018 Atlantic Canadian Mens Arm wrestling Championships
Donavon Crouse: Right Arm-165lbs-GOLD
Left arm-165lbs-GOLD
2018 Canadian Mens Arm wrestling Championships
Donavon Crouse: Right arm -165lbs- Bronze
Left arm -165lbs- 4th
2018 Battle of the Atlantics (Mens)
Donavon Crouse: Right arm 165lbs- GOLD
Left arm 165lbs –GOLD
2018 Canadian Mens Arm wrestling Championships
Mark Crouse: Right arm 176lbs – SILVER
Left arm 176lbs –SILVER
Special Olympics
2018 – Provincial Summer Games
Shot Put- Shawn Wagner- GOLD
Bodybuilding
2017 Flex Lewis Canadian Classic Eastern Championships
Top Overall Women’s Physique Champion – Melissa Balcomb
*(This was the very first Flex Lewis competition)
Hockey
Maryelle Hannam – assistant coach for Female U18 Team Canada
2018 USA series – Team Canada – GOLD (defeated team USA best 2 out of 3)
Ball Hockey
Maryelle Hannam – player for Team Canada in 2018 International Street and Ball
Hockey Federation World Masters Ball Hockey Championships held in Bermuda.
Winning Gold defeating USA in the final (2-1)