John Douglas Oldford more…
Marven Taylor more…
John McIsaac more…
David Jones more…
Brian Tidd more…
Louise Sanderson
Louise moved to Annapolis County in 1988 with her husband and two daughters. more…
Derek Woodbury
The Special Olympics program in Annapolis County is very blessed to have such a dedicated coach, Derek Woodbury. more…
Phillip Boyd
For most of its history, Bridgetown Regional High School has been known as a “ hot bed” when referring to track and field. more…
Gerry MacDonald
Commitment and determination can lead to great achievements and the record of Gerry MacDonald’s running career is testament to this axiom. more…
Carrie Wightman
When one thinks of swimming in the Bridgetown area, our thoughts go back to the 1980s when the Bridgetown Sea Kings was one of the dominant summer swim teams in the province. more…
1959-1960 BRHS Girls Soccer Team
BACK ROW (L-R): Dianne Patterson (Manager), Geraldine Mitchell, Frances Lawrence, Bliss FitzRandolph, Vickie Shaw, Donna Pick, Rose Mitchell, Iona Bishop (Coach) FRONT ROW (L-R): Karen Bent, Beth Allan, Sheila Clements, Elaine Mitchell, Joyce Lawrence, Lois MacMillan. more…
1963-1964 Bridgetown Hawks
BACK ROW (L-R): Lionel Kennedy, Donnie Fox, Dave Nesnick, Paul Wilhelm, Lawrence Bishop (Coach), Peter White (Trainer). FRONT ROW (L-R): Lloyd Bonang, Donny Bezanson, Ed Gillis, Eric Bezanson, Bruce
Watt (helmet), Raymond Longley, Leo Kaulbach. NOT PICTURED: Amos Stevens, Jr. Laundry, J. C. Spence, Bill Buntain. more…
1984 Sea Kings Swim Team
Competitive summer swimming was initiated provincially in 1974.
Matthew Shaw
As the son of a golf professional, Matthew Shaw was introduced to golf clubs at an early age. It was soon apparent that he was a natural at the game. more…
Daniel Morley
Daniel was born in 1980 and at the very young age of seven wanted to play golf at every chance he could get. more…
Beverly Deal
Bev attended Bridgetown Regional High School from 1980 to 1985 and during those years, she was a valued member of the soccer, volleyball and basketball teams.
Allen Hume
Allen “Al” Hume attended junior high school in Chester, Nova Scotia. However, he spent his tenth and eleventh grade at Charlottetown Rural High School in Prince Edward Island.
Bronson Rafuse
Starting at age 16 as an Assistant Coach of the Bridgetown Swim Team, Bronson Rafuse has spent the past 43 years as a volunteer in many roles.
Max Young
There have been many contributors to the sport heritage of the Bridgetown area – athletes, coaches and builders. They all played their role in making the Bridgetown community one of the true hotbeds of sport in the province of Nova Scotia. more…
The Hill Family
Every small town has a family that earns widespread respect for their efforts in making that town a better place to live. more…
Tommy Beattie
In 1964, another Beattie brother graduated from Bridgetown Regional High School. more…
The Lower Clarence
Tug of War Team
Where sport is concerned, time has a way of making each generation think that they are faster, smarter and stronger. more…
Ernie Bauchman
Born in Centerlea on May 3, 1936, Ernie Bauchman attended high school at BRHS and became a very well known Nova Scotia track star in the mid -1950s. more…
The 1963 & 1964 BRHS
Senior Boys Basketball Teams
The 1963 BRHS Senior Boys Basketball team started their season
with two exhibition losses. more…
John Merry
Small communities have always relied on the volunteerism of their citizens to flourish and grow, and in the history of Bridgetown, John Merry takes a rightful place at the forefront of our town’s civic leaders. more…
Alan Vernon Morse Beattie
Alan Beattie graduated from Bridgetown Regional High School in June of 1956. Alan is remembered by many as the most versatile athlete that represented BRHS in the 1950s. more…
Mike Stewart
The coaching resume of Mike Stewart immediately raises two questions; where do you start and how do you condense his achievements into one simple script? more…
Roy Mansfield
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius more…
1946-47 Bridgetown High School Intermediate
Provincial Championship Hockey Team
Harry Verran
Harry’s earliest memories include those of loving to run. On the family farm in Placentia, NFLD, he ran a couple of miles each day to bring the cows in for milking. more…
Hardy Beviss, Jim Hannam, Danny Harlow, Paul Spicer & S/Sgt Steve Stevenson
The Bridgetown and Area Memorial Arena has been the center of the community for decades. The original arena was built in 1922, with upgrades over the years. In 1965, a fire destroyed the arena, taking with it many memories of games played and championships won. more…
Duff Montgomerie
Duff Montgomerie has traveled all over the world representing the Province of Nova Scotia but he is very much a Bridgetown boy. Duff graduated from BRHS in 1966 and during his years at school, he made a major impression as an athlete. more…
Heather Kaulbach
At some point in life most people will face some form of adversity and summon what is needed to meet the challenge. More rare is the person who faces that adversity with a positive determination and succeeds despite it. more…
Terry Saunders
Commitment, dedication, effort, integrity. These are words that only have a true value when they are translated into action. For Terry Saunders, that transfer from idea to action has been a lifelong passion. more…
1982-83 Bridgetown Hawks
Juvenile “B” Provincial Championship Hockey Team
Steve Clayton
An often quoted rule of life is that no one person is irreplaceable.
If that is a truth, then Steve Clayton may well be the exception to the rule. Over the past thirty-six years the words Bridgetown Recreation and Steve Clayton have arguably become interchangeable terms. …more
Charles Scarrow
Charlie Man was born to coach.
As a little boy he used to ride his bike up the long road to Windfields Farms to watch the trainer’s gallop the magnificent …more
Jesse Elroy “Roy” Mitchell (1903-1951)
Bridgetown’s Roy Mitchell was one of Nova Scotia’s, and Canada’s, finest boxers. Born in 1903 to parents Annie (Clements) and Elias Mitchell, he spent his early childhood on the family farm in Upper Granville. …more
1969 – 1970 B.R.H.S
Senior Girls Volleyball Team
Under the tutelage of Coach Audrey Sturk, the 1969 BRHS Senior Girls Volleyball Team began its season in October by playing Acadia University in two exhibition matches. …more
Justice K. Lee Crowell, Q. C . (1887-1984)
The Honourable K. Lee Crowell was born in Sandy Cove, Digby County, in 1887. Though coming from a seafaring family, his interest lay in engineering. His decision to pursue that interest would prove fortuitous for generations of area golfers. …more
Janet Merry
Janet was born in Digby County in 1928, the daughter of the Point Prim Lighthouse Keeper. She earned her Nursing license and moved to Lawrencetown in the early 50’s. …more
Deborah Foster
In 1981, Debbie’s father-in-law, Bill Foster, encouraged her to enter a mixed Lawn Bowling tournament in Kingston, Nova Scotia. …more
1973 & 1975 Bridgetown Men’s Fours
Lawn Bowling Team
In 1972, the Bridgetown Lawn Bowling Team of Joe Tidd, John Sproule, Alan Brown and Dick Campbell won the Nova Scotia Men’s Fours Championship, thereby earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at the 1973 Canadian Championships, …more
1953 – 1954 Bridgetown Hawks Hockey Team
Nova Scotia Intermediate Hockey Champions
This hockey team stands out in the memory of many citizens living in the Annapolis to Lawrencetown area during the 1950’s and 1960’s as probably the most outstanding team ever produced in this area. …more
Howard “Howie” Jackson
Howie Jackson is one of the most outstanding natural athletes who ever lived in the Bridgetown area and in the province of Nova Scotia. more…
Jaffray Rice
In a small community, a successful project invariably involves the hard work and dedication of many volunteers making contributions in all aspects of that project. Inevitably, the efforts of some of those volunteers are, at times, not recognized in a manner that is appropriate to the contribution. more…
Joe Tidd
A man devoted to his family, Joe Tidd is also a man who has tirelessly given endless hours volunteering his knowledge and his talent to his community, to the benefit of all ages. more…
John David “Jack” Walker
John David “Jack” Walker came to work as the Physical Education teacher at the brand new Bridgetown Regional High School in the fall of 1951. Starting from scratch, Jack Walker began to build an outstanding athletic tradition at B.R.H.S. that has survived to this day, some 60 years later. more…
1962 Bridgetown 7Up Softball Team
1962 Maritime “D” Softball Champions
1962 Nova Scotia Intermediate “D” Softball Champions …more
Robert “Bobby” Lockett
Bobby Lockett is one of the greatest long distance runners ever to come out of the Bridgetown area. In 1962, Bobby Lockett started his racing career by breaking the Nova Scotia Native and Open Record in the 1 Mile with a time of 4:33.0, breaking the record set in 1961 by W. Beazley by a margin of 7.4 seconds. more…
William W. Hirtle
William Hirtle was a legendary teacher and coach at Bridgetown Regional High School and also coached summer Track and Field with the Bridgetown Royal Canadian Legion Track and Field Club. more…
Annette Tidd
Annette Tidd is one of the finest competitive Lawn Bowlers in the history of Nova Scotia. more…
1963 Bridgetown RCL Branch 33 Track & Field Club
In 1963, six Bridgetown athletes were named to the Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Legion Track and Field Team and qualified to compete at the Legion Canadian Championships in Waterloo, Ontario. more…
Dr. Dennis “Doc” Scanlan
Dennis Scanlon was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in the heart of basketball country. From an early age he had an avid interest in basketball and began playing in the sixth grade. more…
Jim Saunders
After an outstanding career as a Softball and Track and Field athlete, Jim Saunders turned his talents to coaching and became one of the greatest coaches in the history of Bridgetown Hockey and sports. more…