Bocce Prom Reminder

Guess this quick reminder isn't quite necessary, but here it is anyway just to remind you of the Bocce Gazette.

This weekend marks the last event of the "Southernmost Bocce League" Fall Season with their Trophy presentation and party what became known as the Bocce Prom.
The League invites you to Saturday's event which is hosted for the second time at Kelly McGillis' Caribbean Bar and Grill. Members can enjoy the party FREE, but a guest has to dish out $10.- to take part and grab the specials prepared for the league.
Have a great time and take lots of pics which you can send to me to post on the Bocce Gazette.

Facebook | Boccemaniacs Notes

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Just a few notes about last weekends' play-off games. Congratulations to Cowboy Bill's for an amazing 8th consecutive City Championship.

Shanna Key's Bocce Updates!

Shanna Key's Bocce Updates!

One and a half weeks left till our new season starts - see how Shanna Key is getting ready!

Don's Place Key West - Sponsor Recreation

Don's Place Key West - Sponsor Recreation

One of the Thursday Night's Bocce Sponsors page with link to their business page. Of course Don's also sponsors a Coed Softball Team.
Check them out!

BocceLife.com's new blog!

The Bocce Ball Blog

The BocceLife.com blog is really coming to life.
Visit their site and blog and perhaps we'll have a nice tournament in the not too distant future competing against our bocce friends from up north.

The Key West Clubhouse will be officially opened and with the support of the BocceManiacs we can arrange a weekend full of fun and bocce.
more on this subject later

Dragging was not needed last night!

Recap of Thursday Night Bocce

It certainly was a nice change of pace last night as we finally did not have to DRAG that monstrous 2x4 with that huge carpet attached to it.
Instead we had the Winners honor to store the balls away last night; a privilege not often bestowed on us during this season.

It looks as if PEPE's is finding their form right on time to be seriously considered as a front runner for the play-offs. Along with Conch Town Bubbas, Charley's Place and Shanna Key's Hells Rangers!
That would once again only leave the usual 5th place wide open for 1 other team to reach the post season.

And by looking at the standings and the remaining schedule, it is impossible to come up with a definite suggestion.

Last Call, Bobbi Jo's and possibly 2-3 other teams are still in contention for that desired spot. Is our team still in the running?
It would take more than just a small miracle but of course nobody can take away the hope or optimism trying to believethat there is a chance. So let's leave it just with that.

Visit last night's scores and standing here: BOCCE GAZETTE!

See you all next week!

Thursday's updates are posted!

After last night's surprising results, Charley's Place suffered their first loss of the season, the group really tightened up in the standings. Even though only 6 weeks into the season, and the 5th play-off spot usually the only one to be battled for, it might be that this season the usual qualifiers are down to 3.

Of course it's a long way to go and the make-up games can change things quite a bit, it's always fun to look at the possibilities and of course keep hoping your team will reach the minimal goal set at the beginning of the season - Reach the Play-Offs.

Visit the page Thursday Week 6 for more info!

The Blue Screen got me!

Things got a little hectic as I have just the laptop to work with.
Please be patient till the weekend, hopefully I'll have it fixed by then.
After all, there are other things in life still to be taken care of.

But I'll see you Thursday!

Thursday Night Standings Posted

Thursday Night standings have been posted at the Bocce Gazette!
kwclubhouse.com
More on the night later on...

Week #3

A: Don's Place vs. Last Call 0 - 3

B: Shanna Key's Hell's Rangers vs. BAT Construction 2 - 1

C: Just For Fun vs. Charlie's Place 0 - 3

D: Schoonfield vs. Pepe's 0 - 3

E: Funny Business vs. Bobbi Jo's 2 - 1

F: DonKeys vs. Conch Town 1 - 2

G: Southernmost Hotel vs. American Legion 2 - 1

Key West Clubhouse / Bocce News Bulletins

In a news post in the official Bocce page last April a benefit tournament was mentioned, yet nothing has come of it so far.
I've been wondering about the subject as I have heard several comments I prefer not too repeat.
Read more here...

Will week 2 be a rainout?

Hi everyone,

It appears the 2nd week of the fall-season might just be a complete wash out!
Preparing for my upcoming tests really doesn't leave me much time for nearly 3 more weeks and consequently certain things regretfully have to be put on a backburner.
(Which btw. I'm running out of, lol.)

Right now there's another heavy rain squall pouring down on us and with the sun not getting a chance to perform her miracles on the courts, it just looks as if tonight might be the first casualty of our young season.

Perhaps it gives me an opportunity to complete at least our night (Thursday) at the BOCCE GAZETTE . <==HINT - click on it

I hope you have been checking it out; I still need some more sponsor information.
Ok, that's it for now, back to my "Honey Do's" with an important soccer match in the background on TV.

(Can think of a couple other places I'd rather be right now, but hey, make the best out of it.

See you Thursday!

What's NEXT?

The Play-Offs are done and over with; the Southernmost Bocce League will now crown their "NEW" city champion during the Bocce Prom which is scheduled for June 20 at the Shanna Key Irish Pub, but these are all known facts.

But what about some details?

Once the regular season was over, so apparently was the enthusiasm by the League Officials to keep everyone just a bit more informed. There hasn't been any information about the finals, any other details are also completely missing.

Is this really necessary, or is it that at the end of the regular season nobody really cares about it anymore?

As we all are aware of the newly formed Bocce League up in Big Pine Key, it would have been nice to get at least in touch with one of the officers of that group and perhaps invite their champion to come down to Key West before the all so famous BOCCE PROM NIGHT,(June20-SHANNA KEY), have a game and then invite that group to the Prom as a Good Will gesture?

Sure, it is a lot work involved for all our officials, especially for the scorekeeper, but what's the sense of having a web site like we did and only a few select have access to it?
Access as in TEAM access - several attempts were made as I understand by various people, but not even team captains were allowed to comment on their night.

Can you imagine how many more hits there would have been, could have been when one had been able to read your opponents "remarks" after the games? I'm positive, some of the comments probably would have never been published, but what's the sense or purpose of publishing a site like we had when no communication ever really was established?

Chuck, our scorekeeper, did a heck of a job on the site and by keeping us up date during the season, but it appears as a Real Estate Agent he likes working with EXCEL sheets, and as I was told by one of the Citizen's editors, it was simply too much information. But the Citizen has been known for the past few years as having their own pet projects.

Enough of this rambling on - I wholeheartedly applaude all the officials' hard work they have done, especially one name comes to mind - "CISCO" - or Francisco if you'd prefer, as he did not only put together a great play-off weekend with some help of course, but his dedication during the season to keep the courts play-able just deserves all the credit he can get and I hope his enthusiasm and dedication will rub off on others for the upcoming season.

Good Night for now, or should I say Good Morning, it is after all already 5:43 am on Saturday, June 6, and I'm having a World Cup Qualifier in the background LIVE on TV; not much of interest personally, but it's good to be up-to-date with certain things.

Enjoy your weekend and hopefully I'll be seeing you at the PROM!

COWBOY BILL's Wins 6th. Consecutive Title

The Southernmost Bocce League's Spring Season came to the end on Sunday Night.
And what perhaps most players of the League secretly or openly had hoped just couldn't happen. Unstoppable, it appears their in a league of their own, and after winning Monday Night's Division during the regular season, Cowboy Bill's breezed through the play-offs as well as the final unbeaten.

The Play-Off Sponsors who donated Kegs of Beer, Ice, Water and Sodas deserve to be applauded for their continued support of the League; these were:
Don's Place
Green Parrot
Shanna Key
Bobalu's

Another big THANK YOU should go to Dan Evans and Campus Cafe for slaving over the hot grill during the 2 day event which gave us a short preview of the long upcoming summer month.

Congratulation to the 20 teams who made it to the play-offs and of course to Cowboy Bill's who possibly join the GREEN PARROT in the local bocce history books as one of the greatest teams.

BTW, I am still looking for stories, anecdotes from yesteryears for the "History" pages here at Google.

Looking forward to next season!

Bocce Gazette FINALS

Bocce Gazette

Just to let you know the final standings are in and you'll be pleasantly surprised by the page I hope! Go ahead and visit each night individually.
Almost feels like the old Bocce days!

There's much more to be added now in the history department.

Southernmost Bocce - the daily Bocce Gazette - Thursday week 12

Southernmost Bocce - the daily Bocce Gazette - Thursday week 12

THURSDAY NIGHT!
All but 2 scores are in - so if you'd like to check it out, click the headline.
Only 1 more week in regular season and as disappointing as our team's season was, it was a great fun season and really did enjoy Thursday Night's.
Thanks everybody!

Key West Clubhouse - Southernmost Bocce - Week 10

Key West Clubhouse - Southernmost Bocce - Week 10

Our dream of sneaking into the post season possibly ended last night (Thursday, April 23); follow the link to see complete standings of the Southernmost Bocce League!

(click on Headline)

The Race is on!

4 more weeks remain to improve your team's standings,
4x3=12 more games!

And after this Thursday, [ April 23 ], it appears that either the glimmer of HOPE will shine more brightly, or... well, you know the alternative.

There's one more thing I have to mention;

the good folks over CP's are having a "History" making event next Saturday, April 25, even the former owner Charley will come down for the occasion.

The Party should start around 6 p.m. and to find out more about, follow this link below!

Charley's Place

Key West Clubhouse / Bocce News Bulletins

Key West Clubhouse / Bocce News Bulletins

During this week's bye week due to the Easter Holidays I had the chance to play a bit on the Bocce Gazette for "BocceManiacs" - unfortunately I could not get any updates yet on how the Bocce Documentary is coming along.

What? You haven't heard about it yet?
Check it out here: http://boccemovie.com/
See you Thursday. And HAPPY EASTER!

Re-Structuring/Re-building

With the excellent updates Chuck is doing on the official website, it gives me the chance and opportunity to rebuild the Clubhouse pages.

Just click on the links in the sidebar to get to the pages you'd like to follow.

I'll be back somewhen next week! You can also visit http://keywestsports.blogspot.com/