Standings are up!

Standings are up at the new and official Southernmost Bocce League's web page. Take a look and let them know what you think about it.

Also get a closer look at Thursday Night at the BocceManiacs on Facebook.

Southernmost Bocce League Announces New Season!

Spring Season 2011

A Masterpiece in the making!

Plenty of compliments could be heard during the opening ceremony of the refurbished bocce courts on White Street.
This picture shows how a Sunday afternoon was spent in preparation to install Colleen's Mosaic on the courts before the official opening.

Now in the second week of the Spring Season I am still trying to get info from each night captain to be able to post the scores each night yet there hasn't been much activity. This should soon though change.

Still looking forward to our first game since last week's Thursday's games had to be postponed due to the heavy rain. Check back soon as I will be posting updates frequently.

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Hi everybody,

Quick announcement:
Captain's meeting on Monday, February 28 at NY Pizza in the Duval Square.
Scheduled for 6pm.
Have you seen the new courts yet? One more week till the new season begins.

Keep on Rolling!

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.

Fall Season 2010 Play-Offs.

Today marks the beginning of the Southernmost Bocce League's Play-Offs including a mini tournament against teams from Big Pine Key. These games will start at 11 a.m. while the top 5 of each division from the local league begin rolling at Noon, 3 and 6 p.m.

Cowboy Bill's will try to defend their title which they are holding for the past 8 season.

Good Luck to all.

For schedule visit This page!

Only make-up games remain.

Regular season ended Thursday Night.

There are only make-up games to be played which must be completed by the weekend. The GOOD NEWS is the 4 teams ending the season in 6th place will be playing 4 teams from the Big Pine League for the first time. 

For more details visit http://southernmostbocce.org/

Southernmost Bocce League Week #11

Southernmost Bocce League Week #11

Another rained out night; now there are 2 make-up games to be played.
Team captains should get together with one of the league officials to make arrangements.

Only 2 more games remaining during regular season.

Thursday Night Schedule -

Bocce Thursday Schedule - Key West:
Below are this week's matches. Perhaps the most intriguing match ups tonight are being played on Courts F and G respectively.
Will the Hell's Rangers keep their clean sheet against Charley's Place? Highly unlikely.

How about the Conch Town Bubba's vs. DonKeys? Will the real Bubba's finally show up? Should be a fun night.

Week# 3
BALLS TO THE WALL vs. PEPE’S CAFÉ A
DON’S PLACE vs. JEFF’S GEMS B
DOUBLE D’S vs. C & K SHOCKERS C
BOBBI JO’S vs. ROLLING ROOKIES D
SCHOONFIELD vs. LAST CALL E
SHANNA KEY HELL’S RANGERS vs. CHARLIE’S PLACE F
DON KEYS vs. CONCHTOWN BUBBAS G

Good Luck!

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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.

Week #9!

For next season you may want to think about getting 1 of these great little time pieces. Know when to be there and know when the games are taking too long.

4 more weeks of Bocce

With only 12 games remaining in the regular Bocce season, the interest about the standings and remaining matches always piques during this time. So from now until the rest of the season I'd like to post each night the updates of the games played.


Just remember, these are only "UNOFFICIAL" updates and if any discrepancies should occur, the league is not responsible for this. It would be solely my fault and therefore be accountable for.
But then again, how much damage can be done other than that to my credibilty or competence?

Check back Tuesday night to see if I actually made it to the courts.
Since there's no input from night captains, all I can hope for is to have the time and energy to make this possible.

Thursday Night's as you know have been updated usually right after the games since the beginning of the season, (it is our team's night,) and by the looks of it our season will definitely end Week 13.

Don's Place has been assigned as HQ for 4 teams, so check out the Clubhouse's Sponsor pages to see how appreciation for sponsorship can be done since obvisually there's nothing published anymore in the local papers.

Visit Don's Page at the KW Clubhouse!

See you Thursday

Thursday Bocce Schedule Spring Season 2010 Southernmost Bocce League

Thursday Bocce Schedule Spring Season 2010 Southernmost Bocce League

Just checked the official website but there are no updates and who can blame Chuck; after all he celebrated his 65th birthday!
Happy Birthday Chuck!

For Thursday's 'unofficial' current standings check this link Thursday week 3!

Southernmost Bocce League Master Schedule

Southernmost Bocce League Master Schedule

Chuck published the new and revised schedule for the 2010 Spring Season!
Just I'd let you know this way.
This link will take you to Monday's Season Schedule.

Thanks Chuck for your dedication and hard work!

Shanna Key Bocce News

Bocce News

Neil Mellies became the newly elected President for the SMBL during the Captains Meeting on January 27.

One of the true "Boccesaurs" he is also no newcomer to this position as Neil acted before as President of the Southernmost Bocce League.

His love, dedication and enthusiasm for the game itself and the awareness of the Organization are all promising aspects for the new season, which btw. begins February 8!

BOCCE PROM Saturday!

Bocce Prom Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010

The ANNUAL BOCCE PROM will be held tomorrow, Sat. January 9, at 6PM till 10PM at COWBOY BILL's on DUVAL.
News about Team registration and Trophy presentation during the 4 hr ceremony. Live Music!
See You there.

Cowboy Bill's x 7!

Cowboy Bill's wins 7th consecutive title!

Was it expected? - One could say NO; but they were certainly the top team during the regular season not only for Monday Night but had the best record of all 4 divisions.

Will that record stand forever now that it reached 7 and Neil, Tegan, Rosemary and the rest of the team have no reason nor do they feel like forming other teams? This could just mean Cowboy Bill's is going for an 8th straight title under the same sponsorship.

The heavy thundersqualls passing through the lower Keys on Saturday delayed the opening round by 2 hours and it took quite some work by the officials and impatient team members to get the courts ready to be played on.

Perhaps the biggest shocker of the day was Gran Vin beating the team most hopeful to end Cowboy Bill's streak, the Schooner Wharf Bar. Having been the top seed for Wednesday Night, the Schooner had an automatic bye for the first round, while Grand Vin was forced earlier to go 3 games to advance.

As the day ended only 12 teams remained.
More later

Shanna Key's Bocce and Drink Mixer

Bocce @ Shanna Key!

The Bocce updates are back at Shanna Key's with a nice little widget which replaces the little book underneath the bar for unusual mixed drinks.

You may want to check it out.
And while there, see who thinks which team night will win the Championship.
For some reason Tuesday Night has a slight edge ahead of all others.
See you all in a week for the play offs.

Bocce History

Bocce History

When I first started the "Bocce Gazette" back in '98 I browsed around the net to find some resources about BOCCE and came across this Bocce History chapter by someone I believe was from Georgia.

And as I was searching and gathering some of my old pages from the early days, much to my amazement I found these notes again and posted it on the Clubhouse. It is an interesting read with anecdotes about Lord Byron and other historical figures who enjoyed and loved the game.

I also recollected pics dating back to 2002, which will be posted on the the site.

And about tonight...
We do have an interesting Match tonight, playing against Charley's, and sure hope it won't be too depressing or humiliating. But then again they may have an "OFF-Day" and it won't be all so bad. See you all tonight.

Good Luck and have Fun!

Changes are in the making!

Sunday Morning...
After our soccer game yesterday my body muscles are aching and I decided just to take it somewhat easy today.

Read the Citizen this morning, listening to my own Pandora's Radio Station and I'm in the Doo Wop mood, relaxing and thinking about several things.

And one has to do with BOCCE, after all this so-called blog is supposed to be about BOCCE.

One thing about the League that will never change is the FUN most everybody is having. Unfortunately there are some negative or rather unsatisfactory comments by many about the uninvolvement, an Apathy quite obvious even to an 'innocent' bystander.

But what triggered this entry to the blog this morning was a comment by someone I truly admire and respect for his involvement in the League.

Burn-Out is something one usually does not associate with a Fun activity, but BOCCE is really not just about fun as it takes a lot of work, dedication and quite a bit of enthusiasm to keep a rather large group of people happy and organized. And the simplest way to achieve this goal, is what the league is lacking and has been for some time: Communication and Information.

NO - this is not pointing fingers or blaming anyone. But realizing the fact how much work is really involved, the dedication level usually stays the same with most people, but once disappointment starts to set in, the degree of enthusiasm usually fades quickly.

That's when it becomes obvious to anyone something has got to be done to rekindle that old spark. Perhaps all it needs is a few more people, a few encouraging comments, show the appreciation towards the Officials for the efforts they are putting towards the league.

Since each season lasts just about 3 month, which in fact is a long time, I have been puzzled by the fact that there's only one captains meeting, which is usually the night of the final registration.

Why not meet more often? Latent problems may become top topics and can then be solved through a concerted effort before these nagging and unhappy troubling subjects turn into a Burn-Out!

And there's the word again - Burn-Out - !
Let's prevent this by doing simple steps in the future, I certainly would hate to see this one person quit his position or maybe even worse, quit Bocce for a season or two. Yes, we all have a life to live, but it was YOU who decided to make BOCCE a part of this life and where else do you socialize in such an atmosphere as one can find at the Indigenous Park?

Think about it - start with helping to keep the courts clean; each team, each player each friend who comes to visit to watch the games, become part of it and the ones responsible to make sure all this gets done will be again enjoying his VOLUNTARY DUTY!

Till next time -
KEEP ON ROLLING
hd/a.k.a. boccenut

On the courts last night

For the first time this season I went to stop by the courts and was glad I did.

It appears the atmosphere has slightly changed and much to my delight the changes, although somewhat subtle, were very positive.

And with pleasure did I notice the presence of the Schooner Wharf's "new" old team.
There was Tuna, Timmy and Mike and Brian, missing from the old team was just Norman and Cuban Eddie. Should be interesting to see if they'll be a serious contender to stop Cowboy Bill's run for a 7th consecutive title for the City Championship.

Tonight - well, our team will be playing Tina and the team of Bobbi Jo's. Will that help us to improve our record after last week's humiliating sweep?

Hard to tell and when I saw the courts last night and add the amount of rain which came down again during the wee hours in the morning, it may be just another "messy" night.

Playing on Court G, a court hardly anybody likes, happens to be my... - NO,I'm NOT going to JINX it!

See you tonight and let's have some fun and a healthy competitive mindset.

Visit http://kwclubhouse.com/bocce.aspx for tonight's game schedule, week #8!

Being able to work on this again...

Back on again!

Trying to recollect some old data I've lost during reformatting the Hard Drive, but just to let you know.

Don't forget the "Official Website" of the League!