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/

Sports - Local | KeysNews.com

Sports - Local | KeysNews.com

Have you seen the Standing of the Southernmost Bocce League on the web lately?

If not, give it a try. Just follow the Link above.

Hooray - no dragging the Court tonight!

After winning the first game rather easily, the second and third match was quite the opposite. We've lost the second game 15-16 and came back from a big deficit in the 3rd. to win by the smallest of margins, 16-15.
It was the longest game of the night and we were glad as much as lucky to finish the night the way it did.

Hopefully we can keep this streak going for a couple of weeks to see if there's a shot to be in the top 5 for thursday night. I certainly hope so!

See you next week!

Check out this link for the standings: http://kwclubhouse.com/thu4.aspx

Sad Day in Paradise

In loving Memory!

Some people are trying to do the Daytona 500 on Eisenhower Drive just to catch the green light on Truman - and that ended a short and sweet and loving relationship with my little buddy pictured here.

So forgive me if I'm not much in a bocce mood.

Everytime I was sitting on the computer she made herself comfortable on the shelf next to me, where she made herself some room to be close and to watch my fingers slowly move across the keyboard. Sometimes she even helped me typing!

Thursday Night BOCCE

As I was busy working on some pages, I realized today was Thursday, and you know what that means - it's BOCCE NIGHT!

Am I looking forward to it? I'm not so sure.
There are a couple of reasons I can think of which makes me less than enthused about the games tonight:

1. These cold days just don't cut it/with the windchill factor it's just about 60F
2. I believe I caught a virus - a real one, not like the one following the morning after bocce.

But hoping to reach the 500 mark again tonight sparks a little bit of interest again in my barely existing competitive side. And besides, usually I'm my own worst opponent.

Trying to force the court to adapt to my kind of playing instead me trying from the beginning adapting to the court.

Well, we all have our little knick-knacks and shortcomings, and since it is now already 4 p.m. I'll better finish up my real work and start thinking of tonight - Bocce + Beer!

Good Luck!

Standings available @.ORG

The League's OFFICIAL Standings are available at:

http://southernmostbocce.ORG

Southernmost Bocce / Thursday week 3

Follow this link to read today's Bocce Gazette!
Southernmost Bocce / Thursday week 3

To be honest, I am suffering of a severe case of Boccelism today and am not up to writing anything about it!

I'll see you next Thursday.

YouTube - Key West Six-Toed Cat Cam

YouTube - Key West Six-Toed Cat Cam

4 Players and a big W

THURSDAY NIGHT BOCCE!

There's 1 more week to the final registration day and our team hopes that we may get at least one more player.
It was rather exhausting playing 3 games in a row, although some people do not consider BOCCE a sport.

Well, anything that is played with a competitive spirit in the recreational world, I would consider a sport.

The court was in sad shape as last night's loser did not bother to drag the court, or so it seemed, and we did not bother with the chore. Naturally, both teams struggled a bit and we split the first 2 games.

Third game became a rather "convincing" victory as Pepe's did not get into double figures. Hopefully we find another player in the remaining week, as I mentioned before, it is rather difficult after 2 complete games to decide in which hand one should hold the beer and which hand the bocce ball!

See you next week!
Remember the official Bocce site is now http://southermostbocce.ORG/

Yes, there's more than BOCCE!

#links

The Key West Sports Blog has all about sports in Key West! Check it out!

Key West Bocce / Teams / Schedule

Key West Bocce / Teams / Schedule

See if U can get there!

bocce standings now available

The Standings of the first week of bocce is at their web site

Night Captains -

- This thought might interest you!

Now with the new web page at Hometownonline, which btw. is one of the best league/team host on the web, and people are obviously using their PC or Mac more than just for e-mailing or playing games or browse the net, why not give "CHUCK" some help or assistance.

Why not get involved to have your scores and standings of your game night updated the same night, rather somewhen the following day?
(Depending of course on what kind of night you have had!)

Yes, - I have heard of and experienced 'bocce~lism' several times myself, so who the heck in their right mind would want to punish her/himself by committing to such an "enormous task"?

With 13/14 teams a night, guessing an average of 6 players a team, that's 78/84 players each night, somebody out there might just have the necessary enthusiasm, interest and knowledge that the page administrator would not hesitate to give permission to get access.
It all would still have to be approved by him anyway!

Since Thursday Night is our team's game night, I'll try to stay [unofficially of course] on top of it and have the scores and standings in at that night.

Since 'Sisco' is the only one I know for some time out of the Officers crew, and perhaps the most accessible one, tell him you're interested and see what happens!

Following this LINK, you'll get to the bocce pages of the still somewhat private Clubhouse. And of course to the now 11 year old Bocce Gazette.

Anyway, it looks Thursday Night was the right choice for me - especially sitting out for a few seasons, it's a good group and it looks as if there are a few of the 'boccesaurs' around to enjoy the night of the game we all love - Bocce -.

And where else do you see faces you know for so many years other than the Bocce Courts. And aren't these courts much more tolerable to see or meet your Judge or be judged on, than the one next to "da Bird"?

Our First Night

Going out to the Bocce Courts thursday night was a good move as I landed on the team I hoped I could be playing on. It's somewhat more comfortable for an "intro" like me to be around familiar faces to start on a night I had never played before.

Good in the sense as only 2 people of the team showed up and would have had to forfeit the game and as mentioned earlier, it was the team I hoped to be on. And thanks to SANDY who made it possible for me to be playing that night.

Our night started off with a bang as - even with only 3 players - we kept the other team pretty quiet for a while and even took a 13 to 1 lead. Things changed drastically; not being able to get the pallina and playing with only 2 balls on my end, we found ourselves in the jinxed position of 14-11 and finally lost 16-14.

The second match is certainly not worth mentioning as it was a walk over and we got clobbered 16-2 or maybe we got even 3, but that was it.

Finally we made the necessary changes and I played on the other side with Michael as my partner, hoping to be able to give the lone player the chance for the leading ball.
A good setter can keep the damages to a minimum and that's exactly what CYNTHIA did - and more. By winning 2 crucial points in a tight match she made it possible for us to get ahead and kept us in a game that was close to the end.

We finally prevailed and won 16-14 and the praise and respect from our opponents. It was a nice crew to play against and the introduction to Thursday Night's division was quite pleasurable.

Stinky Fingers, our opponent for the night, were one of thursday's play-off team, so all in all, our night definitely could be considered a success.

Before I ramble on too much longer, just remember, the GAZETTE is back and you can get to it by clicking either on the GUINNESS PINT or go to directly to http://kwclubhouse.com/bocce

Have fun!
And YES, you can spread the word - look for BOCCEMANIACS at BLOGSPOT!

It was a START!

After all these years of playing Bocce, last night was a first for me to be playing on a Thursday!
And since it was the beginning of the season I thought I may have a good chance to get on a team without any problem. And so it happened! And it turned out to be quiet an experience.
More on this later....

Beginning of the New Season!

This weekend BWS (the bocce withdrawal symptoms) come to end with the beginning of the Spring Season '09 of the Southernmost Bocce League on Monday, February 9, 2009.

And this time the Cold front which usually accompanies and signals the beginning of the spring season came a week earlier and there's hope for Monday Night we'll stay in the 60's.

Although I haven't played myself for several seasons, the Love for BOCCE can and will never cease to exist. It's been so long ago when I occasionally played, that people looked at me and thought I was either completely nuts or definitely color blind.

The DARK balls were always GREEN during the early days, now they're actually blue, RED is still red - the Pallina was red, now there are several options to choose from!

Anyway, I hope there's a spot open any night but WEDNESDAY!

boccemovie.com - A documentary film about the southernmost bocce league located in Key West, Florida.

boccemovie.com - A documentary film about the southernmost bocce league located in Key West, Florida.

Change is good - not always welcomed, but in this case I wholeheartedly support the project and try to point everyone to this page!

I hope you'll enjoy this project as much as I do and hope you will spread the word!

Announcing: re-opening of the Bocce Gazette

Key West, Florida - January 13, 2009

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Finally - the Gazette is back!

After years of hibernation the Bocce Gazette is finally back in circulation! Last season's mishap was certainly the deciding factor of bringing back the still obscure Gazette, but with the Key West Clubhouse finally officially open, it's quite an easier path than it was before.

So, look forward to the coming season when again the daily updates are being published.

For more info visit: http://kwclubhouse.com/bocce.aspx

Cowboy Bills - A True Bocce Dynasty

Last weekend the Southernmost Bocce League ended their Fall Season with the post season tournament to determine the overall league champion!

The top 5 teams of each night qualified for this competition and again it was the Monday Night's division champion which earned the "Bragging Rights" to be called the Best of Key West!

You can visit the official Bocce page by putting your cursor over the Logo and click on it. You'll find detailed information and an extensive picture gallery is available to browse through. Have Fun while there!

The season will officially end with the Bocce Prom at Dante's on Caroline Street.

Cowboy Bills 4-peat

Cowboy Bills just set a new standard for the Southernmost Bocce League!

No other team in the 25 year history of the league has accomplished what Cowboy Bills did during the play-offs on May 17/18 - to win 4 consecutive seasons the ever so coveted trophy of the Southernmost Bocce League; along with the BRAGGING RIGHTS to be called the best of Key West.

Is this now a legit point to call it a 'Dynasty'?

Perhaps Mr. Teagan Slaton will be able to de-mystyfy once he got elected to the Monroe County District Seat as a Judge! He certainly proved his competency on the Bocce Courts last weekend, so who could doubt his ability on any other courts!

Congratulations to Cowboy Bills on their accomplishment and perhaps a season off would be appreciated by the 53 other teams who try to become the Best of Key West!