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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.

Facebook | Boccemaniacs Notes

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

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!

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!

Joy of Bocce - Article as it appeared in Merrimack Magazine

Click here for the article!

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

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 Thursday Updates!

Phew! It was tough last night to finish the updates - it was a great night on the courts even if losing 0-3, but after I got home, there were other priorities and once I got around to doing the standings it was about 4 AM.

To visit last night's scores and standings visit this page !

A 2-player team double elimination tournament is scheduled for Nov. 14. Details are still rough looking, yet since Sandy B. is involved in it, I trust her wholeheartedly and know the event will be a great success.
And it's also for a good cause I understand. Entrance Fee is $50.- per team
I'll keep you posted on that subject...

And how about the play-off picture?

With only 3 more games to play, (including make up game), there are 4 teams practically qualified. Bocce Bubba's, Charley's Place, Shanna Key's Hells Rangers, they're in for sure and only something unimaginable will happen could stop Pepe's to follow them into the post season.

Now the question arises who might be in that all so coveted 5th spot to be able to reach the play-offs. I'm leaning towards Bobbi Jo's and wish them all the best. Guess it's bye week next week, isn't it?

No arrangements have been made for our make up game. I'll let you know how I overcame my withdrawal symptoms!
Enjoy the weekend
Let your friends know about our thursday night's updates!
Google for BocceManiacs!

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!

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!

Tuesday Night Bocce/ Courtesy of Shanna Key

Tuesday Night's Scores and Standings are up!

Find out about last night games at Clubhouse Pages, courtesy of Shanna Key Irish Pub & Grill!

Blue Screen Update!

Thank God I got the Laptop working!

The Main PC I will ignore for now, for one reason is finances, the other I'm not trying to go through 3 more days of hair raising moments of frustration and tantrums for feeling time pressured.

So I hope that tonight I'll be able to play and let all these negative moments over the past few days be bygones and have some fun.

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!

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!

Southernmost Bocce League - Reminder

Just a quick reminder that the final team registration is on Wednesday, August 5 at 6 pm. This will take place at "SHANNA KEY Irish Pub & Grill" with the captain's meeting following at 7 pm.

First games Monday, August 10 at 6:30 pm.!

See you all at the Court - BOCCE COURT that is.

Visit the Bocce Gazette

Key West - Bocce and Facebook!

Never in my worst nightmares...

...could I have imagined becoming a "semi"-regular at these social networks. But sometimes this is just the way the cookie crumbles or the dice rolls.

And I must admit, there's actually much more going on than I had expected.

So - why is this subject coming up here and now? Quite possible some of you quick thinkers "feel" already what's coming and yes, you are right.

Soon you can hear again the famous cry "Let's roll" being carried over all the way to Higgs Beach and what better time than now to add another call to arms: BocceManiacs Unite.

Please Note: Captain's Meeting on Wednesday, August 5, at Shanna Key! Check the official site for the latest announcements!

Bocce is without a doubt the most social gathering, ignore the Arts, and most of us play bocce just for that reason, see some old friends whom you otherwise wouldn't see but twice a year on the street just passing by and a quick hello.

Now to this tournament which was posted on the official web site, a benefit tournament for Terry, one can't help but wonder why this has been kept so quiet all this time!

Over 2 month have passed since the announcement and as far as I know the registration for the upcoming season is rapidly nearing, why can't we combine these 2 events? The league would not be involved with this weekend event, for good reasons, but wouldn't it be in teir best interest to support at least verbally this worthwhile cause. And a weekend affair like that would perhaps encourage more people give it a try to learn the game of BOCCE. People who might not want to join the league but would occasionally enjoy a good game of Bocce and learn what it's all about.

If anybody knows what happened, why the enthusiasm faded faster then it was sparked, please let me know.

"BOCCEMANIACS UNITE" - check back at FaceBook for more detailed info within the next 2 weeks.

Have Fun,
boccenut

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!