Elmwood Park, Illinois Recreation Department is starting it’s 1st Winter Indoor Bocce League on January 4, 2021. Bocce has become incredibly popular with both women and men in the summer over the past 6 years. This fall, 4 brand new 60′ x 10′ AstroTurf courts were built inside the recreation building at to accommodate our players / residents of Elmwood Park.
The first 80 teams that pay will fill the 6pm and 8pm game slots each Monday – Friday.
Newcomers are welcome. Let’s us know you would like to join a team.
Please contact Mike Ciancio at the Elmwood Park Rec Center at 4 Conti Parkway.
Registration Fees:
$75 per player
$10- Non Player Lunch
$25- Non-Player Dinner
Tournament Schedule: Friday, August 9
Open Practice All Day
4:00pm Brackets will be drawn
6:45pm- Captain’s Meeting
7:00pm- Lagging and Shooting Competition
7:45pm- Tournament Starts
Saturday, August 10
8:30 am- Tournament Resumes
11:00 am-1:00 pm- Lunch
7:00 pm- Gialde Dinner and Presentation
Sunday, August 11
9:00am- Knockout Round &Finals
As a founding member of the ASOC in 1964, Tom Gialde was a pioneer for Italian-American worker and civil rights. He championed many initiatives, at both the city and state level, to ensure Italian-Americans had the ability to pursue the American Dream. An avid player of many sports, Mr. Gialde always enjoyed the game of bocce. He, along with his brother Stan, promoted the sport throughout the Kansas City community. The ASOC is proud to name its invitational bocce tournament in his honor.
The 2019 Central European Cup for Clubs PRV Bocce Tournament will take place in Lucenec, Slovakia from August 22nd – 25th. This is a Punto Raffa Volo Bocce event.
The 2019 European Juniors PRV Bocce Championship will be hosted by Germany from October 28th – November 2nd. Punto Raffa Volo will the bocce discipline that will be played.
2019 will be the inaugural Commemorative Cup Bocce Tournament hosted by the Martinez Bocce Federation and CK Mondavi Wine & Family. Martinez Bocce boasts 15 oyster shell courts that this tournament will be played on.
July 27 – 28, 2019 – 2 Day Bocce Tournament
Check in at 8:00 AM both days
Play starts at 9:00 AM both days
$300 per 4 Person Team (extra players are $50)
Open to the public and the first 48 paid entries
Includes light breakfast and lunch
Payouts for top 8 teams in the winners bracket
Payouts for top 4 teams in the second chance bracket
