3 Person Teams – $375 / team ($50 for pre-registered sub)
Round Robin Format
Payouts in the winners bracket AND in the “2nd chance bracket” based on 40 teams
Practice and Check-in on Thursday
Tournament Starts on Friday and continues through Sunday
Contacts:
Frank De Santis (619) 520-6963 email: fdslaw@gmail.com
Guy De Santis (914) 310-8814 email: yonkersbocce@aol.com
Methuen Sons of Italy will host the 2019 USA Bocce National Championships for the 2nd time during the last week of June. 2015 was the last time Methuen hosted.
For answers to your questions, please contact:
Joe Quartarone (Director of Bocce) Email 978-204-3663
Ralph Bagarella (Chairperson/Kitchen Director) Email 978-479-4949
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Schedule of Events (please check back to see if there are any changes):
Sunday 6/23: B Division (Open Bocce) games start promptly at 9:00 am. Players please arrive before 8:30 am. Captains’ meeting at 8:30 am. Practice starts at 8:00 am. Playoffs will be in the late afternoon/early evening.
Sunday 6/23: Complimentary “Welcome Reception” Dinner (Pasta, Meatballs, Salad) for all US Nationals players at approximately 5:30 pm.
Monday 6/24: A Division (Open Bocce) games start promptly at 9:00 am. Players please arrive before 8:30 am. Captains’ meeting at 8:30 am. Practice starts at 8:00 am. Playoffs will be in the late afternoon/early evening.
Tuesday 6/25: Methuen Big Money (Open Bocce) games start promptly at 9:00 am. Players please arrive before 8:30 am. Captains’ meeting at 8:30 am. Practice starts at 8:00 am. Playoffs will be in the late afternoon/early evening.
Tuesday 6/25: US Bocce Federation Board Meeting at 8:00 pm in the function hall at Methuen Sons of Italy.
Wednesday 6/26: Women’s Doubles (Punto Raffa Volo) games start promptly at 9:00 am. Players please arrive before 8:30 am. Captains’ meeting at 8:30 am. Practice starts at 8:00 am. Playoffs will be in the late afternoon/early evening.
Wednesday 6/26: Complimentary BBQ for all players and Methuen Sons of Italy Members. Meals tickets for guests of players and members are $10 each. Approximately will start at 5:00 pm.
Wednesday 6/26: Precision Raffa Shootout for Men and Women will start at approximately 7:00 pm.
Thursday 6/27: Men’s Doubles (Punto Raffa Volo) games start promptly at 8:00 am. Players please arrive before 7:30 am. Captains’ meeting at 7:30 am. Practice starts at 7:00 am. Playoffs will be during the evening.
Friday 6/28: Mixed Doubles (Punto Raffa Volo) games start promptly at 8:00 am. Players please arrive before 7:30 am. Captains’ meeting at 7:30 am. Practice starts at 7:00 am. Preliminary rounds will continue into the evening.
Saturday 6/29: Mixed Doubles games continue promptly at 9:00 am. There is not an open practice session. Players please arrive by 8:30 am. Playoffs will be in the afternoon.
Saturday 6/29: Awards Banquet (Wine Dinner) and Rat Pack Live Impersonator show. Cocktails at 5:30 pm. Dinner at 6:00 pm. Awards Ceremony after dinner. Rat Pack show starts at 8:00 pm.
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Cash Prize Event:
Money Ball Bocce Tournament (4 Person Teams) on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Prizes will be based on the number of teams participating.
Medal Prizes for other events:
B Division – Open Bocce (4 Person Teams and previous Gold Medal winners must play in the A Division) on Sunday, June 23, 2019
A Division – Open Bocce (4 Person Teams) on Monday, June 24, 2019
The Punto Raffa Volo bocce tournaments will be played on Wednesday – Saturday (June 26 – June 29, 2019)
Women’s Doubles – Punto Raffa Volo
Men’s Doubles – Punto Raffa Volo
Mixed Doubles (1 Women, 1 Man) – Punto Raffa Volo
On Saturday night, the Methuen Sons of Italy volunteers and staff will host a special bocce awards ceremony, wine dinner and musical show by a Rat Pack impersonators group. Be sure to order your tickets early because this will be a sell out event.
The 35th Annual Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce: August 24-25-26, 2018
First place: $7500, and 11 more spots will be paid out
$250 Open Division; $125 Women’s Division
Sign up online with link below, and see details
Entry Deadline is 8/8/18
We would like to announce this years registration for the 35th annual Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce is now open! The link below will take you to our new online registration form, which is the only way you can register your team until July 10. We are still guaranteeing your entry until July 1, if you are a team from 2017.
A few things different this year include:
ONLINE REGISTRATION: This year, unlike prior years, we will offer an online registration form. This move is meant to be more convenient to team captains, upgrade our communications, populate our online bracket and phone APP that will allow players, friends, and family a more interactive experience. We acknowledge that there is a $7.50 convenience fee attached to online applications (Charged by PAYPAL), and to help mitigate that cost and as a promotion for online applications, the Club we will be giving each team that registers online, $10 in drink tickets.
GIFT UPGRADE: Our committee and Club members believe 35 Years is something special, we have upgraded our team gift to dry-fit, newly designed shirts.
RECORD PAYOUT: To address some suggestions from prior years, we are limiting the number of places we are paying to 12, and increasing the payouts across the places, paying a record $7,500 for first place.
Lastly, the past several years we have heard from players, captains and read on social media, that our payout is not 100%. We are not looking to get into a long, drawn-out discussion on the finer points of running our tournament or our club. We will point out a couple of facts that make a 100% payout something that does now allow for a 100% payout for this year or years past:
The Wickliffe Italian-American Club is a non-profit organization, and has been such for over 80 years,
We have given >$20,000 in scholarships to local high school seniors annually, this tournament is officially our largest fundraiser for that cause,
We operate a 10-acre facility and there is a cost to upkeep and operate,
The experience we offer the weekend of the tournament (entertainment, shuttle service, give-aways, facilities, etc…) is one that entails a culmination of cost and hard work by our volunteers, including our members, ladies auxiliary, and students from the local schools, and we do not intend to operate at a loss.
We appreciate your understanding, and while we don’t field a large volume of criticism, we did want to address those that have taken to social media and want to put out facts regarding this topic. If you still have questions about the payout or tournament in general, please limit the dialogue to a phone call to Paul DiCicco (440-552-1865) or Tony Continenza (440-477-3255). (you may also reply to this email)
We truly appreciate your patronage and support over the years and look forward to seeing ALL of you in late August for another great tournament. It is not the same tournament without you…
Please see attached form for information, payouts, and contact info if you have questions. Forward this email to anyone we might have missed…
1st Annual Charity Bocce Ball Tournament with the New Haven County Bar Association. Please register with Cindy Martin: cmartin@newhavenbar.org
203-562-9652
$25 / Player – $15 / Spectator – $15 / Kids – Under 6 Free
Who’s going to help raise $80,000 for The Arc of the Piedmont this year?
Every dollar raised will be matched by The Perry Foundation to help The Arc in purchasing and renovating its NEW Activity Building that helps people with Developmental Disabilities in Virginia participate and interact in the community!
Sign up to play in the July 3, 2017 in this Charity / Fundraiser Bocce Tournament at Kardinal Hall in Charlottesville, VA. Click the image below for registration info.
