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2019 Methuen Sons of Italy Scholarship Bocce Tournament

The 2019 Methuen Sons of Italy Scholarship Bocce Tournament is hosted by the Methuen Sons and Daughters of Italy Community Center Trust.  MethuenSonsOfItaly.com

For info, contact:

John Bonanno  978-836-7900

Armand Buonanno  978-314-5097

Registration Form (click to download)

  • $40 per person or $150/4 person team
  • Checks payable to:  Methuen Sons of Italy Community Center Trust
  • Coffee and Pastry in the morning
  • Family Style pasta, meatballs, sausage, salad and dessert for lunch
  • 1st Place Team will win special jackets and the proceeds will go to benefit the 2019 Scholarships Awards.

We thank you for your support for this special event that will help local High School seniors as they go to college.

2019 World Bocce Championship – Punto Raffa Volo

The 2019 World Bocce Championship for Punto Raffa Volo is being held from March 4 – March 11, 2019 in Tucuman, Argentina.  Tucuman is where Argentina signed it’s declaration of independence.

The Confederacion Argentina De Bochas Facebook Page will be streaming the games live.  I will also be streaming some live videos on my Facebook Page (Joe Quartarone).  I will be with Team USA as the Head of Delegation, along with Teresa Passaglia who is Laura De La Rosa’s coach.  Laura will compete in the Women’s Singles tournament and Jose Botto will represent the USA in the Men’s Singles event.  Together they will play in the Mixed Doubles competition.  This is the introduction of  Mixed Doubles into the World Bocce Championship.

 

2019 Las Vegas Open Bocce Tournament

This annual tournament is being held in the South Point Hotel and Casino for the 3rd year in a row. Reconfigured Courts in Exhibit Hall “D.”

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  • 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

2018 NEO Sports Plant Winter Open Bocce Tournament

Northeast Ohio Sports Plant – NEO Sports Plant is hosting the 2018 Winter Open Championship Bocce Tournament in Euclid / Cleveland, OH

Register at NEO Sports Plant

  • November 30, 2018 – December 2, 2018
  • 4 Person Bocce Teams
  • $180 / Team
  • Based on 48 Teams:
  • 1st Place $4000, 2nd Place $2000, 3rd Place $1000
  • 4 Flight Options from Preliminary Rounds
  • Championship Bracket on Sunday

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2019 US Bocce National Championships

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.

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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.

Registration and Documents 

Registration Forms to print, fill out and send with a check to Methuen Sons of Italy are listed below.

If you want to register online, the online forms will be ready soon and links will be here.  You will be able to pay online as well.

See you in Methuen!

ONLINE REGISTRATION

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2018 Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce

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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.

The only access is through a link (posted to our website (www.wickliffeianda.com), social media sites, and this email). http://wickliffeianda.com/…/bocce-cleveland-challenge-cup-…/

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…

Thanks,

Tournament Committee