Tag: Bocce Ball

Bocce players excel in 2016 Arizona Senior Olympics

Co-Ed Bronze Medal team winners Larry Blackburn, Carol Gwilt, Muriel Milewski and Roger Milewski

PebbleCreek’s Bocce Ball delegation made an excellent showing in the recent 2016 Arizona Senior Olympics, bringing home a total of four Gold and eight Bronze Medals. Over 34 teams of 136 Bocce players competed in four categories – Men, Women, Co-Ed and Singles – during the annual event held at the Bocce Complex in Sun…

Annual Bocce picnic signals start of spring season

Temperatures may have dipped during the height of the Winter Season, but the cold weather did not deter avid Bocce Ball players from showing up for Day and Night League competition. Regular Winter Season play ends on March 11.

Pat Milich El Nino’s whacky weather patterns failed to dampen the spirits of the 626 Bocce enthusiasts who braved chilly morning and evening temperatures to compete in the PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s 2016 Winter Season. At press time, members of the 64 Day and Night League teams were looking forward to more seasonal temperatures as regular…

Bocce season deadline

Participants in the PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s Wednesday Morning League may have recognized that there is a local celebrity playing on the Court Jesters team. Congratulations to Carolyn Rota, who recently was named Citizen of the Year by the Goodyear Town Council in recognition of her volunteerism and support of various activities and events designed to recognize and honor our military veterans.

The Bocce Ball Winter Season runs from January 5 until March 11, 2016. League play is either on Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, Thursday night or Friday morning. Registration forms are located in the Bocce Slot at the Community Information Club Board across from the Eagle’s Nest Pro Shop. Early Registration Complete the Winter Registration form…

Bocce organizers urge early registration for winter season

Pat Milich Fall Bocce Ball season in PebbleCreek is well underway with a record number of 598 players on 64 teams taking to the courts on Wednesday and Friday mornings and Tuesday and Thursday nights. Mollie McErlean, Bocce Ball Association Treasurer, reports that early registration for the winter 2016 season has already begun. She is…

New Bocce season rolls out with 64 teams and 4 leagues

Pat Milich The popularity of the old world Italian game of bocce ball continues to be on the rise in PebbleCreek. The 2015-2016 Fall Season kicked off Tuesday night, September 29 under the lights on the new state-of-the-art bocce complex at Eagle’s Nest where a record number 64 teams will compete. This year, the PebbleCreek…

Bandits capture championship in Spring Bocce Playoffs

Grand Champion Bocce Bandits, left to right, back row: Jan Ruedlin, Dave Ruedlin, Cheryl Kasselmann, John Ralph, Bill Wright and Vivian Klick (team cheerleader)l front row: Faye Ralph, Captain John Cacciola and Mike Coombs. Not pictured: William Moser and Doris Cacciola

Pat Milich Although temperatures were below normal for mid-May in Arizona, things heated up quickly on the Bocce Courts at PebbleCreek when fierce team competitors Bocce Bandits and Bada Bing once again found themselves competing for the PebbleCreek Bocce Ball Association Grand Championship. In the end, the Bandits stole the show and walked away with…