Carolyn Rota, Public Relations 2018 Fall Season ended with the “Show Me Shooters” taking the Grand Championship for Bocce’s night leagues. For the Bocce day leagues the Grand Champion is team Holy Rollers. Congratulations to all. Now on to 2019. 2019 Winter Season has started off with big plans for Bocce. Our membership is 700+…
Pat Milich The old-world game of bocce ball has been around since early Egyptian times and was brought to America in the early 1900s by immigrants from northern Italy. But it was not until 20 years ago this month that the game, formerly associated with male players only, began to take root and eventually flourish…
Pat Milich Of course, there is a healthy competition among the Bocce enthusiasts in PebbleCreek. As each of the fall, winter and spring seasons wind down, there always is much excitement swirling around the winning teams as they vie for the Grand Championships of the Day and Night Leagues. But just as enjoyable as the…
Pat Milich A soaking rainfall followed by above average temperatures in the upper 70s greeted the 584 players on 60 teams who anxiously awaited the start of the PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s Winter Season on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. The day before, on Monday, January 8, Statistician Carol Gwilt conducted a clinic for the 35 new…
Pat Milich Mother Nature threw a few curve balls that impacted the PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s fall 2017 season. First, there was that monsoon over the summer that damaged the shade canopies on the parking lot side of the Eagle’s Nest Court Complex. Representatives of the Homeowners Association (HOA) worked over time to reinstall the shades…
Pat Milich More and more people are hearing about what a ball it is to play Bocce in PebbleCreek! That is why the volunteers who organize this popular activity are encouraging everyone who wants to participate in the Winter 2018 Season to get in their registration forms as soon as possible and to pay very…
Members of the PebbleCreek Bocce Association Board of Directors gather at the kiosk at Eagle’s Nest on September 6, the final day of Fall Season registration. Left to right are Treasurer Mollie McErlean, Vice President Bob Labenz, President Cheryl Kasselmann and Secretary Gail Davidson. Not pictured are Statistician Carol Gwilt and Publicity Director Pat Milich.
Pat Milich All summer long there has been a steady stream of registration forms being delivered in person and by mail to the Tuscany Falls home of Mollie McErlean, PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s treasurer and team registrar. The process of setting up teams for the Fall 2017 Season’s four leagues has been underway since the Spring…
Pat Milich Congratulations to the Thunderbirds who won the Night League Championship and United 40 who captured the Day League Championship in the PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s 2017 Spring Season. Statistician Carol Gwilt has announced the following Spring League final standings: Tuesday Night League: 1st Place Thunderbirds; 2nd Place Hare & Hounds; 3rd Place Bocce Knights. Wednesday…
Mollie McErlean Registrations for the fall 2017 Bocce season are now being accepted on a first come, first served basis. Popularity of the sport, especially since two night leagues were added last year, is prompting the PebbleCreek Bocce Association Board of Directors to keep a close watch over the number of registrations already pouring in…