Tag: Bocce Ball

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…

Bocce Ball registration

The Winter League for Bocce Ball runs from January 7 until March 13. Play is either on Wednesday or Friday. 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 and mail or drop off the form…

Bocce on a roll in a big way at beautiful new facility

Roger Milewski, who is a member of the PebbleCreek Bocce Ball Association and also Arizona State Senior Olympics Commissioner, assists Cheryl Kasselmann, association president, with conducting a special clinic for the 52 new members on Monday, September 29 at the new bocce ball courts at Eagle’s Nest. Captains and co-captains participated in the training session.

Mollie McErlean The popularity of the old world Italian game of bocce ball is on the rise these days, even attracting young, hip crowds who are discovering the game that has been keeping senior citizens’ blood flowing since ancient Egyptian times. Nowhere, however, was the joy of this social game more evident than right here…