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The tournament draw has been posted and practice times are filling up.

PLEASE NOTE

PRACTICE NEXT WEEK WILL BE ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS AND TIMES

MONDAY 6P-10P

TUESDAY 6P-10P

WEDNESDAY 6P-10P

THURSDAY 6P-10P

These will be the only practice times allowed.

The courts will be closed during the day for next week for set up and final maintainance.
Also, we are in a residential neighborhood and there have been a complaint about the lights on the courts after 10p during this week, so please do not go on the courts at night.
Sorry for any inconvenience but we need to keep the peace for our main event the Italian Fall Festa.

The tournament drawing will take place on Monday June 30. Letters will go out that afternoon on the draw. It will also be posted on the website by the end of the week.
Practice for the tournament will take place Monday - Thursday from 6p-10p each day.
You must schedule time with Kevin Sorice. You can call him at 937-475-0357 or email at bocceclassic@yahoo.com to schedule your practice time. Court time is on a first come first served basis and you may be scheduled with another team on the same court. If you have a company that is interested in helping support the Bocce Classic and its charities, please contact Kevin.
The Bocce Classic Scholarship will be awarded at the opening ceremonies. They begin at 5:45pm on Friday July 11th.

Bocce Classic XIV has surpassed the 50 team mark as we enter the last week for team entries. We are expecting another record turnout. Opening ceremonies begin at 5:45pm on July 11 with play starting at 6pm sharp. Mainline Road and Bridge has entered nine teams and it looks like we will have nine teams from Canada too. Heidleburg Wine will be sampling Barefoot Wines on Friday and Saturday around the dinners by Carrabba’s and Outback. Dinner Tickets are still available, but supply is running short. We look forward to seeing you there.

It may look as though we’re ignoring all of you that want to know, but our new Bocce Classic Committee is hard at work putting together this year’s tournament. There will be a new entry form posted in a few weeks so that you can begin to send your entries in and more frequesnt updates will begin to appear in this news section.

A few things are sure. First of all, the biggest bocce tournament in the midwest will begin on July 12th at Bella Villa in Dayton Ohio. There will be over 70 teams competing for over $7200 in prize money. Some of Dayton’s local charities will share in the proceeds for this tournament that has contributed over $65,000 to the community in past years.

So, stay tuned..The fun is just around the corner.

The snow is swirling around and we haven’t even gotten our Christmas presents opened, but we thought it was time to at least tell you that Bocce Classic XIV will be held at the John Pirelli Lodge July 11-13, 2008. Keep posted to the site to see the information that will be appearing in the next few weeks.

We have a new committee and some new ideas on how to make the tournament even more fun. Stay Tuned!!

Here are the final results for Bocce Classic XIII

Place Team Prize

1st Fairborn Buick/Pontiac/GMC $ 1500
2nd Titlequest $ 1000
3rd Bonbright Distribution $ 700
4th Sempre Diritto $ 500
5th Presto Foods $ 350
5th Franco’s Ristorante $ 350
7th UBS-Gail DeSpain $ 300
7th Snyder Brick and Block $ 300
9th Indisuzzi $ 250
9th Team Solid $ 250
9th Bob Witt Construction $ 250
9th Heidelberg Distribution $ 250
13th Cannarozzi Insurance $ 225
13th Incredibles #2 $ 225
13th Mainline Road and Bridge $ 225
13th Weiler Welding $ 225

Consolation Round

1st Team Canada $ 150
2nd Mama DiSalvo’s Deli $ 100
3rd Skyline Materials #2 $ 50
4th Pirates of Leafbumperin $ 50

It hasn’t happened in almost a decade, but Fairborn Buick/Pontiac/GMC stormed through the field at Bocce Classic XIII to capture back to back titles. First time winners in 2006, the team consisting of Brian, Fred, Andy and Danny came out of the winner’s bracket to defeat first time finalists Titlequest.

The weekend crowds were treated to great weather and the 2,500 or so spectators witnessed great bocce with teams from Canada, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee and West Virginia staying in the hunt until very late in the tournament.

We’ll have more in depth information about the winners and tournament in the next few weeks. Next years tournament will be held on July 11-13, 2008. Plan on playing, sponsoring or attending. You’ll love the “Bocce Classic - this thing of ours”.

A record 77 teams have entered this year’s Bocce Classic XIII. Teams from Illinois, West Virginia, Michigan and Canada join teams from Ohio in the three day tournament to begin on July 13th.

All entries will soon receive their playing schedules and other information about the tournament. You will also be able to view the tournament schedule online in the next day or so. Due to the large number of teams in this years tournament, we have returned to the 45 minute game times used until 2 years ago. The games will still be played to 14 points.

Practice begins on Monday evening, July 9th and instructions on how to schedule practices will be included in your team packages.

See you in two weeks and we thank all teams for their participation.

Due to the strong interest in this year’s tournament, The Bocce Classic Committee has decided to extend the entry time limit to 5PM on Wednesday June 27th. This date will not be changed again and is subject to the field not being filled up earlier. We will limit the field to the first 73 teams whose entries we receive.

So DON’T wait until the last minute. While the new date has been extended to give more teams a chance to enter, we have always been close to the 73 team limit.

Make sure that you include your $5 dinner tickets and payment with your entry as they will not be available after the entry is submitted at the player’s price.

The tournament starts in only 4 weeks. BE THERE!

As usual, Memorial Day marks the offical beginning of the push to get your teams signed up for the tournament. In the past 6 days, we have received more entries than in any year by the 7th of June. We also have commitments from groups fron Canada for 5-6 teams and two local companies that are promising to field 6 or more teams also.

So, it won’t take long to fill up the open slots to play. Due to the physical constraints of the number of courts and number of hours available, we will cut off entries at around 73 teams.

We now have teams from Michicgan, West Virginia, Tennessee and Canada that are making the trip for the most bocce fun you can have in the MidWest. We hope you’ll join us.

Remember, great dinners by Carraba’s Italian Grille and Outback Steakhouse are available for players at only $5.00. But this offer is ONLY good if the money accompanies your team entry sheet. After that, players will have to buy tickets at the regular price of $10. All of these proceeds from the meals go to charity,