Author: Greg Singleton

The results are in. Another successful Bocce summer league. 

I would say the best attended summer league with over the 3 full months of play, with only one rain out.

You can see the ladies ran supreme this year taking 3 of 4 cash spots.

Overall champion in a close battle and winning by just 3 points Gail Dehnert with Scott Henry coming in at 2nd.

Most consistent lagger Phoebe with a few players nipping at her heels.

Pulling out the win on the last night for shooting was Gerry. Owen, after leading most of the season, finished 2nd.

Barbara Ito always brought lots of theatrics and for sure the best follow thru, easily took the style award.

A big thank you to Gail who kept track of all the stats and the draw for each week. Also, thanks to many others for helping in various capacities.

To an enjoyable summer of bocce.

Thanks, Greg

The 2026 lord bocce champion was crowned today and he is Robert Doble, who takes home the high coveted Lord Bocce Mug as well as a bragging rights for another year. Robert came back thru the loser’s bracket to twice defeat runner-up Brian Peterson who was at the time the only undefeated player.

Rounding out the top 3 with solid play was Jeff Johnson.

27 players took part this year with lots of good, spirited competition thru the elimination and championship rounds. You can easily see that the overall quality of bocce played at our club has increased a lot.

Congrats to all that took part and we look forward to seeing you take part at other club Bocce events.

Thanks Greg

We made it thru the day dry,  humid and at times a little windy.

9 teams battled it out thru pool play and double elimination.  What ended up being a bocce event as well as an endurance event.

Sons of Ichiro (this team goes back many years with different players) went undefeated and took the 2026 title, medals and first place cash prize money.
This year’s team consisted of Bob Sheffels, Mark Charonis, Tony Pizzello and Paul Gessner.

A strong runner up finishing 2nd was Woodland Park #1 consisting of Robert Doble, Jeff Johnson, Steve Vanderveer and Nathan Zeidman who also received medals and cash prize.

Rounding out the top 3 was Woodland Park #3 consisting of Glen Cunningham, Clem Zipp, Rob Peterson and Greg Singleton receiving medals and cash prize.

A big thank you goes out to all that collectively helped out with all the behind scenes work with the preparation set up and take down, it’s a big help, when everyone pitches in.

Until the next event

Thanks, Greg

Ohio style bocce under clear skies and comfortable temps was very popular this holiday Sunday.

1^st place went to Bob & Jennifer Sheffels, Gail Dehnert & Greg Singleton

2^nd place went to Bre, Richard, Gerry & Chuck.

Because of a late scratch by Erich with an injury, Sal randomly selected a team, and that team was Bre & Richard. Proved to be a good selection since they played well and took the 2026 Solstice title. This was Sal’s 3rd straight year of being on the winning team.

Second place went to Glen & Greg, and third place to Doug & Phoebe (a late fill-in for Joan).

Everything went well, and a big thank you to Paul Volpone, who provided a variety of sausages which everyone gobbled down.

12 teams of two took part under nice weather and lights.

Appreciate all that took part and helped with the set-up and take-down.

Thanks, Greg

A glorious day it was, kicking off the outdoor bocce season at Lower Woodland Bocce Club in the Vegas-style event.

10 teams of 3 played a full day of bocce, starting with pool play, then single elimination money round.

The top two seeds in the money round lost their first games and are out, while the number 7th and 8th seeds advance and end up playing for the title.

Erich, Carlo, & Jerry take first, while Bob, Mark, & Carl take 2nd. The 3rd & 4th place teams opted not to play the game and split the 3rd place prize money by 6.

Thanks to Glenn for setting up the barbecue (Bob with the propane) with a nice variety of sausages, hot links, etc.

Appreciate all the help setting up and putting away all the equipment.

Look forward to other events coming up.

Thanks, Greg

The 2025 Summer Solstice Doubles Bocce Tournament was played on June 21st.

We ended up with 13 teams (of 2). We made 3 groups, two of 4 teams and one of 1 team of 5. Play started at 4 p.m. and finished just a bit past midnight.

Slight, really light drizzle the last 15 minutes; other than that, it was a dry evening.

Round robin seeding round, then single elimination money round. The top 2 teams from each group advanced to the gold seeding round, and teams finishing 3 and 4 advanced to the silver seeding round.  One team from the 5-team group didn’t make it to the seeding round.

Repeat champions Erich Eipert and Sal Cascone took the gold title. 2^nd place went to Phoebe & Jesse, while third place was Bob & Jennifer.

Robert Doble & Jeff Johnson took the silver division first-place money. Bre & Brian 2^nd place with Mark & Dave 3rd place.

Lots of bocce for everyone.