Hello
everyone,
Today
Palazzo di Bocce was able to win their last round robin match to earn
themselves the number one spot of their group for the playoffs. It was
tonight that was the real test to determine if Team Palazzo di Bocce could make
it on to the next day. We played around 6pm against one of the califonia
teams IAC Stockton. We have played them last year in the playoffs and
this team was no push over. We did struggle in our triples game and lost
12-6 with bad breaks, calls and missed shots. While the first game was
lost, Jose Botto was able to keep us in the game winning 12-4 against
Alberico. As some of you recall, Alberico nearly beat Jose last year, but
lost 12-11. So he was definitely no push over, this left Jason and Jose
to finish up in the doubles giving us the match victory and to proceed into the
final four.
Tomorrow
morning at 8:30 PT/11:30 ET, I do believe that our game may be viewed online at
www.bocce1.com because we will be playing
on one of the courts where the cameras are set up. Tomorrow’s game will
pretty much determined if we have great chances to defend our championship or
if we will be eliminated. We face against Ben Nicosia’s team. I
have personally watched a little bit of their games as they played against Club
Corvo (Lio Gionotti’s team), yes they were elmininated by Nicosia’s team.
Right now Ben’s team are the guys highly expected to try and pull off the win
for the entire tournament. However, we have intentions to give them the
games of the century and go on ourselves. It is ashame to see such a game
as ours coming up to only be a semi-final game, but that is the game and how
the tournament can be. More info will be given as we progress on through
tomorrow, so the next email will state whether we are the defending champs or
not!
Chuck
TEAM PALAZZO WTOOK 1st PLACE IN THE 2011 U.S. BOCCE CHAMPIONSHIP. On to the 2012 World Championship. Great job guys!
By: Erika Botto on July 3, 2011
at 11:34 pm
Team palazzo di bocce wins and advances to the championship game. Tune in online at 5 to watch the game and root for palazzo to win it again this year. Http://www.bocce1.com
By: Chuck on July 2, 2011
at 7:06 pm