Bellingham Bay Bocce Tournament:  April 26, 2003

1) Seattle Bocce Club - Seattle
2) Eastside Rollers – Bellingham
3) Sod Busters – Bellingham
4) Avenue Bread – Bellingham
5) Mille Cugini Lodge – Marysville
6) Westside Bocce Club – West Seattle
7) Machine Di Bocce – Auburn
8) Sons of Ichiro – Seattle
9) 4 Balls and 2 Pair – Bellevue/Kent
10) Bellevue Sons of Italy – Bellevue
11) Blaine Young at Heart – Blaine
12) Barkley Bocce Club – Bellingham
13)Youngstock’s Nursery – Bellingham
14) Blaine Damage – Blaine
15) Bocce Boys – Renton
16) Boccemon – Bellingham
17) Run a Mauk – Redmond, Freeland, & Snohomish
18) Misfits – Seattle, Bothell, and Blaine
19) Plain Blaine – Blaine
20) We Four – Custer and Bellevue

We are so grateful to those of you who came and had fun…. The response has been very positive and we hope to make it a two day event in 2004. For those of you who couldn’t make it or who had to leave early…. The Championship match came down to the Misfits who were undefeated coming into the finals, and Blaine Damage who had lost once. Blaine Damage took the first game and tied things up at one loss each. In the sudden death round the Misfits surfaced victorious. How incredible that a team made up of people of every experience level (including none) could play teams with players with 50 years experience and they emerge victorious. One of the teams had a man who had played in a National Tournament three days earlier. This is the beauty of Bocce. “…on any given day, an absolute beginner can come to a tournament and truly be a contender in the Championship. In deed, win the trophy!

Congratulations to Jim Eastwood, Charlie Holloway, Mimi Howard, and Arthur T. Lee (the Misfits) for being the 2003 Bellingham Bay Bocce Tournament Champions.

 If we can figure out where the trophy is we hope to make a photo available soon Thanks again from Boccemon and The Third Floor Boccemon @ 360 224-2909 The Third Floor @ 360 441- 2907