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Happy Independence Day

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……………………Tournaments……………Senior Rain-Out date

Page 2..”THANK YOU” for keeping the bocce courts “Clean & Tidy”

Page 3/4…….…………………..………………….……..Calendar of Events

Page 5 ………..Colombo Club Tournament and Registration Details

Page 6………………………………………Completion of the Score-sheet

Page 7…………………………….………..…...….Events Across The Tracks

Page 8/15…...Second Annual “Gene Rittburg” Tournament Photos

Page 16……….……….……….…..…..…… Hagin’s Automotive Sponsor

Page 17…………………………….…..…Aiello/Belleci Tournament Flyer

Page 18…………………….…….Concord Bocce Cup Tournament Flyer

Page 19…..…….…......….….………..…………………Les Schwab Sponsor

Page 20……………….….…….Knights Of Columbus Tournament Flyer

Page 21………………………...Smylie Memorial Tournament, Pittburg

Page 22……....Skip Ipsen memorial Tournament……Held in Clayton

Page 23……Martinez Recreation Playground Program hosted 7/11

Page 24…………..…………...…..…..…..Useful Contacts & Connections

Page 25…………………………………….…Independence Day Greetings

The August Colombo Club

Tournament

The second of this year’s Colombo Club Bocce

tournaments will be held on Saturday August 26th.

This semiannual event has proved so popular and

although there is a friendly rivalry among the teams

it is very lighthearted and more about getting

together and having a good time. Dave & John Nardi

are your hosts and a write up and registration details

on the event can be found on page 5.

Attend this one.

July 4th

Tournament

Photos and results will

be included in the

August newsletter as

details were not

available for the July

edition.

Recent

Tournaments

This month we cover

The 2nd Annual Gene

Rittburg Tournament.

See write up and

photos on pages 8 to

15.

SENIOR RAIN-OUT

MAKE-UP

MONDAY JULY 24th.

The June 8th Senior

rain-out will be held on

Monday July 24th

@ 9.30am.

News Letter Christmas Edition

December 2011

MARTINEZ BOCCE FEDERATION

July 2017 News Letter

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Thank You

The courts are noticeably cleaner but there are still some members who

leave glass bottles on the ground, outside of the recycling containers.

These receptacles are for “recyclable” materials……..aluminum, plastic,

glass, paper, cardboard.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT FOOD SCRAPS in these units and use the open top

bins for that purpose.

So Please

DO NOT PUT GLASS BOTTLES ON THE GROUND BUT PLACE THEM IN

THE RECYCLING CONTAINERS.

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Martinez Bocce Federation Calendar & Events

If you are interested in using the Club’s facilities in 2017, please email the MBF for available

bookings. From time to time we will list tournaments and events outside of the MBF. All events

held at our club will be highlighted.

Jul 22nd

MB Contract Furniture Jane Mele

Jul 24th

MONDAY Senior Rain-Out Make-Up Game for June 8th

Aug 12th

Aiello – Belleci Memorial Tournament Pittsburg Ginny Nelson

Aug 19th

Concord Cup Tournament Ron Wessels

Aug 26th

Colombo Club Dave Nardi

Sep 16th

Knights of Colombus Don Brocca

Sep 23rd

Jim “Smiley” Camitz Memorial Tournament Pittsburg G. Nelson

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Sept 23rd

Skip Ipsen Memorial Tournament Clayton Bocce

Oct 14th

Loaves & Fishes Joleen Lafayette

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Completion of the Score-sheet

Please take the time to fill out the score-sheet correctly. It is putting added pressure on the

scorekeeping staff when they have to investigate which teams are playing in what leagues. You

can all see the number of teams in our leagues and it is no mean feat to get this updated ready

for posting on Sunday so please play your part in assisting us to accomplish this.

SENIOR players your divisions are either RED, WHITE or GREEN.

DO NOT PUT “SENIORS” in the DIVISION BOX.

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Events Across the Tracks July/August 2017

Harbor Master Events August 26 Swap Meet & Compost Giveaway 8:30am 1pm Yacht Club Martinez Waterfront Amphitheater July 16, Dog Park Opens August 12 - Comedy show in the Amphitheater East Bay Regional Park Soccer Field Waterfront Park Bocce Tournaments/Events July 4- Traditional Tournament July 8 Big C Athletic Club July 15 Concord Moose Lodge July 22 MB Contract Furniture July 29 Big C Athletic Club Aug 26 Knights of Columbus Waterfront Ball Fields-Tournaments Tournaments every weekend Horse Arena Sea Scouts Events Downtown with St. Closures Months of July & August Sunday Farmers Markets - Main St. Thursday’s Downtown Summer nights July 13 – August 17 – Main St. August 19 Vintage Faire (Peddlers Faire) Main St. & Side Streets

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The 2nd

Annual Gene Rittburg Tournament

Wait a minute, I tell ya. You ain’t heard nothin’.

You wanna hear Toot Toot Tootsie? Alright, hold on, hold on. Hello, listen, play Toot Toot Toostie, three chorus, you understand? In the third chorus, I whistle. Now give it to ‘em hard and heavy. Go ahead. Toot, toot, tootsie, goodbye! Toot, toot, tootsie, don’t cry!

The Second Annual Gene Rittburg Memorial Bocce Tournament was held on Saturday June 17th, 2017 in Martinez, CA, and started with a walk down memory lane for one of Gene’s dearest friends. It’s 6am and Bill Kintana is sipping his caramel macchiato, helping the setup crew prepare for the day. As Al Jolson bellows from the portable speaker, Bill shares childhood memories of him and his father listening to The World’s Greatest Entertainer. The conversation shifts to Gene, and he and the family share a couple off-color memories of the World’s Greatest Guy, the kind he would have been proud of. They looked at the plaque on the clubhouse, recently re-named in his honor, and missed him dearly.

Nineteen teams braved the extreme heat to honor a great man, chow down on some killer grub, compete for bragging rights, and raise money for needy children.

“Boy that horseradish sauce is great,” a player remarked during lunch. “I’m going for seconds on the pasta salad,” another said. That’s what you get with fresh-made food that’s prepared onsite with love by our volunteers. Food comas were the norm after everyone enjoyed salad, pasta salad, baked beans, pulled pork sliders and tri-tip sandwiches.

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Smiles spread across a number of faces as they won raffle prizes that included a TV, barbecue, tablet, $100 worth of scratcher tickets (way to go Bob Mann!), Wing Stop and See’s Candy gift certificates, VISA gift cards and more.

Prizes for the top–performing teams included shirts branded with the newly

designed tournament logo, a firefighter-themed drawing made by a local child, and a bottle of wine handmade by Gene’s friend and teammate Luigi Genicolo. A highlight of the day for the Rittburg/Calhoon family was when Roger Gregoire, who won first place and also played with Gene at the Peppermill, said that he would cherish the wine bottle and keep it forever unopened, in honor of Gene.

Congratulations to the top 4 teams – Pittsburg Pirates (repeat Champions!),

Slow Hand Boogie, On a Roll and Rittburg Rollers. Thank you to all of the attendees, whose generosity allowed us to send a check

to Where Angels Play for two thousand dollars. A special thank you to all of the volunteers (you know who you are) who helped us put on this event. A final thank you to our donors- Wing Stop Martinez, Diane, Maria, Sandy, George, Babe and Luigi. Without you, this would not have been possible.

The Where Angels Play Foundation has made it its

mission to give children in areas that have suffered tragedies, an oasis in the form of a playground. It can give them a sense of normalcy after the storm and be the symbol that their community will recover. The playgrounds are also

designated to celebrate the life of a given “angel,” a child/hero who inspired the community and was taken too soon due to violence. It can give their family a place to remember and highlight what made their angel so special.

Jeremy Calhoon

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First place “Pittsburg Pirates”

Second place “Slow Hand Boogie”

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Third place “On a Roll”

Fourth place “Rittburg Rollers”

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Hagin’s Automotive

Andy, Cathy and all the staff at Hagin’s Automotive invite you to bring

your car into their Alhambra Avenue location for a “FREE”

complimentary 21 point inspection. Simply mention the “Martinez

Bocce Federation”.

Visit them on the web at http://www.haginsauto.com

No Coupon required. 925-228-5115

http://www.haginsauto.com/index.php

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Team “Les Schwab”

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Go to www.claytonbocce.org for complete details.

Links on flyer are non-operable.

http://www.claytonbocce.org/

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Martinez Recreation Playground Program

On Tuesday July 11th the Martinez Bocce Federation hosted a group of young students from the

Martinez Recreation Playground Program, supervised by Barbara Patchin and the theme was to

introduce them to the world of bocce and how the history of Martinez had a pronounced

influence on the sport in our town. Some 30 children took part and after watching a game being

played by the “Martinez Morning Mafia” they were split up in 4 groups and were introduced to

the basics of the game. About an hour later it was time to leave and Barbara said that the

children had a great time.

Coaches for the day included Mike Anselmo, Redmond O’Colonies, Steve Burnett, Mike Fontana,

Keith Machado, Bob Pentacoff & Vic Delpine.

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Useful Contacts

Club Contact Email Address

[email protected]

MBF Rain-Out Hot Line

925-295-2003 State of play will be on the Rain-Out Hot

Line by around 3pm.

NEWS LETTER ARCHIVES

If you wish to refer to a previous edition of a

News Letter, as from the November 2011

edition, they are being archived. The link

below will take you to the website.

http://www.martinezboccefederation.org/newsletter.html

Please DO NOT leave any messages on this

line as it is not monitored.

AVAILABILITY OF COURTS FOR

PRIVATE FUNCTIONS

For enquiries, please contact Doreen Bagno

at: [email protected]

Please note:-

Our website ends in (.org)

www.martinezboccefederation.org

Our email is (.com)

[email protected]

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Midsummer Solstice June Vic Delpine, Editor.

Enjoy your Bocce

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