Krewe of Italia Indoor Bocce Tournament

1731 E 7th Ave,Tampa FL 33605

30 April, 2021

Description

Krewe of Italia Indoor Bocce Tournament held at the Historic Italian Club of Tampa Join the Krewe of Italia for an evening of bocce, food, and fun! Our event will be held on the 2nd floor of the historic Italian Club of Tampa in Ybor City. Registration for a 4 person team is only $150 (team) and includes small bites and 4 drink tickets for beer/wine. We will have a cash bar available for your libations of choice as well. Check-in for registered teams will begin at 5:30 pm with tournament play beginning promptly at 6:30, concluding by approximately 10:00 pm. Prizes awarded for 1st and 2nd place teams. *If you are joining us as a spectator (non-playing) tickets are available for $10 and include small bites and 1 drink ticket (beer/wine). Of course, if you aren't eating and just want to join in the mingling, there will be a cash bar as well and no ticket is necessary. TOURNAMENT RULESTERMSTournament: Consists of (2) rounds of matches where all teams play each round. The top (8) teams by cumulative score will move to a play-off to determine a winner. Round: Consists of a match between two opposing teams Match: Consists of (4) bocce games between two opposing teams Game: Consists of 2 players from each team throwing their (4) bocce balls in one direction Playoff: Playoff rounds will consist of four games (two in each direction), with the throwing order being determined similarly to the earlier rounds. In the event of a tie after four games, additional games will be played until a winner is determined. The winner will advance to the next playoff round. THE OBJECTEach team has four bocce balls to throw. The object of the game is to end play with your team’s bocce balls closest to the Pallino. TEAMSTeams are made up of four players. Two players from each team will play from each end of the court. A team that cannot field four players will forfeit the match. Teams should be complete and ready to play when they check in. Teams will be randomly chosen into pairs to play a match in the round. THE MATCHMatches in the preliminary rounds will consist of four games. Four games are played per match, two in each direction. The goal of the two preliminary rounds is to amass as many points out of a possible 48 points. Teams will be ranked by the total number of points. The top eight (8) scoring teams will be seeded 1-8 for the playoff round. PLAY THE GAMEShooting is lofting the ball in the air beyond the center of the court. Shooting is allowed if the thrown ball hits the ground before hitting a ball. If the shooting ball hits the sides, backboard, or another ball before hitting the ground, everything goes back to its approximate original position and the thrown (shooting) ball is out of play. SCORINGA total of 6 points are available in each game: 3 points - ball closet to the Pallino 2 points - ball second closest to the Pallino 1 point - ball third closest to the Pallino All measurements should be made from the closest point on the bocce ball to the center of the Pallino. If at the end of any game, any of the balls are equidistant from the Pallino, the points for those balls will be split. A scoresheet will be given to a team to record the scores of each game. Both teams need to initial the score sheet at the end of the match. Captains of each team are responsible for reporting the score for that game to the scorekeeper. Each team’s points for the game are recorded on the score sheet. The total points won out of a possible 24 (4 games X 6 possible points per game) are your team’s total points for that match. The goal of the two preliminary rounds is to amass as many points out of a possible 48 points. Teams will be ranked by the total number of points. The top eight scoring teams will be seeded, 1 - 8, for the playoff round. Seed (1) will play Seed (8), Seed (2) will play Seed (7), etc. In the event of a tie for a seed, the following tiebreakers will be used to determine the higher seed: 1) Number of total games won in the preliminary rounds 2) Number of points scored in the final preliminary round 3) Number of games won in the final preliminary round 4) A one-ball throw-off: closest valid ball to the Pallino wins FORFEITSIf a team forfeits any game in a match, the team forfeits all games. The opposing team will win 18 points in the match. DISPUTESThere will be one or more designated officials at the tournament. The teams playing shall referee their own game. Any dispute which cannot be resolved by the team captains shall be decided by a Krewe of Italia official. Upon the decision, the game shall continue. All measurements should be made from the closest point on the bocce ball to the center of the Pallino. PLAYOFF ROUNDSPlayoff rounds will consist of four games (two in each direction), with the throwing order determined similarly to the earlier rounds. In the event of a tie after four games, additional games will be played until a winner is determined. The winner will advance to the next playoff round. NOTE: In the playoff rounds, a match will end after three games if one team is winning by more than 6 points.