CHAMPIONSHIP & AWARDS
Once again another Bocce season has come to a close. This was our fourth season and we have witnessed some significant changes in our roster. At the end of last year, we said a sad good by to the Kris & John Costa, Sheryl Landi and Luke Darwin and this year we were joined by several new players. Carol Lingo, Nate Castillo and the magnificent Milliners, Jill and Jamie are all now CBL regulars.
We have had a great season of competition, exciting games and wonderful meals, a combination that makes for an outstanding league, the one and only Campbell Bocce League.
Tonight’s Championship match was as exciting as they come…. But before we get to that game and announce this year’s Champion, it is time to acknowledge some players with some very special awards
TOP SCORING SUB
Formerly part of the regular roster, this substitute attended nearly every game and was at the ready whenever called. She admirably filed the role of missing players for several teams this year and in appreciation and acknowledgement of her contribution, Kay Missin is awarded CBL Top Scoring Substitute.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Every Rookie hopes to make a good showing in their first year in the League, but this player was truly outstanding and played the game as well as any seasoned veteran. Accuracy and speed combined with an innate understanding of strategy helped her bring her team to a first place standing early in the season. Campbell Bocce League awards Rookie of the Year to Jill Milliner
MVP
Our most valuable player has most typically been a seasoned veteran with an excellent skill set. This season our MVP not only demonstrated outstanding Bocce skills, more importantly he was an invaluable asset to both his Team and the league when he filled in for his missing Captain on at least three separate occasions. And as this was just his first year with the league we are even more impressed with his contribution. Jamie Milliner you are Campbell Bocce League’s 2015 Most Valuable Player.
O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
Captains play an important role in CBL. They have significant responsibility to organize their players, to direct strategy and promote teamwork while the game is in progress. It is a position that indicates honor and respect from one’s teammates and recognition as a leader by one’s peers. O Captain, My Captain is one of the most recognized works by poet Walt Whitman and honors the accomplishments of his Captain while lamenting his loss in battle. Though not every Captain can take home The Teddy after winning the Championship, we still wish to call attention and say thank you to a Captain who has the true spirit of CBL in her veins. Barb Kutschinski you are awarded the League’s O Captain My Captain trophy.
THE CAMPBELL TROPHY
For the second year we are awarding, The Campbell Trophy. Like its imitator the Heisman, The Campbell is awarded to the most outstanding player in the league whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity.
Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard work. We have a player who has demonstrated these attributes over all 4 seasons.
As a First year coach, he was considered hopeless, yet he brought his all woman team to the playoffs. In his Second season he improved even more with a respectable 3-3 record. Last year he and his team earned a championship berth by defeating the towering dynasty of Jim Woodcock and his Sleeps With The Fishes. In his Fourth and final season he once again was in the Playoffs, winning the Championship and coveted Teddy, along with his Dragon Ballz teammates.
For these accomplishments and more we are proud to present The Campbell Trophy to Clay Lingo.
THE WOODEN SPOON
For every winner there must be a loser. Though they played each game with determination and true passion, the season was not kind to this team. It wasn’t the worst record ever in CBL and as a matter of fact this team won the very first match of the season against the infamous Captain Woodcock and his Funky Cold Pollinas. The season definitely turned sour when the Girls lost game after game, although sometimes by only a few points. With a 1-4 regular season record, Girls with Balls lost in the playoffs to 5th place Funky Cold Pollinas and retired the season in last place. To Captain Lynne, Chris Cattich, Leslie deGiere and rookie Carol Lingo, we present The Wooden Spoon.
THE TOAST
There is one more thing to say before we recognize this year’s Champions, and that is to say good by to two very dear friends who have moved far from the beautiful lit court of the Campbell Bocce League. Susan Chaney left after the playoffs to return to her home country and resume her career and life as an artist. Tomorrow Clay Lingo leaves us to begin a new adventure in work and life in Sunny Florida. We wish them both success and happiness. A Campbell Bocce League toast, May your Balls never hit the Walls to both Susie and Clay!
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Once again the Championship match was a superb performance of ball rolling, trash talk and some anxiety. The final score of 12-9 hardly depicts the competition that ensued between Conor Pullman’s Dragon Ballz and Carl Brouillette’s Easy Rollers. The Roller’s Moshia and Ted anchored the south end, playing against Dragon’s Clay and Carl. While at he north end of the court, Captain Connor with Jim Leon faced off against captain Carla and her homey Lynne Missin substituting for London’s Lady Susie. Though relatively close Dragon Ballz never relented, repeating plays that stood them in good stead through the entire 2015 season. When the dust settled, it was Dragon Ballz on top completing an outstanding season with only 1 loss in 7 games.
Congratulations to Campbell Bocce League’s 2015 Champions! Dragon Ballz -Captain Conor Pullman, Clay Lingo, Jim Leon and Carl Alderete.
2015 Champions
Dragon Ballz
Carl, Conor, Jim, Clay
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