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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2017 59 Bocce Ball Bocce Ball is played on new courts at The Summit. Play is 9 am Tuesdays, 3 pm Wednesdays and 3 pm Fridays. Hours will remain constant until days are too warm. Many players and new residents come to play. Guests and family are welcome. Play is now on beautiful tournament grade smooth, accurate courts and sideboards. The easy small step-in makes it easy to enter and smooth concrete surrounds the courts. All players are learning accurate and careful throws. Friends, family and guests are happily welcomed to join in on jun. The word "bocce" comes from the Italian word meaning "to bowl." The small white ball is thrown first to start the game, called the pallino. Rules are very simple. Get your ball as close to the pallino as possible to score a point. If more balls of the same color are closest, these additionally score points. Much like billiards, bocce requires players to take turns. This makes it an ideal game for socializing in between turns. Often cheers, or laughter can be heard. No one has an edge in bocce ball unless of course they have played for years. We generally play a game to 12 points. Two games are generally played and take approximately 1-1/2 hours. We mix and match so no team is expert and change numbers on a team so no one is left out. Bocce ball is played several times a week at The Summit. Times change based on weather. Many groups play at various times. Call The Summit desk (951) 769-6444 and ask the attendant for current times of play. Bocce requires no specific skills or previous experience. You will get a little exercise and enjoy a beautiful view and nice breezes at The Summit, all while having a great time with a great group of people. If you are interested in learning the game, please join us at the Summit. Call for times. If you are interested in playing we will be happy to meet with you about 15 minutes before the game to go over the rules and let you have a little pre-game practice. If you would like to schedule your first practice session or if you have any questions, please call any of the contacts: Mike Saperstein: (951) 769-7909; Larry Anderson: (951) 846-3123; Jeannine Baker: (951) 797-0833. ~ Mike Saperstein October found cool, shady mornings as we started at 9 am at the shuffleboard courts. November hours through the winter and spring are Saturdays at 9 am, Sundays at 12 noon, and Mondays at 9 am. We often use a dust mop and spray to add ease and speed to disks. The supplies are in the cabinet near the old tennis courts. You can get a key from the front desk. One game had 4 ends play and zero points. The defense skills are sometimes very good. Beautiful flowers, trees and shrubs are the backdrop for shuffleboard play. It's a great game, a lot of fun, and good exercise with friends, all just a few steps south of RCN Building at the Lodge. Equipment is now stored in old tennis locker next to the old tennis courts. Ask for a key at front desk. We welcome all — even beginners. Who goes first? Which color disks go? We will show you how to strategize to block, kill other team's points, and score for your own team. Players use a cue-stick to push their colored disks down the court. The scoring diagram is divided by lines into six scoring zones, with the following values: 10, 8, 8, 7, 7, 10-off. You hope not to land on 10-off. A few weeks ago, a 100-point game took just nine minutes. Players are improving defense and one player even earned the nickname "The Terminator." Each time we play draw for "random mix" teams. Info., Mike Saperstein at (951) 769-7909, or Larry Anderson at (951) 846-3123. ~ Mike Saperstein Shuffleboard Above: Bocce ball players deciding 1 point or 2 points for green Right: Bocce ball players at Tuesday morning start in October Mike Saperstein and Dave Thomason

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