#2060 Jan 21, 2020

Spring League signups run from January 19 through February 23. Spring League play will start on March 8. The full 2020 Bocce Calendar is available here.

Signing Up

Each team in the 2019 Spring League has a slot reserved in their same Group in the 2020 Spring League. As long as you have your roster in order and you pay your registration fee by the end of the signup period your slot is guaranteed.

The signup rules:

• Your roster must have at least six (6) and at most ten (10) players.
• You must keep at least five (5) players from your 2019 Spring League team on your 2020 team.
• After your five returning players, you may add players that have played in the league before, or players that are new to the league, in any combination
• If you have players new to the league, you must provide a signed waiver form for each before the end of your signup period. You may email a scanned copy or send the original by U.S. mail to Clayton Bocce League, PO Box 600, Clayton, CA 94517.
• Every team member must have an email address, telephone number, and zip code of residence on file.
• The registration fee is $400 per team, regardless of the number of players on your roster.
• You may not make any roster changes after the signup period ends.
• If, at the end of the signup period, you have fewer than ten players on your roster, players from the waiting list may be added to your roster by the League.

The signup procedure:

• The capo of each team is responsible for signing up their team.
• If you want to change your capo or your team name, please email us with the details.
• If your 2019 Spring League team will not be playing in the 2020 Spring League, please email us with the details.
• 2019 Spring League Capos should each have a login account on the bocce website; capo login accounts remain active. New capos will be given instructions on how to create a login account.
• During the signup period, each capo may log in as often as needed to update their roster and pay their registration fee.
• Please update any of your players' emails, phone numbers and/or zip codes that may have changed.
• Registration fee may be paid online using a PayPal account or a major credit card.
• Please help us by paying online. If you cannot pay online, you may pay by check as long as we receive it by the end of your signup period.

#2059 Jan 3, 2020

2020 Schedule

The 2020 Bocce calendar is now available. The calendar lists key dates for the Clayton Bocce League and the Ipsen Family Bocce Park, including the 2020 Spring, Summer and Fall League seasons.

While we have made every effort to finalize dates for 2020, there is always the possibility that changes will be necessary due to weather or other unpredictable events.

The calendar may be viewed here.

Rule Changes

There are two rule changes that went into effect at the start of the 2019 Fall Season:

1. Forfeited matches are now scored with a six point differential (Section 1.14).
2. Section 1.17 has been revised and a new Section 1.18 added, setting forth the process for addressing Code of Conduct issues and the consequences of violating the Code.

You may view the current rules here.

#2057 Oct 15, 2019

Margin of Victory

There were 945 regular season games in the 2019 Spring league. 24 of the games (2.5%) were forfeited. The remaining 921 games had margins of victory from 2 (close game) to 12 (shutout). The following chart shows the distribution of the margins of victory.

Overtime Games

Of the 921 games played, 67 (7.3%) went into "overtime." The following chart shows the distribution of overtime scores.

#2053 Aug 4, 2019

With the summer season starting in August, we anticipate the usual questions about canceling play due to excessive heat, high winds, or poor air quality. To provide some structure for decisions on when to cancel matches, the bocce committee is adopting the following guidelines. These are guidelines; we may deviate from them if conditions warrant.

#1007 Jun 1, 2016

With several planned additions to the bocce website, league capos are being issued login accounts on ClaytonBocce.org. Whether for the upcoming online team signups or the planned online scoring system, it is necessary to secure and control access to functions that modify information on the website.

Website access control systems can be quite complicated: userids, passwords, secret questions, password resets, two-factor authentication and more. For the ClaytonBocce.org website we decided not to include another access control system; instead we will use well known existing systems. If you are issued a ClaytonBocce.org account, you will need to have a Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account, and you will login using your Facebook, Google, or Microsoft userid and password. We did this for two reasons:

1. These three providers have full-featured, robust, and secure access control systems.
2. Many persons have an account on one of these three systems. By leveraging their existing account, they can avoid having yet another userid and password to remember.

How it Works

The process for logging in to ClaytonBocce.org:

1. Click Login in the upper right of this page.
2. On the login page click one of the three buttons to select the login service you wish to use: Facebook, Google, or Microsoft.
3. Login on your selected service. (This step may be skipped if you are already logged in to the service.) The first time you login you may be asked to authorize Clayton Bocce to link to your account. After you login you will be returned to the Clayton Bocce website.
4. You will only need to do this the first time you login. Register your Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account with your Clayton Bocce account. When your ClaytonBocce.org account is set up, you will receive an email with a one-time registration code. Enter your one-time registration code on the registration page and click the Register button. This will create a link between your Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account and your ClaytonBocce.org account.

Notes

• The ClaytonBocce.org login page has a checkbox labeled Remember Me. If you are using a private computer, you may want to check the Remember Me box on the login page. This will cause your browser to store your login credentials on your computer and automatically log you in when you access the Clayton Bocce website. Note: your login credentials are sensitive, so you must use https for automatic login. (ie. https://ClaytonBocce.org).
• This website does not access any of the information in your Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account. Your contact list, calendar, friend list, etc. are not visible to this website. Your userid and password are not passed to this website.
• When you are logged in, Login in the upper right corner will be replaced by your name. Click or hover over your name to open a pop-up menu where you may logout or view and update your account profile.

What If I Do Not have One of the Required Accounts?

We anticipate that most bocce league members will have a Facebook, Google, or Microsoft account. If you do not have one you will need to create one. The alternative would be for the bocce website to have its own userids and passwords, but then you would have to create one of those, so what's to be gained?

Google and Microsoft accounts are simpler than Facebook, so if you just need an account to access the bocce website, we suggest either of these.

• To create a Google account:
  • Go to the Google home page.
  • Click the Sign in button in the upper right corner.
  • Click Add Account and fill in your information.
• To create a Microsoft account:
  • Go to the Microsoft home page.
  • Click Sign in in the upper right corner.
  • Click Sign up now and fill in your information.