#2096 Jun 1, 2023
2023 Summmer Cornhole League registration runs from June 1 through June 11. Summer League play will start on July 17.
If your registration is not complete by midnight June 11 you may lose your spot in the league. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!!!
League cornhole play will use the same electronic scoring system that is used for bocce.
For electronic scoring security, each team is assigned a four digit team Identification Number (TIN). To score a match, a player needs to enter the TIN for one of the teams playing the match. This is to prevent mischievous outsiders from messing with our scores. TIN's change every season. Your TIN is displayed on your team signup page, and on your team schedule and roster pages during the season. You may freely share your TIN with your players, but it should not be shared outside your team.
#2098 May 27, 2023
The starting dates for the Summer Bocce League and the Summer Cornhole League have been moved back one week. The Summer Bocce League will now start on July 16 and the Summer Cornhole League will start on July 17. However, both leagues will still finish on their originally planned dates of September 9 (Cornhole) and October 28 (Bocce).
This change will give us a much-needed extra week to perform maintenance at the courts before the summer leagues begin. (The many make-up matches for Spring League rainouts have taken up much of the time we had planned for court maintenance.) We are able to start one week later and still finish as planned due to the cancellation of the CBCA Clayton BBQ & Brews Festival. With many Sunday holidays and events, Sundays are the critical path in the schedule. The cancellation of the BBQ frees up a Sunday for league play, which is what enables compressing the schedule by one week.
#2097 May 19, 2023 rev. Jun, 1, 2023
The start of the Summer Cornhole League has been moved back one week. We will start one week later (July 17), but we will still finish with the playoffs on September 9. See the article Start of Summer Leagues Moved Back One Week for details
This summer the Clayton Bocce League will be sponsoring the inaugural Clayton Cornhole League. The Cornhole League will run from July 10 July 17 through September 9, concurrent with the Summer Bocce League.
The league will comprise 40 teams divided into five groups. Each group will play on a different evening. There will be two sessions each evening, at 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm.
Each evening the Bocce League will play matches on three of the bocce courts. The fourth bocce court will be set up with two cornhole courts. There will be two cornhole matches at 6:30 pm and two matches at 8:00 pm. So every team will play on their night; there will be no byes.
During the regular season each team will play one match against each of the other seven teams in their group. Each match will consist of three games to 21 points or 10 rounds, whichever comes first. Each team will field two players in each game, one at each end. We will use American Cornhole League (ACL) rules.
In each group, teams will be ranked by winning percentage, then by total point differential. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams in each group will enter single elimination playoffs. The playoffs will take place September 7th through 9th.
Note: The Summer Cornhole League is fully subscribed, but you can still sign up to be placed on the waitlist.
To sign up, please fill out and submit this form. You will need to provide your contact information and specify the night(s) your team can play.
Applications are prioritized by time received. Teams will be selected based on priority and matching to their acceptable nights. Capos of selected teams will then register their teams by filling out their roster and paying a $200/team registration fee. Teams not selected will be put on a waitlist, and will have first shot at filling any vacancies that open up.
And, best of all, this opens up a whole new universe of funny team names!
#2095 May 14, 2023 rev. May, 27, 2023
The start of the Summer Bocce League has been moved back one week. We will start one week later (July 16), but we will still finish with the playoffs on October 28. See the article Start of Summer Leagues Moved Back One Week for details
2023 Summmer Bocce League registration runs from May 14 through June 11. Summer League play will start on July 9 July 16.
If your registration is not complete by midnight Jume 11 you will lose your spot in the league. No exceptions will be made. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!!!
Each team that played in the 2022 Summer League has a slot reserved in their same Group in the 2023 Summer League. As long as you have your registration in order by the end of the registration period your slot is guaranteed.
League bocce play will use electronic scoring.
For electronic scoring security, each team is assigned a four digit team Identification Number (TIN). To score a match, a player needs to enter the TIN for one of the teams playing the match. This is to prevent mischievous outsiders from messing with our scores. TIN's change every season. Your TIN is displayed on your team signup page, and on your team schedule and roster pages during the season. You may freely share your TIN with your players, but it should not be shared outside your team.
#2090 Dec 1, 2022
As announced at the Fall Capo meeting, we no longer require that paper scoresheets be filled out and turned in for each match. If your electronic score is complete and correct, there is no need to turn in paper.
We have had electronic scoring for almost two years, and teams have become proficient in keeping score electronically. Over the last three seasons we have had three invalid e-scores out of 847, for a success rate of 99.65%.
With the elimination of paper scoresheets, we can now post results and update standings and stats within 15 minutes after completion of the final match of a session.
Teams are strongly urged to use e-scoring. However, if both teams in a match decline to e-score the match:
#2073 Jun 11, 2021
With the introduction of electronic scoring, we can harvest statistics from game records. The first phase is now complete: Team statistics are now available. There are three types of statistics for a team: Frame, Game and Casino.
You may view the team statistics for any team by clicking the stats link at the bottom of the roster or schedule page for that team.
Frame statistics show number of frames won/lost/tied and average points per frame, by individual and by pair, with a team summary. Frames in which either team played shorthanded are not included. There are also breakdowns for frames rolled with the pallino and frames rolled without the pallino.
Game statistics show number of games won/lost, winning percentage, and average win/loss margin, by individual, by pair, and by lineup, with a team summary. Games in which either team played any frame shorthanded are not counted. Forfeits are not counted.
To be counted, the individual, pair, or lineup must have played the entire game. So, if there is a substitution in the game, that game will not be counted for:
For individuals and pairs, there are additional columns for "Clinchers" won and lost. A clincher is the final, winning/losing frame of a game. Clincher wins and losses are an indication of ability to "seal the deal."
The Casino statistics show the number of casinos scored or conceded by individual and by pair, with a team summary. Casinos in which the conceding team played shorthanded are not counted.
All three categories include statistics by individual. An individual is credited with the results of any frame/game/casino in which they participated. For example, if Alice and Bob playing together win a frame with two points, each of them will be credited with a two point frame win for the purpose of individual statistics. If Alice and Bob playing together play a full game and win by five points, they will each be credited with a game win by five points. So, Alice's results will be influenced by the quality of play by Bob, and vice versa. Take this as you will; it may lead to some interesting discussions.
We will be adding pages that show these statistics ranked within groups and also ranked over the entire season.
#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:
The process for logging in to ClaytonBocce.org:
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.