Stonewall Bocce

How do I join?

There are three ways you can participate in a Stonewall Sports season as an active player. You can:

  • Create and captain a team
    • Creating your own team and acting as the Captain gives you control over how you build your roster. Your team can have up to 6 players (including yourself). You will be given free agents to round your team out. 
  • Join as a free agent
    • Playing as a free agent is a great way to experience Stonewall, whether it's your first season or your 10th! Our leagues grow year after year, so it's almost guaranteed you'll meet groups of new and friendly people. You can also request to be partnered with a friend as a pair of free agents so that you are placed on a team together. 
  • Join an existing team as a player 
    • Stonewall Bocce teams are coordinated first by the team captain. Before completing the registration process, please ensure that the captain knows you will be taking up a player spot on their team. This prevents any confusion for the team rosters.
    Registration is available here: https://stonewallcleveland.leagueapps.com/leagues and is open May 28 - June 4, 2021.

What is the season schedule like? What kind of time commitment is required?

Each team plays two games on Wednesday nights starting at 7pm. Games last a maximum of 45 minutes each. We also encourage attendance at team happy hours, after parties and social events at our league sponsors!  Participants are encouraged, but not strictly required, to attend each game during the season. Coordinate with your team captain to work around schedules and prior commitments. 



What do I need to know as a captain?

All Stonewall Sports Cleveland captains should be excellent communicators, mediators, and leaders. 

As a captain you will be responsible for:

  • Communicating essential information about schedules, locations, and events
  • Team cohesion and healthy interaction between your team members and other participants
  • The on-boarding of your free agent players, helping them transition from new player to fully fledged team member and friend
  • Management of line-ups, positions, and general information about the sport
  • Ensuring that everyone adheres to the Stonewall Sports code of conduct

This is a recreational bocce league where the point is to have fun!

Who is the main contact for Stonewall Bocce?

Please direct all questions, comments, and concerns to:

We ensure that your communications with the league will be treated as confidential and handled respectfully.

Sport-specific questions will be answered by your current commissioners, Lindsay Merolla and Tricia Kachmyers. 

Questions about the league in general or the Stonewall Sports Cleveland organization can be answered by any one of our Board of Directors, which is staffed by numerous volunteer Stonewall members. Feel free to reach out!

Where do we play? Where can I park?

Edgewater Park, Kite Field

This is the giant field right in the middle of the park, closer to the bathroom hut/dock up against the lake. Parking is available mostly everywhere, but walking/biking is encouraged too!

Who are our league sponsors?

Our sponsors for the 2021 Bocce League are:

All Saints Pub

Our leaguewide sponsors for 2019 are:

The CLE International Film Fest 43

Corona Extra (National Sponsor)

Goldhorn Brewery

The LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland

Twist Social Club



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