Page 10 THE REVERE ADVOCATE–Friday, October 4 , 2019 Chelsea tops Revere in Senior Bocce Bowl By Tara Vocino C helsea won against Revere as eight Chelsea senior citizen bocce teams competed on Satur-day for the coveted Bocce Bowl trophy in the third annual Senior Bocce Bowl tournament at Voke Park in Chelsea. According to Chelsea Senior Center Director Tracy Nowicki, the winning team members included Maryanne Fiore, Clara Lander, Rosario Figarola and Joanne Mclean. Chelsea won for the third consecutive year, according to Nowicki. The trophy will be on display at the Chelsea Senior Center for a year until the teams battle it out again next fall. Tara Vocino may be reached at printjournalist1@gmail. com. Joseph DeCicco, Anna Colella, Mary MacDonald, Jerry Slater, Janet DiCalogero, Barbara Melvin and Jerry DeStefano Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Bocce Team Vice President Nicholas Giacobbe, Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Director Stephen Fielding, Chelsea Senior Center Director Tracy Nowicki, Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Program Coordinator Camille Piccinni-Ciambelli, Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Bocce Team President Marie Giacobbe and Chelsea Community Recreation Programs Manager Nathalie Pardo organized the Senior Bocce Bowl on Saturday at Voke Park in Chelsea. (Advocate Photos by Tara Vocino) Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Director Stephen Fielding, who is shown at left with referee John Roberts, decided points without requests to remeasure on the asphalt court. Referee John Roberts calls green while behind him Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Bocce Team member Michael Cacciola watches the ball travel down the far end of the alley. Chelsea Senior Center League bocce player Janet DiCalogero, of Revere, serves the ball during Saturday’s Senior Bocce Bowl tournament at Voke Park in Chelsea. School Committee Member Fredrick Sannella watches from the sidelines, cheering on the Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Bocce Team. Cosimo Colella, playing on Team 3 for the Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center, measures the distance between balls as he uses an underarm action to throw one in the air. Rossetti-Cowan Senior Center Bocce Team player Frank Schettino bowls as teammate William Reedy (in back) looks on. Spectators Paulette Velastegui, Nancy Slater and Juliann Boesch came to root for Chelsea Senior Center League member Jerry Slater (right). The Chelsea Senior Bocce League was victorious over Revere at Saturday’s Senior Bocce Bowl – for the third consecutive year. (Photo Courtesy of the Chelsea Senior Center)
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