Facciamo Bocce!
Welcome to the Wenzl Bocce Ball Tournament
Benefiting the families of Nebraska’s only Ronald McDonald House
Hosted by: Steve & Rachel Wenzl
Agenda:
4:00pm • Practice & Cocktail Hour Begins
5:30pm • Bocce Begins
Upon your arrival ‘in Italy’, you will receive your first Italian beverage, a name tag, your team assignment, and your personal event number. Your personal event number is the number that will identify you (confidentially) throughout the event to the Ronald McDonald House. It can be used to bid on any of the silent auction items, access to rare and allocated bourbons, or a wine pull, etc!
After checking in, you will have the opportunity to visit the Ronald McDonald House table (this is optional). By checking in at the Ronald McDonald House table, you will be able to:
- • Purchase Points for your team and Purchase “Cheat Codes” that can give you an advantage during the tournament (see below).
- • Register for access to rare/allocated bourbons: Buffalo Trace, Weller Special Reserve, Eagle Rare, and Blanton’s.
- • You can put a card on file at the beginning of the event for anything you choose to purchase, or they can assist with other options that are most convenient for you.
- • 100% of the proceeds of this event will go directly to the Ronald McDonald House Omaha and are donations that directly impact the families staying at Nebraska’s only Ronald McDonald House.
Optional Bocce Points and Cheat Codes for Purchase:
- $10 Red Wristbands
- Each person/team can purchase “cheat codes” to be played throughout the tournament. Keep an eye out for when you can no longer purchase your “cheat codes.” (maximum of 2 cheat codes, per team, per ‘match’ or round)
- $20 Green Wristbands
- Each team can purchase their first point for use in Round 1. Add your point to the scoreboard before the game begins.
- $30 White Wristbands
- Each team can purchase up to two (2) “wild card” points. These points may be played at anytime, in any round, by surrendering your white wristband.
All POINTS must be purchased before the first game begins ( pm) – no exceptions.
CHEAT CODES can be purchased up to the beginning of the semifinals (be sure to listen for the time warning).
Cheat Codes:
- Your opponents all throw their next ball either: 1) behind their back, or 2) two-handed between their legs
- Your entire team throws from anywhere behind the line “Cheat” line (extra 10-feet)
- Choose anyone to stand anywhere in the lane while the opposing team throws the first 4 balls. Your team throws last.
- Throw a 5th Ball at the conclusion of one round of the match (it also counts for points)
- Remove one ball of the opposing team from the court at the end of one round
Bocce Rules
1. Grab a drink. Find your team. Find your court.
2. Rock, paper, scissors to determine which team goes first. Good luck!
3. First team tosses the pallino (little ball) and then the first bocce (ball).
3. Teams alternate tossing balls, trying to get closest to the pallino.
4. The closest team scores 1 point for each ball closer to the pallino than the opposing team’s best ball.
5. The first team to 9 points WINS!
Save the Date!
August 23, 2023
About Ronald McDonald House
Families who travel to Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha are facing extremely uncomfortable situations. Their child is sick, in an unfamiliar city, unsure of how to handle it all. But when they walk in our doors, they can find comfort in the little things.
A home-cooked meal after a long day in the hospital. Snuggling by the fireplace and reading a book before bedtime. Knowing that even in the direst of circumstances, they’re not facing them alone.
Our community provides those little things and more, which allows our families to focus on the big things, like healing together. That’s how, in this House, the little things make the biggest difference.
As a support arm of Omaha-area hospitals, RMHC provides 40 family guest rooms and more than 14,600 lodging nights annually inclusive of warm beds, hot showers, meals, laundry facilities, family-friendly kitchens, playrooms, and a playground—all the basic essentials of home.
Additionally, RMHC provides wrap-around services delivered by community partners such as a hair salon, financial support, educational programming, mindfulness and yoga, birthday celebrations, a House therapy dog, as well as healing through the arts. These activities are designed to promote hope and healing through ongoing engagement and participation. The cost to provide our services is approximately $120 per night, per family. Families are asked to donate $20 per night, but no family is ever turned away due to an inability to contribute.
