Bocce Club Members

Membership in the Albuquerque Bocce Club is open!    Novices, as well as the most skilled players, are welcome.   Each year, play at the Club becomes a more memorable event than the last.  From your first throw to your last, your experience will be beyond your expectations.    The fun atmosphere will find you thinking ahead, “I hope that I will be invited to play again….”

“Capos” or “Lions”
 

Within the current Club members, is an elite group of individuals who have earned the “Capo” status.  These are players who have shown exceptional skill in bocce and who are committed to promoting the game and to continuing the high standards held by the Club.  The Capos will go out of their way to make you feel like family during one of the events, but will also address any issues that do not align with the quality experience and behavior expected at all events.    To become a Capo, special criteria must be met.



1) You must have competed in two tournaments, two league matches, or have won at least one tournament.

2) You must assist with Club tournaments and in any other identified area to ensure that the bocce experience is a positive one for all guests of the Club.

3) All members of the Club Council must agree on the sponsorship of potential Capo.

4) Pledged member must partake in a secret initiation in order to become a member.

5.) Pledged member will take part in all Club rituals prior to play.

6.) You cannot speak of the rituals to anyone other than club members. Failure to do so will mean immediate dismissal and you will not be considered a member for a year.

7.) All members will nominate a pledge and decide on who it will be. The President does not nominate a pledge but has the final say on entry.

Initiation - The initiation will take place prior to the start of Bocce. Each member of the Club will take part in the initiation of said member pledge. Each member has a specific initiation for the pledge to perform. (Currently the pledge must perform 4 initiation tasks to become a member, but once we add members the tasks will increase according to the number of members. The President may volunteer a member or step in for a pledge if the pledge's ethic code would be violated. I.E. say a pledge does not drink, a member may take his drink for him.) No pledge will do more than three shots for initiation! This is not college; I don't need people getting sick at my house! The member that issues the initiation task must also partake in the task as well. (Example: A member has a pledge take a shot in the club's honor, the member must also take a shot.)

•A player may become a member of the ABC if a good deed towards the club is performed. (After Council agreement.)