It Is Bocce Time!!

June 9, 2014 Gillum House Bed & Breakfast Shinnston, West Virginia: Saturday was a rip-roaring day! It was the Third Annual United Way of Harrison County Bocce Tournament fundraiser. The American Pro Wrestling Alliance, United Way of Harrison County, Huntington Bank, City of Shinnston, WesBanco, Embellishments Too, Chunki’s Pizza, Antero Resources, Vintage Theatre Company, Pepsi, and Shinnston Shop N Save were sponsors of the event and fielded teams. It was a Total Blast!Your innkeeper (also City Clerk) was on the City of Shinnston Team with City Manager Debra Herndon, PRO Officer Mark McCullough, and Mayor Sam DeMarco. Imagine my surprise, we WON our first game! Then we won the second game! It is a double elimination tournament.There was a 2 hour gap before we could play our next two games. But we are HOT!! We need to keep going! Had to wait for the next bracket. Who do we play next? The United Way Knockers! Before anyone gets the wrong idea, in bocce, when you kill the other team’s ball (or try to) it is called a knocker. They were the champs last year and even have new team shirts! They are not called the Knockers for nothing. Needless to say, they made short work of us as did the team from the County Prosecutor’s Office. I could go home and find my pillow.And the winners of the Trophy? Who else? The United Way Knockers!