{"id":17459,"date":"2017-08-03T10:42:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/?p=17459"},"modified":"2017-08-03T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:42:28","slug":"largest-bocce-tournament-ever-at-neptune-city-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/2017\/08\/03\/largest-bocce-tournament-ever-at-neptune-city-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest Bocce Tournament Ever at Neptune City Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"coaster-news-200-new\"By PETE WALTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25th Neptune City Day Sat., Aug. 5 will feature its largest bocce tournament ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sal Caliendo, who is coordinating the sporting event, says the field of 56 teams will begin play at 8:30 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the possibility of rain in the forecast, Caliendo hopes competition can finish by 7 p.m. to allow crews to set up the annual fireworks display in Memorial Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

A “celebrity” contest within the regular tournament will feature local officials and others representing Neptune City, Avon and Bradley Beach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neptune City Mayor Bob Brown will team up with former borough mayor and Monmouth County Freeholder Tom Arnone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bradley Beach Mayor Gary Engelstad selected a playing partner with a double connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I have chosen my son-in-law, Neptune City resident Paul Reardon, who is married to our daughter Kelsey,” Engelstad said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Avon Mayor John B. Magrini is unable to take part due to an out-of-town work commitment. He will select players to represent that borough in the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caliendo said the celebrity event will have a round robin format. The regular tournament will feature three divisions, A, B and C.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defending champions are Frank Caliendo Jr. and his grandfather, Sal.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is year 18 for the bocce tournament and year 25 for the festival,” said Sal Caliendo.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year Neptune City Day is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Besides the bocce tournament it will feature a Pete and Elda\u2019s pizza eating contest and an ice cream eating contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five bands will entertain along with a magician and a balloon clown.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will also be an anniversary cake served before the fireworks display and former mayors will make brief presentations.The fireworks display is scheduled for 9 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Monmouth County Sheriff\u2019s Department will present a K-9 demonstration and a karate exhibition will be sponsored by Budo Way.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  By PETE WALTON The 25th Neptune City Day Sat., Aug. 5 will feature its largest bocce tournament ever. Sal Caliendo, who is coordinating the sporting event, says the field of 56 teams will begin play at 8:30 a.m. With the possibility of rain in the forecast, Caliendo hopes competition can finish by 7 p.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecoaster.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}