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The Joy of Bocce - 2nd Edition by Mario Pagnoni, 2004-11-22 Bocce: A Sport for Everyone by Rico C. Daniele, 2000-08-20 Cento Anni Di Storia Delle Bocce Nel Lodigiano by Giuseppe Pacchiarini, 2001-01 Insight.(marketing of bocce ball courts to wineries)(Column): An article from: Wines & Vines by Larry Walker, 1999-09-01 Bocce. (Demonstration Sports) (The 1991 ISSOG: Special Olympics International): An article from: Palaestra by Michael Paciorek, 1992-01-01 What's Cooking at the Booce Courts by St. Louis Bocce Club Ladies Auxiliary Cookbook, 1982 Bocce anyone? Louisville firm builds backyard courts : An article from: Boulder County Business Report by Doug McPherson, 2003-05-02 Bocce: A mini history of the sport in Chisholm by Lawrence Belluzzo, 1989 Bocce and the economics of collusion by James L Doti, 1986

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1. Bocce - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
   bocce is played on soil, oyster shell or asphalt courts approximately 20 to 27 metres in length and 2.5 to 4 metres wide, sometimes with wooden boards of  
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocce
   
   Extractions: Jump to: navigation search Bocce players scoring Bocce (or Bocci , or Boccie , is a precision sport closely related to bowls and pétanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire . Developed into its present form in Italy , it is played around Europe and also in overseas countries that have received Italian migrants, including Australia North America and South America (where it is known as bochas ), initially amongst the migrants themselves but slowly becoming more popular with their descendants and the wider community. The game is also well-known in former Yugoslavia ( boćanje Bocce is played on soil, oyster shell or asphalt courts approximately 20 to 27 metres in length and 2.5 to 4 metres wide, sometimes with wooden boards of approximately 15 centimetres in height surrounding the court. Bocce balls can be made of bronze or various kinds of plastic . Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias. Red scores 2 points A game can be contested between two players, or two teams of two, three, or four. A match is started by a randomly chosen side being given the opportunity to throw a smaller ball, the

2. United States Bocce Federation
   Contains the history of bocce, tournament listings, rules, required skills and training.  
   http://www.bocce.com/

3. How To Play Bocce Ball | EHow.com
   How to Play bocce Ball. This ancient game, whose modern adaptation most closely resembles bowling, requires skill, strategy and just a little luck.  
   http://www.ehow.com/how_3109_play-bocce-ball.html
   
   Extractions: Add Favorite Add Comment Send to Friend Print Article by digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = 'new'; This ancient game, whose modern adaptation most closely resembles bowling, requires skill, strategy and just a little luck. Bocce ball is a great game to play outside on a beautiful day. It is highly popular among seniors, but youths are sure to enjoy this accuracy game. Difficulty: Easy Find a flat, level playing surface (packed dirt, gravel or grass are ideal). A regulation bocce court is 76 feet long and 10 feet wide.

4. IBocce.com - Let The Good Times Roll!
   Provides rules, tournament resources, events, photos, shopping and instructions on making a court in your yard. Also includes a listing of facility  
   http://www.ibocce.com/

5. Bocce On The Net
   Basic layout and rules for the game of bocce.  
   http://www.mindspring.com/~jlock/bocce.html
   
   Extractions: Since I can't find any other bocce resources on the Net, I'll just have to put up what I know about the game and what I can glean from the rule book. So, all you folks who've e-mailed me over the last couple of months, here ya go! Bocce has been around since the Roman Empire and conjures visions of old Italian men wiling away warm Mediterranean afternoons discussing politics and drinking red wine. I'm neither old nor Italian, but I have wiled away many an afternoon with friends discussing politics and drinking beer while playing bocce ;-) Bocce is closely related to lawn bowling. To the best of my knowledge, the biggest difference is that bocce is played on a hard-surface court with a backstop at each end, while lawn bowling is played on grass with a relatively free-form "court". By this definition many folks are lawn bowling since very few constructed bocce courts exist in the U.S. The following set of rules are condensed from the official guide published by the International Bocce Association. Many variations exist, and I play a very relaxed set of rules in keeping with tradition. For tournament play, consult the official guide (see end of document). The Courts For lawn bowling, you don't really use a court. Just choose any space of lawn that's large and reasonably level. Then step off about 20 adult paces and use that as a good playing distance. For bocce:

6. Welcome To Bocce Bowls. The Official Site Of The BFA.: Home
   Welcome to the Australian Federation site. bocce Bowls is played as a social game or as a competitive sport. Our site contains News, Events, Contacts,  
   http://www.bocce.net/

7. Collegium Cosmicum Ad Buxeas - The Bocce Site
   The COLLEGIUM COSMICUM AD BUXEAS is the preeminent international organization for bocce. Shop for all your needs for bocce.  
   http://www.bocce.org/

8. Joy Of Bocce, Bocce, Book, Instructional Book | Striker | Massachusetts
   bocce website featuring instructional book (Joy of bocce) including information on how to play bocce, locate bocce equipment, and build a bocce court.  
   http://www.joyofbocce.com/
   
   Extractions: Our instructional book on bocce, The Joy of Bocce (sometimes spelled bocci or even boccie), has information on where to purchase bocce balls and related equipment, how to play, bocce rules, strategy, how to build a bocce court (sometimes called a bocce alley), and bocce tournaments. To order The Joy of Bocce 2nd Edition - ($19.45) click here:

9. WORLD BOCCE: Bocce Ball Rules, Official Bocce Rules
   Welcome to the world of bocce.Learn how to play bocce ball,  
   http://www.worldbocce.org/
   
   Extractions: First Video Of Its Kind! How to Play Bocce My Way by Phil Ferrari, Former United States Singles Champion Home Products About Bocce New Video ... Play Bocce Online WBL Collectibles Guestbook View Cart Buy your official bocce ball rules online. Complete bocce rule rule book with how to play bocce ball and the rules of bocce. Purchase items such as bocce shirts, hats, cups, mugs, key chains, Measuring Device, video tapes and other bocce memorabilia. Rule Book WBL has compiled a comprehensive set of Open Rules that are officially sanctioned throughout the U.S. $7.50 Set of Bocce Balls four blue balls and a white pallino fits into the smart carrying case depicted above and is sure to make people think you're a pro, even if you're a newcomer to the game! Hats (embroidered) Available in sand with a red Bocce ball and brown pallino, white with the official World Bocce League logo and sand with the World Bocce League logo.

10. Bocce
    bocce is a game of skill and strategy. The object is for one team to get as many of their balls (boccia) closer to the pallina (the smallest ball) than the  
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    Extractions: document.write(' '); English Compete Sports Offered Print this page Bocce is a game of skill and strategy. The object is for one team to get as many of their balls (boccia) closer to the pallina (the smallest ball) than the opposing team's closest ball. Mario Palminteri, Special Olympics Italy, competes at the bocce singles event at the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games. [Photo by Gerry McGuinness, IRELAND OUT] There may be anywhere from two to four to eight players on a team. Each player is given two balls. Each player must then take turns rolling (lagging) the ball toward the pallina ball (also known as the jack, cue, beebee etc.), which has already been thrown onto the field. The players are given points for the balls rolled closest to the pallina ball. Players may also throw on the fly (volo), striking the ball to move the point ball. Balls, including the pallina, may also be displaced by the balls of other players. Special Olympics athletes can also participate in Unified Sports® bocce competition. Special Olympics Unified Sports is a program that combines Special Olympics athletes and athletes without intellectual disabilities (partners) on sports teams for training and competition.

11. Campo Di Bocce, Fine Italian Cuisine
    Highlights bocce court rules and fees, along with league and tournament schedules. Also provides Italian restaurant menus and wine list.  
    http://www.campodibocce.com/

12. Welcome To BackyardBocce.com
    Provides portable bocce courts and ball sets. Also includes history of the sport and court specifications.  
    http://www.backyardbocce.com/
    
    Extractions: Backyard Bocce is the only manufacturer of portable Bocce courts in the world. We are a supplier of courts to Bocce enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels, including: families, clubs and leagues, schools, park and recreation departments, senior centers and retirement facilities, campgrounds and RV parks, children's camps, restaurants and resorts, corporations, and organizations serving persons with disabilities. Our mission is to promote the international sport of Bocce around the world by bringing it to everyone's "backyard" through portable Bocce courts. The courts are a cost effective alternative to professionally landscaped courts that can cost several thousand dollars to build and are a more practical solution than makeshift courts made of heavy wood or PVC or crudely constructed court boundaries made of rope, string, chalk, or paint. A court consists of a vinyl template that provides the layout of a court and can be setup on grass, dirt, clay, or sand surfaces, with grass being the ideal surface. Courts are lightweight, portable, and designed for easy set-up and take down.

13. MySpace.com - Bocce - Waterloo, CA - Techno / Crunk / Ghettotech - Www.myspace.c
    MySpace music profile for bocce with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.  
    http://www.myspace.com/thebocce

14. Bocce USA - Official Home Page
    bocce USA is a not for profit indoor bocce playing and training facility located in the Factory Stores of America Shopping Center in West Frankfort,  
    http://www.bocceusa.com/
    
    Extractions: The move to our new bocce facility has been completed. We are located in the Community Center" (The former Frankfort Elementary School) Directions: Turn north at the Dairy Queen on east main street or any of the two streets before. Any of these three streets will take you directly to the old school complex. Once there, turn in the driveway that runs along the east side of the building where there is ample parking. Enter the double doors on the buildings northeast corner . Bocce USA the first door on the left We are now in full operation with " free "community play every Tuesday evening beginning at 6:00 PM. Bocce USA is a not for profit indoor Bocce playing and training facility located in the The New Beginnings Community Center in West Frankfort, Illinois BOCCE USA is a place where residents of Southern Illinois have the opportunity to play and enjoy the 7000 year old sport of bocce BOCCE USA is home to the only indoor organized weekly bocce league in Illinois south of Chicago. There is NO charge for organized "community play" held

15. Bocce Sets : Shop Bocce Balls & Equipment At BocceBallSets.com
    bocce Ball Set bocceBallSets.com is the premier retailer of bocce ball sets and bocce ball equipment. We offer the largest bocce set selection which you  
    http://www.bocceballsets.com/

16. Bocce Cafe
    Walk through the trellis covered entryway of bocce Café and you will find yourself in a historical monument that was once the old Spaghetti Factory.  
    http://boccecafe.com/

17. HickokSports.com - History - Bocce
    This document contains a history of bocce, the Italian version of lawn bowling, with an account of how the game is played. It is a page in the History  
    http://www.hickoksports.com/history/bocce.shtml
    
    Extractions: Alpha Index Index by Sport History Bits Forum ... Search Table of Contents Bocce is the Italian version of lawn bowling. The earliest known form of the sport was a game played in the Italian Alps, early in the Christian Era, in which stones were tossed at a target stonenot necessarily to hit it, but to land as close as possible to it. This was a major amusement for Roman soldiers, who spread it through the empire. Balls were eventually substituted for the stones and they were usually rolled rather than tossed. Three distinct types of lawn bowling developed through the centuries. In France, the game was known as boules , from the Classical Latin word for ball. A different form of the sport became known in England as "lawn bowls". Bocce, also known as boccia, derived its name from the Vulgar Latin word for ball, bottia Italian immigrants brought bocce to the United States. Its original centers of popularity were New York City and San Francisco because of their large Italian-American populations. But, as newer generations grew away from the sport, bocce declined and seemed in danger of extinction in this country. The sport experienced a small resurgence, mainly in California, during the 1970s and it's grown rapidly during the last decade. The center of the sport in the U. S. is Martinez, California, which has more than a thousand competitors in league play and many more who simply play for fun.

18. Bocce Club Pizza
    Dino s bocce Club Pizza has been a tradition in Buffalo, NY for over 50 years.  
    http://www.bocceclubpizza.com/
    
    Extractions: Always innovators, Bocce Club was one of the first to offer take-out pizza. By the mid-1970s, Bocce Club had introduced the first half-baked pizza for those who wanted fresh-cooked pies on their own timetables. And Bocce's always uses the freshest, most natural ingredients, from 100% whole milk mozzarella cheese to dough that is made from scratch daily!

19. Palazzo Di Bocce: Play Bocce, Enjoy Fine Italian Dining At America's Best Bocce
    Americas first palace of bocce ball.  
    http://www.palazzodibocce.com/

20. Bocce Ball Rules | Bocce Rules - Bocce Rules
    Your 1 bocce Ball resource. Information on bocce ball rules, bocce courts, bocce ball sets, and more!, Your 1 bocce Ball resource. Information on bocce  
    http://www.bocceballrules.net/
    
    Extractions: Bocce Rules Welcome bocce lover! There is a good chance you reached this site by searching for "bocce ball rules" or some variation thereof. If this is the case, we would like to first clear up a common misconception about the name of the game. In fact, the word "ball" is unnecessary when referring to the game of bocce. Playing a game of "bocce ball" is grammatically similar to playing a round of "golf ball." This site was purposely given its incorrect name as an experiment, and to help to educate bocce fans all over the world! Bocce is without a doubt one of the most exciting and enjoyable sports. You may be interested in playing bocce ball competitively, or you might just want to play a friendly game in your back yard. No matter your level of competition, the rules of bocce are relatively basic, and allow you to start playing and enjoying this wonderful game within minutes. Bocce Ball Set Open Bocce is the most popular form of bocce by casual players. The great thing about open bocce is that it can be played almost anywhere there is open space. This includes grassy surfaces such as a front lawn or back yard, dirt surfaces, sandy surfaces such as the beach, and even paved surfaces like parking lots. The places that you can play bocce are only limited to your imagination. Try playing bocce on a surface with hills or slopes to add a new element of strategy to your game.

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