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Bocce
Contents North End Bocce Night (Aug 2007) North End Bocce Night (Aug 2005) Thursday
Nite Bocce FIERI Boston Bocce takes on the Sons of Italy State Champs !!! Hold My Calls, We're Playing Bocce! Where
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Bocce is Bowling Italian Style! Two opposing teams take turns rolling 4 balls each towards a smaller "marker" ball, or pallino. One point is awarded for each ball that is closer to the pallino than the nearest ball of the opposing team. Play continues in several rounds until a pre-determined score (usually 11, 15, or 21) is reached. Official tournament Bocce is played on a special court approx 60' long made of packed gravel dust. There are courts like these in the North End and at many Sons of Italy or other Italian lodges. However, if you don't have access to such a court, you can play in your backyard, or on hard packed sand. (Sand you say? Don't laugh, I've actually seen people playing Bocce at Wells Beach up in Maine!) Some excellent Bocce websites are:
You can find more information about the history of Bocce as well as the official tournament rules there. FIERI Boston members enjoy playing traditional Italian games such as Bocce. We have annual bocce tournaments at our Spaghettata and Bocce BBQ events. Pictures and stories from some of our more recent Bocce events are included below. FIERI Boston's
Bocce Night
FIERI
Boston North End Bocce Night
Thursday
Nite Bocce with FIERI Boston
Spaghettata
Fundraiser 2003
FIERI
Boston End of Summer BBQ
Spaghettata
Fundraiser 2002
Sons
of Italy Statewide Bocce Tournament FIERI Boston was invited to enter a team into the annual Sons of Italy Bocce Tournament in 2000. Read the exciting story of how we battled the juggernaut team from Watertown! Also view the tournament pictures below:
The
Ralph Report:
What would compel newly elected FIERI National president Roberto Ragone to drop everything and travel from New York to Malden, MA? What did Mario DiCesare declare to be the FIERI social event of the year? What brought bitter tears to Bob Yantosca when he found out he would miss it because he had to be in Cleveland that weekend? What could bring Sal Di Stefano out and about within days of knee surgery? The annual Bocce/Barbeque at the D'Angelo Estate (August 28, 1999), that's what. Those who came know what I'm not kidding when I talk about the house as an Estate. It is 120 years old and looks like the White House. It was also one of the first places in the world where Alexander Graham Bell tested his new invention THE TELEPHONE. For the third year in a row, I have hosted the traditional FIERI Boston Bocce/Barbeque where guests played a little bocce and ate lots of food. The original date of August 14th was rained out. Almost twenty of us got together the following Saturday and had a very good time. Everyone brought food or drink. My father, Salvatore, was the barbeque chef (he calls it chief) and thoroughly enjoyed himself. The women beat the men during the game of bocce. I gave a tour of the house and grounds. A splendid view of the Boston skyline was enjoyed by all. It was a country atmopshere within five miles of the city. We had luau style torches to give us as much light as possible. The spirit of teamwork set in when it was getting so dark we could hardly see each other. But everyone pitched in and helped to clean up and carry chairs and leftover food into the house. Many thanks to all who came and helped out. Next year, let's see if 50 people can come. See the FIERI Boston web site for pictures of the event (www.fieri-boston.org). And no bees. Although Giovanni did get bitten by mosquitos. This has been the Ralph Report. I'm Ralph D'Angelo. |
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Bocce
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