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Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:39 pm
by Lon
Saturdy, 7 AM-----------Tournament starts a 8:30 AM-------------This is what some old folks do on Saturday mornings.
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Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:43 pm
by dubs
Never heard of it. Is it like Petanque?
Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:49 pm
by Barman
dubs;1215873 wrote: Never heard of it. Is it like Petanque?
Played in the sand though isn't it. How about French Boules or whatever they call it, that's similar.
Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:56 pm
by dubs
Barman;1215877 wrote: Played in the sand though isn't it. How about French Boules or whatever they call it, that's similar.
The picture shows some billiard tables with no legs!!:wah:
Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:59 pm
by Odie
that is the Italians favorite game here.
Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:01 pm
by Lon
dubs;1215873 wrote: Never heard of it. Is it like Petanque?
Yes---It is very similar to Petanque, which I play when in New Zealand.
Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:03 pm
by Lon
Barman;1215877 wrote: Played in the sand though isn't it. How about French Boules or whatever they call it, that's similar.
The game is played in the sand, crushed sea shells, pea gravel etc. & is similar to French Boules or Petanque.
Bocce Ball
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:45 pm
by ZAP
Cool! All the Italians in the Hood played that.
Bocce Ball
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:47 am
by High Threshold
dubs;1215873 wrote: Never heard of it. Is it like Petanque?
I played Petanque BEFORE I retired - rather than SINCE.
There are similarities and dissimilarities. Bocce is played making a short run with the ball in your hand before pitching it, whereas in Petanque you must stand still and make the pitch from a ring, a drawn line on the ground, feet planted upon terra firma. Petanque uses heavy, steel balls ... Bocce is played with light, rather large wooden balls covered with a thin (I presume) metal convering. Tin, perhaps?