A local bocce tournament is registering teams of three players for a competition in May at Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone. John Buzzetti, president of the Whitestone Bocce Club, said that he expects approximately 12 to 14 teams to take part in the annual bocce tournament, which was previously held at Bowne Park.

The tournament kicks off at 8 a.m. and classes will be held after the tournament at 10 a.m., during which Buzzetti and others will instruct newcomers to the sport. “They will learn all the rules and professionalism of bocce,” Buzzetti said of the classes. “But they have to be seriously willing to learn. I’ll be coaching and teaching them all the rules and regulations, the way it should be played professionally.”