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It's easy to sympathize with Oakledge Park visitors who recall better days when blue-green algae left Lake Champlain more or less alone. But for members of the Burlington Bocce Club, regulars on the park's recreational scene, the good times roll regardless of bacterial load. For 15 years, the club has claimed a tract tucked behind some trees off th...

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Sunday 09/18/2022, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Marin Bocce Federation (550 B St - San Rafael - CA). RSVP here: $50/person for Museo members or $65/person for non-members. Come spend a lovely September afternoon in San Rafael while enjoying a fun and festive bocce ball tournament with the Museo Italo Americano. Registration fee includes a boxed lunch and dr...

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Bocce appeals to cultures throughout the world, from Europe to South America. But Italy lays the biggest claim to the pastime that combines elements shared with other leisurely games like bowling and croquet. In the U.S., bocce became most associated with Italian immigrants and has since grown to include fans and enthusiasts across the country.The...

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At 107, Frank Sacco could be the oldest man in Connecticut. It’s hard to know for sure. “It doesn’t matter, because no one’s playing bocce” at that age, said his son, Andrew Sacco. “There may be someone lying in his bed somewhere.” Frank Sacco isn’t lying in bed at the home he shares with his son and daughter-in-law in Cheshire. He’s still a regula...

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The 38th Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce, sponsored by Serpentini Chevrolet, will be held Aug. 26-28 at the Wickliffe Italian-American Club, 29717 Euclid Avenue. The event will host more than 100 teams from Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, California and Canada,...

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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm. Acrisure Stadium, South Endzone Gate A (100 Art Rooney Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA). Come throw out the pallino and throw down for a worthy cause! The 11th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival invites up to 46 sponsors to play in teams of four in a double-elimination tournament. The event will feature delicio...

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Bocce is an old game, with certain forms dating as far back as the Roman Empire. It also has strong roots in Leominster’s Italian-American community. For more than four decades, people have gathered at the Foggia Social Club on North Main Street to make friends and play bocce. Generations have been raised under the club’s roof, where the game has b...

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On June 11 and 12, 2022, Little Italy of Sacramento was the scene of a two-day Little Italy Bocce Tournament event at East Portal Park. The event, hosted by the East Portal Bocce Club, drew teams from all over California. The list of teams included teams from Martinez, San Rafael, Stockton, Salinas, Pittsburgh, Antioch, Auburn, Fresno, Chico, Hunti...

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The age-old game of bocce has been a staple in Italy for as far back as anyone can remember. It was common to see Italians playing on courts in quaint towns of their native land as they tested their mettle against the “pallina” — or the bocce ball. Fast forward to today’s “bocce boom” and young adults are playing Italy’s hottest sport on our shores...

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The teams are registered and the forecast is excellent for the World Series of Bocce, which starts Thursday and runs through Sunday at the Toccolana Club, 1412 E. Dominick St. The 47th world series will take place after two years without the event due to COVID-19. The event typically has 100 or more Open Division teams and another 30-plus for the W...

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