ELIMINATING THE PRE-GAME COIN TOSS
Our bocce group uses a simple technique to eliminate the coin toss and pick teams for a match. Click the photo for details.

Another wrinkle on the pre-game coin toss. Click the pic...

BOCCE CLAMBAKE TOURNEY - COLOR CODED
We've color coded our annual bocce clambake tournament - click the brackets above to see how it works.

CHARITY TOURNEY FUND-RAISER
Click the photo above for a detailed pictorial on how to run a charity bocce tourney fund-raiser.

Click the image above to view photos from the 2009 Martignetti Family Charity Bocce Tournament.

RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY
The Wethersfield, CT chapter of UNICO National did a great job of raising funds, installing courts in Millwoods Park, and hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony.

DO IT YOURSELF COURT CONSTRUCTION
Are you handy with tools and heavy equipment? Click the photo to see how Carmine and Maria D'Agostino of Franklin, Massachusetts (along with a few friends) built their court. Caution - viewing the work put in by Carmine and his crew might make the task appear daunting, tempting you to opt for paying a construction crew to take on the job.

MORE COURT CONSTRUCTION

Check out the stages of construction for Tom Diemer's beautiful 60' by 11' court in Annandale, NJ.

PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS (ESP. RAIN)
Boccemon Tom McNutt submitted photos in response to questions about protecting bocce courts from heavy rains.

DOC HOLLIDAY BOCCE TOURNAMENT.

Pictured with beverage in hand, is Bill Dunn, distant cousin of John Henry "Doc" Holliday. Bill is the president of the Doc Holliday Society and owner of the Doc Holliday museum in Griffin, GA.

GETTING YOUR LEAGUE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Finding sponsors, team shirts, getting publicity, promoting bocce.

BOCCE AUCTION
Learn how a civic-minded bocce family offered a "Day of Bocce" for charity (including dinner for 8, a set of Perfetta balls, autographed copies of The Joy of Bocce, and bocce instruction from yours truly).

EVOLUTION OF SETUP/BREAKDOWN COURTS
See how our temporary indoor courts (set up on Astroturf) evolved over the years.

NO CARPET TO SET YOUR TEMPORARY COURT ON - NO PROBLEM

See how the folks in Chilliwack, British Columbia solved the problem.

BOCCE FOR THE SIGHTLESS
Janet Pecorari (Natick, Mass. Sons of Italy) continues to play good bocce despite losing her eyesight as an adult. Click the photo for details.

2007 UNITED STATES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
held at the fabulous new Campo di Bocce Livermore.

LAKES REGION BOCCE
We ran a small bocce tourney at a condominium complex by Lake Winnipesaukee (NH). The players were mostly beginners, but that didn't stop them from having a ball! Follow the model and run one yourself.

The Cleveland International Chalenge Cup of Bocce, run by Wayne Farinacci hosted 53 teams for this event.

The Giardiniera Cup Championship, Coloma, Michigan.

Bocce at the beach with the Elks Lodge #2606

The New Jersey Bocce Invitational raises funds for NJ charities and Operation Shoebox which sends "care packages" to soldiers overseas.

CLICK THE BANNER ABOVE FOR NJ INVITATIONAL PHOTOS.

We run an annual summer tourney for kids (and their parents and grandparents) on the beautiful grounds of the Nevins Memorial Library. Click to see how it works - feel free to copy the model.

FLOODED OUT BY A THUNDERSTORM...
but still want to get the games in? Click the photo to see a quick fix (well, maybe not that quick).

GRASS ROOTS BOCCE
Jean Anthony and her Bocce Buddies of Bath (Maine) use volunteer help and donated materials to create highly successful, low budget indoor and outdoor bocce programs.

NO BOYS ALLOWED LEAGUE
After taking a back seat to the local men's league, these ladies set up a highly successful women's league.

Bocce balls and boules of old.

Glo Boules by Playaboule. Photos by Jon Orton.

Winter Bocce in Perrysville, PA. Photos by Bruce Lanke.

Doubles (two-player) league played on 11 courts in Las Vegas. Photos by Michael Grasser.

Yonkers Bocce Club Winter Open. Photos by Jeff O'Heir.

More Yonkers Bocce

Bocce with pre-schoolers (try this at your own risk!)

The 2009 National Championships at Campo di Bocce of Livermore. Photos by Jeff Oheir.

Nationals 2009 - Part 2

Herrin, Illinois' bocce youth movement. Photos by Debby Bussler.

World Championships - Chiasso, Switzerland 2003. Photos by Michael Grasser.

Altamonte Springs (Florida) Senior Bocce League - photos courtesy of Sandy McClelland.

Cheyenne, Wyoming Bocce. Mia Maria's (Sons of Italy Lodge #2813) annual bocce festival at Frontier Park's Indian Village.

Corporate outing in Boston's North End.

Bocce in Fienile (Italy) - photos by EJ Fontana.

Madison, NJ fundraiser benefiting the YMCA. Photos by Eric McFerran.

Photos submitted by Michael Grasser highlight two events that took place in Italy in 2005, the Pallino D'oro and the Navigare tournament.