Life is just more fun for bocce players!
It’s BOCCE SEASON and the Kelowna Canadian Italian Club is excited to invite you to our lanes located at the Parkinson Recreation Center (behind the pickleball / tennis courts). There are a number of tournaments throughout the season and the big wrap up of the Vendemmia in September.
Bocce is a great game for all ages and levels, we welcome members and friends to come down and play a few games, learn how to play or just come and enjoy being a spectator.
Rob & Eliva - Bocce Committee
[email protected]
250-870-2219
Bocce is a great game for all ages and levels, we welcome members and friends to come down and play a few games, learn how to play or just come and enjoy being a spectator.
Rob & Eliva - Bocce Committee
[email protected]
250-870-2219
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Meet SOME OF our bocce committeeElvia, Rob, Gino, Angelo and Vince.
Our Bocce Committee is dedicated to keeping bocce alive! They are passionate about the game and want to share it with the community. They are always happy to welcome new volunteers to their group. |
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR our FIRST BOCCE TOURNAMENT!
Tournament #2
Sunday, June 22
Gates open at 9:00am
Be ready and signed in by 9:15am
Games start at 9:30am
$5.00 per player
Please bring your own lunch and beverages.
THOSE WHO WISH TO PLAY MUST PRE-REGISTER BY EMAILING [email protected] or 250-870-2219
Sunday, June 22
Gates open at 9:00am
Be ready and signed in by 9:15am
Games start at 9:30am
$5.00 per player
Please bring your own lunch and beverages.
THOSE WHO WISH TO PLAY MUST PRE-REGISTER BY EMAILING [email protected] or 250-870-2219
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Ancient Egyptian carvings showing the playing of Bocce
What is Bocce Ball?
The sport is played with one small ball (the pallino) and eight larger balls (bocce-singular, bocci-plural) – Four for each team. The pallino is thrown first and becomes the target. Then each bocce is thrown with the goal of placing it as close to the pallino as possible.
The sport has been played for at least 7 thousand years, making it one of the oldest sports on earth. The first documentation of the game is in a wall mural in an Egyptian tomb from 5200 B.C. It was the Greeks that brought Bocce to Italy. It became so popular that it was banned for a time because errant balls kept hitting the knees of noblemen as they tried to walk through town. The modern game was popularized by Giussepe Garibaldi, the general and statesman who unified Italy in the 19th century.
Bocce Ball is truly a universal sport, being played under various names (with variations in rules and play) including lawn bowling, skittles, pentanque and boules.
At our Club, Bocce Ball has been played by members since the beginning. Over our history, teams from our club have won medals at local, regional, provincial and even national competitions.
Bocce is a great activity for all ages and abilities. For more information regarding Bocce contact the Clubhouse or Guido di Fabrizio at 250 764-4054.
Special Thanks to ELIVA PICCO & GRAZIANA HOCE for coverage and photography of the Bocce Tournaments.
The sport is played with one small ball (the pallino) and eight larger balls (bocce-singular, bocci-plural) – Four for each team. The pallino is thrown first and becomes the target. Then each bocce is thrown with the goal of placing it as close to the pallino as possible.
The sport has been played for at least 7 thousand years, making it one of the oldest sports on earth. The first documentation of the game is in a wall mural in an Egyptian tomb from 5200 B.C. It was the Greeks that brought Bocce to Italy. It became so popular that it was banned for a time because errant balls kept hitting the knees of noblemen as they tried to walk through town. The modern game was popularized by Giussepe Garibaldi, the general and statesman who unified Italy in the 19th century.
Bocce Ball is truly a universal sport, being played under various names (with variations in rules and play) including lawn bowling, skittles, pentanque and boules.
At our Club, Bocce Ball has been played by members since the beginning. Over our history, teams from our club have won medals at local, regional, provincial and even national competitions.
Bocce is a great activity for all ages and abilities. For more information regarding Bocce contact the Clubhouse or Guido di Fabrizio at 250 764-4054.
Special Thanks to ELIVA PICCO & GRAZIANA HOCE for coverage and photography of the Bocce Tournaments.
MAY 2025 TOURNAMENT WINNERS
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Winners from the May 2024 Tournament
First Place: Lisa and Angelo Second Place: Lucy and Johanna Third Place: David and Gino |
SEPTEMBER 2024 TOURNAMENT WINNERS
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Winners from the September 2024 Tournament
First Place: Norm & Laura Second Place: Gino & Giannina Third Place: Vince & Ann |
may 2024 Tournament winners
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Winners from the May 2024 Tournament
First Place: Carlo & Leanne Second Place: Robert & Allan Third Place: Luccio & Susanne |
JUNE 2023 TOURNAMENT WINNERS |
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JULY 2023 TOURNAMENT WINNERS
