Descri ption: A delightful summer ale for easy sipping and a classic Belgian yard game for easy enjoyment, Rolle Bolle is how we roll. Brewed with monk fruit and soursop, this beer pours a brilliant blonde, with a fluffy, white head. Earthy and tropical tones carry. On average, the Rolle Bolle is a 6-8 inch diameter by 2 1/2 inch thick, solid, hard rubber wheel that looks like “a giant hockey puck.” Rolle Bolle is sort of a cross between curling. The “Rolle Bolle” Rosary beckons visitors to count bowling balls and rolle bolles on a pathway of prayers. Stretching 106 feet by 65 feet this pathway symbolizes the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Blessed on August 16, 1992, this unique feature of the Shrine has rekindles a passion for prayer.
Highest governing body | Fédération Internationale de Boules |
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Nicknames | Bocci |
First played | Ancient Rome |
Characteristics | |
Contact | Non-contact |
Team members | Individual |
Type | Boules |
Equipment | Bocce (balls) and pallino (jack) |
Presence | |
Olympic | No |
Paralympic | No |
World Games | No |
An Argentine family playing bocce in San Vicente, Buenos Aires, c. 1902
Bocce play in Cape Coral, Florida, US in 2007
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Bocce (/ˈbɒtʃi/,[1][2] or /ˈbɒtʃeɪ/,[3]Italian: [ˈbɔttʃe]), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball,[4]bocci[5] or boccie,[1] is a ball sport belonging to the boules family, closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Developed into its present form in Italy, bocce is played around Europe and also in other areas with Italian immigrants, including Australia, North America, and South America. Initially played only by the Italian immigrants, the game has slowly become more popular with their descendants and more broadly.
History[edit]
Bocce is closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, all having developed from games played in the Roman Empire. It was developed into its present form in Italy[6] (where it is called bocce, the plural of the Italian word boccia which means 'bowl' in the sport sense),[7] it is played around Europe and also in regions to which Italians have migrated, such as Australia, North America, and South America (where it is known as bochas, or bolas criollas ('Criollo balls') in Venezuela, bocha in Brazil). The popularity of the game spread first amongst descendants of Italian migrants but has slowly spread into the wider community. The accessibility of bocce to people of all ages and abilities has seen it grow in popularity among Special Olympics programmes globally and it is now the third most played sport among Special Olympics athletes.[8]
Geographical spread[edit]
Keygen us. The sport is also very popular on the eastern side of the Adriatic, especially in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the sport is known in Serbo-Croatian as boćanje ('playing boće') or balote (colloquially also bućanje).[9][10][11] In Slovenia the sport is known as balinanje[12] or colloquially 'playing boče', or bale (from Italian bocce and Venetian bałe, meaning 'balls').[13]
Rules and play[edit]
Bocce is traditionally played on natural soil and asphalt courts up to 27.5 metres (90 ft) in length and 2.5 to 4 metres (8.2 to 13.1 ft) wide.[14] While the court walls are traditionally made of wood or stone, many social leagues and Special Olympics programs now use inflatable 'Packabocce' PVC courts due to their portability and ease of storage.[15][16] Bocce balls can be made of wood (traditional), metal,[14] baked clay, or various kinds of plastic. Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.
A game can be conducted between two players, or two teams of two, three, or four. A match is started by a randomly chosen side being given the opportunity to throw a smaller ball, the jack (called a boccino ('little bocce') or pallino ('bullet' or 'little ball') in Italian, depending on local custom), from one end of the court into a zone 5 metres (16 ft) in length, ending 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) from the far end of the court. If the first team misses twice, the other team is awarded the opportunity to place the jack anywhere they choose within the prescribed zone.[6] Casual play is common in reasonably flat areas of parks and yards lacking a Bocce court, but players should agree to the minimum and maximum distance the jack may be thrown before play begins.
The side that first attempted to place the jack is given the opportunity to bowl first. Once the first bowl has taken place, the other side has the opportunity to bowl. From then on, the side which does not have the ball closest to the jack has a chance to bowl, up until one side or the other has used their four balls. At that point, the other side bowls its remaining balls. The object of the game is for a team to get as many of its balls as possible closer to the target ball (jack, boccino, pallino) than the opposing team. The team with the closest ball to the jack is the only team that can score points in any frame. The scoring team receives one point for each of their balls that is closer to the jack than the closest ball of the other team. The length of a game varies by region but is typically from 7 to 13 points.[17][6]
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Players are permitted to throw the ball in the air using an underarm action. This is generally used to knock either the jack or another ball away to attain a more favorable position. Tactics can get quite complex when players have sufficient control over the ball to throw or roll it accurately.[6]
Variants[edit]
Bocce volo[edit]
A variation called bocce volo uses a metal ball, which is thrown overhand (palm down), after a run-up to the throwing line. In that latter respect, it is similar to the French boules game jeu provençal also known as boule lyonnaise. A French variant of the game is called pétanque, and (lacking the run-up) is more similar in some respects to traditional bocce.[18]
Boccia[edit]
Australian boccia team members
Another development, for persons with disabilities, is called boccia. It is a shorter-range game, played with leather balls on an indoor, smooth surface. Boccia was first introduced to the Paralympics at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Summer Games, and is one of the only two Paralympic sports that do not have an Olympic counterpart (the other being goalball).[19]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Boccie'. Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^'boccie'. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^'bocce'. Lexico UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^E.g.: Brown, Jennifer (2 August 2019). 'In Denver, a binge drinking capital, the sober curious movement is gaining popularity'. The Colorado Sun. Denver: Civil. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
strangers played bocce ball on a June night
- ^'bocci'. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019 – via TheFreeDictionary.com.
- ^ abcdMalta and Gozo.
- ^'boccia'. Collins Italian–English. Retrieved 8 November 2012 – via CollinsDictionary.com.
- ^'Special Olympics bocce sport profile'. Special Olympics International. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^'Hrvatski boćarski savez - HBS'. hrvatski-bocarski-savez.hr.
- ^Croatian Bocce Federation
- ^'BiH Bocce Association'. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^'Bocce Association of Slovenia'. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^'Slovene Ethnographic Museum'. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ ab'Bocce Volo - Rules - Ch. 1'. boccevolo.com.
- ^Ussery, Peggy. 'Bocce ball newest sport for Dothan's Special Olympians'. Dothan Eagle. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^'Oddball Sports - The Best Pop-Up Bocce Settings of All-Time'. oddballsports.tv. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^'Bocce Volo - Rules - Ch. 2'. boccevolo.com.
- ^Petanque vs. Bocce at Petanque America
- ^'Boccia'. Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
External links[edit]
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Skittles History
Skittles or Nine Pins has long been played in the Inns of England. In general, players take turns to roll balls or throw 'cheeses' down a lane at the end of which are several wooden skittles (usually 9 of them) in an attempt to knock them all over. There are a number of different skittle games across England and in the past dozens of further variants have been played through the centuries. The story continues across Western Europe where there are scores more variations of skittles making matters even more complicated. The consensus for the last few decades has been that the game originated in Germany where the earliest references to the game have been found. German monks played a game with a 'kegel' which was a club carried for self defence and, in the game, the kegel represented a sin or temptation and the monks would throw stones at it until they knocked it over. The modern German term for skittles is Kegelen.
Joseph Strutt tells us that this picture is from a 14th century 'Book of Prayers'.
There are two 14th century manuscripts which show a game called club Kayles (from the French 'quilles') and which depict a skittles game in which one skittle is bigger, differently shaped, and in most cases positioned so as to be the most difficult to knock over. The throwers, in the pictures, are about to launch a long club-like object at the skittles underarm. The large skittle is presumably a king pin as featured in some of the modern versions of skittles. The fact that the thrower is not using a ball is not at all unusual - the Skittles cousins, Aunt Sally, and various games played on a court in Northern Europe still uses a baton shaped stick to chuck at the doll and many modern skittles games throw a object called a 'cheese' instead of a ball. A cheese is any 'lump' which is used to throw at the skittles and shapes can vary from barrel shaped to, well, cheese shaped, really.
There is no doubt that Skittles has been one of the most popular sports in England since at least medieval times. Many old pictures and books mention it. A study of old pictures of the Thames Frost fairs shows that Nine Pins was consistently one of the entertainments. On the left is a small part of a painting of the 1694 frost fair. On the right is a snippet of a picture dated before 1666 showing the Thames frozen over. The line of people crossing the ice is shown at the top while a game of Nine Pins goes on nearby.
It seems that for many centuries right through to the present day, there have always been a bunch of different skittles games being played. Information is sketchy until the 1700s but the game of Closh or Cloish frequently appears and later on the game of Loggats turns up. Joseph Strutt tells us that the skittles were often made from bones and in a play from 1860, one of the characters has the immortal line 'I'll cleave you from the skull to the twist and make nine skittles of thy bones'.
One of the many variations of the game came from Holland and was known as Dutch Pins. You can see from the picture that the balls have holes and it is this game that is believed to have been taken to America where it eventually became the ubiquitous 'Ten Pin Bowling'. Note also the use of a Kingpin and the fact that the player is 'tipping' - playing from point blank range..
Some pictures of the 18th and 19th centuries show a player throwing or rolling the ball or cheese while standing right next to the pin diamond. This is usually not a mistake or an illustrative convenience; in fact many games allowed the players to first aim from distance and then take their final throw at point blank range. This last technique is called 'tipping' and this form of the game may still be seen today in France.
Come the early 1800s, Strutt lists the following five as the primary forms of the game:
- Skittles
- Nine Pins
- Dutch Pins
- Four Corners
- Rolly Polly
It is interesting that skittles and nine pins were definitely different games at this time (1800). Nine-pins was played at an agreed distance and was a test to see who could knock down all the pins in the least number of throws. Skittles, by contrast, involved both throwing at distance and 'tipping' (see above) and was simply scored by counting the pins toppled, the winner being the first to reach a certain total.
This is a picture of Skittles from - J.Wheble Warwick Sq.dated 1801. Below is from Pyne dated 1802.
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Dutch Pins also involved both rolling from distance as well as 'tipping' but was distinguished by the use of finger holes in the balls, by the pins being taller and thinner and by the use of a kingpin - a single skittle that stood higher than the others and was usually required to be knocked over first.
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The black and white photo from Holland to the right was kindly sent in by John Penny. Note the distinctive hole in the balls - this must have been (perhaps unsurprisingly) the game of Dutch Pins.
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Virtually all forms of modern English Skittles (except one) feature projectiles being propelled from one end of an alley in an effort to knock down nine pins stood in a square at the other end. That is about all that many of the games do have in common, though, and over the years, Skittles developed regional variations in skittle size and shape, skittle alley length, use of a kingpin, size and shape of the balls/cheeses and the rules began to vary quite radically across England. One of the most marked divisions is in the method for actually throwing the balls or cheeses. In London, the heavy cheese is flung full toss directly at the skittles, over in the West country balls are rolled down the full length of the alley while in the midlands the Long Alley game usually requires the cheese or ball to bounce a single time before hitting the skittles.