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Bocce Ball Italy Flag Necktie

Flag of italy on a heart pierced with bocce ball. Bocce ...

Bocce Ball Mom Heart Necktie

Bocce Ball Mom hearts! For bocce ball moms and mothers. Perfect ...

Bocce Mania Necktie

It's Bocce Mania! Bowl your way to the Bocce Ball championships. ...

Bocce Ball History Necktie

History of Bocce Ball. The bocce ball history timeline with Greece, ...

Bocce Ball Heart Necktie

Love bocce ball? Say so! Bocce ball is the arrow that ...

Earned My Stars Bocce Ball Necktie

I've earned my stars. The best of bocce ball players. The ...

Bocce Mama Necktie

I'm the Bocce Mama. For bocce ball mamas, girl teams, girls ...

Lucky Bocce Ball Necktie

This is your lucky Bocce Ball day. Lucky shamrocks and four ...

Bocce Ball Puzzle Necktie

Bocce Ball word search puzzle marks the winner with champ, master, ...

I Love Bocce Ball Necktie

Bocce Ball heart tshirt. I love Bocce Ball! I heart Bocce ...

Matzo Bocce Ball Necktie

Bocce, the other matzo ball. For bocce ball players and matzoh ...

Lucky Day Bocce Ball Necktie

This is your lucky day for Bocce Ball. May the luck ...

Bocce Man Necktie

I'm the Bocce Man. I live for bocce ball. Blue stars ...

Bocce Ball Forever Necktie

Bocce Ball forever hearts! For the passionate bocce ball player, your ...

No Balls Bocce Ball Necktie

No balls, no play. You've got to have the balls to ...

Got the Bocce Balls Necktie

Grab your balls for bocce ball. Humorous bocce ball t-shirts, sweatshirts, ...

Bocce Ball Star Necktie

Star Bocce Ball player! World's best Bocce Ball player, number one, ...

Heart Bocce Ball Mama Necktie

Bocce Ball mama hearts! For bocce ball mamas, girl teams, girls ...

Bocce Ball Patriot Heart Necktie

Love bocce ball? Love the red, white and blue? I Love ...

Bocce Ball Orbit Necktie

Bocce Ball sends me into orbit. The earth and moon represent ...

Kiss or Miss Bocce Ball Necktie

Kiss or Miss Bocce Ball. It's kiss or miss in a ...

Got the Brass Bocce Ball Necktie

Have you got the brass? Are you really that good? Show ...

Strut Your Stuff Bocce Ball Necktie

You're that good, and you know it. Bocce ball pros strut ...

Lucky Play Day Bocce Ball Necktie

Today is my lucky play day. Lucky at Bocce Ball, my ...

Bocce Ball World Necktie

Bocce My World. The world revolves around bocce ball. The earth ...

Got The Balls Bocce Ball Necktie

Have you got the balls? I do! And I'm proud to ...

Shoot For The Stars Bocce Ball Necktie

Shoot for the stars! Aim high, glory is within your reach. ...

Bocce Master Necktie

I'm the Bocce Master. King of Bocce Ball. Blue stars put ...

Bocce Ball Bragging Rights Necktie

I've earned my bragging rights. Challenge me if you dare! Play ...

Dare To Win Bocce Ball Necktie

Dare to Win. I challenge you to a game of Bocce ...

Right Moves Bocce Ball Necktie

Have you got the moves? As in the RIGHT moves to ...

Bocce Ball Drives Me Crazy Necktie

Bocce Ball makes me crazy! Bocce Ball drives me crazy, drives ...

Lean Mean Bocce Machine Necktie

I'm a Lean Mean Bocce Machine. My bocce ball skills are ...

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THE HISTORY OF BOCCE BALL

The earliest record of bocce ball is a painting of two boys playing a game very similar to bocce ball, found in an Egyptian tomb dated 5200 BC. The boys were playing with rocks instead of balls.

In 600 BC the Greeks were playing it, soon teaching bocce ball to the Romans and Italy.

Bocce (also known as Bocci or Boccie) is played by throwing a small ball, called a jack (or pallino or boccino) from one end of the bocce ball court to the other. The players then take turns rolling, bowling or tossing their bocce balls in hopes of stopping as close to the jack as possible.

The goal of bocce ball has remained the same throughout the millenia, though some of the finer points have changed. The early Romans used coconuts instead of balls or rocks, for example.

Bocce ball became all the rage in Europe when introduced there, so much so that two kings prohibited the game of bocce ball altogether, believing that it hindered the military as they were playing bocce ball instead of practicing archery and other military battle skills.

The Republic of Venice publicly condemned the game of bocce ball, laying heavy fines on those caught playing or even sending players to prison. Even the Catholic Church banned the game as a gambling game.

But while most of Europe was condemning bocce ball, Great Britain was having a ball with this newfangled sport. Queen Elizabeth the First was an avid fan. The game was played on shortly cropped grass, similar to a golf green.

Bocce ball was a favored game of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the revolutionary who brought unity to Italy. Not long after his death, the first Bocce Olympiad took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

In the 1900's, Italian immigrants brought the game of bocce ball to the United States. It's been known by many names: bocce ball, lawn bowling, bowls, nine pins, skittles, and petanque. As beloved today as it was in early times, it's now an international sport.