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Channeling my inner elderly Italian guy....BOCCE!
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Gloria
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Ohh, I love Bocce ball, we used to play it as kids at our cabin. I always want to buy a set every summer and never can find them. You'll have a great time. I am surprised they actually have organized teams for this, but then again, I live in the middle of nowhere and get the three head look if I even go into a store and ask about them. I'm a little jealous actually. What fun.
Native Vail Gal
Banned
EXTREME CROQUET!!!!!! :ROTF:
Have fun! Looks great!
(Do they need cheerleaders?) :cheer:
Have fun! Looks great!
(Do they need cheerleaders?) :cheer:
Consuela
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
P, that is awesome!!! 
Hope you guys get to have wine and carpaccio while you play!
Gloria, I've seen the Bocce sets at Target in their "sports" department.
https://www.target.com/Eddie-Bauer-...043825?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k:bocce&page=1
You can click "Find it at a Store" to see if they have it at your local Target.
Hope you guys get to have wine and carpaccio while you play!Gloria, I've seen the Bocce sets at Target in their "sports" department.
https://www.target.com/Eddie-Bauer-...043825?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k:bocce&page=1
You can click "Find it at a Store" to see if they have it at your local Target.
I am sensing a market for glow-in-the-dark pallinos....
Gloria
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
P, that is awesome!!!
Gloria, I've seen the Bocce sets at Target in their "sports" department.
https://www.target.com/Eddie-Bauer-...043825?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k:bocce&page=1
You can click "Find it at a Store" to see if they have it at your local Target.
Thanks! I will take a look this spring there!
Jenny
Angel Diva
I actually think I've seen this in a catalog, but can't for the life of me think which one!
Heh - extreme croquet is when the field isn't entirely flat, unobstructed, or manicured for that matter, and the balls are rolling all over the place, over rocks, around trees and shrubs, trying to get through the wickets. It's a side effect of not having enough lawn.
Last night was our first bocce game! Our team is Bocce and Bow Ties, and our color is the ever intimidating light pink. So, the guys showed up in dress shirts and pink bow ties last night! And flasks, of course. The women showed up wearing pearls. I think next week I will need to find my tennis skirt and a cardigan. Oh yes, and we won, 16-6. Did you know that there are actually pretty intricate rules for this game? Holy cow.
SkiNurse
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Heh - extreme croquet is when the field isn't entirely flat, unobstructed, or manicured for that matter, and the balls are rolling all over the place, over rocks, around trees and shrubs, trying to get through the wickets. It's a side effect of not having enough lawn.
Just the type of croquet my friends & I play while drinking bloody marys on a Sunday!
You really need to try Bloody Cesear's. But you can't get the mix in the states. Another thing to add to my list of things to bring to a Diva gathering if I'm driving. (You need Clamato juice!!)
At work we're working on a retirement residence and one of the contractors decided that the residents needed a Bocce ball court on the patio. Therefore the colour of the membrane on the patio needed to be green. The ensuing discussion took 3 months to resolve!! (There was also the BBQ, chairs, table etc to be looked at)
Not sure if they got the court!!
At work we're working on a retirement residence and one of the contractors decided that the residents needed a Bocce ball court on the patio. Therefore the colour of the membrane on the patio needed to be green. The ensuing discussion took 3 months to resolve!! (There was also the BBQ, chairs, table etc to be looked at)
Not sure if they got the court!!
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Hubby and I played Bocce yesterday on an actual court at our local park - I've never done that before. Usually we just play in someone's backyard or on the beach. It was funny....there were a lot of people that walked by and asked what we were playing. I don't think most people even know what those courts are for.
I think we're going to make it a Sunday tradition. It's so fun to ride our bikes over there with a picnic and play Bocce for a few hours.
Gloria
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I found the Bocce ball set at Target!!! I can't decide whether or not to buy it though. That would mean mowing the meadow, which I quit doing last year because I decided that spending all that time riding around on a tractor was ill spent. Plus, not having to irrigate was nice too. ( I spent a fortune on native seed so I could just let it naturalize ) But now this Bocce thing has me going again. Tradygirl, what exactly do the courts look like, how big is it? Perhaps a compromise is in order here.
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
The courts are about 60 feet long and about 10-15 feet wide. It seems like hard packed clay or dirt covered with a gravelly sand.
If you're playing in your backyard, I wouldn't even worry about a full sized court. We usually just play freestyle across the whole yard. :D
If you're playing in your backyard, I wouldn't even worry about a full sized court. We usually just play freestyle across the whole yard. :D
Gloria
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Well, you know that's what we have always done too, but I don't know how well that will work now that the yard is done in Lolo Forest #2 and I have quit mowing it...BUT, I certainly can manage a similiar sized court as the one above, and with our soils, it should work just fine. Viva Bocce! Woo Hoo!
Consuela
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Gloria, give us an update if you build it! Here are some court specs, if you are interested in getting detailed.
https://www.bocce.org/court.html
https://www.bocce.org/court.html
Woohoo! We're undefeated after 2 games!
Tonight, our field was rather bumpy, with a slope and low-lying branches, to boot. Oh, and fading light, as we played from 7:30 to 8:30pm. But Bocce and Bow Ties overcame adversity and prevailed. And then we drank some beer.
Tonight, our field was rather bumpy, with a slope and low-lying branches, to boot. Oh, and fading light, as we played from 7:30 to 8:30pm. But Bocce and Bow Ties overcame adversity and prevailed. And then we drank some beer.
