Clipper Bocce League
Additional Information
- Bocce is played with eight large balls and one smaller target ball called the jack.
- There are 4 balls to a side, they are made in two colors to distinguish the balls of one side from the 4 balls of the opposing side.
- A coin toss will determine which team has the jack and which color balls that team selects.
- The jack is thrown out by a member of the team having won the coin toss to start the game.
- The same player throwing the jack must deliver the first bocce ball.
- The opposing team will then deliver their bocce balls until the point is taken or they have exhausted their 4 balls.
- This "nearest ball", rule governs the sequence of thrown balls. The side whose bocce is the closest to the jack is called the "in" ball and the opposing side the "out" ball. Whenever a team gets "in" it steps aside and allows the "out" team to bowl.
- A team has the option of rolling, throwing, bouncing, banking, etc. its ball down the court provided it does not go out-of-bounds.
- A player also has the option of "spocking" or hitting out any ball in play in trying to obtain a point, or decreasing the opposing team's points.
- At the end of each frame (when both teams have exhausted 4 balls each), a designated official will determine the points scored.
- Scoring points are all those ball of one team closer to the jack than the closest ball of the opposing team, which can be determined by viewing or by mechanical measurement.
- In the event that the two balls closest to the jack belong to opposing teams and are exactly the same distance from the jack, no points will be awarded, and the jack returns to the team which delivered it.
- Only balls which are distinguishably closer to the jack than any opponent's balls may be awarded points.
Schedule
Clipper Bocce League matches are held on the following days and times:
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