Bocce Ball Court

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South Riding Proprietary's Bocce ball court is located on the former Dean property on Stinger Drive (off of Edgewater Street).

Bocce is a competitive game of skill. It sharpens the reflexes and judgment – and is played by young and old alike.  The purpose of the game is to roll the bocce, a 4½ inch ball weighing about three pounds, as close as possible to the pallino (a smaller target ball), a 1¾ inch ball which is rolled down the alley first. The bocce coming closest to the pallino scores. Twelve points constitutes a game.

The game requires: good judgment of distance, the ability to size up a situation immediately, and a good eye to spot contours and rough spots in the alley.   Bocce fans claim the game helps improve their bowling, golf and shuffleboard because it has many features of these games in it.

To play, you need a set of bocce balls consisting of 8 large bocce balls (4 green and 4 red) and one smaller target ball called a ”pallino.”  Bocce ball equipment may be rented at Town Hall.

Contact Martin Graves at mgraves@southriding.net or Town Hall at 703-327-4390 for more information.