CSAC Bocce Tournament

Welcome to CSAC's Bocce tournament! Here's a general overview of the event:

• Teams will arrive between 8:15-8:45 am on September 30th and report to the registration table at the Middlebury Rec Park off Mary Hogan Dr (finalize any registration waivers, etc)
• We will divide teams into up to four divisions with no more than 10 teams per division.  Each division will have a winner.
• At 9 am there will be a brief welcome/safety rules overview and Bocce tutorial: "Bocce 101".  No experience needed for the tournament!
• After the tutorial. teams will assemble & play approximately four matches for 20 minutes each match (followed by a brief break). Each game and associated break lasts 30 minutes.  
• 11:30-12noon Thank you and awards
• Grab & Food is provided and free thanks to our generous sponsors! 
• Participants should be able to enjoy the food and still get back to their next assigned court to begin their next game.  
• All teams will have a designated captain so that they know who they will be playing next and on what court.  

CSAC Official Bocce Tournament Rules

The Players

• Each team will have a captain who participates in a coin toss
• The winner of the coin flip is the first team to throw the pallino and chooses the color of the team’s bocce balls

Throwing Rules

• Players must throw from behind the in play line (10 ft.) mark
• The pallino must go past the center line (30 ft.)
• If the pallino does not go past the center line, the second team will throw.  If neither team’s ball goes past the center line, the referee will place the ball between the center line and the in play line.
• The first ball is thrown by the player who threw the pallino
• All balls must be thrown underhand and rolled
• After a team throws the first bocce ball, they will step aside, and that team does not throw again until the opposing team has either gotten a bocce ball closer to the pallino or has thrown all its balls.  A team whose balls ties an opponent’s closest ball must throw again

Scoring

• Only one team scores in a frame.  The official score of the frame is determined after all 8 balls have been played and measured to the captain’s satisfaction.  One point is awarded for each ball of a team that is closer to the pallino than the opponents closest balls ( 1 to 4 pts.)  All measurements should be made from the center of the pallino to the edge of the bocce ball.
• The team that scores in the last frame throws the Pallino in the next frame.  If no team scores, then the team who scored in the last frame will throw the pallino again.
• The first team to score 21 points or 20 minutes wins the game

Timing

• Each round will be 20 minutes.  An announcement at the 17-minute mark will indicate the final point.  At this time whatever point a team is on will be the last
• A second announcement will indicate the 20-minute mark indicating the end of the game.  If a player has a ball in their hands to throw at the 20-minute mark, they may complete the throw.
• Their will be ten minutes prior to the start of the next match to complete scoring, and transition to the next court.
• An announcement will indicate the start of the next match by the scoring table.
• Teams will be awarded 1 point for winning a match and ½ point for ties
• Division ties will be decided by a sudden ending roll off by a member of each team as appointed by the captain