Everything considered, bocce is a game for the ages. “Whatever your age or shape that you’re in, everybody can play,” says Ed Kilcullen, president of the South Bay Bocce Club.

Bocce is an ancient game of tossing balls across a long court that started with the Egyptians 5000 BCE and evolved through the Greeks and Romans. It crossed the pond with the English in Colonial ...

One of the main courses for the evening is a round of bocce (pronounced baa-CHEE), an ancient game that’s played with eight weighted balls aimed at a smaller white ball, or pallino as the ...

Everything considered, bocce is a game for the ages. “Whatever your age or shape that you’re in, everybody can play,” says Ed Kilcullen, president of the South Bay Bocce Club.

Everything considered, bocce is a game for the ages. “Whatever your age or shape that you’re in, everybody can play,” says Ed Kilcullen, president of the South Bay Bocce Club.

Everything considered, bocce is a game for the ages. “Whatever your age or shape that you’re in, everybody can play,” says Ed Kilcullen, president of the South Bay Bocce Club.

John Redaelli measures the distance from ball to the pallino at the bocce courts in Murdy Park in Huntington Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Everything considered, bocce is a game for the ages. “Whatever your age or shape that you’re in, everybody can play,” says Ed Kilcullen, president of the South Bay Bocce Club.

Bocce courts throughout the region are filled with scores of players passionately enjoying a game that dates back to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.

SUBSCRIBER ONLY Why the ancient game of bocce ball is on a roll With an estimated 25 million people playing it worldwide, bocce is considered to be one of the world’s most popular sports ...