This page (a work in progress, as they say) features past Joy of Bocce Weekly photos highlighting popular bocce venues. Click any photo to see more of that venue.

Dr. Richard Mazzei's fabulous court in Trenton, Maine. Pergola on one side and the Union River Bay on the other side of the 76' by 12' stone dust & Har-Tru court.

The Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Palazzo di Bocce, Orion Township, MI.

Boston's North End - Bunker Hill Monument and Old Ironsides in the background.

Bluff View Arts District, Chattanooga, Tennessee -
"The Most Scenic Court in the South"

Fearrington Village, NC - Special Olympics World Games 1999

Another picturesque Fearrington Village (NC) venue where we learned a different style of bocce. Click the photo for more details.

Five link Hawaiian Rules Bocce facility on the University of Hawaii campus on Oahu. Photo by Dr. Joe DeFrank.

Villa Roma Resort (356 Villa Roma Road, Callicoon, New York). Nestled neatly into the Catskills, the resort has all the usual amenities plus indoor and outdoor bocce. Go to http://www.villaroma.com to check out the Villa Roma Resort website - click the photo above to view more Villa Roma bocce photos.

World Series of Bocce hosted by the Toccolana Club, Rome, NY.

The Havana Rollers Bocce League at the home of Tom Grella (Methuen, MA). Note the light standards for night play.

Located in Kenwood, CA on an old rock quarry. Vineyards and Chateau St. Jean Winery in the distance. Court built with the actual quarry stone found on the land.

Campo di Bocce of Livermore - 175 E. Vineyard Ave.
Livermore, CA 94550. From the web site campodibocce.com..."We have put together 8 world class, state-of-the-art Bocce courts, complemented them with traditional Italian cuisine, local & imported wines along with a full bar amid the casual elegance of an old world Italian Villa, captured in an extraordinary contemporary setting."

East Portal Park in Sacramento, CA. Photos courtesy of Richard & Barbara Heisler who participated in a fall bocce tourney there. {See Back Issues - Volume 5, Issue #40 - November 13, 2006}

The Dante Club, 1198 Memorial Ave. West Springfield, Massachusetts 01089 - Telephone: 413-734-9301. The facility has a function hall, two bars, racquetball courts, and a health club complete with sauna, steam room, weight room and other amenities that attract more than 900 members. They also have two fast-playing stone dust bocce courts, one inside and one out; both are 76' by 10'.

Solano County Courts - Nut Tree Family Park & Benicia, CA. Photos by Calvin Rinaldi.

Little Italy Bocce Rollers Association (902 - 904 Stiles St., Baltimore, MD 21202).

Il Vagabondo - 351 E. 62nd St., NYC. See Back Issues Volume II, Issue 51, 12/22/2003.

St. James Catholic Parish, Glendale, Arizona. Bocce Arizona christened their 6 new courts in 2007 with an international tournament.

Waterloo Gun and Bocci Club (California)

Sons of Italy - St. Augustine, Florida.

Port Charlotte, Florida

Photo by Bill Craig - his court in the mountains of North Georgia.

Marin Bocce at San Rafael, California - photos by BOCCE iNK - Richard & Barbara Heisler.

Athletic Club in Stockton (CA) located on the East side of town among the orchards just east of 99 on Cherryland Ave. Photos by Richard & Barbara Heisler.

Arizona Italian-American Club in Phoenix (located on 12th St. off of Northern Blvd).

East Hills Bocce League - We made a side trip to Guy DiCarlo's group's bocce venue while in Pittsburgh playing softball in the Senior Olympics (we snared a bronze medal against some fierce competition).

Photos by BOCCE iNK (Richard & Barbara Heisler). South San Francisco's Orange Memorial Park. According to BOCCE iNK "...all forms of bocce; Open, Raffa and Volo, have an active life here."

Photos by "Bocce Bill" Wallace depicting his 10' by 60' oyster shell and clay court in western Sonoma county (California).

Griffin Country Club (Georgia) - photo by George Danner

Ruby Hill Golf Club - a private club located in Pleasanton, CA. Photos courtesy of Debbie Leonardo.

Deluxe bocce court at the home of John Anderson, Salinas, California.

Charles G. Apuan's home court in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The bocce venue honors the memory of his son, Sgt. Matthew S. Apuan, who died in Baghdad, Iraq on February 18, 2007.

Courts in the public domain in Colonial Park, Franklin Township, New Jersey (home of the New Jersey Bocce Invitational). Photo courtesy of Frank Valanzola.

Columbia Inn (Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA) is a terrific Bed & Breakfast place with on-site bocce.

Jefferson Park - Hollywood, Florida

Golden Isles, Hallandale, Florida.

Bocce by the beach in Florida.

Sylvan Lake, Michigan

Riverfront Park - Haverhill, MA

Pete Chimento's home court in Millstone Twp, NJ.