70th Surfman Award: Bocce Ball

Ah the sport of Bocce Ball...what a grand game, especially with a cooler of beer at your side. I had the honour of taking part in the very first Waterbuffalo Island Bocce Ball Championship 2008, and oh what a pleasure it was. But first a little history...Bocce has been around in one form or another since the Romans walked our blue marble and has developed into a fine dandy of a game to this present day. 4 balls are played on each side and the team or person who gets closest to the "jack" (a smaller ball thrown first) gets points based on the position of their balls in relation to thier opponets balls...see diagram above, where the red player gets 2 points..

Unfortunately the surfman did not take the first championship, that honour went to the newly crowned Doc Lava...however I will be wearing that championship Tam next year I say - nuff said!!