Congratulations to all the players and their families who have participated in this year's competition. The 1997 Citywide Bocce Tournament is sponsored by the Parks Department and is free of charge to all participants. The teams competed in each of the five boroughs, at Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx, at Marine Park in Brooklyn, at Juniper Park in Queens, at South Beach in Staten Island, and at the JJ Walker Playground in Manhattan. Last year's winners hailed from Dyker Beach, Brooklyn. Bocce is an Italian game that is played on a 91 X 13 foot court.
Players aim to roll their bocce ball as close to a smaller ball called the pallino.
The team that rolls closest to the pallino wins. Teams are comprised of 5 players, both men and women.