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Court

The court to be used is the same as for classic bocce.

Team formation

The game is played one against one in singles (with 4 balls per player) or two against in doubles two (with 3 balls per player), in 8 or 4 ends being played.

Concept of the game

The players of a team are obliged during the one end to either bowl or throw all the balls on hand. The player who has been selected chooses whether to throw or to bowl in the first end (inverting this role in the second end and so on), and he delivers the jack for two consecutive ends.

Rules of the game

The jack is thrown by the same player (or the same team) for two consecutive ends. It remains in the same position throughout that particular end. If it is moved by a bowled delivery, it is replaced in the original position after having noted any possible biberon. It cannot be designated during the throw because it must be removed from its position by the thrower’s opponent. If the jack is thrown twice irregularly, it is then placed by the opponent at a distance of not less than 70 cm off the sides of the valid rectangle to be valid.

The circle is marked out, as shown in Figure 34, by the player not throwing the jack. The player which has bowled the ball in the fourth end will again bowl in the fifth end. The player must place the greatest number of balls within the target circle of 1,40 meters in diameter marked on the ground.

Figure 42: Combined (Circles)

When the bowler has validly placed a ball in the circle, the thrower must hit it. The bowler will resume only after that ball has been validly hit.

The ball has validity when it stops within the circle, i.e., if its maximum circle does not go beyond the external limit of the circumference marked on the ground. A ball deemed invalid must be taken off the court.

Scoring

Each ball validly delivered scores 1 point. A biberon scores 2 points (it is a ball that stops at not more than 0,50 cm from the jack). A ball that moves a jack more than 50 cm and remains within the circle, scores one point even in the case of biberon.

A player’s throw scores when the opponent’s ball, regularly hit, is shifted outside the circle. A ball that is moved only within the circle is put back in its original position. After a valid throw, the court must be cleared of all balls. Each valid throw is worth 1 point, and stationary within the circle is worth 2 points.

Special cases: remaining balls

The team that delivers the balls: it will deliver the balls and earn 1 or 2 points as many times as it will place balls in the target or make a biberon.

The team that throws the balls: if there are no balls left in the circle, the thrower can:

Throw, aiming at the ball of his opponent, put in place of the jack, but never in a losing position;

Throw, aiming at the jack, for a maximum of 2 times for each end and scoring 2 points for each regular hit. A throw may score when the jack regularly hit (Art. 43 and Art. 46) is shifted outside the circle (Art. 32A. and Art. 32B.). A jack that is moved only within the circle is put back in its original position.