Players

•  Men - 4 Players
• Women - 4 Players
• Mixed - 4 Players 2 Women/2 Men

Format 

• Three - 3 Team Round Robin Event
• One “cross ball” used per team
• 3 Teams in Bracket - Play each other once
• Winners advance to Medal Round

Rules

• Team disqualified if do not have 4 players
• Games played to 6 points (do not need to win by 2)

Start

• Toss pallino and 1 from each team rolls bocce - closest begins game
• Whoever throws the pallino then throws their one bocce ball
• All players must stand in a row to toss their bocce ball
• Must toss pallino at least 15 feet
• Teams take turns rolling the bocce balls trying to get closest to the pallino
• The team with 1-4 balls closer than the closest opponent's ball to the pallino gets the point(s). A team can have 1-4 points earned each round
• The team that wins points throws the pallino - rotate so each player throws
• If a ball is touching the pallino, that scores 2 points
• Teams/officials use a string to determine distance of the balls from the pallino
• Teams must write down who won and what final score was (for the tie breaker)
• 3 winning teams compete in round robin for Gold, Silver and Brone.

Tie Breaker

• See Tie Breaker Formula

Note

• Officials need to have measuring tape and know how to use the flags and chord for measuring.