Bocce's Best - US National Champions Head to Italy for World Competition

LOS GATOS, Calif. and LIVERMORE, Calif., July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States will be sending its National Championship team to compete in the World Bocce Championships in Feltre, Italy this coming September 4-11.

The 2011 National Bocce Championships, held at Los Gatos, California and Livermore California's Campo di Bocce June 25th through July 2nd, qualified five of the top players in the US to represent America in the 2011 World Bocce Championships.

The US Volo team will include, Jorge Moreno - Newark, New Jersey, Benji Tosi - Oakland, California and Benjamin Musolf - Los Gatos, California. Luca Fontana - Stockton, California and John Dine - Antioch, California will be alternates.

Defending, and now current National Champion Men's Raffa Team, Palazzo di Bocce, Lake Orion, Michigan, will be representing the United States at Campo di Bocce of Livermore, California in the 2012 World Bocce Championships.

Next to soccer and golf, bocce is the third most participated sport in the world and is considered the oldest know sport in world history, dating back to 5000 B.C. www.bocce.com/aboutbocce/historical/

Additional information on the sport of bocce – United States Bocce Federation www.bocce.com

2011 World Championship – Feltre, Italy

http://www.mondialibocce2011.com/index.php?action=HOMEMOD&parsezione=7&chsez=7

SOURCE Campo di Bocce