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.

Results - 2011 National Bocce Championships:
Men's Raffa
First Place
Palazzo di Bocce, Lake Orion, Michigan
Jason Wisniewski
Brian Polantz
Jose Botto
Chuck Weeden
Second Place
Forza Italia - Campo di Bocce of Livermore, Livermore, California
Dario Bernardi
Joey Bernardi
Phil Ferrari
Michael Nicosia
Third Place
Azzurri- Campo di Bocce of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, California
Benedetto Nicosia
Paolo Pro
Gerald Gilligan
Oscar D'Amore
Men's Combination Volo
First Place
Benjamin Musolf, Los Gatos, California
Second Place
Benji Tosi, Oakland, California
Third Place
Luca Fontana, Stockton, California
Men's National Volo Team, Representing the USA in Feltre, Italy- September 4-11, 2011
Jorge Moreno, Newark, New Jersey
Benji Tosi, Oakland, California
Benjamin Musolf, Los Gatos, California
Luca Fontana, Stockton, California - ALTERNATE
John Dine, Antioch, California - ALTERNATE

Contacts:	Ben Musolf, United States Bocce Federation Western Sector Director,
	[phone], [e-mail]
	Bob Rauh, Campo di Bocce, [phone], [e-mail]

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

SOURCECampo di Bocce