Bocce Ball

On September 8th we held our quarterly team meeting and offsite for work. We went to Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos for some bocce ball fun. The group started showing up at about 4:30pm and we got right to the competition. My team included Judy, Mark, Pooja, Danielle and Beth. The opposing team consisted of Ned (the group VP), Samir, Eric, Laura, Paul and Tom. Bocce ball is a fairly simple game. Basically, a small ball (pallino) is thrown down the court, then each team throws their bocce balls as close to the pallino as possible. Teams score points for each ball that is closer to the pallino than their opponents closest ball. The details of the 2 matches we played are inconsequential, but suffice it to say, we got our butt's kicked both times (maybe we subconsciously let them win since the VP was on the opposing team and we value our jobs =). However, we had a great time hanging out, throwing the balls down the court and eating the good food which consisted of assorted appetizers (calamari, bruschetta, smoked salmon cakes and scallops wrapped in bacon). We were finished by 7:45pm and it was time to head back home. Arrivederci...