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	Il prossimo torneo Internazionale a Phoenix, Arizona USA --. - 2008 Ottobre! Email: bocce@boccearizona.net

NEXT INTERNATIONAL BOCCE TOURNAMENT
OCTOBER, 2008
PHOENIX, ARIZONA!!!!!

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AAIC President Gene Rossi, Italian Federation President
Tiziana Trovarelli and Tournament Director Pasquale D'Aliesio

Senior Staffer for AZ Governor Janet Napolitano, Jeff Schatzki, getting tips on technique from Co-Director Vince D'Aliesio

2007 Bocce Tournament Champions "Silpan"

Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon were two very exciting stops for the bocce teams!

PRESS RELEASE--OCTOBER 23, 2007--

PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL BOCCE TOURNAMENT IS A SUCCESS!

2nd International tournament held in Phoenix, AZ was hosted at the Arizona American Italian Club and featured teams from Italy and the U.S.A.

Tournament held one competitive division and will next host the 3rd annual international tournament in October 2008, with 2 competitive divisions and a minimum of 50 teams participating.

About Bocce Arizona, LLC. A sports organization which hosts Bocce Ball tournaments while working to one day host the National and World Championships in Arizona, ultimately having Bocce Ball sanctioned as an Olympic Sport.

There are six courts currently located at St. James Catholic Parish in Glendale, AZ (35th Ave, 1/2 mile south of the 101 fwy).

For tournament information, please contact Pasquale D’Aliesio at (602) 569-9149 or email: bocce@boccearizona.net. Go to www.boccearizona.net for more information.

The Bocce Arizona Bocce Club is made up of many new and old friends that wish to promote the great sport of Bocce. The two managing partners of Bocce Arizona, LLC are: Pasquale D’Aliesio, who was an original founder of the Sons of Italy in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as serving as President of the Arizona American Italian Club Bocce League for many years, and a National Champion Bocce Ball Player himself, and Vincenzo “Vince” D’Aliesio, a local insurance agent with Lapre, Scali and Company--Vince coached football at Phoenix Camelback High and was later a member of ASU's 1996 Pac-10 Champion Football Coaching Staff. Vince's fondest memories of childhood involved watching (and playing) Bocce with his dad, Pasquale, and he is also a proud member of the Arizona American Italian Club.