Thank you,
Beverly.
Thank you to every team, every family, and every neighbor who came out this year — it was our best one yet. We look forward to the next one. Stay tuned.
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Club news and next year’s tournament announcement land on Instagram first.
Beverly has its own
semi-pro bocce team.
Meet the Beverly Jacks — Beverly’s semi-professional squad, run by the same people behind the Beverly Bocce Club and proudly supported by the club. Support the team, catch a match, and get to know the pros representing Beverly and see how this great sport is played at the highest levels.
Where to watch them play ↓
Games stream live every week. Follow the Jacks for past highlights, weekly updates, and match results.
The Jacks compete in the Chicago Bocce League. Games are streamed and played at these outside venues and platforms.
Founded in a backyard.
Built by a neighborhood.
The Beverly Bocce Club started in 2018, in a backyard on the Southside — friends playing late into the night, until the game outgrew the yard and became a neighborhood event.
Today the club hosts annual tournaments that draw players from Beverly and all over — we’ve even brought bocce to other parts of the city. Our Invitational is the biggest event of the year, bringing people together from every corner of Chicago, and even the world, to enjoy the sport we love.
Open to anyone: old hands, total beginners, and kids who just want a ball to roll.
Bocce is one of the oldest ball games on earth, and one of the easiest to pick up: roll your ball closest to the little target ball and you score. The rest is strategy, banter, and the occasional lucky bounce.
- Throw the pallinoA small target ball is rolled down the court. Everything else is measured against it.
- Take turns rollingTeams alternate throws — roll close, or knock your opponent out of the way.
- Closest ball winsPoints go to the balls nearest the pallino. Play to the agreed score and you’re done.
About a minute to learn, and it works for every age. Full history on Wikipedia →