Don't ask a naive reporter and photographer what Bocce is. Two Chronicle staff were looking around the Masters Games Village for a card game before kindly being pointed in the right direction.
No, there are no cards required for bocce, which is in fact a game similar to bowls and petanque.
The aim is to roll the bocce, like a bowl but without being weighted, as close to the pallino (jack) as possible.
People compete in pairs and fours. More than 50 competitors lined up for the Bocce, held at the Springvale Park Village yesterday, and the fun and social side of the event was clear.
Wanganui Special Olympian swimmer Sam Donaldson was one of many getting right into sport.