Borella (game)

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Borella is a bowling game that has been played in northern Italy since at least the 16th Century. It was played in streets and parks around Treviso by ordinary people. Borella is what a kind of 'three-pin bowling', but unlike ten-pin bowling where the pins are in rows, the three borella pins are placed in single file behind each other. Borella is traditionally played with a large ball made of wood from the maple tree. The three wooden pins or skittles, called sòni, are about 60cm high. To play the game a player stands 30 metres away from the pins, runs and throws the ball–a bit like a cricket bowler–to strike them at speed.

Borella is still played at the Club Marconi, Bossley Park, NSW, Australia.^[1]