Cheese bowling

  Yesterday, I went bicycling for lunch, along the river again, this time south, into Bologna.

I saw the strangest thing - two old men taking turns flinging a disc of some kind, wound up with a rope or wire, unravelling it as they threw it to obtain a high rate of spin, to cause it to roll it as far as it would along a long grassy field next to the river. They attained distances well over 100 meters. I wish I had brought my camera.

I asked my co-workers about this strange disc-bowling contest, and they informed me that it was an ancient sport called "Ruzzola", and more interestingly, that the "disc" is traditionally a cheese-wheel.

I did some web searches, and sure enough, I found plenty of "Ruzzola" information. The following links are in italian, but google translate works well:

http://www.ruzzola.it/gioco_ruzzola.htm
http://www.figest.it/ruzzola.php

Since I dont have any pictures myself, here are some internet pics of Ruzzola players in action:

 

 

 

Blessed are the Cheese bowlers.

Comments

[Gail]

LOL youre funny.

[Michele]

That is so amazing! I've never seen anything like that before. I wouldn't have known it was cheese either.
Michele