Columbia County Sons & Daughters of Italy will host the annual Rocky Romano Bocce Tournament, open to all 2-person teams, on Aug. 10 in Hudson. The Rocky Romano Bocce Tournament promises some serious spinning and trash talk straight out of the old country.

Columbia County Sons & Daughters of Italy is hosting the tourney, which begins with court assignments at 9 a.m., followed by the rolling and ricocheting of bocce balls at 10 a.m. The annual event at 27 Bridge St. in Hudson is in memory of Rocky, an Italian immigrant, longtime local barber and enthusiastic bocce player who was a member of the group’s county chapter.