Cornerman
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I put this on AZ for those there that don't know there is a here...
....., Steve Booth (NHSteve) once again produced the annual One-Pocket Hall of Fame Dinner.
There were no inductees into the One Pocket or Bank Pool Hall of Fame. Instead the dinner was a memorial tribute to our forum friend , the late Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna. His daughter, Cat, was in attendance. We had a raffle for a cue, which had signatures of all of the Hall of Famers. Ike Runnels bought three tickets, and ended up giving the tickets away. We convinced him (not much convincing as he actually was the one who came up with the idea) that the raffle tickets should go to Cat. And, as fate should have it, Cat wins the cue off of Ike's ticket. That's the way things should go. Cat later told me some fantastic tidbits of growing up with all these back room players that we as action junkies view as legends. Great stuff.
To top it off, Steve Booth had a special surprise award: 2015 Lifetime in Action Award. And the surprise award went to none other than the founder, Greg Sullivan. Greg was caught totally off guard and was in tears. Flowing, buggery tears. Yeah... a moment to forever remember.
Congratulations Greg, my friend. Congratulations Cat. And farewell Freddy.
Freddie <~~~ the lesser
....., Steve Booth (NHSteve) once again produced the annual One-Pocket Hall of Fame Dinner.
There were no inductees into the One Pocket or Bank Pool Hall of Fame. Instead the dinner was a memorial tribute to our forum friend , the late Freddy "the Beard" Bentivegna. His daughter, Cat, was in attendance. We had a raffle for a cue, which had signatures of all of the Hall of Famers. Ike Runnels bought three tickets, and ended up giving the tickets away. We convinced him (not much convincing as he actually was the one who came up with the idea) that the raffle tickets should go to Cat. And, as fate should have it, Cat wins the cue off of Ike's ticket. That's the way things should go. Cat later told me some fantastic tidbits of growing up with all these back room players that we as action junkies view as legends. Great stuff.
To top it off, Steve Booth had a special surprise award: 2015 Lifetime in Action Award. And the surprise award went to none other than the founder, Greg Sullivan. Greg was caught totally off guard and was in tears. Flowing, buggery tears. Yeah... a moment to forever remember.
Congratulations Greg, my friend. Congratulations Cat. And farewell Freddy.
Freddie <~~~ the lesser
