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Hi you guys! I finally joined Azbilliards! I am fairly new to this...

My name is Mary Rakin. I won the 2004 and 2007 Junior National Championships (missed 2005 and was runner-up in 2006) and I won the World Junior Championships in 2006 in Sydney, Australia and 2007 in Willigen, Germany. I recently won the BCAPL Women's Master 8 ball championships in Vegas and last year I took second in the Open Women's tournament. I also play on the newly reformed West Coast Women's Regional Tour that started up months ago. I won 2 out of 3 tournaments so far.

I come from a family of 6. We are known as the infamous "Rakin family." Many of you people heard of my older sister Michelle Rakin with her achievements and all. Everyone in my family plays pool.

I currently am a full-time Junior student at San Francisco State University majoring in Criminal Justice so I don't have many opportunities to play outside of California as much as I wanted to.

However, I recently qualified for the APA US Amatuers in Tampa, Florida and I am trying to raise money for my trip since all my expenses go to school and you know college students are broke =] just kidding, however, this one needs help. I want to challenge myself and see how it's like to play in a different atmosphere, since, like I said, I rarely play out of California now-a-days.

Anything will help me out with this trip. My main goal is to raise five hundred so hopefully I can reach that with your help.

Thank you and I hope I'll be able to get some help and meet new friends.

Sincerely,

Mary Rakin
 
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maryrakin said:
Hi you guys! I finally joined Azbilliards! I am fairly new to this...

My name is Mary Rakin. I won the 2004 and 2007 Junior National Championships (missed 2005 and was runner-up in 2006) and I won the World Junior Championships in 2006 in Sydney, Australia and 2007 in Willigen, Germany. I recently won the BCAPL Women's Master 8 ball championships in Vegas and last year I took second in the Open Women's tournament. I also play on the newly reformed West Coast Women's Regional Tour that started up months ago. I won 2 out of 3 tournaments so far.

I come from a family of 6. We are known as the infamous "Rakin family." Many of you people heard of my older sister Michelle Rakin with her achievements and all. Everyone in my family plays pool.

I currently am a full-time Junior student at San Francisco State University majoring in Criminal Justice so I don't have many opportunities to play outside of California as much as I wanted to.

However, I recently qualified for the APA US Amatuers in Tampa, Florida and I am trying to raise money for my trip since all my expenses go to school and you know college students are broke =] just kidding, however, this one needs help. I want to challenge myself and see how it's like to play in a different atmosphere, since, like I said, I rarely play out of California now-a-days.

Anything will help me out with this trip. My main goal is to raise five hundred so hopefully I can reach that with your help.

Thank you and I hope I'll be able to get some help and meet new friends.

Sincerely,

Mary Rakin
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WOW that is some record!! I knew you were good but man that is impressive. Good luck in the amateurs and check your PayPal!!
 
Im currently unemployed or I would toss some money your way. I wish you luck, I know you will get the money you need, and maybe a little more. There are alot of helpful people here on the forums.
 
Good luck Mary! I'm glad to see you are going to get out there a little! This is really a great group of people. I hope you get enough money together! Keep checking your paypal.

Sarah
 
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sarahrousey said:
Good luck Mary! I'm glad to see you are going to get out there a little! This is really a great group of people. I hope you get enough money together! Keep checking your paypal.

Sarah
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hey Sarah! Thank you for your donation...now I understand now how difficult it must be for people to travel for a tournament!
 
The Prodigy said:
Im currently unemployed or I would toss some money your way. I wish you luck, I know you will get the money you need, and maybe a little more. There are alot of helpful people here on the forums.
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Thank you. There is so much support on here and I am very thankful for that because I have no confidence sometimes and it helps that people just gives me so much support. :smile:
 
Glad to hear that you made it and good luck to you.

Normally I am always in line for this type of help but this year I also qualified as are many others on here. I wish you luck in raising funds as I know first hand what you are going through and trying to do.

I look forward to meeting you in tampa and with both of us being from Ca i hope a trophy is brought back to the left coast :grin:


Make sure to introduce yourself to all of us Azers there. Here is a thread to check out
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=156857
 
maryrakin said:
Hi you guys! I finally joined Azbilliards! I am fairly new to this...

My name is Mary Rakin. I won the 2004 and 2007 Junior National Championships (missed 2005 and was runner-up in 2006) and I won the World Junior Championships in 2006 in Sydney, Australia and 2007 in Willigen, Germany. I recently won the BCAPL Women's Master 8 ball championships in Vegas and last year I took second in the Open Women's tournament. I also play on the newly reformed West Coast Women's Regional Tour that started up months ago. I won 2 out of 3 tournaments so far.

I come from a family of 6. We are known as the infamous "Rakin family." Many of you people heard of my older sister Michelle Rakin with her achievements and all. Everyone in my family plays pool.

I currently am a full-time Junior student at San Francisco State University majoring in Criminal Justice so I don't have many opportunities to play outside of California as much as I wanted to.

However, I recently qualified for the APA US Amatuers in Tampa, Florida and I am trying to raise money for my trip since all my expenses go to school and you know college students are broke =] just kidding, however, this one needs help. I want to challenge myself and see how it's like to play in a different atmosphere, since, like I said, I rarely play out of California now-a-days.

Anything will help me out with this trip. My main goal is to raise five hundred so hopefully I can reach that with your help.

Thank you and I hope I'll be able to get some help and meet new friends.

Sincerely,

Mary Rakin
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Donation sent....
 
update

:)Thanks to all of the AZers, I have hit the half way mark. Thank you guys so much. I greatly appreciate all the support and help!

Mary Rakin
 
Hey congrats to you. I'm kinda in the same boat as you. You see my wife had an emergency histarectomy about a month and a half ago so every extra penny is going towards medical bills. Let me share a couple things I've been doing to try to raise money. I have written a "pool resume" and taken it to local room owners and asked for any help there and have gotten a good response. I'm also, along with a friend who qualified for the womens event, organizing a fundrasier tournament in in the area where I play APA. I also contacted the local paper here in Huntington Beach and they are going to run a story with info on the fundraiser tournament for me. My goal is also to raise $500 by November. I think you'll do well here as it seams you are getting a good response so far. Just thought I'd share some of the things I've been doing to give you some ideas. Good luck and we'll see you out there
 
Bump for a good cause. This nice young lady is doing the right thing going to college and has a great life ahead of her. She also appears to have a special talent in pool so lets help her out!
 
maryrakin said:
Hi you guys! I finally joined Azbilliards! I am fairly new to this...

My name is Mary Rakin. I won the 2004 and 2007 Junior National Championships (missed 2005 and was runner-up in 2006) and I won the World Junior Championships in 2006 in Sydney, Australia and 2007 in Willigen, Germany. I recently won the BCAPL Women's Master 8 ball championships in Vegas and last year I took second in the Open Women's tournament. I also play on the newly reformed West Coast Women's Regional Tour that started up months ago. I won 2 out of 3 tournaments so far.

I come from a family of 6. We are known as the infamous "Rakin family." Many of you people heard of my older sister Michelle Rakin with her achievements and all. Everyone in my family plays pool.

I currently am a full-time Junior student at San Francisco State University majoring in Criminal Justice so I don't have many opportunities to play outside of California as much as I wanted to.

However, I recently qualified for the APA US Amatuers in Tampa, Florida and I am trying to raise money for my trip since all my expenses go to school and you know college students are broke =] just kidding, however, this one needs help. I want to challenge myself and see how it's like to play in a different atmosphere, since, like I said, I rarely play out of California now-a-days.

Anything will help me out with this trip. My main goal is to raise five hundred so hopefully I can reach that with your help.

Thank you and I hope I'll be able to get some help and meet new friends.

Sincerely,

Mary Rakin
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With this "Resume" it should be quite easy to decide that you definitely are deserving of our support. Come on people!
 
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