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The Legends and Champions Tour came to Gallery Billiards in Newburgh , NY Tuesday . Johnny and Nick stopped in on Monday a busy day for the room , My partner Ruth and I took them out to dinner , they were great company as I babbled in awe , they are the reason I am able to do what i do for myself and the pool community . They both reached in their pocket when the check came , my Ruthie would have none of it . After dinner while they were seconds from their hotel they chose to come back to Gallery and shook a bunch more hands .
Tuesday 11-3 for the pool school turned in to 4:15 . We had 11 students myself included . The time flew buy as they were entertaining and eager to answer any questions . Johnny can really get you thinking about the basics and reapplying them to your game . Nick is a kicking master the systems he uses are " Powerful " . All who paid for the school were verry happy and hoped I could make this happen again .
Tuesday 7:30 - 11:30 the Exhibition , Johnny walked through the crowd saying hello while Nick hit a couple balls . At dinner Nick was polite and a little soft spoken . at center stage he is as entertaining as they come . he made great shots and worked the crowd , everyone was glued to the show. Next Johnny played our local legend Earl Herring , a race to 7 nineball . John won 7-4 one miss from John one or two from Earl H with 2 dry breaks :frown:. Next the two Champions Johnny and Nick squared off against each other in scotch doubles with lucky ticket holders from the audience . 11:30 turned in to 12:15 for John and 1 am for Nick as he stayed and showed off his line of cues . While people looked at his cues he answered any questions even shared some more stories from the road .
As a roomowner and a player I couldnt be happier with The Legend and Champions tour . Ps special thanks to Mark Cantrill for making it happen on such short notice. Visit http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/_flash/gallery/gallery.html&Avis=TH&Dato=20090324&Kategori=SPORTS&Lopenr=324012&Ref=PHfor pics of the pool school.
 
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Thanks for that GREAT write-up about the Legends and Champions Tour. What a treat!

I always remember Earl Herring telling me that he grew up in the same town that Earl Strickland was born. :p

You couldn't ask for two better representatives of the sport than Johnny Archer and Nick Varner, both class acts. It sounds like they were cut out fo this tour. Everywhere they go, they seem to get glowing reviews.

Thanks again for sharing your experiences! :smile:
 
Sounds like it was a blast Dave,glad it was a good time for all the players there and yourself. :smile:
 
Hats off to Mark for creating the Legends and Champions tours. Smart guy and a hard worker. There is always room for someone like him to create something new. Not so very long ago he was trying to get this idea off the ground and he wouldn't give up. Now look!
 
racefornine said:
The Legends and Champions Tour came to Gallery Billiards in Newburgh , NY Tuesday . Johnny and Nick stopped in on Monday a busy day for the room , My partner Ruth and I took them out to dinner , they were great company as I babbled in awe , they are the reason I am able to do what i do for myself and the pool community . They both reached in their pocket when the check came , my Ruthie would have none of it . After dinner while they were seconds from their hotel they chose to come back to Gallery and shook a bunch more hands .
Tuesday 11-3 for the pool school turned in to 4:15 . We had 11 students myself included . The time flew buy as they were entertaining and eager to answer any questions . Johnny can really get you thinking about the basics and reapplying them to your game . Nick is a kicking master the systems he uses are " Powerful " . All who paid for the school were verry happy and hoped I could make this happen again .
Tuesday 7:30 - 11:30 the Exhibition , Johnny walked through the crowd saying hello while Nick hit a couple balls . At dinner Nick was polite and a little soft spoken . at center stage he is as entertaining as they come . he made great shots and worked the crowd , everyone was glued to the show. Next Johnny played our local legend Earl Herring , a race to 7 nineball . John won 7-4 one miss from John one or two from Earl H with 2 dry breaks :frown:. Next the two Champions Johnny and Nick squared off against each other in scotch doubles with lucky ticket holders from the audience . 11:30 turned in to 12:15 for John and 1 am for Nick as he stayed and showed off his line of cues . While people looked at his cues he answered any questions even shared some more stories from the road .
As a roomowner and a player I couldnt be happier with The Legend and Chapions tour . Ps special thanks to Mark Cantrill for making it happen on such short notice.
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Thanks for sharing. Johnny and Nick are super nice guys (Mark isn't bad either) and are great in this format. If they come to your town, you will not regret attending. You may regret not attending though.
 
We had the opportunity to have them here in Maine a few weeks ago. I had seen Nick play Grady in an exhibition many years ago but never had the chance to see Johnny. Was a great show here as well. Both were class acts. I also had the opportunity to play one of the scotch doubles challenges with Nick as my partner & we broke & ran out :grin-square:. Awesome show... thanks Mark for organising this tour.
 
JAM said:
Thanks for that GREAT write-up about the Legends and Champions Tour. What a treat!

I always remember Earl Herring telling me that he grew up in the same town that Earl Strickland was born. :p

You couldn't ask for two better representatives of the sport than Johnny Archer and Nick Varner, both class acts. It sounds like they were cut out fo this tour. Everywhere they go, they seem to get glowing reviews.

Thanks again for sharing your experiences! :smile:
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So did Pete Horne...i believe it was Roseboro N.C.
 
WOW, thank you guys for your kind words about the tour. It makes us feel good to know that people have enjoyed the show or School and that maybe for a few hours we made a difference. After each school and each exhibition we have a meeting for 20min and see what could have been done differently or better. We all want to do a good job and give people their moneys worth. Thanks again guys that was a nice thread to wake up to and read. Also Thanks to Gallery Billiards for supporting us and the sport by hosting the event. Hopefully we will be back in the future
Mark,
 
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