If I had the funds to be Santa Claus for a worthy pool gift, it would be this right here. :angel:
Most afternoons, a group of men gather at the Dare Center on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, for fellowship and a game or two of pool. While they may joke around with one another, the competition is serious.
Together, Robert Creef of Stumpy Point, North Carolina, and the other three pool players have a combined total of 150 years of experience playing billiards. Clarence Lewis has the most years. He started playing at age 10 at a boys club on Cale Street in Elizabeth City about 64 years ago.
I'll guarantee that guy knows Luther Lassiter. Imagine the pool tales these guys can share.
On Monday morning, these men asked the Dare County Board of Commissioners to purchase another pool table for the county-owned facility.
During the public comment period, Creef was the first one to address the board with the request, "We're here after another pool table for the Dare Center. We only have one there. Sometimes we have to wait 30 to 40 minutes." Creef asked the elected officials to "reach down and find something."
Creef had five more men there to support his request. Major Curl of Wanchese was next to speak, "We do need one bad. The old one needs covering and is all out of whack. I thank you a lot." Next up was Ervin Johnson also of Wanchese, "We'd appreciate another table, if possible," he said. Lewis, James Midgett, and Dick Denton all of Manteo rounded out the six. :smiling-heart:
Another reason the men would like a second table has to do with tournaments. So far, they've only had one at the Dare Center, and it took two days to complete the double elimination tournament. They'd like to host more tournaments in the future especially if they had two tables. :yes:
Sandy Scarborough, the director of the Dare Center, believes just having one table limits players because they have to wait. In addition, the room was designed for two billiard tables. When they play with two-man teams instead of singles, it speeds things up, Scarborough noted. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the center keeps the room open later to 7 p.m. for people to play pool and ping pong. "Ping pong is great, but pool is king," Scarborough said.
Creef and Denton compete in the Senior Games and have qualified to play in the State Games in Raleigh in the past.
The guys said they thought the next tournament would be at the Fessenden Center in Buxton after the first of the year. Then they hope to hold another tournament at the Dare Center. "That's why we want another table," Curl said.
Source: 8-Ball Demand Calls for Second Dare Center Table. [Retrieved 18 December 2010]
If there are any rich Santa Clauses out there, this sure does look like a worthy pool gift to those in need. It sure would put a smile on the faces of some strong pool enthusiasts trying to keep pool alive and well in their neck of the woods.
Robert Creef of Stumpy Point, depicted below, gets set to sink a behind-the-back shot as he enjoys a game of pool at the Dare Center on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. God bless him. I hope they get that table.
Most afternoons, a group of men gather at the Dare Center on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, for fellowship and a game or two of pool. While they may joke around with one another, the competition is serious.
Together, Robert Creef of Stumpy Point, North Carolina, and the other three pool players have a combined total of 150 years of experience playing billiards. Clarence Lewis has the most years. He started playing at age 10 at a boys club on Cale Street in Elizabeth City about 64 years ago.
I'll guarantee that guy knows Luther Lassiter. Imagine the pool tales these guys can share.
On Monday morning, these men asked the Dare County Board of Commissioners to purchase another pool table for the county-owned facility.
During the public comment period, Creef was the first one to address the board with the request, "We're here after another pool table for the Dare Center. We only have one there. Sometimes we have to wait 30 to 40 minutes." Creef asked the elected officials to "reach down and find something."
Creef had five more men there to support his request. Major Curl of Wanchese was next to speak, "We do need one bad. The old one needs covering and is all out of whack. I thank you a lot." Next up was Ervin Johnson also of Wanchese, "We'd appreciate another table, if possible," he said. Lewis, James Midgett, and Dick Denton all of Manteo rounded out the six. :smiling-heart:
Another reason the men would like a second table has to do with tournaments. So far, they've only had one at the Dare Center, and it took two days to complete the double elimination tournament. They'd like to host more tournaments in the future especially if they had two tables. :yes:
Sandy Scarborough, the director of the Dare Center, believes just having one table limits players because they have to wait. In addition, the room was designed for two billiard tables. When they play with two-man teams instead of singles, it speeds things up, Scarborough noted. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the center keeps the room open later to 7 p.m. for people to play pool and ping pong. "Ping pong is great, but pool is king," Scarborough said.
Creef and Denton compete in the Senior Games and have qualified to play in the State Games in Raleigh in the past.
The guys said they thought the next tournament would be at the Fessenden Center in Buxton after the first of the year. Then they hope to hold another tournament at the Dare Center. "That's why we want another table," Curl said.
Source: 8-Ball Demand Calls for Second Dare Center Table. [Retrieved 18 December 2010]
If there are any rich Santa Clauses out there, this sure does look like a worthy pool gift to those in need. It sure would put a smile on the faces of some strong pool enthusiasts trying to keep pool alive and well in their neck of the woods.
Robert Creef of Stumpy Point, depicted below, gets set to sink a behind-the-back shot as he enjoys a game of pool at the Dare Center on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. God bless him. I hope they get that table.
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