Interestingly, I did a search on this forum and found out that Tom McGonagle competed on the Joss Ocean State Championship at Snooker's in Providence, RI this weekend, which was won by Dennis Hatch.
When Tom McGonagle was 13 years old, he and a friend dedicated a week of their summer vacation to playing a marathon game of pool - which he eventually won by sinking his last seven balls, despite never having played before.
"That was the beginning of my love of the game," recalled McGonagle, who lives in Billerica. "I guess I was kind of a natural."
McGonagle, who went on to become a three-time New England nine-ball champion, was inducted into the New England Pool and Billiard Hall of Fame in 1995. He recently published his first novel set in the environment he knows best: the pool hall.
"Right on Cue" tells the story of a young pool player who falls in love while tracking down his biological father, who turns out to be a pool hustler.
McGonagle, who advocates honesty in the pool hall and real life, has also filled the novel with pool facts and lore so it is as educational as it is entertaining.
"Unfortunately, pool has never taken off like other sports," said McGonagle, who also teaches pool. "It's too bad, because it's such an intricate game."
"Right on Cue" is available at Amazon.com and Booksurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels.
http://www.amazon.com/Right-Cue-Tom...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227534789&sr=1-1
When Tom McGonagle was 13 years old, he and a friend dedicated a week of their summer vacation to playing a marathon game of pool - which he eventually won by sinking his last seven balls, despite never having played before.
"That was the beginning of my love of the game," recalled McGonagle, who lives in Billerica. "I guess I was kind of a natural."
McGonagle, who went on to become a three-time New England nine-ball champion, was inducted into the New England Pool and Billiard Hall of Fame in 1995. He recently published his first novel set in the environment he knows best: the pool hall.
"Right on Cue" tells the story of a young pool player who falls in love while tracking down his biological father, who turns out to be a pool hustler.
McGonagle, who advocates honesty in the pool hall and real life, has also filled the novel with pool facts and lore so it is as educational as it is entertaining.
"Unfortunately, pool has never taken off like other sports," said McGonagle, who also teaches pool. "It's too bad, because it's such an intricate game."
"Right on Cue" is available at Amazon.com and Booksurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels.
http://www.amazon.com/Right-Cue-Tom...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227534789&sr=1-1
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