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"We have the players if you have the balls!"

Gathering

Fri, Aug 13, 1999 - Sat, Aug 14, 1999 (Dooly's Billiards - Chatham, Ontario Canada)
Well, we survived! We had a great weekend! The weather was nice the beer was cold and the pool tables were hot! It was great to meet everyone and put a face to a name. The following VIP Members attended:

• Str8Shooter (Dave) and his wife Coreen
• Yelims (Chris)
• Sugarbear (Angela)
• Cueman (Tom) and his wife Jeanette
• Viking21 (Rhys) and his girlfriend Dana
• JTut (John) his wife Gail and son Scott
• Cueball (Greg) and his wife Debbie
• Trigger2 (Justin)
• VentureKing (Dave) and his girlfriend Benita

Str8Shooter was the winner of our single elimination 8 ball tournament Friday night.	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Friday night we ate at Crabby Joe's. Good food and drink!
Did Jeanette have TOO much to drink??? hehehe	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Viking21 and Dana at Crabby Joe's
As a special treat, we did some trap shooting Saturday afternoon. Here's Benita shooting the gun while Ron (Str8Shooter's brother) throws the traps.	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Viking21 tries his hand at it...
The 12 gauge nearly blows Trigger2 off his feet!	Click to enlarge
"Son, go to the truck and get us some more ammunition. It's in the glovebox...behind the beer."
Click to enlarge	Canada's corndogs are too hairy for me!
Cueman was the winner of our double elimination 9 ball tournament Saturday night.	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Str8Shooter tried to teach us how to play poker pool. The only thing it taught us is how to dig into our pockets for money! hehehe
The VIP Gang on Saturday night.	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	The VIP Gang (Hand check, Rhys! hehehe)
Cueball kept us entertained with his jokes while Debbie stayed in the corner	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Str8Shooter, Cueman, Viking21, Coreen (Str8Shooter's wife) and Scott (JTut's son)
JTut shows us how it's done...	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	VentureKing trying to use body english to persuade the balls...
Trigger2 hams it up at Dooly's	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Another ham at Dooly's
What determination! What form! (No wonder I can't beat this guy...)	Click to enlarge
Click to enlarge	Jeanette reveals some truths about herself...

Thanks to all of the VIP members who attended. Special thanks to Str8Shooter (Dave) for organizing this event, Dave's brother Ron for his hospitality and the use of his firearms for trap shooting, the families of the VIP members for their patience while we played and Dooly's Billiards for their fine establishment. Extra special thanks to Benita and Justin for their patience with my work on VIP.

We hope to see you all at the next VIP gathering! Watch for details coming up...