Cal said:
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June 30 – July 1 – First Break Café, Sterling, VA
Part 1 of the Bob Stocks Memorial, we will be hosting our first ever, Bob Stocks Memorial One Pocket Event at First Break Café in Sterling, VA. This will be a $1500 added event, Open Division Only. A Calcutta will be held on Saturday morning with a portion of the proceeds going to the American Heart Foundation! More details to come!
July 7 – July 8 - Side Pockets, Laurel, MD
Tiger Pool Tour 9-Ball Open and Ladies $2000 added
Sunday – a special presentation by the APA – Mike Massey will be holding a trick shot exhibition from 4 pm – 7 pm!
July 21 – July 22 – First Break Café, Sterling, VA
Bob Stocks Memorial – Part 2 – 9-Ball - $2000 Added
Open Division Only and Calcutta held on Saturday!
The memorial is in memory of Bobby Stocks, who was born in North Carolina, but lived in Northern Virginia when I knew him. He actually was a year or two older than Gene Hooker, a popular pool player who also co-promoted the Trumps Marina 10-Ball Championship as well as the annual Carolinas Open held at Fast Eddies in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Bobby could play a little, but he seemed to enjoy sitting on the sidelines, like me, sweating the action. He loved high-stakes gambling and would sometimes be a stakehorse for pool players, as well as side-betting. He really loved pool, and make no mistake about it, Bobby would bet it up as high as the Georgia pine. I can remember many a night sitting on the rail with Bobby until wee hours of the morning watching players compete. Win or lose, Bobby was a real Southern gentleman when it came to gambling, and if he lost, he was the first one to reach in his pocket to pay you off with a smile.
He owned a very successful transmission shop in Vienna, Virginia, as well as several homes. He did smoke cigarettes which caught up with him in the autumn of his life. I miss seeing him at tournaments. He used to back Pooky from Virginia several times, one time when Pooky won a 10-ball tourney on the Florida Pro Tour. Bobby is missed, and I think it is wonderful that Tiger Tour is having a two-part tournament to commemorate his impact on pool players in my area. He was one of the good guys.
Here's one of the few pictures I have of Bobby on the bottom left, shown with Big Jerry, who is Keith's designated breaker, and Keith.
JAM
