| A Pool Player needs your help. |
| Eric Roberts is all about the love of the game and excellence in pocket billiards play. He works on his skills every single day. Eric has run twenty balls, made the nine on the break, and does it all at age seven. In my opinion he will establish himself as the master of pocket billiards by the age of twelve. Eric won a qualifier to go to Illinois FOR THE 2010 BEF JUNIOR NATIONALS and a chance to win a scholarship for college competing against his age group. There will be some ten and perhaps twelve year olds in that competition as there were in the qualifier he won. He was able to beat a ten year old and a twelve year old in the finals to earn his shot at the national scholarship competition. A small tavern is having a fund raiser for Eric. They want to see him go to Illinois and compete. So do I. But I know these well meaning people are not going to come close to raising the money this kid needs. I am going to donate money to help him. And I ask you to join me. His father, Brian Roberts is on disability. He does not have enough money to make the trip. Motel cost alone is five hundred dollars. Please find it in your heart to make a small donation to Eric Roberts so he can go and compete. This is his dream. Let's make his wish come true. He asked me today, "Monk, do you think people will help me?" and I said yes. I would put the word out and your pool brothers and sisters will help. |
| Put a ten dollar bill, or even a five dollar bill, or a twenty in an envelope and send it to Brian Roberts 505 Rose Ave Fruitland Park, Fl. 34731 |
| Eric Roberts is seven years old. He has to balance on his belly to rack the balls, kneel on the rail to hit the jump shot, shoot shots longer then ours as he can't reach the center of the table, and when he had to get the rack from the lamp out of his reach he did not ask for help, instead, he slipped his cue under the rack and made it fall to him. He did not cry about missed shots. He did not explain missed shots he simply waited until his turn to shoot came up. He is the most remarkable seven year old I have ever known. He hung in there with the rest of the group for five long tough days. We went through almost two hundred shots at the five day long Main Event workshop and Eric signed every shot he made. He did not skip one single shot. |
| This is the way he made jump shots. On his knees balanced on the rail. We played partners in a match and he got ball in hand on the six. He rushes to the table, sets up a jump shot over the eight and makes the shot. When I asked why he did not just set it up straight in, since he had ball in hand he smiled and said, "I wanted to work on my jump shot" |
| Eric never asked for any special help from his class mates and did all the work assigned to him. |
