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COMMENDATION FOR LEO BERRIOS
Sportsmanship Award Recipient
January, 2007
Leo Berrios displayed a true act of honesty and sportsmanship that makes him deserving of this award. Leo plays in two barbox divisions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays nights. His stats came back for Tuesday and he had moved up to a handicap 7. When the Wednesday stats came back, he was listed as a handicap 6. Rather than trying to play as a six for one more week, he e-mailed the TAP office to find out if that was a mistake and if he should play as a 7. We checked with the corporate office and due to a computer glitch, the handicap on the Wednesday division did not flip over to a 7 when it should have. The result was that Leo played as a 7 both nights. Leo's main concern was that he played at the correct handicap with no other concern other than being fair. For that, we are proud to give him the TAP sportsmanship award.
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Mario Herrera Receives Sportsmanship Award By His Peers!
Congratulations to Mario Herrera, who plays on Thursday's at Dukes in Scottsdale, for being nominated and receiving a sportsmanship trophy for his honesty and courtesy while playing another team in his division.
During play, Mario called a "ball-in-hand foul" on himself after realizing he hit a ball that was frozen. The other team didn't even notice, but Mario said, "I don't want to win by taking a foul" and handed the ball to his opponent. The other team appreciated Mario's high level of integrity and wanted to make sure that he got the recognition he deserved.
Congratulations Mario! It's players like you who make it a pleasure to play in the TAP organization.
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Chris Furbish Awarded The Phoenix T.A.P. Sportsmanship Award For Exhibiting The Ultimate In Sportsmanship At The Phoenix Masters
by Robert Mallen
Chris' team was in the final round fighting for a win and shot at the Las Vegas Nationals. He made his shot and the other team called a ball-in-hand foul claiming the cue ball grazed one of his opponent's balls. This started a controversy between the two teams. I took Chris off to the side and explained it was his call because the other team did not request a third party to watch the hit, and the ruling goes to the shooter. He could have easily said: "No foul" and continued shooting. Instead he said: "I'm not sure if I hit their ball or not and I don't want to cheat if I did hit their ball, so I will trust their call and give them ball-in-hand." I don't remember the outcome of that match, but that doesn't matter. What does matter is that Chris made his decision in the true spirit of the game with tremendous risk to his team. It was the most impressive display of sportsmanship imaginable. My hat goes off to you Chris. Outstanding!
Note: The Sportsmanship Award is an honorary award presented randomly throughout the session to players who exhibit exceptional ethics and behavior as a T.A.P. member.
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Always for the Player!
T.A.P. of Greater Phoenix, LLC
Phoenix, AZ 85044
Phone: 602-268-6067
FAX: 602-304-3741
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TAP National Championships 2008
Orlando, Florida
November 20-24
More info will be available soon!
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