Faces of the APA:
Milestone Member

The American Poolplayers Association has reached a milestone—200,000 members! We wanted to celebrate this accomplishment by rewarding the 200,000th member, as well as the person who recruited the new member, with a prize package featuring gifts from a variety of companies with whom we have a business relationship.

We are happy to announce that the 200,000th member processed in our database is Bonnie Miller from Cedar Springs, Mich. The APA member who encouraged Bonnie to join is Team Captain Larry Pelton. They each play on a Monday night 8-Ball team out of Gun Tavern in Cedar Springs.

Bonnie and Larry will share a prize package worth over $2,500, including gifts from Connoissier of Custom Cues, Consumer Contact Company, CueSight Technologies, CueStix International, Dead Stroke Designs, EZ Bridge, Falcon Cues, Frank’s Center, Jacoby Custom Cues, K.C. Innovations, Khamsin Design, Mueller Recreational Products, Palmer Cues, Run Out Sportswear, Stealth Cues & Fabric, The Cue Tender Company, Tom’s Q-Stix of Madsen’s, Viking Cue Mfg., Inc., and the Women’s Professional Billiard Association.

Bonnie was not aware of this promotion when she decided to join the APA, and the prize package was a pleasant surprise. “I had watched my husband play pool a few times at Gun Tavern and Larry, a good friend for a few years, had talked to me about joining the League. It sounded like fun so I went ahead and joined,” said Bonnie.

Bonnie, a Skill Level 2, has played pool before, although not on an APA League. “So far, the League has been an enormous amount of fun for me,” commented Bonnie, “It’s a real stress relief sometimes!”

Bonnie has been married to her husband Ralph for two and a half years; together they have four children and five grandchildren.

This article orginally appeared in the Spring 2003 issue of The American Poolplayer Magazine produced by the American Poolplayers Association.