June 13, 2006
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Oakland A’s, Oakland Raiders and Oh my…lots of Hall of Famers!
Ah the life of a professional photographer, it has its ups and its downs. On Monday June 12th it was all Up and Fun. I photographed the SF Council Bay Area Boy scouts 10th annual celebrity golf classic at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville,Ca with my good friend and fellow photographer Clark Woolsey. From the Raideretts to some of the biggest Oakland Raider Hall of Fame Players, Star players from the Oakland A’s, Warrior Girls and CEO’s from some of the largest corporations in the Bay Area it was a blast .I haven’t seen that many Super Bowl rings in one room at the same time before and the players and coaches were a hoot. When these guys get together its like time stood still and they are all in their 20-30′s again. The only drawback to the day was the weather.Who would have expected 56 degrees of wind and chilling cold for a June event?! Oh well everyone had a blast, the food and service at Blackhawk was the best, the course, which there are two of them was like trying to figure out a Pirates map to get from one location to another it was to say the least a great challenge for 200 players. First place was Nick Swisher’s Oakland A’s group. How these guys partied hard and won was unbelievable! The auction, raffle and dinner raised almost $200,000.00. The main man that put the entire classic together, organized, got donations of gifts, contacted and booked talent, pretty much did everything to make this event like all the others was my good friend Frank Yoke. Frank is the SFBSA finance director and one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet, and one of the humblest too. Below you can see yours truly in a headlock by Hall Of Famer Art Toms and some of
the Raiderettes.
