The Great West Gunslingers The newly formed wiffle franchise of the Great West Gunslingers are primed and ready to battle with the best fast pitch wiffle ball teams fin the country, and hope to capture the bid to the National Championship OPEN in Boston, MA. The team is comprised of 5 wifflers spanning from Los Angeles to Phoenix, AZ. From a recent high school graduate to another who graduated 16 years ago… The team is built around great pitching and timely hitting. Follow us on twitter and facebook for live updates tomorrow from Las Vegas. https://twitter.com/#!/gwgunslingers
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Gabi Carrubba from American Idol to sing at HRG Wiffle Ball Tournament!
Hartford, CT – Get ready American Idol fans! Connecticut’s own Gabi Carrubba, an American Idol contestant on Season 11, will be preforming the National Anthem at the HRG First Annual Wiffle Ball Tournament! Gabi has emerged as one of the world’s most promising up and coming pop singers. She recently released her first two singles, “I Had A Boy” and “Something More” – that are available now via Digital Download. She had performed Billy Joel’s hit “New York State of Mind” on stage at the legendary BB Kings in New York City with Mike DelGuidice and Big Shot, also featuring Richie Cannata and Tommy Byrnes. For the past year, Gabi has been hard at work in the recording studio collaborating with the gifted Beau Badrick writing lyrics and laying down vocal tracks on her first two cuts.
Hartford Restaurant Group has joined together with the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research in their First Annual Wiffle Ball Tournament. The HRG Wiffle Ball Tournament will be held on June 23rd, 2012, in New Britain, CT. All ages are welcome to participate in this fun, family friendly outing. Food, drinks and beer will be served all day! All proceeds will be donated to benefit the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research.
“HRG is extremely excited to collaborate with the Jimmy V Foundation for this great event”, said Phil Barnett, one of the partners in Hartford Restaurant Group. “This is an amazing opportunity for us to support the foundation’s efforts in cancer research”, stated Mr. Barnett.
The V Foundation for Cancer Research was established in 1993 by ESPN and the late NC State basketball coach Jim Valvano. The V Foundation has raised more than $90 million for cancer research and awards 100 cents out of every dollar to cancer research and related programs.
The Hartford Restaurant Group is the management arm behind a trio of restaurant brands with roots in Greater Hartford. HRG restaurants include Agave Grill in Hartford; the Wood-n-Tap Bar & Grill in Hartford, Farmington, Orange, Southington, Rocky Hill and Vernon; and TD Homer’s Grill in Southington.
Please join HRG and The V Foundation friends in our fight against this disease. If you would like further information about the HRG Wiffle Ball Tournament, please visit our website, www.woodntap.com or www.TDHomers.com.
For more information, please contact Philip Barnett at (860) 306-3690 or Jennifer Lamantini at (860) 206-6284 ext. 202.
