The Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville, CT hosted the World Cup of Trick Shots on October 29th. Team USA won the title over Team Europe during the team competition in the sport of trick shots. Team USA earned gold medals and $20,000 for being the winning team.

Team USA was led to victory by Captain Andy Segal. Andy recently won the Trick Shot Magic Challenge so he was ready to compete. Team USA members also included: Tom Rossman, Mike Massey and Bruce Barthelette. Team Europe finished as silver medalists and was led by Captain Stefano Pelinga. Other members of Team Europe were: Nick Nickolaidis, Luke Szywala and Ralph Eckert. The silver medalists earned $10,000 for their efforts.

Players competing in the World Cup found that the format consisted of eight artistic show shots by both teams in a match. Team members were able to execute a challenge shot of their choice and their opponents had to duplicate the shot or lose a point.

In the semi-final round two members from each team saw the players alternating shots in four player head to head matches. The finals saw all eight members of Team America and Europe in a shootout. The action was exciting and the standing room only crowd gave Team USA a large ovation at the end of the championship match.







- 2009-11-03