Others notably absent were Karl Boyes, who had signed up for the Bigfoot 10-ball, Keith Bennett, and Donny Mills.
Europe has, typically, had very few participants at the Derby, but this year was different, as Nick Vandenberg, third place straight pool finisher Alex Lely, fourth place finisher in the nine ball Ruslan Chinakhov, and others came to their first Derby. All of them had positive experiences and will surely spread the word. Would like to see Chris Melling, Nick Ekonomopoulos, Fabio Petroni, David Alcaide, Stephan Cohen and other Europeans at the Derby one day.