Although, fans and players played up to TV and taunted each teams viciously, when each player stepped off the playing arena fans loved American players as much as Europe players.
Micheala Tabb one of the most recognized & respected pool referee proved once again why she is where she is today. She had the total control of entire match and even the mob of rowdiest fans failed silent when she raised her hand to signal "quiet". During first night, some fans didn't get her signal cheered for Europe when an American player was on ready position to shoot with only 10 seconds remaining of the 30 second time clock. She announced "Restart the clock!" and additional 30 seconds were added to that player. It only took once or twice more after that time and from then on it only took a glance from her and the crowd fail silent
Some of her quotes with attitude was just too priceless.
So, soon after when she started to look at a section or raised her hand, crowd would start shushing at them. It must had annoyed her because she shouted... "If you don't mind, I will do the shushing, thank you!"
At the end, when Europe was about to win, crowd kept getting louder and louder, once again she squished them like a fly and said, "This is Corey's time and we don't have time for this non-sense!"
Team Europe celebrating their win. Darren A. on the table dancing, Karl B. wearing the lid to the cup, Team Europe's non-playing captain John (last name?), Nick Vandenburghe and (gosh I almost said Daryle Peach again) Ralf Souquet.
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It wasn't a surprise when Darren Appleton was announced MVP of the team. IMO, Ralf Souquet was the backbone of the Team Europe and carried the burden as expectedly, and without a question Ralf played his game start to finish which is always consistent and flawless. But it was Darren's charisma that lifted teams spirit and always came up with the most impressive shots & kicks with with some roles to pull them out of jam. Darren most certainly deserved this honor.
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