As the sports director of the championship the world famous master of an artistic pool, the silver prize-winner of the World championship of 2002 the American by Tom Rossman, nicknamed "Doctor Ky" have been invited. As well as it is necessary to the present virtuoso, Rossman carried out duties not only the official. Combining talent of the billiard virtuoso and the showman, it has pleased public with the new amazing tricks.

 

Artistic billiards, which often name «Trick Shots» (трюковые blows) – probably, the most entertainment billiard game. Not without reason, translations of the international competitions on an artistic pool draw attention of many millions spectators. Them those who never played billiards look even. Cartridges disperse from demonstration performances of actors thousand copies. Trik-shot – a surprising alloy of high sports skill and artistic talent.

 

In an artistic pool exists eight disciplines. In each of them the sportsman executes a series from five blows, the quantity of points (from six and on increasing) specifies in degree of its complexity. It is given to the player three attempts. If the trick is successful from the first attempt, to the billiard-player the maximum of points is charged, with the second - on ball it is less, with the third - on two. For three "single" attempts points are not charged. The winner is defined on a total sum of the typed points. The most difficult and during too time of the most entertainment the eighth category - blows to "weight" is considered.

 

The title of the champion of Europe was won by Italian Stefano Pelinga. Following the results of eight disciplines of Pelinga has typed 217 points. Already in the first day of competitions it has provided a serious separation from the competitors, and to become successful it has appeared for it "trick". The sharpest struggle was developed for a silver medal between Bogdanom Volkovski from Poland and the debutant of so representative competitions by Russian Maxim Stalevym. Up to the seventh discipline Maxim on 3-5 points advanced the contender, but has not managed to execute one of the most complicated blows and as a result remained the third. However, the bronze medal of Staleva has appeared the main sensation of the European championship! It is the first success of the representative of Russia at the international sports forum of such level. Except absolute superiority, the rank of the champion of Europe was played and in each of disciplines - four titles were collected by Pelinga, on one medal Volkovski - for «накаты», to Jim Sommeru (Denmark) - for «onboard blows» has got to Michael Mosin (Russia) for «трюковые and entertainment blows», to Stalevu for «blows of the set force».

 

Stefano Pelinga conducting the Italian master trik-shota, was born in Rome where from the beginning of 1985 serves as the police officer. In a pool has started to play age of 12 years, and since 1990 Stefano devotes itself exclusively trik-shotu.

 

Its first considerable result has been fixed in 1997 when Stefano Pelinga has taken the second after Pola Gerni a place in the International challenge cup to Kansas of City (USA). It won the third place in the same cup twice: in October, 1998 in Madison, the State of Wisconsin (USA) and in March, 1999 in Oslo (Norway). In the late nineties Pelinga has taken a strong third place in the world by estimations WTSAA (the World association of masters trik-shota).

 

Among the further achievements of Stefano, undoubtedly, it is necessary to mention its third place at competitions «Magic of Trik-shota» in Chicago in October, 2000; its second place on the European championship on Trik-shotu in Kiev (Ukraine) in September, 2001 and its second place at competitions «Magic of Trik-shota» in Baltimore (USA) in October, 2001. And in the World championship on Trik-shotu in Villingene (Germany) Stefano the World champion on blows «массэ has won titles« "," the World champion on screw and non-standard blows »and has received the award« the Best technics and sports skill ». In the championship which has taken place in October, 2002« Magic of Trik-shota »(Baltimore, the USA) Stefano has again taken the second place, having conceded to the champion only one point, and in the first open championship of America on artistic billiards in Nju Bedford (Массачусес) in 2003 again became the winner.

 

Today Stefano Pelinga is the official instructor of billiard games at the Italian federation of billiards (F.I.B.I.S.) and the Italian national Olympic committee (C.O.N.I.), it also has a school of billiards at the Roman billiard centre (C.R.B.). It is not surprising that 15 multiple champion of Italy periodically organises educational seminars worldwide. In September, 2001, after seminar carrying out on a theme «Geometry and physics in billiards» at the Kharkov University (Ukraine), to it the rank of the professor of sports has been appropriated.

 

From 1997 Stefano Pelinga puts autographs on well-known киях the official sponsor - the companies № "Longoni"