Team USA found, less than two weeks remain

In less than two weeks the 6th 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup kicks off in Queenstown, New Zealand. The USA team was found on Sunday night at the Ace Hotel in New York.

Assuming nobody has an accident (I.e. broken bones or joints - yes we mean you Josh!) the following people will be representing their countries in the competition come Monday the 22nd of March:

New Zealand

James Goggin, Racket, Auckland
Josh Crawford, Hooch, Wellington
Calem Chadwick, Matterhorn, Wellington

Australia

Chris Hysted, Black Pearl, Melbourne
Noriel Calub, Goldfish, Sydney
Karel Reyes Gonzalez, Laruche, Brisbane

United States

Todd Thrasher, PX, Washington DC
Sean Hoard, PDT, New York
Mark Stoddard, Bitter Bar, Boulder

Belfast

Lisa McCarron, The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
Hayden Scott Lambert, The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
Joey Medrington, Tiger Lily’s, Edinburgh

London

James Wynn-William, All Star Lanes, London
Stuart Fritz, Lab, London
Danny Winter, Lab, London

Ireland

Max La Rocca, Sheen Falls Hotel, Kerry
Aaron Wall, Noo Bar, Dublin
Andy Ferreira, The Long Island Bar, Cork

Italy

Elia Calvieri, Arenile, Napoli
Mauro Rosada, Terrazza Tosca, Treviso
Alesandro Catapano, Cosmopolitan Cafe, Treviso

France

Jad Kheirallah, Hilton - Arc De Triomphe, Paris
Carlos Madriz, L’Hotel, Paris
Yves Vitrant, Kilimandjaro, Paris


We’ve got some top notch judges coming as well, including Simon Difford (UK), Jim Meehan (New York), Vernon Chalker and Jason Chan (both from Melbourne, Australia, though Jason is secretly a Kiwi; he won the competition in 2005).

We’ve also got a bunch of great assets online for you to enjoy the action. http://www.twitter.com/42belowcwc/ will have most up-to-the-minute news possible. Video will go live on our YouTube channel as soon as it’s available - http://www.youtube.com/user/42belowvodka. The best photos and videos will go online as they’re available on the 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup 2010 site (http://www.cocktailworldcup.com). You can always follow the action on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/.

If you’re going to be in Wellington on Saturday the 27th of March, come and watch the Grand Final action at the Old Museum Building - tickets are available at http://www.cocktailworldcup.com or Hawthorn Lounge for the final event, and the Cocktail World Cup site has all the details you need.

We hope to see you there!