July
27, 2006

P. O. BOX
343292, BARTLETT, TN 38184  USA

ATTENTION:  NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS
EDITORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDEPENDENT FOOSBALL PROMOTIONS (IFP) ANNOUNCES THE $30,000 KENTUCKY STATE TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNAMENT

Lexington
Tournament Draws Top “Foosball” Players from Around the World

Lexington, KY – All around the world athletes
are training, conditioning and studying each other's moves in preparation for a
very unique sports competition: the Kentucky State Table Soccer
Championships.  To be held August
3-6 at the Holiday Inn North at 1950 Newtown Pike in Lexington, this event is
expected to draw over 400 table soccer (a.k.a. "foosball") players,
including members of the U.S. National Team.  The tournament will include categories
for men, women and children from beginner to Master, and will additionally
feature the “foosball” events of the Blue Grass Summer Games.

Now recognized as an International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) Master
Series event, the annual Kentucky tournament has even been elevated to
international tour status.  This
means the competition is likely to draw match ups between top American players
such as defending champion and USA #1-ranked  Billy Pappas, 21, of Lowell, MA and
other U.S. Team members against National Team members from Canada, Ireland,
Germany, the United Kingdom and more.
Players at the Master levels will compete not only for cash and prizes
at the event, but also for qualifying points to compete at the ITSF World
Series Masters Championships in St. Vincent, Italy this coming November.  With many top Masters playing
exceptionally strong after the recent ITSF World Cup of Table Soccer held in
Hamburg, Germany, matches are expected to be extremely intense!

The tournament is organized by Kentucky’s own Independent Foosball
Promotions and sanctioned by both the United States Table Soccer Federation and
ITSF.  It is open to all spectators
and there is no admission fee to enter the tournament room. Opening events
begin at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 3rd, with most finals
occurring on Sunday the 6th.
The Blue Grass State Games events are on Saturday the 5th and
include 17 & under Singles, 12 & under Singles, Parent/Child Doubles,
and more.  You must be
pre-registered for the Blue Grass Games (see: www.bgsg.org),
but for IFP events players can register on site.  All competition will be on
Brunswick’s Tornado Table Soccer™ tables, and tables will be set on
free play.

Sponsors of the event include Little Caesars, Rent Way, Budweiser, Coca
Cola, and the Lexington Holiday Inn North, while sponsors of the U.S. National
Foosball Team are Nike™, Brunswick’s Tornado Table Soccer™,
Bonzini™ USA, Tornello Enterprises, Foosball.com, Rod-lock.com and TTR
MasterWraps.

Other ITSF 2006 World Tour events are scheduled for Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South
Africa, United States (Minnesota, Nevada, Texas), the UK and more.  In fact, this year’s tour will be
the largest worldwide table soccer pro tour ever!!

For additional details about the event and the sport of table soccer,
please see the following websites:

http://foosworld.com/forum/files/11602/download.aspx     - Tournament Flier
& Information

www.foosworld.com                                                     -
Player Profiles & Regional Tournament Information

www.tischfussball-wm-2006.de/eng_teams.html             -
Official World Cup of Table Soccer Website/Results

www.table-soccer.org
-
ITSF web site/international rankings

www.ustsf.org
-
Official U.S. Table Soccer Federation website

www.foosball.com                                                        -
General information about the sport of table soccer

For more information, photos, or for an electronic
version of this release, please contact:

Mary
Moore, Tournament Director, IFP, Tel: 1-859-268-8502; Email: [email-masked]

Larry Davis, Executive Director, USTSF, Tel:
1-563-580-9485; Email: [email-masked]

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