August 11, 2006

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

ATTENTION:  NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS
EDITORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ANNOUNCING THE $15,000 LIBERTY NATIONAL
2006 MINNESOTA STATE “FOOSBALL”
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Minneapolis
Area Tournament Draws Top Table Soccer Players from Around the World

White Bear Lake,
MN – Enthusiasts and top
athletes from around the world are already beginning to converge on the
Minneapolis-St. Paul area to compete in an unusual, unique event: the Minnesota
State Foosball Championships.  To be
held August 25-27 at Decoy’s Grill and Bar, 2143 4th Street, White Bear
Lake, Minnesota, this event is expected to draw over 200 table soccer (a.k.a.
"foosball") enthusiasts, including several members of the U.S.
National Team.  The tournament will
include categories for men and women from beginner to Master, and will
additionally feature a pro clinic, a trick shot exhibition and a drawing for a
free foosball table.

Now recognized as an International Table
Soccer Federation (ITSF) Pro Tour Series event, the annual Minnesota 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 USA #1-ranked Billy Pappas
of Lowell, MA against fellow U.S. Team member, defending champion and local
favorite Dave Gummeson, of Coon Rapids, MN.  Women’s competition is likely to
include some of the best in the world as well, including defending champion and
current World Champion Stayce Fowler of Cedar Rapids, IA and past World
Champion Moya Tielens of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Players at the Master levels will play not only for $15,000 in 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.  As a result, numerous
Canadian and even United Kingdom National Team members are also expected to
compete in the Minnesota tournament.  And, 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 Minnesota’s own Foosline.Com
Promotions and is sanctioned by both the United States Table Soccer Federation
and the ITSF.  It is open to all
spectators and there is no admission fee to enter the tournament area.  Opening events begin at 5:00 p.m. on
Friday, August 25th, with most finals occurring on Sunday the 27th.  Players can register for events on site,
and all competition will be on Brunswick’s Tornado Table Soccer™
tables.

Sponsors of the event include Liberty National Mortgage, Decoy’s
Grill and Bar, and Jack Daniel’s™ Tennesee Whiskey, 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 (Las Vegas, Nevada; Austin, Texas), the UK and more.  In fact, this year’s tour is 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://www.foosline.com/events/06_mnstate.pdf
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Tournament Flier & Information

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

www.table-soccer.org
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ITSF Website/International Rankings

www.ustsf.org
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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:

Mury
Johnson, Tournament Director, Tel: 1-651-731-2200, ext. 3101; Email: [email-masked]

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

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