March 1, 2005

P.
O.  BOX 343292,  BARTLETT, TN 38184

ATTENTION:  NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS
EDITORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONS COMPETE

IN BENEFIT FOR THE “V FOUNDATION”

Local Community Teams with Top Ranked “Foosball” Stars

to Help in Fight Against Cancer

RALEIGH, NC – Popular locally as a family
restaurant and bar, Fat Daddy’s in Raleigh will also be host to this
year’s “Jimmy V” North Carolina Foosball Open.  To be held March 17-19 and with
categories open to men and women and beginner through Master, the tournament is
expected to draw local table soccer (a.k.a. “foosball”) enthusiasts
and even internationally ranked players from throughout the region, with
proceeds benefiting the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

The “Jimmy V” tournament annually raises funds for the V
Foundation, named for the late North
Carolina State
basketball coach and ABC/ESPN sports commentator Jimmy Valvano.  The V Foundation is a charitable
organization dedicated to saving lives by helping to find a cure for cancer by
generating broad-based support for cancer research and by creating an urgent
public awareness of the importance of the war against cancer.  In its first few years, the tournament raised a
total of over $10,000 for the V Foundation, thanks to local area business
sponsorships, and a total of more than $100,000 has been raised for this and
other charities in a nationwide combined effort by local event organizers and
Bonzini™ USA, a Division of Cribbs
Inc.

Each year, the tournament takes place on “French-style”
foosball tables provided by Bonzini™ USA.   The Bonzini™ table is one of
five different styles of table soccer tables currently endorsed by the International
Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) for use in international competition.  With the tournament recently recognized
as an ITSF “Master Series” tour event, the “Jimmy V”
North Carolina Foosball Open has now been elevated to international
status.  Particularly exciting will
be the Open Doubles and Open Singles events, beginning 1:30 p.m. on Saturday,
which will feature returning champions Mack Smith, Tim “Fuji”
Alberts, and Doris Little, as well as top players from
throughout the region and may include players from as far away as Canada.  The event is open to all spectators and
there is no admission fee to enter the tournament area.  Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. on
Friday, March  17th,
with most finals held on Sunday the 19th.

Other ITSF 2006 World Tour events are scheduled to take place in Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas, and even Las
Vegas.  In
addition, table soccer players all around the United States are gearing up for
further ITSF competition in Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Japan,
Mexico, Poland, and the UK.  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:

www.bonziniusa.com
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tournament/charity information site

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

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

www.foosworld.com                            -
information about players & regional events across the U.S.A.

www.foosball.com/ustsf                        -
the official USTSF web site

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

Alan Cribbs, Tournament Director, Tel:
1-336-325-3183; Email: [email-masked]

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

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