December 29,
2005

P.
O.  BOX 343292,  BARTLETT, TN 38184

ATTENTION:  NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS
EDITORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONS COMPETE

IN BENEFIT FOR QUIGLEY HOUSE

Local Community Teams with Top Ranked American “Foosball”
Stars

to Help Support Jacksonville Area Women’s Shelter

JACKSONVILLE – Normally a popular local sports bar
and restaurant, the Player’s Grille in Orange Park will also be host to
this year’s Florida State Table Soccer Championships.  To be held January 13-15 in Orange Park,
Florida, the event is expected to draw both local table soccer (a.k.a.
“foosball”) enthusiasts and even internationally ranked players
from throughout the region.  With
categories open to youth through senior and beginner through Master, proceeds
will benefit Quigley House, a Jacksonville area shelter providing assistance to
women and children affected by domestic violence.

In its first three years, the tournament raised a total of $54,000 in
support of Quigley House, and nationwide a total of nearly $100,000 has been
raised for this and other charities in a combined effort by event organizers Tornello Promotions and Bonzini USA, Inc.  Particularly exciting has been the Parent/Child
Doubles event, which starts at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, and Open Doubles, which
begins at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The event is open to all spectators and there is no admission fee to
enter the tournament area.
Registration begins at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 13th,
with most finals occurring on Sunday the 15th.

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 “Pro Tour” event, the Fourth Annual Florida State
Foosball Championships has now been elevated to international status.

Other ITSF 2006 World Tour events are scheduled to take place in
Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, 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, 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, please  see the following websites:

www.jacksonvilletablesoccer.com          -
tournament/charity information/contact site

www.bonziniusa.com
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tournament/charity information site

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

www.vifa.com
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the USTSA web site/USA 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.

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

Larry Davis, Executive Director, USTSF

Tel: 563-580-9485; Email: [email-masked]

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