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TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONS COMPETE TO BENEFIT THE “V FOUNDATION” - Local and National “Foosball” Stars Join in Fight against Cancer

(PRLEAP.COM) RALEIGH, NC – Popular locally as a family restaurant and bar, Fat Daddy’s at 6201 Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh will also be host to this year’s “Jimmy V” North Carolina Foosball Open. To be held March 16-18 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, tournament and league players from throughout the region, and even members of the U.S. National Team. Proceeds will benefit 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 $117,000 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, this 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 now recognized as an ITSF “Master Series” tour event, the “Jimmy V” North Carolina Foosball Open has even been elevated to international status. Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 16th, with most finals held on Sunday the 18th. Particularly exciting will be the Open Doubles and Singles events, beginning 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, featuring numerous past champions such as Bruce Nardoci, Doris Little, and the UK’s Rob Atha. The event is open to spectators and there is no admission fee to enter the tournament area. The host hotel for the event is Hampton Inn (directly next door to the tournament site); reservations: 1-919-782-1112.

Other ITSF 2007 World Tour events are scheduled to take place in Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas, and even Las Vegas. Indeed, table soccer players all around the United States are gearing up for even more ITSF competition in Austria, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, the UK and more. In fact, this year’s 55-tournament 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:

www.bonziniusa.com - Tournament/charity information site
www.table-soccer.org - ITSF official 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.ustsf.org - Official USTSF web site; U.S. National Team & press info

For more information, photos, or for an electronic version of this release, please contact:
Alan Cribbs, Tournament Director, Tel: 1-336-325-3183; Email: acribbs@triad.rr.com
Larry Davis, Executive Director, USTSF, Tel: 1-563-580-9485; Email: larry.davis@ustsf.foosball.com

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