“TORNADO WORLDS” TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP NOW UNDERWAY IN DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TEXAS
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ATTENTION: NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS EDITORS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“TORNADO WORLDS” TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
NOW UNDERWAY IN DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TEXAS
- World’s Top “Foosball” Players Take on USA’s Best -
Grapevine, Texas - An estimated 400 of the world’s best table soccer
(a.k.a. “foosball”) players have already begun to descend on the
Dallas-Fort Worth area to compete for approximately $80,000 in cash,
prizes and titles at Valley-Dynamo’s “Tornado Worlds” Table Soccer
Championship Series tournament. To take place September 1-6, 2010 at
the DFW Hilton Lakes Hotel & Conference Center, the tournament
features categories for men and women of all skill levels from amateur
to Master and for ages from junior to senior.
Competition is expected to be very intense, as athletes vie for
qualification berths to play in the next International Table Soccer
Federation (ITSF) World Championship Finals in Nantes, France in
January. And in a much anticipated preview of World Cup contenders
for 2011, several members of the U.S. National Team will be defending
the honor of their back-to-back 2009 and 2010 ITSF World Cup victories
as they compete in both singles and doubles against many of their top
international rivals.
All competition will take place on Tornado Table Soccer tables,
one of five official tables used for international pro tour play and
manufactured by DFW’s own Valley-Dynamo, Inc. Now officially
sanctioned as an ITSF Master Series tournament, the event is further
sanctioned by the United States Table Soccer Federation (USTSF).
Sponsors of the event include Valley-Dynamo and the DFW Hilton Lakes
(reservations: 1-817-481-8444). Professional video production is
provided by InsideFoos.com and NetFoos.tv.
Opening events begin at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1st,
with most finals occurring on Monday the 6th. Spectators and press are
welcome and there is no admission fee to enter the tournament room.
There are entry fees for players who wish to compete in an event.
This is currently the largest tournament held in the USA on the
2010 ITSF World Tour. Other 2010 ITSF competitions have taken place
in Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Japan,
Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and
the United Kingdom, among others. In fact, this year’s 50-tournament
tour could well be the largest table soccer tour ever!!
For additional details about this event and/or the sport of table
soccer, please see the following websites:
www.ustsf.org - USTSF official web site/Pro Tour & U.S. National Team
sponsorship opportunities
www.table-soccer.org - ITSF official website/international rankings/
news
www.vifa.com - USTSA website/Tournament flier/USA Rankings/League
information
www.foosball.com - General information about the sport of Table
Soccer
www.insidefoos.com - Table Soccer videos/Hall of Fame
For more information, photos, or for an electronic version of this
release, please contact:
Larry Davis, Executive Director, USTSF, Tel: 1-563-580-9485; Email:
larry...@ustsf.foosball.com
Dave Courington, Valley-Dynamo, Tel: 1-817-312-3904; Email:
foos...@aim.com
Brian Elliott, Promotions Director, Tel: 1-800-544-1346; Email:
in...@vifa.com
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