PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact: John Ryan
EGLSF General Secretary: john.ryan@eglsf.info

The European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation announces the election of the new board.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (10 MARCH 2016) – On Sunday 06 March, the Annual General Assembly elected new board members.

The board now consists of:

• Paul Brummitt, co-president, from Pan Idræt Copenhagen (DK)
• Annette Wachter, co-president, from SC Janus, Cologne (DE)
• John Ryan, general secretary, from Nat Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
• Edwin Westenberg, treasurer, from Ketelbinkie, Rotterdam (NL)
• Sarah Townsend, board member, from Fédération sportive gaie et lesbienne, (FR)
• Diana van den Born, board member, from Smashing Pink, Amsterdam (NL)

The board would like to thank all the candidates who put themselves forward for the vacant positions and for the work and effort that went into each candidacy.

About the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation
The European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) was founded in 1989. Its aims are to:
• fight against discrimination in sport on the grounds of gender identity or sexual orientation
• stimulate integration in sport and emancipation of athletes regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation
• enable and support the coming out of athletes
• exchange information and enable co-ordination between European sport groups and tournaments
• support the founding of new inclusive sports groups
We are a federation, which is open to gay, lesbian, straight, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning and mixed sport groups and organisations. At the moment this network has more than 22,000 members within over 115 organisations and sport groups. In the EGLSF all member organisations are autonomous: the Federation operates as a servicing and co-ordinating body.
We promote, amongst other things, the organisation of EuroGames, which is one of the largest multi sport events for athletes, regardless of their gender identity and sexual orientation. The last EuroGames 2015 were held in Stockholm, Sweden. The next games will be held in Helsinki, Finland in 2016.

Our members are invited to join the General Assembly. This annual Assembly is the highest decision making body of the Federation. The members of the EGLSF board are elected for three years by the General Assembly.
“European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation,” “EuroGames,” with the star, are trademarks of the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation.

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