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THE EGLSF ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD 2024

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info The EGLSF announces the election of the new board. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (7 MARCH 2024) – On Sunday 3 March, the Annual General Assembly elected three new board members. There were no candidates for the female co-president's position. The board now consists of: Hugh Torrance, co-president, from LEAP Sports, Scotland Marcel Kreissig, treasurer, associate member of the EGLSF, Germany Erika Patrikainen, general secretary, from H.O.T., Finland Georg Kardaras, board member, from Alfa Athens SC, Greece Bo Madsen, board member, Pan Idraet Copenhagen, Denmark Vera-Linn Lanängen, board member, [...]

2024-03-07T16:46:35+01:00Thursday, March 7th, 2024 @ 16:46|Categories: 2023, AGA, External, News, Press Release|0 Comments

THE EGLSF ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD 2023

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info The EGLSF announces the election of the new board. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (5 MARCH 2023) – On Sunday 5 March, the Annual General Assembly elected a new board member. The board welcomes new Treasurer, Marcel Kreissig from Germany. Marcel is an associate member of the EGLSF.  The board would like to thank our retiring board members: Edgar Castillo, Noemi Fluixa, Elena Lipilina and Livan Soto Gonzalez for their dedicated service to EGLSF and the European LGBTQI+ sporting community. The board now consists of: • Hugh Torrance, co-president, [...]

2023-03-12T17:12:53+01:00Sunday, March 5th, 2023 @ 16:18|Categories: 2023, AGA, External, News, Press Release|0 Comments

Statement on FINA banning transgender athletes from women’s races

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info EGLSF on FINA banning transgender athletes from women's elite races Last Sunday, FINA, the world governing body for swimming, voted to effectively ban transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races with the statement that “male-to-female transgender athletes …. are eligible to compete in the women’s category … if they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 or before age 12, whichever is later.” Shortly afterwards, the International Rugby League (IRL) issued a statement [...]

2022-06-26T13:43:18+02:00Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 13:43|Categories: 2022, Advocacy, External, Press Release, Swimming|0 Comments

THE EGLSF ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD 2022

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info The EGLSF announces the election of the new board. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (21 MARCH 2022) – On Sunday 20 March, the Annual General Assembly elected a new board member. The board welcomes new Board Member at Large, Noemie Fluxia from Panteres Grogues. The board now consists of: • Hugh Torrance, co-president, from LEAP Sports, Scotland • Sarah Townsend, co-president, from Fédération Sportive LGBT+, France • Erika Patrikainen, general secretary, from H.O.T., Finland • Edgar Castillo, treasurer, from Smashing Pink Amsterdam, Netherlands • Noemie Fluxia, board member, from [...]

2022-03-21T17:51:39+01:00Monday, March 21st, 2022 @ 17:51|Categories: 2022, AGA, External, Press Release|0 Comments

The EGLSF announces the election of the board 2021

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Erika Patrikainen EGLSF General Secretary: erika.patrikainen@eglsf.info Amsterdam, The Netherlands (21 MARCH 2021) – On Sunday 21 March, the Annual General Assembly elected new board members. The board now consists of: • Hugh Torrance, co-president, from LEAP Sports, Scotland • Sarah Townsend, co-president, from FSGL, France • Erika Patrikainen, general secretary, from H.O.T Helsinki, Finland • Edgar Castillo, treasurer, from Smashing Pink Amsterdam, Netherlands • Diana van den Born, board member, from Smashing Pink Amsterdam, Netherlands • Elena Lipilina, board member, from Russian LGBT Sport Federation, Russia • Georg Kardaras, board member, from Alfa [...]

2021-03-23T19:42:48+01:00Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 @ 18:58|Categories: 2021, AGA, External, News, Press Release|0 Comments