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Edgar Goes East!

Hungary, April 12-16, 2017 Edgar, our treasurer, recently visited Budapest to meet with our Eastern European members to discuss with them how the EGLSF can give them support. During the visit he met up with 3 members from Atlasz SC, and members from ILGA-Europe, who were on a financial training course. Daniel Waliduda, a former EGLSF board member, Istvan Manheim and Szalbolcs gave some constructive feedback on how, and what we could do for them. Going forward, the board will meet in Amsterdam in 2 weeks time to discuss in detail the practical side of the support we can give [...]

2017-05-01T10:51:55+02:00Monday, May 1st, 2017 @ 10:30|Categories: 2017, News|Comments Off on Edgar Goes East!

QSport Romania, Basketball in Bucharest!

Sunday, April 23rd, Q Sports Romania hosted a Basketball 3on3 Meet-up in Bucharest, Romania. The games were held at Sport Arena Bucharest a well-know facility for big 3on3 basketball tournaments in the country. The meet-up consisted of a 3 hour event made up of a round robin competition with the top 2 teams (in terms of wins) playing against each other in a very tight final. In total we had 5 teams competing (15 players), with different backgrounds and ages. You can see pictures from the games here Video of the big final here And pictures taken after the tournament [...]

2020-04-19T16:58:19+02:00Monday, May 1st, 2017 @ 9:58|Categories: 2017, News|Comments Off on QSport Romania, Basketball in Bucharest!

FIFA Conference for Equality and Inclusion: Moving from words to action

ZURICH, March 7, 2017 - How does one transform indisputably beautiful words like “equality” and “diversity” into concrete actions that make a difference? This years’ FIFA Conference for Equality and Inclusion set the stage for the many potential answers to this question and displayed just how complex the process is – both within football and in other areas of society. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the EGLSF was represented at the 3rd FIFA Annual Conference on Equality & Inclusion to provide a platform for open and honest debate about how to improve the support for women’s football and women [...]

2020-04-19T16:58:19+02:00Monday, April 3rd, 2017 @ 21:21|Categories: 2017, Football, News|0 Comments

Meet the Treasurer!

1. When were you first introduced to tennis? It was when I was 8 years old. I come from a tennis family, my father still plays tennis and my brother has his own tennis academy in Texas. 2. Why is the EGLSF important to you and Smashing Pink? The EGSLF is important to me because I feel that being part of the federation I am contributing in making a difference in the sport world when it comes to LGBT players. Through the EGLSF, Smashing pink can promote their activities to the rest of Europe.The network of 115 member organisations really [...]

2017-04-05T12:28:27+02:00Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 @ 10:51|Categories: 2017, News|0 Comments

Win a free ticket to the Pinkster Tennis Tournament 2017

On 2-5th June 2017 hundreds of LGBT tennis players will gather in beautiful Amsterdam for the Pinkster Tournament - a long weekend of tennis matches, great food, social events and an opportunity to make lots of new tennis friends.   And, as it’s the 25th edition, they’re going to be putting on a HUGE party to celebrate - the biggest ever in the history of the tournament.   No mistake, if you’re a tennis player, Pinkster Tournament is THE place to be on 2-5 June 2017.     And here’s the best part – you can play at the tournament [...]

2020-04-19T16:58:19+02:00Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 17:03|Categories: 2017, Members, News, Sport|0 Comments
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