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We want to inform all EGLSF members that registrations for EuroGames Barcelona 2008 will finally start on December 21st. We have been working hard together with a company specialized in registration process for big events in the last months, so that the registration could start as planned. Unfortunately, due to the special characteristics of EuroGames (much more complicated than professional competitions), the preparations of the software have taken much longer than expected, and therefore we couldn't open registrations during November. In the next days the system will be ready for us to make some tests in order to avoid future [...]

At the start of the New Year Out to Swim will expand its existing swim and water polo programmes to offer swimming lessons for adults. Beginning 6 January 2008 lessons will be held at the Queen Mother Sports Centre, providing a unique opportunity for beginners to discover the benefits of team swimming. The lessons will run on a six-week cycle, consisting of a one-hour session every Sunday. Participants will not only gain confidence in the water, but will also be able to participate in all OTS social activities, providing the perfect opportunity to meet other club members. “This programme offers [...]

At the start of the New Year Out to Swim will expand its existing swim and water polo programmes to offer swimming lessons for adults. Beginning 6 January 2008 lessons will be held at the Queen Mother Sports Centre, providing a unique opportunity for beginners to discover the benefits of team swimming. The lessons will run on a six-week cycle, consisting of a one-hour session every Sunday. Participants will not only gain confidence in the water, but will also be able to participate in all OTS social activities, providing the perfect opportunity to meet other club members. “This programme offers [...]

First LGBT Volleyball clubs in Warsaw and Poland has been established. They started end of 2005 and since then Volleyball groups were established already in 5 other cities of Poland. So next year they are going to organize league matches between the teams from Warsaw, Katowice, Poznan, Wroclaw and Gdansk. They will also try to organize the 1st international tournament. Stay tuned! www.volup.pl

The Federation of Gay Games general assembly elected a new female co-president and seven new board members on 27 October at its annual meeting in San Francisco, capping a year of record growth in organisations associated with the Federation. This year’s annual meeting was the first for the new general assembly following the Federation’s November 2006 restructuring in Lyon, France. The 2007 meeting concluded just days before the 1000-day countdown to Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany, which runs from 31 July through 7 August 2010. The annual meeting included a variety of workshops facilitating productive working relationships among the [...]