Internatnal Gay Rugby prepar for Bgham Cup | World Rugby

Contents:

• INTERNATNAL GAY RUGBY PREPAR FOR BGHAM CUP
• OTTAWA WOLV TO HOST TERNATNAL GAY GBY TOURNAMENT 2020
• ‘IT WAS A SUCCS BEFORE WE STEPPED ON THE PCH’: HOW OTTAWA’S BGHAM CUP LIVERED FOR THE GAY AND CLIVE GBY MUNY
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS

INTERNATNAL GAY RUGBY PREPAR FOR BGHAM CUP

Shortly after a handful of gby unn clubs for gay and bisexual men om the UK and USA had found the Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB) October 2000, The Washgton Renegas held an rmal, ternatnal, vatnal tournament at their home DC May 2001. As a gay man and regular gby player, Mark not only played for San Francis Fog but also helped to set up Gotham Knights New York Cy and was well known throughout the fledglg IGR was credibly shockg that jt three month’s followg the vatnal, Mark would loose his life the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks, onboard flight Uned October 2001, followg the 2001 vatnal, the San Francis Fog succsfully lobbied IGRAB for the right to put on a XVs gby tournament  San Francis  June tournament was fashned the style of the Rugby World Cup, wh both the tournament and cup prize named honor of Mark followg a unanimo cisn by all the members of IGRAB. The Bgham Cup is an ternatnal gay gby unn tournament that promot clivy, equaly and petn.

” Admistered by Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR), the Bgham Cup is named memory of Mark Kendall Bgham, a former Universy of California, Berkeley gby star and -founr of the Gotham Knights RFC, a gay-clive gby club New York Cy. “The ternatnal gay and clive gby muny is very exced to see the return of the Bgham Cup. One of only four gay-clive gby clubs Canada, the Ottawa Wolv RFC was engaged an extensive biddg procs to w the rights to host the Bgham Cup the natn’s pal back 2018.

OTTAWA WOLV TO HOST TERNATNAL GAY GBY TOURNAMENT 2020

Other gay-clive gby clubs Canada clu the Montreal Armada RFC, the Toronto Muddy York RFC and the Vanuver Rogu RFC. The Ottawa Wolv RFC is part of IGR, a member of the Feratn of Gay Gam and regnized by World Rugby as their lead LGBT anizatn. (Bgham Cup/Amanda Tom)The world's largt amatr gby tournament has s openg ceremoni Ottawa Wednday, wh more than 1, 700 players om 20 untri sets this biennial tournament — the Bgham Cup — apart om others, is the fact has bee a world cup of gay and clive is the tourney's 10th anniversary, and is beg held Canada for the first time.

In 2018, the Ottawa Wolv, Ottawa's only gay and clive team, flew to Amsterdam to prent our bid to get the hostg rights and after that we set about the bs of puttg the tournament on.

‘IT WAS A SUCCS BEFORE WE STEPPED ON THE PCH’: HOW OTTAWA’S BGHAM CUP LIVERED FOR THE GAY AND CLIVE GBY MUNY

"We're gog to gather the top sport rearchers, amics, legal mds and also lears om the sport Canada and we have ternatnal atten om everywhere to addrs and tackle transphobia and homophobia the sport, " Laberge said. The Bgham Cup, also known as the Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, is the biennial world champnships of gay and clive gby. That same year the Wolv also beme a member of the Internatnal Gay Rugby, an anizatn signed to elimate discrimatn of sexual orientatns or intifitn the sport by providg members of the 2SLGBTQ+ muny a chance to play gby an clive gby club.

“Wh everythg that has happened sce 2018 – I know that the Internatnal Gay Rugby fay needs this tournament more than ever. CHARLOTTE, NC - The Charlotte Royals Rugby Football Club was recently announced as the host club for the 2021 Internatnal Gay Rugby North Amerin Champnship (IGR NAC). For more rmatn on the North Amerin Champnship or the Charlotte Royals, please ntact Kerry Joel Beck or vis IGR is Internatnal Gay Rugby.

Formerly known as Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB) – a global anizatn of member clive clubs who actively rec gays, lbians, and players of lor. Our missn is to foster a supportive environment where gay and bisexual men and their straight alli n learn and play the sport of gby. As a non-prof anizatn (501c3), the Charlotte Royals are affiliated wh both the Carola Geographic Rugby Unn (CGRU) and Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR).

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

Internatnal Gay Rugby is a Charable Inrporated Organisatn, registered England and Wal wh our registered office at 71 Holland Road, Wt Ham, London, E15 3BP, England, Uned Kgdom (Chary Number – 1154241) provi our member clubs wh velopment support and rourc the areas of club anisatn, recment, retentn, fundraisg, event management, and, regnal and natnal unn relatns. The eighth edn of the Bgham Cup, the world champnship of gay and clive gby, gets unrway on Friday Nashville, Tennsee.

Teams om as far afield as Sydney  Atralia have entered the petn, regard as the world champnship of gay and clive gby, and over the next few days more than 1, 300 players will gather the southern state to pete for the prtig trophy which was named honour of Mark Bgham, a leadg gay gby player who died on Uned flight 93 on 9/11.