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WORLD RUGBY SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT WH INTERNATNAL GAY RUGBY
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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. 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. Internatnal Gay Rugby (Associatn & Board) – IGR (Registered Chary Number 1154241). The gay gby story reads like a fay tree, wh births, name chang, divorc and sadly aths.
It was on 1st November 1995 that a small group of gay men met the Central Statn pub near Kg’s Cross, North London, UK to discs the formatn of the world’s first OFFICIALLY regnised Gay Rugby is here where our story begs……. World’s 1st Gay Rugby Club Found.
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Outgog Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) chairman Ben Owen talks to World Rugby about the anisatn’s work, the challeng fac, and his own experienc wh the game. * igr international gay rugby *
London, England, UK – Six gay men meet at the Central Statn pub the Kg’s Cross area of North London and agree to form a gby club for gay and bisexual ’s Cross Steelers, the world’s first officially registered gay gby club is “Steelers” part of the name me about bee many of the club’s founr members were keen fans of Amerin Steelers’ claim to the tle of the “world’s first gay gby club” is based on the fact that South Ai’s Jamion Rairs (found 1985) are an annual vatn team, rather than a registered club playg seasonal fixtur. Wellgton, New Zealand – World’s first gay gby match tak place between Wellgton Krazy Knights & Ponsonby Hero. World’s 1st Gay Rugby (Unn Co) match.
Manchter, England, UK – First European gay gby match between Manchter Village Spartans and Kgs Cross Steelers as part of Manchter’s Pri Weekend. Internatnal Gay Rugby and Board (IGRAB) Found. London, England – Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB) found, October.
London, England, UK – World’s first gay gby tournament tak place between Kg’s Cross Steelers, Manchter Village Spartans and Washgton Renegas.