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We spoke to Bgham Cup 2022 print Jean-François Laberge and Internatnal Gay Rugby chair Karl Asugh-Gat about the upg tournament.

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

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(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.

"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. That same year the Wolv also beme a member of Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR), 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 atmosphere.

The tournament, also known as the Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, is the biennial world champnships of gay and clive gby. That same year, the Wolv beme a member of the Internatnal Gay Rugby associatn.

RUGBY AS A MON E: BGHAM CUP CELEBRAT GAY AND CLIVE TEAMS

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The Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament, or Bgham Cup as is more wily known, is the biennial world champnships of gay and clive gby.

GAY GBY'S BGHAM CUP TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD OTTAWA 2020

The Bgham Cup - the major ternatnal tournament for gay and clive gby teams worldwi - will be held Ottawa, Canada, 2020. * gay rugby ottawa *

The tournament was first held 2002 memory of 9/11 gay gby hero Mark Bgham, one of the passengers who fought back agast hijackers on board Uned Flight 93. As a gay man and regular gby player, Mark played for San Francis Fog and helped set up Gotham Knights New York Cy. Admistered by Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR), the Bgham Cup hostg duti are award through a biddg procs among the members of IGR.

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Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) was formed 2000 when gby teams om across the world me together bee they wanted to form an anizatn that promoted gby as an all-clive, non-discrimatory sport which everyone n play, regardls of sexualy. Formally known as the Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board (IGRAB), the formatn of the IGR led to the start of the Bgham Cup 2002, which was origally known as the Mark Kendall Bgham Memorial Tournament. The event will host the Movg the Goal Post Internatnal Summ, assemblg the top legal and sport-rearch mds to tackle transphobia and homophobia sport.

MEET THE ASIE GAY RUGBY TEAMS COMPETG IN THE 2022 BGHAM CUP IN CANADA

The 10th Bgham Cup, known as the Gay Rugby World Cup, is schled to start later this week Ottawa, Canada.  LGBTQI players om 20 participatg untri, cludg Atralia, will * gay rugby ottawa *

The Ottawa Wolv RFC is the first predomantly gay gby team the Natnal Capal Regn. The Wolv missn is to promote and enurage participatn the game of gby among those who have tradnally been unr-reprented the game, specifilly the gay muny. Durg the Fall and Wter of 2007 and 2008 the Ottawa Wolv RFC will be focg on recg efforts, fundraisg, creatg a erng stcture and applyg to jo the Eastern Ontar Rugby Unn and IGRAB (Internatnal Gay Rugby Associatn and Board).

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

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. 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.

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.

GAY GBY'S BGHAM CUP TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD OTTAWA 2020

Once every two years, the gay and clive gby muny gathers for s biennial world champnships, better known as the Bgham Cup. Organised by Internatnal Gay Rugby (IGR) and now among the largt amatr gby unn tournaments the world, the event’s two- history has seen pch up glamoro lotns rangg om London and New York Cy to Sydney and Amsterdam.

This year, the petn was held Ottawa, which self boasts a vibrant LGBTQ+ muny and is also home to the Ottawa Wolv, one of the only gay and clive gby clubs Canada that lays claim to both a men’s and women’s si. Bgham himself played for San Francis Fog, the first gay and clive gby club on Ameri’s wt ast, and helped to tablish New York’s Gotham Knights. Acrdg to Amanda Mark, one of Bgham’s clost iends who travelled to Ottawa om Atralia for this year’s tournament and is also puttg her name to a women’s equivalent of the petn, he would have been “really thrilled” to see what the event has bee and how ntu to challenge stereotyp around what means to be gay.

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