♦  Out of Bounds NYC & Team New York e-Newsletter  ♦
March 22, 2010 
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GAY GAMES SIGN-UP EVENTS


Hallo fabulous New York!
 
Because we really want YOU to come to Gay Games in Cologne this summer, we are coming to New York to meet YOU and YOUR team! We will be in New York Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of March and the only reason why we are there is to tell you all about the magnificent Games this summer. The weekend we are in New York we will also give you a discount of 15 euro if you come and registrar with us.
  
Please forward this mail to all your team-mates and friends! Let me know if you have any questions, we are looking so much forward to meeting you! 
 
Greetings,
Marie Kampmann
Gay Games VIII. Cologne 2010
email: m.kampmann@games-cologne.de  
 


Gay Games Sign-Up Event:
Friday the 26th March at 5pm: After work sign-up event at: Gym Sports Bar.
Gym Sports Bar will be packed because they will host the  
registration for the Big Apple volleyball tournament.
 
So come early so  you can get your 15 euro off the registration and hear all information  
about the Gay Games this summer.
 
Location: 167 8th Ave [Between 18th & 19th St].
www.gymsportsbar.com
  


Lesbian Gay Games Sign-up event!
 
Saturday the 27th March at 8pm: Lesbian registration party at Gingers.  
Gingers fit a few hundred people and have both a 30 foot long bar,  
pool room and an open garden.
 
Come early and take part in the happy hour from 8pm to 9pm where you get a
pint of gingers brew for $3 and a liquor drink special for $3.50.
 
Location: 363 5th Ave between  
5th & 6th Street in Brooklyn. (Take F or R train to 9th St. and 4th).  
www.gingersbarbklyn.com



 
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Join the OOB Facebook page and you'll be "in the know" on local LGBT Sport issues!
Frequent updates and interesting posts!
 
 
 
Tell your friends & teammates!
 
 
 
  

  NY RAMBLERS SOCCER CLUB 13TH ANNUAL INDOOR CLASSIC 
The New York Ramblers Soccer Club invites you to join teams from around the globe for a full day of 5v5 soccer at the 13th Annual NY Indoor Classic.

Early player registration ($95) is now open: http://www.newyorkramblers.org/indoorclassic2010.shtml

Friday, March 26 : Registration Party
Saturday, March 27 : Games and After Party
Sunday, March 28 : Awards Brunch

Participating teams as of November 28:
Irish Shamrocks FC (Dublin)
Hogtown Nasty Pigs (Toronto)
 
 
 

BIG APPLE SOFTBALL LEAGUE


 
The Big Apple Softball League (http://www.bigapplesoftball.com/)  – New York City’s gay softball league would like to create 1-2 new softball teams for their COMPETITIVE division for the 2010 season.
 
The BASL is looking for players and managers with softball/baseball experience that can play at a competitive level. The division is competitive but also fun and social. The season begins in April and ends in August. Games are played on the WEEKENDS (Saturday or Sunday) in New York City, New Jersey and Brooklyn.
 
The Big Apple Softball League is open to all persons regardless of age, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation and is a member of the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA).

Rich Reid (Voly1nj@aol.com)
Jeff James (Jeff.James@sonymusic.com
  
 
OUTSPORTS.COM:
ARE YOU 2010'S BEST GAY SPORTS GROUP IN THE WORLD?

 
 
 
 
This year Outsports is bringing back our annual award for the Best Gay-Sports Group in the World, and we want your organization to be a part of it! The contest is open to any local gay-sports team or league that focuses on a single sport anywhere in the world. Last year’s winner was Madison Gay Hockey, who edged out Cheer New York, G-Force Hockey Club and Philadelphia Fins Aquatics Club in the final round.

So many gay, lesbian and trans people put so much time and effort into these groups, and we hope to highlight the results of that hard work. As we'll be profiling many of the groups that enter over the coming weeks and months, it will be good exposure for your group.

On top of being named 2010’s best gay sports group in the world, the winning group will receive a $100 prize. We’re also thrilled to offer the winning group one free registration for Gay Games VIII this summer, courtesy of Gay Games Cologne!

All you have to do to be considered is send us an email at outsports@gmail.com with the following information:

- Team or League Name:
- Contact Name:
- Web site address:
- City, State & Country:
- Sport:
- Year the group was founded:
- Approximate number of members in 2009:
- Why you think your group is the best gay-sports group of 2010 (limit 120 words).
 

AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR...

 
  

NYC GAY BASKETBALL LEAGUE 
 
More information at http://nycgaybasketball.org.
 
   MEET THE SPRING 2010 SEASON PLAYERS at BONE LICK PARK BBQ!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
6pm - 9pm
75 Greenwich Ave @ 7th Ave & 11th Street


NEW YORK CITY GAY HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
 
 Be part of something big!!
 
The New York City Gay Hockey Association (NYCGHA) is New York's first official gay hockey organization. We provide an environment free of harassment and discrimination for members and friends of the LGBT community to play ice hockey and fulfill their athletic aspirations.
 
We're putting together our team rosters for the Spring/Summer 2010 Season!  If you'd like more information, get in touch with us soon!  Warning:  Ice hockey is addictive.
 
Check out out games!  They're FREE to watch!
Schedules are on the home page of our website.
 
 

 BOYS NIGHT at LOOPED! starring VALERIE HARPER

BOYS NIGHT at Looped starring VALERIE HARPER
Wednesday, March 24th
Show at 8PM

Post-Show reception at THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE begins at 10:15PM

Purchase $66.50 tickets today to LOOPED (regularly $111.50) using the code LPBYZ223 and receive admission to a Post Show LOOPED Boys Night Reception Featuring Complimentary Drinks.  Directly following the 8PM performance of LOOPED, head over to THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE (369 W 46th St) for a one hour open bar (beer, wine, well drinks and soda).

Based on a real event, LOOPED takes place in the summer of 1965, when an inebriated Tallulah Bankhead stumbles into a sound studio to rerecord (or ‘loop’) one line of dialogue for her last movie --Die, Die, My Darling. Ms. Bankhead was known for her wild partying and convention-defying exploits that surpassed even today’s celebrity bad girls. Given her intoxicated state and inability to loop the line properly, what ensues is an uproarious showdown between an uptight film editor, Danny Miller, and the outrageous legend.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW TO SEE FOUR-TIME EMMY AWARD- WINNER
VALERIE HARPER AS TALLULAH BANKHEAD.
 
Three Easy Ways to get your Boys Night Tickets to LOOPED
1. CLICK HERE or visit BroadwayOffers.com and mention code LPBYZ223
2. CALL 212.947.8844 and mention code LPBYZ223
3. VISIT the Lyceum Theatre Box Office, 149 West 45th Street with a printout of this offer.
 
Restrictions:
PRINT OUT OF OFFER MUST BE PRESENTED BEFORE PURCHASE AT THE BOX OFFICE.  Offer valid for March 24th 8PM Performance only.  Regularly $111.50.  Regular service charges apply to online and phone orders. Subject to availability. Not valid for prior purchases or in combination with any other offer. Limit 8 tickets per order. Offer may be revoked at any time.  One party admission voucher is available per ticket purchased. Admittance to party is contingent on redemption of voucher and can only be redeemed for those 21 and over with valid ID. Voucher will be included in your ticket envelope either from Telecharge.com or the box office. Open bar includes beer, wine, well drinks and soda.

Performance Schedule: Tuesday at 7PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM, Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM.


 WILL CLARK'S BINGO FUNDRAISER AT PIECES
SUPPORTING THE NEW YORK GAY POOL LEAGUE

 
 
Will Clark’s Bingo at Pieces (8 Christopher Street at 6th Ave.)
Wednesday March 24th, 2010 8pm to 10pm

Hosted by Will Clark with DJ Baker and photographer AB 
 
The gay pool league starts off the evening at 6PM with a special tournament of pool playing expertise. Come early and watch New York’s gay pool league play with their balls (or is that too obvious of a joke and I should have just left it alone?)
 
As usual, we’ll begin at 8 and will feature two special guests – go go guy Corey Corey and Terese Genecco who, with her “little big band” enjoys an open ended run at Broadways Iridium. (find out more about Terese at
http://www.teresegenecco.com
 
We’ll be raising funds for New York’s Gay Pool League who regularly raise funds for a variety of HIV/AIDS organizations.
 
Join us for a great night of fun, friendship, music and sexy dancing!

  INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA

 
 
2010 Campaign Launch
Speaking About Silence – Homophobia in the Sports World
 
 
A few days from the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Fondation Émergence is launching its annual campaign to fight against homophobia. Entitled Speaking About Silence, this campaign is geared toward the sports world and will reach its highpoint on May 17, 2010, on the International Day Against Homophobia.
 
The campaign aims to speak about the sports world’s reigning silence on everything related to sexual diversity, and to call on all those involved: educational institutions, the media, professional and amateur sports organisations, sponsors, gay men and lesbians, sexual minorities, and public authorities.
 
Campaign material is now available!
Two posters and one pamphlet are being offered both in English and in French
 
To order the material for this campaign and other tools,
please use the materials order form enclosed in this mailing or download this form
on the following page from the Homophobiaday.org website at
http://www.homophobiaday.org/default.aspx?scheme=3098
 
 
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