Montréal
2006: 4,800 Registered!
Montréal,
13 May 2005
– “We now have 4,800 people registered
for the 1st
World Outgames Montréal 2006,” Ms.
Louise Roy, CEO of Montréal 2006, announced
today. “After our promotional activities
over the last two weeks in the United States,
France and Belgium, we are pleased to report that
interest in the 1st World Outgames has not diminished
at all over the last eight months.”
United States
More than 600 Americans
have now registered for the Outgames and, with
the increasing interest shown in the Outgames
by American teams, it seems clear that many more
sports teams from the U.S. will be registering
over the course of the next four months.
As well, Team New York has invited
Montréal 2006 to organize a registration
day for the Outgames in the near future. Meanwhile,
on the west coast, Montréal can now count
on the support of Équipe SF2006 in San
Francisco, which represents an important breakthrough
in this market.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force, the largest LGBT rights group in the United
States, has just become a partner for Montréal
2006’s International Conference on LGBT
rights. Mr. Sean Cahill, the director of the Task
Force's Policy Institute, will represent the NGLTF
on the International Scientific Committee of the
Conference. GLAF (the Gay and Lesbian Athletic
Foundation) is already a partner for the Conference.
Montréal 2006 has signed
a promotional agreement with Columbia
FunMaps, which produces and distributes
maps of more than 50 cities worldwide, highlighting
the best that American, Canadian, and European
cities have to offer LGBT travelers.
France
Registration days in
France during the Various Voices Paris 2005 choral
festival stirred up excitement about the Outgames
and created a new wave of support for Montréal
2006. About ten European choruses signed up for
the cultural programme and l’Autre Cercle,
an association of LGBT businesspeople, became
a partner for the International Conference. Nearly
300 registrants from France have now registered
for the Outgames.
In sports, Parisian badminton association
Acrobad has registered, as have swimmers from
Paris Aquatique, along with wrestlers from France.
Montréal 2006 will also be present at the
Tournoi
international de Paris that will take place
from 13 to 16 May.
Belgium
Montréal 2006’s
participation in Brussels Pride, in collaboration
with two LGBT sport associations in Belgium—Brussels
Gay Sport and Active Company from Antwerp—was
a great success. The two associations are actively
working to bring Belgian participants to Montréal
in unprecedented numbers. Our registration activities
in Belgium have already brought in 70 new registrations
in addition to the 40 already registered, but
the two clubs are aiming to send a delegation
of at least 130 Belgians to Montréal for
the Outgames.
As well, Homoparentalité
and the Fédération Arc-en-ciel,
two Belgian associations actively involved in
the defence of LGBT rights, will be attending
the International Conference in Montréal.
EuroGames
Montréal 2006 will be
launching a large-scale registration promotion
that will kick off with the EuroGames,
which will be held in Utrecht, in the Netherlands,
from 16 to 20 June 2005. Then, hot on the heels
of the EuroGames, Montréal 2006 will also
have a major presence in the CSD events in Berlin
from 22 to 26 June.
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Source:
Jean-Yves
Duthel
Public Relations
Montréal 2006
+1 (514) 252-5858 ext. 5352
Cell. +1 (514) 803-1517
jduthel@montreal2006.org |
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1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 Organising
Committee is a not-for-profit organisation.
The games will be held from 26 July to
5 August 2006 with more than 16,000 participants
in the sport, cultural and conference
programmes. Thirty-five sports disciplines
will be represented during seven days
of competitions. Participants from around
the world and from over 100 different
countries are expected. Opening and Closing
ceremonies will cap off the sports competitions,
open to all. An international gay sport
and cultural "Rendez-Vous" not to be missed! |
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