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Already 5,600 Registered!
Important Increase Following Many Promotions in Europe and United States

Montréal, 30 June 2005 — “During the past two weeks, registration for the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 increased rapidly from 5,000 to 5,600,” Ms. Louise Roy, CEO of Montréal 2006, announced today. “This remarkable accomplishment was realised mainly in Europe and the USA, and is reflected in both sport and cultural events,” explained Ms. Roy.

EUROGAMES UTRECH 2005

The presence of Montréal 2006 and GLISA at the EuroGames Utrecht 2005 (from 16 to 19 June) were a great success. “We would like to thank the EuroGames Organisers for opening their doors and giving us many opportunities to promote the upcoming Outgames in Montréal in 2006. We wish to offer heartfelt thanks to Lou Manders, Evert Van den Veen and Jan Scheepstra,” said Jean-Yves Duthel, Head of Public Relations. “We were impressed by the quality of the Utrecht organisation: every aspect of the games was well handled and their devotion to the LGBT sport movement incredible.”

Montréal 2006 had an information and registration kiosk during the EuroGames where more than 1,500 t-shirts were distributed for free and 200 participants registered on-site. Montréal 2006 banners were on every competition site, while the Canadian Embassy in the Netherlands, with the collaboration of the Délégation Générale du Québec à Bruxelles, offered a VIP cocktail for more than 200 European sport team representatives. Montréal 2006 Co-President, Mark Tewksbury, presented the Outgames during the EuroGames closing ceremonies and the Utrecht Mayor, Ms. Annie Brouwer-Korf accepted the Mayor of Montréal’s invitation to take part in the International Conference on LGBT Rights in 2006.

The International Conference also has support from two Dutch organisations: COC (the oldest LGBT rights association in the world) and Homosport Nederland. These organisations signed a partnership agreement with Montréal 2006.

BERLIN

During the Christopher Street Day 2005 celebration, which took place in Berlin, from 15 to 25 June, Montréal 2006, with the collaboration of Team Berlin, Berlin Pride Radio and BOX Magazine, made a big splash with a presence in two kiosks and in the parade on 25 June. The Canadian Embassy in Berlin welcomed more than 200 German LGBT representatives during a reception on 22 June to promote the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006.

SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK AND TORONTO

Invited by Tourisme Montréal to attend the San Francisco, New York and Toronto Prides, Montréal 2006 was on the road again simultaneously in these three cities.

Equipe SF, an all-volunteer group of Bay Area athletes and artists who are joining together for the purpose of camaraderie and team-spirit at the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006, took part in the San Francisco Pride celebration along with Montréal 2006.

As for the New York Pride, Daniel Vaudrin, president of Équipe Montréal and Dr Pierre Côté, a member of Montréal 2006 Board of Directors, were part of the parade and met with many LGBT sport team representatives during their stay. The Toronto Pride was a tremendous success as well.

...FAST-GROWING REGISTRATIONS

The Outgames have now 1,500 registrants from the United States. More than 1,000 others are in the process of registering, thanks to the great collaboration of hundreds of American sport teams.

“Our presence in so many LGBT events in the past two weeks in Europe and United States confirmed for us the immense recognition of the Outgames. In the upcoming six months, our commitment in these two important markets will be maintained and increased in order to reach our target registration numbers,” concluded Ms. Louise Roy.

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