| July 2007 Enews Edition | www.teamvancouver.net
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Where we’re coming from…where we’re going Over the past few years, the Team Vancouver Board embarked on new challenges and opportunities. We established a new bursary fund that offered financial assistance to seven well deserving individuals. We created a Sports Liaison Committee in order to build closer relationships with the sport teams. We organized various dances, Shake Your Can events with Bill Monroe, and other fund raising socials. As a result, our finances are the best in many years. We continue to sell GayBars. We continue to support GLISA and FGG. We continue to promote local, national and international gay and lesbian sporting and cultural events. We’re evolving to become more of a resource to the sports community. By working closely with our Associate Members (ie: sports leagues and teams), we’re planning exciting and innovative promotions that benefit us all. But we can’t do it alone. Team Vancouver needs your help The Board consists of Dan Quon, Glenn MacDonald, Pat Hogan and Eric Hoppe who spend countless hours volunteering their time. We need more help in order to move forward. We need YOUR help. Board and committee positions are available. It is time for YOU to get involved. Contact info@teamvancouver.net for more information. Our next AGM is scheduled for mid-September. More information will be provided. SISters paddling together Sisters in Sync - Vancouver's first and only lesbian dragon boat team, with paddlers 29 to 69 years of age - has been together for less than a year and recently placed 2nd in the women's recreational division at the Alcan Festival, the largest dragon boat regatta in North America. They are now preparing for a regatta in Kelowna in mid-September. Sisters in Sync has been covered in both gay and straight press as their presence and ability is becoming known. SIS is seeking sponsor(s) for their team. All interested businesses and individuals should contact Pat Hogan at 604-253-7189 or soundsfuries@shaw.ca. New Yoga Studio in North Vancouver Team Vancouver member Dean Spottar recently opened a new yoga studio in North Vancouver. Dean participated in the Montreal Outgames and came home with a gold medal in the 10k cross country race. Drop by their studio on Saturday, July 14 between 10am and 4pm for the "Maa Yoga gives back" event. Donations are being accepted for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Enjoy a Karma class (by donation) beginning on the hour every hour between 10am and 3pm. More information atwww.maayoga.com. New Sports Therapy Clinic Downtown Eric Hoppe, BScPT, is a registered physiotherapist, a Team Vancouver member, board member and coordinator of the medical clinic at the Montreal Outgames. He is pleased to announce the opening of his own clinic, the Urban Active Sport Therapy Clinic, in downtown Vancouver. He’s here to help the queer community recover from injury and stay active. For more information call 604-669-8233. If you have a service that would be of interest to Team Vancouver members, please send an email to dan@teamvancouver.net. Membership Renewal Contest Renew your Team Vancouver membership online by July 31, 2007 and you are automatically entered for a chance to win a prize. Two names will be drawn for a ONE WEEK PASS OF UNLIMITED YOGA CLASSES (value $20) from Maa Yoga and a FREE INITIAL PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT (value $80) from Urban Active Sport Therapy Clinic. All current members are automatically entered.
Calling all walkers, runners, and volunteers Vancouver Front Runners is holding their 3rd annual Pride Run & Walk on Saturday, August 4, 2007. Join them during Pride weekend for a run through scenic Stanley Park. Prizes awarded in the 10K run and 5K social walk. Money raised goes towards the Dr. Peter Centre. More info at http://www.vancouverfrontrunners.org/events/index.html
Team Vancouver is pleased to be a community partner with Out On Screen. We are hosting the August 17 showing of Shelter - “a really good gay surfer movie”. A year out of high school, Zach is stuck in San Pedro, California working as a fry cook, surfing and stenciling guerrilla artwork on abandoned buildings. His bedroom is his oasis — he draws on the walls, in his notebook, in sketches piled up on the floor. But he’s squashed his dream of attending Cal Arts in order to help his sister, Jeannie, raise her five-year-old son. Enter Shaun, the gay older brother of Zach’s best friend who’s always game for hitting the waves and shooting the breeze. Days spent on the beach soon give way to all-nighters in Shaun’s bed, and Zach is suddenly faced with a choice: living his dreams or taking care of his family. Zach’s slow awakening to desire is at the heart of this gritty, romantic debut from talented writer/director Jonah Markowitz. With a pitch-perfect emo soundtrack and plenty of guys in wetsuits riding waves under gorgeous sunsets, Shelter is a satisfying, sensory treat.
Take a walk down the pink carpet and come celebrate the launch of the 19th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival! See some sexy short films, enjoy live performances by Crystal Precious & Malaika Millions and Queering of the Movies Part Two, curated by David C Jones. And just when you think you can't take anymore, bid to your heart's content on over $35,000 in exotic trips, getaways, sexy play toys, evenings on the town and more! Cash bar and refreshments served. Tickets are $20 and are on sale now at Little Sister's or online at TicketsTonight.ca. More info atwww.outonscreen.com. Vancouver Gay Volleyball Association (VGVA):
Not So Strictly Ballroom:
West End Slo-Pitch Association (WESA):
Vancouver Tennis Association:
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