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Utah women’s football teams to hold tryouts

QSaltLake Staff — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:52:31 +0000

Fresh off a 10-week mini-camp, the Utah Jynx female football team is prepping for tryouts to launch into the upcoming season. The team recently joined the ranks of the Women’s Football Alliance, a national league with teams from around the country, and the Jynx are in it to win it. Coach Greg Cover is excited [...]

QUAC to participate in Utah’s largest amateur swim meet

QSaltLake Staff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:51:17 +0000

Utah’s only queer aquatic club will be participating in Utah’s largest amateur swim meet this November and individual swimmers will be trying to qualify to compete in national competitions.

Avalanche in Houston

Brad Di Iorio — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:48:16 +0000

Salt Lake City’s Mountain West Flag Football League finished regular season play and is preparing Team Avalanche to represent Salt Lake City at Gay Bowl XI, the National Gay Flag Football League’s championship. Gay Bowl XI will be held in Houston, Oct. 6-9, and will include round-robin play for seating in a double-elimination tournament.

Los Gatos wins Pride Softball League tourney

Brad Di Iorio — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:53:43 +0000

Salt Lake’s all-inclusive softball league, Pride League, finished up the summer 2011 season with 16 teams competing in the single-elimination tournament modeled after Major League Baseball’s post season. The four team winners of the Olympus, Wasatch, Oquirrh and Uintah divisions were placed as the number one seeds while the other 12 teams were placed in the tournament depending on their win-loss records. Division winners were The Family, Pride Counseling’s Softball Heroes, JP’s Collision and Legends Sports Pub, respectively.

Good times to be had with the Salt Lake Goodtimes Bowling League

Tony Hobday — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:36:19 +0000

Beginning with an “open bowl” event on Aug. 21, 7 p.m., at Bonwood Bowl (2500 South Main St.), the Salt Lake Goodtimes Bowling League starts up another 28-weeks of league play. It sounds long, but it’s entertaining, and the league mixes things up with theme nights, raffles, prizes and a whole lot of fun.

Bike for Life 2011 to benefit UAF

Brad Di Iorio — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:30:31 +0000

The Utah AIDS Foundation announced the 2011 Bike for Life course and their goals in continuing the biking fundraiser as Saturday, Sep. 17, starting at Liberty Park in conjunction with the annual Walk for Life 2011 event. “This is the third year for the Bike for Life,” said Larry Lee, UAF board member and Bike [...]

Team Try-Angles raises funds for MS

Brad Di Iorio — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:46:53 +0000

Seventeen gay and lesbian cyclists and allies, registered officially to represent Team Try-Angles in the 2011 Harmon’s Best Dam Bike Ride, the annual two-day cycle event benefiting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The ride took place June 25-26. At press time, the team had raised $6,659, besting the amount raised in the past four years [...]

QUAC prepares for IGLA Championships

Brad Di Iorio — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:30:48 +0000

Utah’s gay and lesbian amateur swim and water polo club, the Queer Utah Aquatic Club, will be sending swimmers and water polo teams, complete with new QUAC swimsuits, to Honolulu to compete in this year’s annual International Gay and Lesbian Aquatic Championships, July 6-10. IGLA is held usually in July, combining with the Gay Games [...]

‘Family Night Out’ with the Bees

Brad Di Iorio — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:20:41 +0000

The Pride Softball League is inviting Utah’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to Family Night Out, an evening of baseball with the Salt Lake Bees at Spring Mobile Baseball Park, in downtown Salt Lake City, July 30, at 7:05 p.m. Formally referred to as ‘Gay Day with the Salt Lake Bees,’ Aaron Smith, producer [...]

Semi-final finish for Team Hardwood

Brad Di Iorio — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:00:32 +0000

Team Hardwood, Utah’s only gay basketball team, returned last week after making it to the semi-finals in the Coady Roundball Classic, the world’s largest gay and lesbian annual basketball tournament. The event happens in Chicago, and Team Hardwood participated in the B Division, against teams from all over the country. The team attends the CRC [...]