EuroGames 2004

The IX. EuroGames were officially opened in Munich's Olympic Hall on Thursday 29th of July 2004. Approx 5000 athletes from 47 countries competed for medals in 27 disciplines in and around the Olympic park making Munich the scene of one of the biggest gay and lesbian sports events in Europe. Everybody was welcome, regardless of nationality or origin, or sexual, political, or religious orientation. Disabled athletes were especially encouraged to take part. The closing ceremony was on Sunday 1st August. ...

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The Lord Mayor of Munich, Mr Christian Ude, is the Patron of the EuroGames 2004.

The centre of the EuroGames is the "Rainbow Village", situated on the grounds of the Olympic Games of 1972. Some 20,000 spectators are expected, and Munich will be alive throughout that week with a programme of cultural events in all colours of the rainbow -- concerts, films, plays, exhibitions, tours to the countryside with the beautiful Alps, as well as parties, and meetings in Munich's beer gardens.

Athletes attending from designated countries (such as Albania, former Yugoslavia and other former East Bloc countries, etc.) are sponsored under the "Outreach Programme", which covers the registration and participation fees, as well as providing vouchers for food and public transportation within the city, and hosted housing.

Full details on the website: IX EuroGames Munich

we are still looking for all sorts of volunteers and material support. can we enlist help from any TT readers?

previously desparately needed were php programmers (we found some), website graphic designers (i think this has just recently been solved, but not sure), as well as sponsors. (current sponsors include the city of munich,
the Stadtwerke, Granini, Kaufhof, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, etc.)

i am on the Outreach subcommittee, under the Participants group, and we are responsible for registering and accreditation, staffing the welcome desks at airport, train station, marienplatz, olympic park, putting together the welcome Kits for the participants (a backpack with maps, program, MVV pass during the games, armband for entrance to events, discount coupons for food & drink, etc etc), plus finding hosted housing, and on and on.

there are committees for

Finances (internal bookkeeping, etc.)
Sponsoring (finding sponsors, donors, etc.)
Marketing/PR
Sport Management (venues, equipment, referees, etc)
Logistics/IT (transport, security, website, IT, etc)
Participants (including Outreach program)
Rainbow Village (coordination of events, venues, stages, info stands,
personnel, catering)
Euroteaming/Networking (human resources, training, motivation, coordination
of volunteers, etc)
Cultural Program (opening & closing ceremonies, with headline acts!, the
cultural events during the week, and excursions, etc. There will be events
at Gärtnerplatz Theater, Prinzregententheater, Muffat Halle, Forum der
Technik/Deutsches Museum, etc. etc.)

it's amazing! it's SO much! i think we already have over 200 active volunteers, and during the Games we think we need a total of 1000!

Please use the following e-mail address if you would like to enlist as a volunteer: support@eurogames.info

The U3 is the place to be. Lots of lovely men crowded in together in the carriages on the way to the games. With the nice weather we've got at the moment you're guaranteed a hot sweaty ride.

If you're into that kind of thing. Which I'm not. Because I'm not gay.

What a bevvy of talent on the U-Bahn this morning! Lots of fit guys and you could tell that they "play for the team" cos they all have these orange rucksacks. it was all I could do to start offering them all directions, to the English garden, not Olympia park! ;-)

I thought they were Dutch. Not because of the orange rucksacks, but, well, because Dutch men look "like that" don't they?