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Gay Sports Day

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The Gay Sports Day is an annual light-hearted sports event in Vauxhall, held in the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, behind the Royal Vauxhall Tavern on August Bank Holiday. The event dates back to the 1980s,[1] but from 2007 onwards it has been organised by the RVT together with the gay men's health charity, GMFA.

The sports are a competition between teams of five players, in a variety of events, including:

  • tug of war
  • throwing the handbag
  • drag relay
  • spacehopper relay
  • egg and spoon race
  • 50 metre mince
  • sack race
  • rhythmic gymnastics.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/05/30/gay-sports-day-to-return-this-year-following-london-olympics/Stephen Gray "Gay Sports Day to return this year following London Olympics" Pink News
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