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'''OutPlay Squash''', formerly '''4Play Squash''' is a London based squash group for gay and lesbian squash players and their friends, based in [[Islington]]. The group welcomes players of all ability levels.
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'''OutPlay Squash''', formerly '''4Play Squash''', is a London based squash group for gay and lesbian squash players and their friends, based in [[Islington]]. The group welcomes players of all ability levels.
  
 
The group attracted controversy when it received a grant of £6,500 from Sport England to help it encourage more lesbians to play squash, but the grant was welcomed by Cllr [[Terry Stacy]], leader of the [[Liberal Democrats]] on [[London Borough of Islington|Islington Council]].<ref>http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/4709/25/01/2011/criticism-after-6500-is-donated-to-squash-club-to-recruit-lesbians.aspx</ref>
 
The group attracted controversy when it received a grant of £6,500 from Sport England to help it encourage more lesbians to play squash, but the grant was welcomed by Cllr [[Terry Stacy]], leader of the [[Liberal Democrats]] on [[London Borough of Islington|Islington Council]].<ref>http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/4709/25/01/2011/criticism-after-6500-is-donated-to-squash-club-to-recruit-lesbians.aspx</ref>

Revision as of 09:34, 10 October 2013

OutPlay Squash, formerly 4Play Squash, is a London based squash group for gay and lesbian squash players and their friends, based in Islington. The group welcomes players of all ability levels.

The group attracted controversy when it received a grant of £6,500 from Sport England to help it encourage more lesbians to play squash, but the grant was welcomed by Cllr Terry Stacy, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Islington Council.[1]

External sites

http://www.4playsquash.org/

References

  1. http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/4709/25/01/2011/criticism-after-6500-is-donated-to-squash-club-to-recruit-lesbians.aspx