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A chance to meet the manchester based rugby union team. The Spartans team members have only one thing in common - a love of rugby. The club are holding a Meet and Greet event on 27th July 2008 at Queer, Canal Street, Manchester at 3pm. The event is designed for new players, prospective players and anyone else besides to come and meet the players in Manchester's gay village. Matt Ince, who plays as Scrum half at the club encourages anyone to join up with the club especially at this time of year: "As it's the start of the season, this is the best time to join as there are always lots of new members. The club caters for all levels of ability and there is a lot of support whatever your experience levels you are at." Following the Meet and Greet, there will be a special training session at the ground on 30th July. This will be for the new and prospective players to get experience of a Spartans training session and see how they like it! Regular training sessions will start on Monday 4th August and Wednesday 6th August, start time 7pm. Follow the directions link to find us.It's the ideal opportunity for supporters and new players to come and meet the team and find out what playing for the Spartans is all about! The Spartans were formed in March 1999 to provide gay, heterosexual and bisexual men the opportunity to play rugby in the UK and internationally. Training took place that summer in preparation for their first match which was against the London gay rugby team, the Kings Cross Steelers. The match took place over the Mardi Gras August bank-holiday weekend and was the first ever rugby match between two gay teams. In the following year they continued to organise matches against local teams and travelled to London to play the Steelers on their home ground where the Spartans triumphed against them in only their fourth ever match. The next few years were spent steadily building their experience and increasing the size of the club, playing a match every couple of months against local clubs. Later, they became members of the Cheshire RFU and have participated in a local league for the past few years. You can find out more about the Village Spartans by visiting the website. Source: LGF Comments Search RSS Register now to make a comment Register Now

 

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