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Yes its that time of year again! Get ready for the GFSN 2010 get-together in sunny Blackpool.
Here’s the full details for this year’s activities.
Blackpool 11th 12th 13th June
Friday 11th – Welcome Party 7pm
The Flying Handbag will be hosting the welcome party on the evening and we are going back to basics. Friday is once again a football shirt night, so wear your colours with pride. As it’s the opening day of the world cup, the venue will be showing Uruguay v France game which kicks-off at 7.30. Once the game has finished we’ll be revealing the draw for the tournament on Saturday.
Saturday 12th – Tournament
The tournament will start on Saturday at 11am, this is due to the number of teams we envisage entering. Can all club managers please let us know how many teams you will be entering by 31 May. If individuals want to enter please let us know and we’ll arrange teams accordingly. The draw will be done before hand due to the number of teams, but will try to keep teams from the same club apart. Everyone playing in the tournament needs to be a GFSN member and this will be checked on the day. We also need a pool of refs and volunteers for the admin side, can you get back to us if you are willing to help out on the day.
We want as many supports that don’t play to attend this weekend and as the world cup is on, for those not wanting to play football we are looking for a venue that will be showing Korea v Greece 12.30 kick off and Argentina v Nigeria 3pm kick-off.
Then it’s onto the big one England v USA. We have Flamingo’s nightclub with 2 large screen showing the game exclusively for the GFSN. Doors will open at 7pm and for the 7.30 kick-off and 200 plus GFSN members can watch the game together. So get ready to wave your St Georges flags and for those north of the border the stars and stripes.
Sunday 13th - AGM
The AGM will start at 12pm, but will be held in a venue that will show the remaining game in England’s group. Further details to follow, but the AGM will be in a separate room to the football and bar.
Thanks to ITP Leisure (www.itponline.co.uk) we have access to all their venues free of charge all weekend and they have also kindly donated £1000 for the privilege of hosting the GFSN.
Hotels are booking up quick, so if you’ve not booked yet, please do so. Most of the gay run and friendly hotels are on Lord Street, right next to the venues.