Sheffield Rainbow Laces 5-a-side tournament is taking place on Saturday 16 February 2019, 1.00-5.00pm at GOALS, 95 Norfolk Park Road, S2 2RB. (Facebook page here).
Sheffield is quite literally the home of football; Sheffield FC is officially recognised as the oldest existing club now playing association football in the world.
Have fun by taking part in a 5-a-side football tournament and help raise awareness for inclusion in football and money for SAYiT. SAYiT is a local young person’s LGBT+ charity that will also be celebrating their 20th Anniversary in 2019. They have been influential in transforming the lives of young LGBT+ people. The money made will be supporting SAYiT & the Noah Lomax Fund, in memory of a young LGBT+ person who recently passed away. To find out more about SAYiT please see: https://sayit.org.uk/
It is £40 per team and payment instructions will be given once you have submitted your team. You can sign up now here: http://7.ly/SRL19
Further information:
- All players will be required to wear rainbow laces and these will be provided to you on the day.
- All players must wear shinpads.
- This football tournament is for over 18’s only.
- All genders & abilities teams encouraged
- Bright team colours encouraged.
- All spectators are welcome.
- DJ set from Anna Kissed during the day
- Penalty shootout competition
- Raffle prizes to be won
- Onsite food & drink facilities
- Pizza buffet and awards ceremony
Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign was created to give sports people a simple way to show their support for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people in sport by wearing rainbow coloured shoelaces. Sports clubs, teams and athletes across the world have been getting involved to run the campaign in their sport or activity. The campaign has been supported at the highest levels by Aviva Premiership Rugby and Premier League clubs including Arsenal and Manchester United. The Rainbow Laces campaign is a way for everyone involved in sport to show their support for LGBT+ equality and inclusivity.
To find out more please see: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/our-work/campaigns/rainbow-laces
