Game On!

24 Oct 2023

We’re getting our game on with Racing Queensland, the Melbourne Frontrunners and marathons, and Pride Tape in Ice-hockey and the NHL

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We’re getting our game on with Racing Queensland, the Melbourne Frontrunners and marathons, and Pride Tape in Ice-hockey and the NHL

Welcome to Game On! JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport every Tuesday from 7-8pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about you and how you can get your game on by showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community!

Richard Goodbody, Executive General Manager Customer and Corporate Affairs, Racing Queensland joins us to tell us about the fantastic Racing with Pride series which has just launched focusing on sharing the stories of members of the LGBTIQA+ community and their experiences working in the racing industry. The racing industry in Queensland is diverse and inclusive and aims to embrace a more inclusive, safe, and healthy sporting environment for people with diverse sexualities and genders. Check out the four-minute videos on the website and if you would like to have your story included reach out to the team! (Starts 2:09)

We are joined in the JOY Studio by Nic Norris and Beck Barnes of the Melbourne Frontrunners, Melbourne’s inclusive running and walking club for the LGBTQ+ community and allies. Nic and Beck have completed their goal on running a marathon in each state and territory across Australia in 2023! And they did it together, every step of the way, hand in hand as they crossed the finish line! Relationship goals! All the best in New York for the grand finale – the New York Marathon. (Starts 12:43)

If you are considering running a marathon, listen up as Nic and Beck, our smiling marathon runners – with or without a camera taking pics during the event – share their top tips of how to get across the finish line after running 42.5kms. One tip: join one of the inclusive running and walking club for the LGBTQ+ community and allies across Australia and around the world and be part of a supportive and fun community of runners and walkers to help you achieve your goals. (Starts 23:43)

Jeff McLean, Co-founder of Pride Tape, joins us from Canada to talk to us about the recent controversy with the National Ice-Hockey League (NHL) and how this has impacted players using the Rainbow coloured tape on their ice-hockey sticks across the National Hockey League The NHL has made the extraordinary decision to ban players from all 32 teams from showing support for themed nights which includes using Pride-themed tape on their hockey sticks this season saying it’s a distraction from the game. Jeff joins us to share the positive response from the professional ice-hockey community and how you can support the reinstatement of the tape.

Sign the petition now on Change. Org and send a message to Gary Bettman Commissioner of the NHL for the reinstatement of the use of Pride Tape in Sport. There are over 6,000 signatures and counting! (Starts 32:00)

In Who is getting their game on? this week, it’s the Southern Lights in Melbourne and Harbour Lights in Sydney! There is a massive shout out from Jeff McLean for their support of ice-hockey being a game for everyone! (Starts 43:17)

A big thank you to all of our guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset so that everyone can enjoy getting their game on!