City of Antwerp

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City of Antwerp

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Table of
Contents
Introduction................................................................. 3
Overall Vision............................................................... 5
Partners.......................................................................... 9
The Human Rights Conference...........................11
The Sports Programme..........................................15
The Cultural Programme.......................................57
Celebrations...............................................................61
Diversity and Outreach..........................................63
Environment and Durability.................................65
Legacy Transfer.........................................................67
Budget..........................................................................69
Communication........................................................71
Marketing....................................................................73
Logistics.......................................................................75
Antwerp.......................................................................77
Conclusion..................................................................81
Bidding Organization..............................................83
Letters of Support....................................................84
proud and OUT
Introduction
Welcome, dear GLISA board members,
With the successful and warmly supported EuroGames
2007 still fresh in our minds and hearts, we feel that
Antwerp, the province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
and Europe are ready for the next step.
We are proud to present our bid book to host the 2013
World Outgames in Antwerp.
EuroGames 2007
The city of Antwerp (Belgium) has fresh and fond memories of a mass-scale Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
(LGBT) sports and cultural event, since it hosted the 2007 EuroGames, which attracted around 3.000 athletes and tens
of thousands of visitors.
Hundreds of volunteers spent eighteen months of planning and preparing which culminated in five days of sunshiny
competitions, two heart-moving ceremonies in front of the city hall, and several weeks of cultural activities all across the city.
This event brought together people of many persuasions and walks of life and generated a boost in the local economy.
The 2007 EuroGames left a legacy of solidarity, openness and joy and managed to make a financial profit that allowed for
the restitution of part of the subsidies and even secured a starting capital to make a bid for the 2013 World Outgames.
Mission
The mayor and several aldermen expressed their pride and joy when speaking to the thousands gathered for the
ceremonies and felt inspired to welcome another LGBT event in the years to come.
The city council will remain at the helm until at least 2012 and has actually and expressly incorporated the promotion
and marketing of LGBT events as one of the principles in its statement of governance.
Antwerp hosts the IGLTA convention 2010
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The board of EGLSF, the organization granting Antwerp the
license to host the EuroGames: “One week after the Antwerp
EuroGames we are still remembering the wonderful and moving
moments we lived there. We hope and wish you have already
had time to relax and ‘decompress’. Your work and energy was
amazing and it has set a standard for future events. Your input
and cooperation in the future will be most valuable. With this
message we would like to express our deepest thanks on our
personal behalf and also on behalf of all EGLSF members and the
LGBT European (and more) sport community”.
Feedback we received on EuroGames 2007
In this same context, the Antwerp City Council is very proud and honoured to host the 27th IGLTA Convention in
2010. This Annual Convention of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association will bring together around 400
to 700 delegates from all over the world, an ideal setting to promote the 2013 World Outgames in Antwerp and bring
Antwerp’s many-faceted qualities to the attention of LGBT tourist organizations representing travelers from all corners
of the planet. Antwerp would feel even more privileged to host the 3rd World Outgames.
Three pillars
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Dedicated involvement, clear aims and values and sound book-keeping are three pillars on which the bidding
committee wishes to found its proposed set-up to hold the 2013 World Outgames in Antwerp, Belgium.
Prime goal
Our prime goal is to bring LGBT and other people together in a joyful and inspiring atmosphere, offering participants
and spectators the perspectives of equal treatment, solidarity and respect when they excel together in their favorite
sports, absorb the uplifting effect of theatre, exhibitions and other performances or put their heads and hearts
together at the high-profile conference with the working title ‘Out in the World’.
City council: “I would like to congratulate you yet again, also in
the name of Alderman Heylen, with the successful organization
of the 2007 EuroGames, and to thank you for all your efforts to
accommodate thousands of athletes and the people supporting
them. We hear only praise and that makes us very happy.”
reach OUTer limits
Overall Vision
Open up
Antwerp was the first city ever to hold both the EuroGames opening and closing ceremonies out in the open on its
number one people’s square: the Grote Markt in front of the City Hall.
This open and uplifting atmosphere and two well-balanced shows induced wider awareness of what the 2007
EuroGames were about.
Locals and tourists alike mixed with the international LGBT crowd and marveled at the variety of acts that touched
their hearts and activated many dancing feet.
Shop owners and local business people were astounded by the intensity of experiencing the presence of gays,
lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders and the cheerful and respectful mood they brought along.
Press coverage was highly positive and focused on the prevalent impression that gays and lesbians are just ordinary
people with similar interests and longings as other citizens: the desire to live according to one’s own inspiration, love
and affection.
Antwerp put a mark of openness and tolerance, despite the few comments to the contrary and threats by a right-wing
which fortunately never hampered the free and peaceful flow of events.
 We truly believe this open character is a major element in furthering understanding and mutual bonding between
LGBT’s and their straight fellow citizens. Reaching out the way we are is the most spontaneous and straightforward
way to take a stance and demand a position on equal footing with those who enjoy ‘more equal rights’ than many
of us across the globe are enjoying.
Even if it will be financially impossible to broadcast the games worldwide on television, we will search for ways
to show the event via the internet and other possible means, so that even LGBT persons in other and less open
countries can join in for the occasion.
Involve
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Because of the scale of the World Outgames, it will be impossible to organize the whole event just on the basis of
efforts of the LGBT community, although that will remain the core and reference group.
 Our aim is to involve regular national and international organizations and people with expertise in sports, culture
and human rights as much as possible, without losing the gay spirit of the World Outgames. We hope to create a
long-lasting friendship, starting from the preparations and hopefully extending beyond the Outgames’ horizon.
Overall Vision
Spread
Celebrate
Whilst the EuroGames 2007 were mainly organized by the LGBT community (more than 600 volunteers), the reactions
from straight volunteers and regular sports organizations were more than positive as far as the participants and the
spirit of this international sports and cultural event were concerned.
2013 will be a year of celebration for the Belgian LGBT community. After years of lobbying and hard work in several
steps, Belgium became the second country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage on January 30, 2003.
Marriage, as defined by civil law, is presently available to same-sex couples in five countries only (The Netherlands,
Belgium, Spain, Canada and South Africa).
 We will use their and our own enthusiasm to further spread the positive atmosphere of an LGBT-initiated world
event.
Participate
 A legal bond between 2 people, based on love and commitment, regardless of their sexual orientation, is still a
higher good of luck for most LGBT people in the world. Our world would be a better place if we allowed ourselves
and others to love instead of fight each other. We aim to spread love by bringing over 10.000 participants and over
250.000 visitors together in an open and constructive atmosphere. In this spirit, we have chosen our motto.
Even open-minded people still tend to find it superfluous to organize a sports event for LGBT people only. Nevertheless,
it did not go unnoticed that the EuroGames 2007 were open to anyone and attracted a lot of ‘straight runners’ in the
city run through the centre of town, for which we charged a very low registration fee.
 It will be part of our mission to get a higher percentage of participation from outside the LGBT community.
This is one of the ways to involve others and spread the positive vibe of the Outgames. Antwerp also believes it
is highly important to involve all kinds of minorities such as followers of various religions, people with a physical
impairment and young and elderly people.
Strengthen
The Antwerp EuroGames 2007 have proven to strengthen the fabric of the local, national and international LGBT
community. Striving to make the best of our joint efforts and witnessing the effects of the event on both lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and straight communities within and outside the sporting world has boosted our confidence in
the joy and possibilities of working together to promote mutual understanding and respect.
Connect
A large scale event such as the World Outgames has the power to move people forward.
Our aim is to start years ahead by creating a long lasting world friendship cyber community, PinkedIn, that will
continue growing after the event and provide a link between all the future Outgames.
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The World Outgames Antwerp 2013 vzw, editor of this
bid book, would like to express its sincere thanks to the
Flemish Ministry of Sports and Culture for its financial and
moral support of its bid for the World Outgames 2013 to be
held in Antwerp.
OUTer universe
Partners
Our current partners
Antwerp
City of Antwerp
Active Company
Province of Antwerp
Province of Antwerp
The Pink House/Rainbow Umbrella Organization
Flanders
Flemish Government: sports, culture, equal rights, tourism
Flemish LGBT Federation (Holebifederatie)
Flemish Sports Federation
Belgium
Belgian government
Brussels Airlines
Special Olympics
Europe
European Parliament LGBT Intergroup
ILGA Europe
The World
GLISA
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OUT in the world
The Human Rights Conference
Introduction
After the successful conference in the course of the
2007 EuroGames, organized by EGLSF and the LGBT
federation of Flanders (Holebifederatie), a European
sports charter was signed to counter homophobia
in sports. Among the signatories were the Flemish
Minister of Sports and the Belgian Football Association.
Out in the world
Antwerp wishes to continue in this spirit by organizing a world forum entitled ‘Out in the World’ with a broad discussion
on the present situation and the future of the LGBT world community and its relevance to and full integration in society,
based on the outcome of the conference during the 2009 Copenhagen World Outgames and consequent events in
the run-up to the year 2013.
10th anniversary
In 2013 Belgium will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the introduction of civil marriage for same-sex partners.
Even though not everyone, gay or straight, will want to get married, the provision to allow for it was a legal milestone
in obtaining equal rules for all residents of Belgium. This fact, the history of the making of and the situation 10 years
later can be used as a starting point for discussions on many aspects of LGBT rights in the world.
4 major pillars: social - cultural - political - economic
Every LGBT person has a personal experience of remarking that their preferred walk of life does not necessarily
correspond to or fit into the straight fabric of their social, cultural and legal surroundings.
Just as our straight fellow citizens, we are born into a society in which we are invited to find our own setting according
to our unique identity, but unlike them, we need to overcome many obstacles within ourselves and around us that are
linked to the fact that we are different in a way that is categorized by many around us.
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What does not kill us, can make us stronger and truer to ourselves and others. If we live according to our authentic
inner self, we represent a genuine value that can enrich our societies and even our economies.
The LGBT population is renowned for its trend-setting and innovative capacity. In the eyes of some, we may represent
a hinder, in the eyes of others we are a welcome asset, in a social, cultural, political and economic (pink euro/dollar)
point of view.
The Human Rights Conference
Issues & Topics
Scientific study project
About 1200 participants, including renowned key speakers from many countries and professions, are expected to
attend the conference which will cover LGBT human rights issues and assets in the fields of:
 legal provisions and politics
 sports
 culture and media
 working environment and employee rights
 business opportunities
 education
 history
 family and relationships
 aging and health
 travel
 psychology and spirituality
A main new feature of the Outgames concept could be a scientific study project uncovering ‘forgotten’ LGBT artists,
writers, musicians, sculptors etc., accompanied by theme walks and cultural events. This project could stretch from
one version of the Outgames to another, thus allowing for a multinational scientific study sponsored by the countries,
organizations and firms that fund the various Outgames.
Possible topics are
 Legal provisions and their international (mutual) recognition.
 How do we want LGBT people to live between 2020 and 2050?
 How can LGBT people in non-western cultures express themselves and how can we assist them? And how can this
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have a positive influence on our own lives?
How can we as individuals play a part in the evolution towards a worldwide LGBT stress-less community? How can
we contribute to the well-being of society as a whole?
How can LGBT culture enrich the wider global culture?
Will there still be a need for an LGBT movement in 2050?
Psychological and spiritual elements of transformation emanating from LGBT people and their families.
Possible venues
First option
To host the ‘Out in the World’ Conference, our first choice would be the completely renewed Conference Center.
There are solid plans to expand by a third the city’s biggest conference venue, the Flanders Congress & Concert
Centre, to a capacity of 2.000 delegates. The FCCC is located right in the centre of the city, next to the beautiful
Central Station where the high-speed Eurostar and Thalys trains stop by. Congress delegates will have a firm choice
from a wide range of hotels, restaurants and bars in the immediate surroundings, the so-called ‘Diamond District’.
The famous Antwerp Zoo and the Diamond Museum are neighbour establishments to the FCCC.
Second option
If for any reason, the renewed FCCC should not be finished in time, we would opt for the ‘Stadsschouwburg’
(City Theatre) in the heart of the more historical part of town. With a seating capacity of 2.000, plus a smaller-scale
theatre of 600 seats in the same building, lots of break-out rooms and a splendid entrance with a modern foyer,
the Stadsschouwburg is a perfect second choice to host the ‘Out in the World’ Conference.
Speed-dating
The Conference will have high profile speakers (policy makers, great minds, inspirational icons, scientists, artists etc.)
and workshops on the different themes, as well as offering time and space for regional meetings and networking.
One of our specific suggestions is a ‘speed-dating concept’ to allow individual representatives from different countries
to set up a peer support system, an LGBT twinning concept which will enable country and branch representatives to
tie closer links and exchange best practices and tailor-made support.
The ‘Out in the World’ conference team aims to cooperate with Amnesty International, ILGA-Europe and the Scientific
Committee that was constituted in Montreal.
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OUT on the court
The Sports Programme
Introduction
Antwerp aims to create a high class multi-sports
programme made to measure for LGBT participants,
whether recreational or (semi-)professional.
Being one of the only 22 Olympic cities in the world,
Antwerp knows what it takes to host the Games.
With the full support of local and regional authorities,
close to 500.000 inhabitants and close proximity to
Brussels, Antwerp has the right “scale” to turn the 2013
World Outgames into a sports event to remember.
In addition the WOG Antwerp bidding committee
has gained a lot of expertise by organizing the very
successful EuroGames 2007, giving us a large advantage
in organizing a large scale LGBT sports event.
Cooperation
Integration will be one of the central themes of the 2013 edition of the World Outgames. Antwerp strongly wishes to
involve regular participants and other minorities such as followers of various religions, persons belonging to ethnic
minorities, persons with a physical impairment and young and elderly people.
We are closely working together with the Belgian Special Olympics Team. They will aid us in offering separate divisions
for athletes with a physical impairment in 15 to 20 sports of the official programme. This team is currently preparing
their 25th edition of the Belgian Special Olympics, in which over 3.000 participants will take part.
Many nationally and internationally successful associations and athletes of a wide variety of sports call Antwerp their
home. Active Company, the leading gay and lesbian sports association in Antwerp, does not have all the required
in-house expertise to organize 35 sports. That is why we are working closely together with Flemish Sports Federations
and with over 28 professional regular sports clubs. This cooperation has been very fruitful so far, with a culminating
point during the 2007 EuroGames.
Venues
The sporting events will take place across sports venues in and around Antwerp. The sports venues will have to live
up to international standards, but apart from that the World Outgames Antwerp Antwerp bidding committee wants
to ensure that they also provide a suitable social setting for the participants and supporters. Even in the current
situation, Antwerp is fully capable of organizing a large scale sports event. But in addition to that, Antwerp has the
ambition to become an official European Capital of Sport by 2012. Thanks to close cooperation with the sports and
city council our advice and needs are being taken into account for the investments in sports infrastructure over the
coming 4 years for the benefit of World Outgames 2013.
Spirit
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The spirit for the sports programme will be the original Olympic creed: “The most important thing in the Olympic
Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well”.
Fair play is the highest standard and will be rewarded as such. We want to give everyone the right to become a
champion, but also the right not to become a champion!
Sports Programme
Sports Venues
Programme
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We are expecting around 11.000 participants (with a budgeted minimum of 8.000 participants) from all over the
world in 35 sporting events. Demonstration sports may be added to the programme.
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The Antwerp WOG 2013 Sports Programme will offer the following sports:
Sport
1. Antwerp Ironman 70.3
2. Archery, Crossbow and Handbow
3. Badminton
4. Ballroom Dancing
5. Basketball
6. Billiard
7. Bowling
8. Bridge
9. Chess
10. Climbing
11. Cricket
12. Cross Country Running
13. Cross Cycling
14. Diving
15. Field Hockey
16. Figure Skating
17. Golf
18. Ice Hockey
19. Kayak / Canoe
20. Marathon
21. Martial Arts - Karate and Taekwondo
22. Petanque
23. Rollerblading
24. Rowing
25. Rugby
26. Soccer / Football
27. Squash
28. Swimming
29. Synchronized Swimming
30. Table Tennis
31. Tennis
32. Track and Field
33. Volleyball
34. Water Polo
35. Wrestling
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Anticipated # of participants
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Antwerp Ironman 70.3
Archery, Crossbow &
Handbow
Sport
Categories & Divisions
Sport
Governing and sanctioning rules
Competitive and recreational
Archery, Crossbow and Handbow
International Archery Federation (FITA)
Koninklijke Belgische Federatie voor Handboog-
Primary venue
Time span during WOG
Primary venue
Ironman 70.3 Circuit
1 day
Archery ranch
schieten (KBFH)
Speelpleinstraat 16
Type of tournament
Venue information
Medical service
2170 Merksem
15 shots, including 5 try-outs per discipline in
Swimming (1.9 km): Galgenweel (Left Bank) - in
Will be taken care of by Antwerp Ironman 70.3.
Distance from WOG village: 6,3 km / 3.9 miles
preliminaries. Kings and Queens continue to Royal
association with Vezega (Galgenweel Sailing Clubs
Round for Championship title.
Association) and the Flemish Community.
Security plan
Alternate venue
Cycling (90 km): in the harbour area and the north of
Ruggeveld
Ruggeveldlaan 488
Elite, men, women and senior divisions:
2100 Deurne-Antwerpen
- 6 m crossbow
- 10 m crossbow
the city (at Gedempte Zuiderdokken transition area)
Running (21 km): Antwerp city centre, Grote Markt
local round and finish at the Grote Markt.
Preferred partner
Antwerp Ironman 70.3 (Golazo Sports)
Award ceremony
Recreational participants:
WOGA Bronze, silver and gold medals for every
category.
Professional participants:
- 18 m handbow
Venue information
The Archery Ranch is a large outdoor location
situated next to a large forest. It has all necessary
1 day
Partner information
Men:
Women:
facilities for an archery tournament and has
The Antwerp Ironman 70.3 is a half Ironman
1rst 5.500 USD
1rst 5.500 USD
already been the home base for several national
Medical service
triathlon (1,9k swimming, 90k cycling, 21k running)
2nd 3.000 USD
2nd 3.000 USD
competitions. The location is also easily accessible
1 paramedic on site
where the absolute world elite of triathlon compete
3rd 1.500 USD
3rd 1.500 USD
by public transport.
together with a recreational field.
4th 1.000 USD
4th 1.000 USD
The revenues will go to To Walk Again, the foundation
5th 800 USD
5th 800 USD
Preferred partner
of Marc Herremans.
6th 700 USD
6th 700 USD
Antwerps Kruisboog Verbond vzw
Security plan
Security service
Award ceremony
Anticipated number of participants
Additional comments
Partner information
Bronze, silver and gold medals for every category.
500
The competition will be broadcast live on VRT,
The Antwerps Kruisboog verbond vzw is a cluster
The King & Queen of the tournament will receive an
the Flemish-speaking public broadcasting channel.
of 7 clubs spread through Antwerp. All member
additional trophy.
clubs have years of experience and expertise in
The International Triathlon Union (ITU)
organizing tournaments.
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Belgian Triathlon and Duathlon Federation (BTDF)
Type of tournament
1,9k swimming
90k cycling
21k running
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Additional comments
Participants that are dressed in medieval style
100
clothing can win additional prices.
Badminton
Ballroom Dancing
Sport
Sport
Type of tournament
Badminton
700
Ballroom Dancing
- Standard style
- Latin American style
Primary venue
Primary venue
- 10-Dance Championships
Antwerp Expo hall 1
International Badminton Federation (IBF)
Schijnpoort hall
(No separate competition – will be the combined
Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 191
Vlaamse Badminton Liga (VBL)
Schijnpoortweg, 55 A
result of Standard and Latin American style in
2060 Antwerpen
A-class in Male and Female, Adults or Senior
Distance from WOG village: 5 km / 3.1 miles
categories)
Alternate venue
Waagnatie
- Level A: Participants with extensive competitive
2020 Antwerpen
Type of tournament
Preliminary rounds: pool system
Alternate venue
Final rounds: K.O system
Antwerp Expo hall 2
Rijnkaai 150
2020 Antwerpen
- women-men doubles
2000 Antwerpen
- women-men singles
- mixed doubles
Venue information
- categories: A, B+, B-, C+ and C-
This huge hall has proven to be very versatile
The Schijnpoort hall has a central location and is
- Level D: Beginners (little experience)
easily reachable by public transport.
courts every major can be organized without
5 days
It has a 300 m² dance floor which is excellent for
large competitions. In addition there are also good
Competitive instances
accommodations for spectators.
Everybody can compete in men/women doubles.
Preferred partner
Additional choice between mixed doubles or singles.
Preferred partner
Active Company vzw
Minimum 4 matches per category.
Metropolis Dance Sports Club
Partner information
Medical service
Partner information
With over 13 weekly activities and more than 400
3 paramedics on site assisted by 2 physiotherapists
Metropolis Dance Sports Club is Antwerp’s official
members, Active Company is Antwerp’s leading
amateur dance club. It yearly organizes several
LGBT sports club. With their professional expertise
Security plan
major competitions including the Antwerp Stars
and their experience in organizing tournaments,
Security service
Cup. Their expertise and organizational experience
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AC has become a powerful instrument.
experience
- Level C: Recreational level participants
connections.
- Level B: Participants with some competitive
Venue information
during the Flemish Badminton festival. With 40
any problems. The Expo has several tram & bus
experience
assure a high quality tournament.
Active Company is held in high esteem by the
Award ceremony
Antwerp Sports Council because of its distinctive
Gold, silver and bronze medals for every category in
track record. Among its memorable accomplish-
every division.
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ments are the EuroGames 2007 and the Antwerp
Rainbow Festival in 2001. It is an active member of
several official Belgian sport federations.
European Same Sex Dance Association (ESSDA)
- Starters: NO experience – social dancers
5 days
Depends on number of participants
Medical service
1 paramedic on site
1 physiotherapist on standby
Security plan
Security service
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Award ceremony
Basketball
Billiard
Sport
Sport
Type of tournament
Basketball
400
Billiard
Double elimination (except finals)
Primary venue
Primary venue
Sporthall Luisbekelaar
Flemish Basketball league (VBL)
Billard Palace Hotel
Women and men divided in a competition and
Luisbekelaar
International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
Koningin Astridplein 40
recreational level.
2000 Antwerpen
8-ball competition
2140 Borgerhout
Type of tournament
Preliminary rounds: group matches
Secondary venue
Final round: K.O. system
Arenahal Deurne
Alternate venue
3 days
Grand Café Matchroom
Arenaplein 2
Schijnpoortweg 53
2100 Deurne
Separate divisions for men and women
2030 Antwerpen
Minimum 7 games
Alternate venue
5 days
Plantin Moretus Sports Centre
Medical service
Venue information
Paramedics on call
The Billiard Palace Hotel is renowned for its billiard
Plantin en Moretuslei 343
and snooker halls. On top of that participants can
Security plan
2140 Borgerhout
One category per team
book a room in this one star hotel starting from 35
Security service
euro a night.
Medical service
Award ceremony
Venue information
3 paramedics
Preferred partner
Luisbekelaar and the Arena hall are both home bases
1 physiotherapist on site at all times
Ludo Dielis
have excellent accommodations for organizing
Security plan
Partner information
basketball tournaments. In addition there is also
Security service
Ludo Dielis has a lifetime of billiard experience. As a
for several Antwerp basketball teams. Both halls
the Lotto Arena which can be used for finals with
many spectators.
Preferred partner
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former World Champion he has a lot of experience
Award ceremony
with large scale tournaments. He yearly organizes
several tournaments including the Antwerp Billiard
Week.
Antwerp Giants
Partner information
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Antwerp Giants harbour several of Antwerp’s
top basketball teams in many divisions and have
great expertise and experience in organizing
World Pool Association (WPA)
tournaments.
Belgian Pool Billiard Federation vzw (BPBF)
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Bowling
Bridge
Sport
Type of tournament
Sport
Bowling
Scratch tournament in the league and recreational
Bridge
Competition category women/men
division. With preliminary rounds and finals.
Primary venue
Recreational category women/men
Primary venue
Eurobowling
Bourla Foyer
Ter Heydelaan 17
League and recreational division.
Komedieplaats 18
2 days
2100 Deurne
Men and women singles, doubles and trios
2000 Antwerpen
Distance from WOG village: 8 km / 5 miles
Alternate venue
5 days
Antwerp Bowling
One category per participant
Alternate venue
Hilton Hotel
Medical service
On-call
Vorstermanstraat 8
Groenplaats
2000 Antwerpen
One category per participant.
2000 Antwerpen
Distance from WOG village: 1,5 km / 1 mile
Medical service
Security plan
Hotel security
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1 paramedic on site at all times
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Eurobowling is one of the most popular venues
On-call physiotherapist if demanded
The Bourla Foyer is a historical artifact.
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The beautiful theater hall has an exquisite foyer
in Antwerp with twenty bowling lanes. It also has
excellent accommodations for physically challenged
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participants.
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which will definitely overwhelm all participants.
Preferred partner
Preferred partner
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Martha Reyniers, Pinhunters
Partner information
Antwerp Bridge Club (ABC)
High game and high series trophy, for women and
Partner information
men, donated by Euro Bowling.
ABC will provide organizational and logistical
Martha Reyniers has been chairwoman of the
support; each year for example it organizes several
National Bowling Federation for the past 3.5 years.
Championships. ABC has a wealth of experience in
She has been organizing national and international
organizing large-scale events.
tournaments for over 15 years. She founded her
club, The Pinhunters, in 1986.
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World Bridge Federation (WBF)
Belgian Bowling Federation (B.B.S.F)
Type of tournament
Féderation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ)
Standard bridge tournament
World Tenpin Bowling Association (W.T.B.A.)
International Gay Bowling Organization (IGBO)
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Chess
Climbing
Sport
Sport
Type of tournament
Chess
Climbing
Preliminaries & final rounds
Primary venue
Primary venue
Bourla Foyer
Wallstreet NV
Beginners, moderate & professionals
Komedieplaats 18
2 days
Van Duyststraat 16
Men and women separated
2000 Antwerpen
2100 Deurne
One category per participant
Alternate venue
2 days
Alternate venue
Hilton Hotel
Medical service
Indoor Fitness
Groenplaats
On-call
Gijzelaarsstraat 21-25
minimum 4 climbs
2000 Antwerpen
2000 Antwerpen
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Hotel security
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Medical service
2 paramedics on site
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The Bourla Foyer is a historical artifact.
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Wallstreet NV has excellent accommodations for a
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The beautiful theater hall has an exquisite foyer
climbing competition, with many varying courses
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which will definitely overwhelm all participants.
for beginners, moderates and professionals.
Walls are 15m high, 26 ropes are available at the
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Preferred partner
same time. This location provides us with 600 m² of
Koninklijke Schaakclub Merksem (KSKM)
climbing fun.
Partner information
Preferred partner
KSKM will provide organizational and logistical
Wallstreet NV
support; each year for example it organizes several
Championships. KSKM has a wealth of experience in
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organizing large-scale events.
Wallstreet NV have the experience and professionalism we demand for the World Outgames.
They have a good reputation for organizing
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tournaments.
World Chess Federation (FIDE)
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Type of tournament
Fast chess tournament under the Swiss system with
International
11 rounds and 30 minutes reflection time for each
Federation (UIAA)
player.
Klim- en bergsportfederatie (KBF)
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Mountaineering
and
Climbing
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Cricket
Cross Country Running
Sport
Antwerp CC’s Leugenberg Cricket Ground, with its
Sport
Cricket
modern facilities both on and off the field, regularly
Cross Country Running
One run per athlete
plays host to touring sides from all over Europe and
Primary venue
beyond. Antwerp CC also stages all major interna-
Primary venue
Medical service
Regatta Linkeroever
tional matches and tournaments played on Belgian
Peerdsbos
2 paramedics
Blancefloerlaan 300
soil.
Bredabaan 31
1 physiotherapist
2070 Linker Oever
2930 Brasschaat
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Alternate venue
Antwerp CC’s Rumst Ground
Plantenhoekstraat
2840 Rumst
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Alternate venue
Provinciaal Groendomein Rivierenhof
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International Cricket Council (ICC)
Turnhoutsebaan 232
Cricket Vlaanderen (CV)
2100 Deurne
Type of tournament
Venue information
Tournament with matches to a full 50 overs.
Antwerp CC’s Rumst Ground has often been hailed
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The Peerdsbos is a cosy green setting which
the most quaint and charming of the Belgian
often serves as a home base for cross country
grounds. With its rural setting and converted
Men and women in separate divisions.
competitions. Participants can use accommodations
farmhouse, the ground is a subtle embellishment
A, B and C category
in a nearby sports hall. The Peerdsbos has several
of its immediate surroundings. The ground is
public transport stops.
currently furnished with a Notts Sport® triple layer
artificial turf pitch, fixed double-bay practice nets,
5 days
sight screens, change room, shower, bar and kitchen.
Preferred partner
Antwerp Athletics
Preferred partner
Depends on number of teams
Antwerp Cricket Club (ACC)
Antwerp Athletics is the leading amateur athletics
Medical service
Partner information
2 paramedics
Founded in 1892, the Antwerp Cricket Club is the
1 physiotherapist
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oldest cricket club in Flanders, as old as the Royal
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which later broke away from the cricketing section.
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More than just a bastion of tradition, however,
Type of tournament
Standard top time competition
Antwerp CC has fast become the premier club
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of the Belux, a force to be reckoned with in the
development and promotion in Belgium.
club in Antwerp.
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Antwerp Football Club (with its famous roll number 1)
national league and the major centre for the game’s
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1 day
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Cross Cycling
Sport
Type of tournament
Cross Cycling
Primary venue
Peerdsbos
2 days
Bredabaan 31
2930 Brasschaat
Medical service
2 paramedics
1 physiotherapist
Alternate venue
Scheldecross
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Sint Anna
Security service
Gloriantlaan
2050 Antwerpen
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Venue information
The Sint-Anna location is the home base for the
Scheldecross which is part of the official UCI cross
cycle circuit every third week of December.
Preferred partner
Eyecompany
Partner information
Eyecompany organizes any cross cycling event or
tournament from A to Z. Eyecompany is an official
partner of the UCI and regularly organizes cycle
competitions, including the Scheldecross cycle
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cross competition.
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Union Cycliste international (UCI)
Vlaamse Wielrijdersbond (VWB)
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Diving
Field Hockey
Sport
Sport
Partner information
Diving
Women and men divided in two age groups
Field Hockey
This is Amsterdam’s leading LGBT hockey club. Our
(under 39 and over 40)
Primary venue
Dive: 1m, 3m, 3m synchronous, 10m
Arena Swimming Pool
good friends did a tremendous job by organizing
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the EuroGames 2007 Field Hockey event and are
Royal Victory Hockey Club
eager to assist us at WOG 2013.
Gabriël Vervoortstraat 8
Kattenbroek 5
2100 Deurne
1 day
2650 Edegem
300
Alternate venue
Het Rooi Sports Centre
International Hockey Federation (IHF)
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At least five jumps per participant
The Arena Hall is the place to be in Antwerp for
acrobatic swimming. Several major international
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Berchemstadionstraat 73
competitions and Belgian championships have
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Type of tournament
been organized in this 8 by 16 m swimming pool.
1 physiotherapist
Preliminaries & final rounds
Easy access by public transport.
pool attendants
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Preferred partner
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Home base of the Royal Victory Hockey Club. Has ex-
Royal Antwerp Swimming Club (member of BRABO)
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cellent accommodations for hockey tournaments.
Partner information
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Preferred partner
BRABO is one of the leading aquatics clusters in
Pink Hockey, LGBT Hockey club from Amsterdam
Antwerp, including the Royal Antwerp Swimming
Club. With their professional expertise and their
experience in organizing tournaments and Belgian
Championships they prove to be an excellent
Men’s competition:
full pitch and 2x35 minutes with a 10 minutes halftime break. Minimum 11 men/team (incl. 1 goalie)
Women’s competition:
half pitch and 2x25 minutes with a 10 minutes halftime break. Mininum 11 girls/team (incl. 1 goalie)
partner.
4 days
50
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Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
At least 3 matches per team
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Medical service
2 paramedics on standby
Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLIA)
1 physiotherapist
Type of tournament
Security plan
Mixed competition
Security service
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Figure Skating
Golf
Sport
Sport
Figure Skating
Ice Skating Institute (ISI)
Golf
A:
men 0 - 18,4 handicap
International Gay Figure Skating Union (IGFSU)
Primary venue
Vlaamse Kunstschaatsenbond (VKSB)
Primary venue
Brasschaat Open Golf & Country Club
Ice Rink Ruggeveld
Ruggeveldlaan 488
Type of tournament
Miksebaan 248
Open tournament and exhibition
2930 Brasschaat
Alternate venue
Individual competition women - men, mixed pairs,
Antarctica Ice Stadium
same-sex pairs free dance
Moerelei 119-121
Age categories: 18-24; 25-35; 36-45; 46-55; over 56
2610 Wilrijk
Distance from WOG village: 9,8 km / 6 miles
3 days
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The ice sports rink in Deurne is the home base of
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several Antwerp ice hockey & ice skating clubs. It is
2 paramedics
easily accessible by public transport from the WOG
1 physiotherapist
village. It has all technical requirements for high
standard ice skating tournaments.
Security plan
Security service
Preferred partner
Kunstschaatsclub Deurne Ruggeveld
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Alternate venue
women 0 - 12,4 handicap
B:
men 18,5 - 28,4 handicap
women 12,5 - 18,4 handicap
C:
men 28,5 - 36 handicap
Ternesse Golf & Country Club
women 18,5 - 28,4 handicap
Uilenbaan 15
D:
2160 Wommelgem
men 36,1 - 45 handicap
women 28,5 - 36 handicap
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Its excellent reputation and performance during
3 days
the 2007 EuroGames in Antwerp make the Brasschaat
Open Golf & Country Club the first choice for
organizing a Gold tournament.
At least two 18-hole rounds per participant.
Preferred partner
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Brasschaat Golf VZW
Partner information
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With an excellent reputation and their accomplish-
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ments at EuroGames 2007 in Antwerp, Brasschaat
Kunstschaatsclub Deurne Ruggeveld is Antwerp’s
Golf VZW has proven to be one of the best partners
leading ice skating club, with several former
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concerning for Golf Tournaments. Their terrains are
Medals will be granted to the first, second and third
Belgian champions among its membership and
also the home base of several national top players.
position in each level.
trainers. The club organizes several large events
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Separate medals for male and female competition.
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per year and can guarantee a professional Figure
Skating tournament.
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male and female competitor.
Additional comments
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Competition will be held according the rules of the
All players will be asked to show their Golf Ability
Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrews.
Tests (HCP <45) or official HCP-Card before starting.
Type of tournament
Stableford competition
One “Brutt” gold medal will be granted to the best
Ice Hockey
Kayak / Canoe
Sport
Sport
In addition they were at the basis of the 1985 World
Ice Hockey
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
Kayak / Canoe
Championships. Afterwards they were one of the
International
Gay
and
Lesbian
Ice
pioneers of a new sport called canoe polo and
Hockey
Primary venue
Association (IGLIHA)
Primary venue
Ice Rink Ruggeveld
Royal Belgian Ice-Hockey Federation (RBIHF)
Bloso Centre Hazewinkel
Ruggeveldlaan 488
Type of tournament
Final rounds: K.O system
Alternate venue
Antarctica Ice Stadium
Moerelei 119-121
Open and recreational division, in each case for
2610 Wilrijk
women and men.
Mixed teams are allowed.
Venue information
The ice sports rink in Deurne is the home base of
3 days
several Antwerp ice hockey & ice skating clubs.
It is easily accessible by public transport from the
WOG village. It has all technical requirements for
Minimum 4 matches per team
high standard ice hockey tournaments.
Medical service
Preferred partner
1 paramedics
Phantoms
1 physiotherapist
Partner information
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The Phantoms was founded in 1972 by Ludo
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Pelemans, Marc Verstrepen, Gust De Vijver and Roy
Joosten and has the Ruggenveld Ice Rink as home
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base. Their 35 years of experience guarantee a high
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standard tournament at the World Outgames 2013.
organized The Flanders Cup in this discipline.
Beenhouwersstraat 28
2830 Willebroek
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Alternate venue
Albert Channel Schoten
International Canoe Federation (ICF)
Budchenbach bridge
Type of tournament
2900 Schoten
Preliminaries and finals
Venue information
Flatwater Racing: 200 m, 500 m,1.000 m and 5.000 m
This BLOSO Centre is one of Antwerp’s most
in single (K1), double (K2) and four boats (K4) for
renowned locations for Water sports competitions
women and men
with an Olympic rowing track of 2,3 km and 8 lanes.
Perfect for large competitions. The site even offers
hotel accommodations which are very suitable
2 days
since this is the only ‘distant’ location. A frequent
shuttle service will be provided.
Preferred partner
Antverpia Royal Canoe Club (AKKC)
Medical service
4 paramedics
Partner information
The Antverpia Royal Canoe Club is Antwerp’s oldest
1 physiotherapist
canoe club. It was founded in 1935 by Frans Croes.
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The club started off with canoeing as their main
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activity but after surviving the war they expanded
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their activities. They started to take part in every
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discipline of kayak as well.
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Discerning kayak members such as John Leukemans,
Kurt Leukemans, Brigitte Vernaillen, Cathérine
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Burelle and Bart Van Looveren obtained several
As this will be the only ‘distant’ venue, extra care will
prestigious Belgian and international titles.
be provided. Direct and frequent bus line, events on
In the eighties the club started organizing
the site.
International Olympic flat water competitions.
Martial Arts
Karate and Taekwondo
Marathon
Sport
Marathon
Association of International Marathon and Road
Primary venue
Races (AIMS)
City of Antwerp
Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)
International Front Runners (IFR)
Venue information
Exact location has yet to be determined.
Type of tournament
Full or half marathon
Preferred partner
Golazo Sports
Women and men separated
Partner information
The sports marketing agency Consultants in Sports
(CIS) was founded on October 18th, 1990 by former
1 day
Olympian athlete Bob Verbeeck (Los Angeles, 1984).
Starting with a small team and a few customers, the
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company expanded quickly and organized events
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in more than 15 different sports.
2 physiotherapists
A Dutch subsidiary was added in 1994 to establish
Octagon CIS Benelux, which continued to build
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on its network of recreational and professional
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sporting events. Between 2002 and 2007, Octagon
CIS was focused primarily on consultancy and
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its own sporting events, mostly within Europe.
However, it had become clear that several clients
could benefit greatly from an integrated approach
of sports, entertainment and media. As this offer of
services was not fully in line with the international
philosophy of Octagon, the parties ultimately
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agreed that reestablishing full independence from
each other was the logical step forward - thus the
rebirth of Octagon CIS under sole possession of Bob
Verbeeck as Golazo Sports.
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Sport
Type of tournament
Martial Arts - Karate and Taekwondo
Multi-style tournament:
- empty hand
- weapons
- self-defense
- free sparring
Primary venue
De Rode Loop Sports Centre
Rodeloopstraat 2
2170 Merksem
Alternate venue
Schijnpoort hall
Schijnpoortweg 55 A
2060 Antwerpen
There will be five levels in each category:
- beginners
- intermediate
- black belt (soft/hard styles)
- senior black belt (35+)
For black belts, the weight classes will be as follows:
Venue information
De Rode Loop has several halls including a hall
with special accommodations for close contact
sports. This venue was also used during the 2007
EuroGames in Antwerp.
Preferred partner
The Bulldogs & Daniella Somers
Partner information
Daniella Somers is a true sports addict.
From baseball to athletics, soccer, skateboarding,
judo and karate, she has done it all! On top of that
we all know her from several World Champion titles
in Thai-boxing. She has fair knowledge of a wide
variety of combat sports and would be an excellent
partner during World Ougames 2013. She founded
The Bulldogs, an Antwerp combat sports club, in
1993 and has hosted several competitions.
She organized the Thai-boxing during the 2007
EuroGames.
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International Association of Gay and Lesbian
Martial Arts ( IAGLMA)
Men:
- fly weight 125 lbs/56,8 kg
- light weight 151 lbs/68,6 kg
- middle weight 173 lbs/78,6 kg
- heavy weight 173,1 lbs/78,7 kg and above
Women:
- fly weight 121 lbs/55 kg
- feather weight 132 lbs/60 kg
- light weight 143 lbs/65 kg
- middle weight 143,1 lbs/65,1 kg and above
4 days
3 competitions per day
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Medical service
2 paramedics per day
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Petanque
Rollerblading
Sport
Sport
Medical service
Petanque
2 days
Rollerblading
10 paramedics
4 physiotherapists
Primary venue
Primary venue
Recreational Domain Fort van Merksem
City of Antwerp
(at several locations along the route)
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Fortsteenweg
2170 Merksem
Medical service
Venue information
1 paramedic on site
The City of Antwerp is the setting for this event.
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Preferred partner
These beautiful woods provide an excellent setting
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Antwerp on Wheels
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Partner information
Antwerp on Wheels is an Antwerp association that
for a petanque tournament.
Preferred partner
‘t Schuurke
started organizing skate tournaments for competition
and recreational skaters in the city of Antwerp in
Partner information
2007.
‘t Schuurke has a great number of professional
Twice a year the city becomes car free and the
petanque players who are eager to share their
skaters get priority. Participants can see the site
expertise and organizational experience with the
from a different view or release some energy in the
2013 World Outgames.
skate competition.
They will organize an Outgames edition in 2013.
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150
International Federation of Pétanque and Provençal
Type of tournament
Game (FIPJP)
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Flemish Petanque Federation (VPF)
Type of tournament
Standard petanque competition
1 day
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Rowing
Sport
Rowing
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Primary venue
Bloso Centre Hazewinkel
Beenhouwersstraat 28
2830 Willebroek
International Federation of Rowing Associations
(FISA)
Vlaamse Roeiliga (VRL)
Alternate venue
Rowing regatta with preliminaries and finals
Albert Channel Schoten
Budchenbach bridge
2900 Schoten
Women and men in separate division, all rowing a
1.000 m track.
Venue information
This BLOSO Centre is one of Antwerp’s most
renowned locations for Water sports competitions
with an Olympic rowing track of 2,3 km and 8 lanes.
Perfect for large competitions. The site even offers
hotel accommodations which are very suitable
since this is the only ‘distant’ location. A frequent
shuttle service will be provided.
2 days
Preferred partner
Antverpia Royal Canoe Club (AKKC)
Partner information
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Type of tournament
The Antverpia Royal Canoe Club is Antwerp’s
oldest club. It was founded in 1935 by Frans Croes.
The club started off with canoeing as their main
activity but after surviving the war they expanded
their activities. They started to take part in every
discipline of kayak as well.
Discerning kayak members like John Leukemans,
Kurt Leukemans, Brigitte Vernaillen, Cathérine
Burelle, Bart Van Looveren obtained several
prestigious Belgian and international titles.
In the eighties the club started organizing
International Olympic flat water competitions.
In addition they were at the basis of the 1985 World
Championships. Afterwards they were one of the
pioneers of a new sport called canoe polo and
organized The Flanders Cup in this discipline.
Medical service
2 paramedics
1 physiotherapist
Security plan
Security service
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Additional comments
Teams and individuals must be a member of a
rowing club or association to compete.
As this will be the only ‘distant’ venue, extra care will
be provided. Direct and frequent bus line, events on
the site.
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Rugby
Soccer / Football
Sport
Type of tournament
Sport
Rugby
Preliminaries and finals
Soccer / Football
500
Primary venue
Primary venue
Veltwijckpark
Women & men division in A, B and C.
Het Rooi Sports Centre
International Gay and Lesbian Football Association
Lindenlei 45
Categories might change due to low number of
Berchemstadionstraat 73
(IGLFA)
2180 Ekeren
teams.
2600 Berchem
Secondary venue
3 days
Antwerp Rugby Club
Type of tournament
Group matches with points system
Alternate venue
Ruggeveld
Mitterlije
Ruggeveldlaan 488
- Women’s beginners
2650 Edegem
- Women’s advanced
Distance from WOG village: 7,3 km / 4,5 miles
- Men’s overall
Medical service
- Wheelchair competition
Venue information
2 paramedics
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Veltwijckpark and the home base of the Antwerp
1 physiotherapist
Het Rooi Sports Centre has a large sports hall and
two smaller halls for combat sports. In addition
4 days
Rugby club are excellent locations for large competitions.
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Het Rooi has 4 full size soccer courts. It is easily
Both are easily reachable by public transport.
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accessible by public transport and has perfect
accommodations for our participants.
At least three matches per team
Preferred partner
Medical service
Active Company vzw and HLWM
2 - 4 paramedics
Preferred partner
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Antwerp Rugby Club
Partner information
1 physiotherapist
The Antwerp Rugby Club was founded in 1998 after
Partner information
the merger of two Antwerp rugby clubs. With the
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combined expertise and experience of both clubs
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they were able to win many national titles and
organize several large scale tournaments.
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track record. Among its memorable accomplish-
ments are the EuroGames 2007 and the Antwerp
International Rugby Board (IRB)
Vlaamse Rugby Bond (VRB)
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Squash
Swimming
Sport
Sport
Type of tournament
Squash
- A (National Top 50 or higher)
Swimming
European swimming competition
Primary venue
Olympic Swimming Pool Wezenberg
Desguinlei 17-19
2018 Antwerpen
50m breaststroke
100m breaststroke
200m breaststroke
50m butterfly
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
50m backstroke
100m backstroke
200m backstroke
50m freestyle
100m freestyle
200m freestyle
400m freestyle
200m individual medley
400m individual medley
4 x 50m medley relay
4 x 50m freestyle relay
- B (National Top 51-500)
Primary venue
Indoor Fitness
- C (Recreational with competition/tournament
experience)
Gijzelaarsstraat 21-25
- D (Recreational without tournament experience)
2000 Antwerpen
- E (Women and men over 35 years old)
- F (Women and men over 45 years old)
- G (Wheelchair competition with adapted rules)
Venue information
Indoor is Antwerp’s largest squash hall with 16
squash courts and has excellent accommodations
4 days
for our participants.
Preferred partner
At least 5 games per participant
Alternate venue
Swimmingpool Groenenhoek
Orpheusplein 1
2600 Berchem-Antwerpen
Distance from WOG village: 5.5 km / 3.41 miles
Venue information
Partner information
Indoor Squash is Antwerp’s largest squash club.
1 physiotherapist on site
Antwerp’s main Olympic swimming pool is the most
popular venue for major swimming competitions.
When it comes to LGBT tournaments, it lent its
great accommodations to the 2007 EuroGames in
Antwerp.
year and are eager to share their experience with
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Preferred partner
the WOG team.
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Active Company vzw
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Bronze, silver and gold medals for every category
Additional comments
World Squash Association (WSA)
UK 9 point system or US 11 point rally point system
Indoor Squash
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They organize several national competitions per
Flemish Squash Federation (VSF)
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Type of tournament
Partner information
track record. Among its memorable accomplishments are the EuroGames 2007 and the Antwerp
The following age groups are considered:
20 - 24, 25 -29, 30 - 34, 35 - 39, 40 - 44, 45 - 49, 50 - 54,
55 - 59, 60 -64, 65 - 69
6 days
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1 paramedic on site
2 physiotherapists on site
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1.000
International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics (IGLA)
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Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Sport
Type of tournament
Sport
Synchronized Swimming
Mixed competition
Table Tennis
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
Primary venue
Primary venue
Type of tournament
Arena Swimming Pool
- solo
Antwerp Expo hall 2
- duo
2100 Deurne
- trio
2020 Antwerpen
Teams of 4 to 8 members
Swimmers will be divided into age categories.
Alternatevenue
Singles, Doubles and mixed for women and men.
Alternate venue
A, B, C and D (recreational) category
Park Van Merksem Swimming Pool
Antwerp Expo hall 3
Van Heybeeckstraat 9
2 days
2020 Antwerpen
3 days
2170 Merksem
5 Jumps per participant.
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At least 4 matches per participant
Medical service
This huge hall proved to be very versatile during the
2 paramedics
Flemish Badminton Festival. With 40 courts every
Medical service
1 physiotherapist and pool attendants
major can be organized without any problems.
The hall has excellent accommodations for table
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tennis as well. The Expo has several tram & bus
Security plan
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connections.
Security service
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Preferred partner
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T.T.C. Groenendaal
Gold, silver and bronze medals for every category in
Preferred partner
Synchro Dolphins KAZSC (member of BRABO)
Partner information
every division.
Partner information
T.T.C. Groenendaal celebrates its 35th anniversary
in 2008. They have a very long history of organizing
tournaments.
championships they prove to be an excellent
They can provide us with the necessary expertise
partner.
and material to organize a successful table tennis
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tournament.
100
150
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Tennis
Track and Field
Sport
Sport
Tennis
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Track and Field
International Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF)
Primary venue
Primary venue
International Front Runners (IFR)
Forest Hills
Ternesselei 118
2160 Wommelgem
International Tennis Federation (ITF)
Vlaamse Tennisvereniging (VTV)
Ruggeveld track
Vlaamse Atletiekliga (VAL)
Secondary venue
Recreational Domain Fort van Merksem
Fortsteenweg
2170 Merksem
Type of tournament
Open tournament with elimination rounds and
consolidation round.
Single and double men and women.
Mixed
Divided in 4 categories: Open, A, B and C
Alternate venue
Tennis 7de Olympia
Julius De Geyterstraat 133
2020 Antwerpen
Distance from WOG village: 5,5 km / 3,4 miles
Venue information
Forest Hills is one of Antwerp’s largest tennis
sites, with eighteen outdoor gravel courts and
five outdoor hard-court courts. It has excellent
accommodations for tennis players and spectators.
5 days
Maximum 2 categories per player.
Minimum one match per category and one match
in consolidation round
Medical service
2 paramedics, 1 physiotherapist
Ruggeveldlaan 488
Type of tournament
Individual and relay competitions possibly with
qualifying rounds
Secondary venue
Groenenhoek
2610 Wilrijk
Running: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m,
1.500 m, 5.000 m,100/110 m hurdles, 400 m
hurdles, 3.000 m hurdles, 5.000 m
Alternate venue
Rodeloopstraat 2
2170 Merksem
Security plan
Active Company vzw & TC Laagland
Security service
Award ceremony
Bronze, silver and gold medals for every category in
every division. In addition winners of consolidation
rounds will also be rewarded.
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jump, pole-vaulting
throwing: discus, spear throwing, shot put, hammer
Venue information
heptathlon women, decathlon men
Located next to an ice track and several football and
basketball courts, Ruggeveld has a large track and
field base. The site offers good accommodations
for participants and is easily accessible by public
Preferred partner
Topsportschool
Partner information
jumping: Long jump, high jump, triple
transport.
Preferred partner
race walk, 4 x 100 m relay, 4 x 400 m relay
Partner information
Topsportschool is a cluster of elite sport teams.
Their track and field department is highly renowned
and has all the necessary expertise to organize a
world competition. They have several national and
international top athletes which are eager to assist
us in organizing World Outgames 2013.
1.000
throw
Men and women will be divided into separate
groups with an age interval of 5 years.
5 days
Medical service
2 paramedics
1 physiotherapist
Security plan
Security service
Award ceremony
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Volleyball
Water Polo
Sport
Sport
Volleyball
1.000
Water Polo
Primary venue
Sportschuur Fort VIII
Schansstraat
2660 Hoboken-Antwerpen
International Volleyball Federation rules (FIVB)
Type of tournament
Secondary venue
Luchtbal Sports Centre
Santiagostraat 2
2030 Antwerpen
Alternate venue
Linkeroever’s Sports Centre
Blancefloerlaan 183
2050 Antwerpen
The men’s competition is divided into 4 levels:
Men’s A, Men’s B+, Men’s B- and Men’s C.
The women’s competition is divided into 4 levels:
Women’s A, Women’s B+, Women’s B- and Women’s C.
5 days
Medical service
Venue information
2 paramedics per location
With six volleyball courts Sportschuur Fort VIII is an
excellent location for WOG 2013. It has all necessary
accommodations for our participants.
Security plan
Preferred partner
Award ceremony
Active Company vzw
Security service
Primary venue
Arena Swimming Pool
Type of tournament
2100 Deurne
Alternate venue
Park Van Merksem Swimming Pool
Van Heybeeckstraat 9
2170 Merksem
4 days
Venue information
5 games
Medical service
2 paramedics
1 physiotherapist
pool attendants
Preferred partner
Security plan
Royal Antwerp Swimming Club (member of BRABO)
Security service
Partner information
Award ceremony
Partner information
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Men, women and mixed teams
Championships they prove to be an excellent
partner.
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Wrestling
Sport
Wrestling
Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées
(FILA)
Primary venue
Type of tournament
Rodeloopstraat 2
Free style wrestling competition, women’s wrestling
2170 Merksem
competition, preceded by a training day.
Alternate venue
Schijnpoort hall
Schijnpoortweg 55 A
2060 Antwerpen
Men:
50-55 kg, -60 kg, -66 kg, -74 kg, -84 kg, -96 kg, -120 kg
Women:
44-48 kg, -51 kg, -55 kg, -59 kg, -63 kg, -67 kg, -72 kg
Venue information
De Rode Loop has several halls including a hall with
special accommodations for close contact sports.
This venue was also used during the 2007 Euro-
2 days
Games in Antwerp.
At least 3 and maximum 5 fights per day
Preferred partner
Medical service
Active Company vzw
2 paramedics per day
Partner information
Security plan
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Security service
Award ceremony
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shhh OUT!
The Cultural Programme
Totally serious?
Say LGBT, say culture!
In their individual and common search for their identity
in a ‘different’ world, LGBT people have found numerous
ways and means of expressing their question and
exclamation marks, their very private and sometimes
utterly recognizable way of being and reaching out.
Nations all over the world have benefited from
the unique contributions that LGBT artists, writers,
directors, photographers and their counterparts in other
areas of culture have made to their heritage and daily
experiences.
International contests
In the run-up to the 2013 Antwerp World Outgames, we would like to draw from the well of international LGBT
inspiration by organizing contests in various disciplines and strands of art.
We would like to invite film makers, poets, singers, photographers, sculptors and other artists to share their qualities
with all those that will make an acquaintance with the 2013 Antwerp World Outgames.
The Pink Diamond Film Award
A main innovative highlight of the 2013 Antwerp World Outgames will be the Pink Diamond Film Award, granted to
the laureate of the Pink Diamond Film Competition to be launched a few years ahead of the event itself.
LGBT poetry and photography contest
During the World Outgames, a trail of poetic and photographic impressions will meander through the cityscape,
based on an LGBT poetry and photography contest to be launched a year prior to the event. This open air exposition
in the heart of the city aims to show LGBT people of most countries in the world. Information on the LGBT conditions
of living in that country can tell a lot…
The World Outgames collection book
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In the year running up to the event, we intend to prepare the publication of a picture and poetry book with
contributions from all over the world. We will launch competitions in photography, poetry, design and applied arts
and select eye-catching and heart-moving expressions of the LGBT spirit to be compiled and published during the
World Outgames.
A volunteer: “We have fought, battled, scolded and
cursed during the preparations of the 2007 EuroGames.
We were able to bring out the best in each other.”
Vintage fashion design
In the spirit of durability and innovation, we plan to invite fashion designers to present a vintage design collection
with a zest of 2013 LGBT inspiration.
Cultural Programme
Museum expositions
Antwerp aims at full collaboration with the following museums, asking them to set up theme exhibitions along the
following lines:
 Splash! – the Veneration of the Male Nude in Water in Modern Art
(Museums for Photography, Contemporary Art and Fine Arts)
 Georges Eekhoud and His Time – Precursor of Modernity
(Archive and Museum of Flemish Culture AMVC-House of writing – City Library)
 You’ve Got the Looks – Fashion & LGBT Culture
(Fashion Museum)
In short, we plan to tap from the rich and talented resources of the international LGBT culture and those associated
with it.
Totally fun?
LGBT culture stands for diversity, genuine inspiration and the joy of expressing our talents from a not so common
angle. We would like to share and demonstrate our joy by injecting surprise elements into Antwerp’s daily life for at
least the duration of the World Outgames. The 2007 EuroGames brought sheer joy and pleasure to its participants
and visitors, offering theatre, parties, shows, movies, guided city walks, boat tours, the Rainbow village open to all,
a farewell brunch, a singing festival, etc.
 The Elevation of Gay Porn – How the Image of Sex Changed the Image of Self
(Museum for Photography)
Extended fun programme
 The Marble Skin – the Expression of Female and Male Sensitivity in Neo-Classical and 19th-Century Western Sculpture
(Museums of Fine Arts)
 Fags & Dikes – What’s in a Name?
( in cooperation with Museum for Contemporary Art and ExtraCity)
This programme will be extended for the World Outgames 2013 in cooperation with the associations of the LGBT
Federation and Gay Antwerp vzw, the LGBT business association. NaviGaytion, the popular yearly Antwerp LGBT boat
festival that attracts more than 20.000 visitors will be a major possible highlight.
 Whitman’s Sons and Daughters – LGBT Poetry in the Gardens of the City
(AMVC-House of writing – Antwerp Greening Department)
 Cities of Change – Places Where LGBT People Write History
 Pink Ink – Female love letters throughout the ages, in cooperation with the Suzan Daniël Fund and academic circles.
Opera
In Collaboration with the Flemish Opera House, World Outgames 2013 Antwerp would like to offer performances of
‘Symposion’, an LGBT related opera written by Peter Schat and Gerrit Komrij
Summer of Antwerp
Every year in July and August the ‘Zomer van Antwerpen’ festival brightens our city with dashes of summer
culture in the form of avant-garde theatre on surprise locations, southern music on twelve different neighbourhood
squares, enchanting circus performances by the riverside, telling summer films under a hangar along the Schelde and
“the most beautiful show on earth”: the sunset. World Outgames 2013 aims to fully cooperate with the organizers who
will obtain subsidies from the City of Antwerp. In order to welcome a broad and diverse audience, entrance fees are
kept as low as possible, even free shows are regular features on the programme.
Main and fringe events
Music and choir festival
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Singers and songwriters will be asked to make our ears tingle by sharing their best efforts with the broader audience
of a music and choir festival.
Literature and arts walks and studies
Linking in to the scientific and cultural part of the ‘Out in the World’ conference, we plan to map and guide walks in the
footsteps of famous and forgotten LGBT artists and role-models along the streets of Antwerp.
We will set up a scientific and cultural study scheme inviting scholars from around the world to ‘dig up’ and honour
artistic LGBT figures from recent and ancient history, thus contributing to a line of studies bridging the various World
Outgames on all continents.
We will devise street theatre events, symbolic concepts with a hidden message, and outreach initiatives to involve the
general public in order to invite them to our main and fringe events.
Multi-art theatre spectacle
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The ‘Love United’ multi-art theatre spectacle in English and French will weave a pink thread of the search for
identity, love, friendship and fulfilment. In a large circus tent on the edge of the river Schelde floating through our
city, we will bring a spectacle of songs, dance, poetry, filmed images and acrobatic and magical acts portraying the
intriguing world of the LGBT psyche and life-style. The audience will be invited to tune in to the inner search, duality
and liberation of LGBT love and life, in a dream-like flow of images and movements portraying universal concepts in
the setting of male/male and female/female or transgender identities and relationships.
OUTer decorations
Celebrations
Opening and closing ceremonies
We intend to use all our individual and common inspiration to organize the opening and closing ceremonies in the
spirit of diversity, solidarity and joy.
The overwhelmingly positive response to the Antwerp EuroGames ceremonies surpassed our boldest intentions and
expectations. The exhilarated mood of the crowd on the market in front of the city hall made the city’s heart beat
faster and louder.
Considering the higher number of expected participants for the Outgames 2013, the city of Antwerp would opt for
the biggest outdoor venue in town, the ‘Waalse and Vlaamse kaai’ fair square in the fashionable southern quarter,
about a mile south of the cathedral.
The ceremonies are meant to transmit a specific mood and message central to our ideals: authenticity and mutual
respect in a festive setting. We feel privileged to live in a part of the world that has begun to realize that civilization is
measured by respect for minorities and diversity, and we intend to celebrate that insight by casting various inspiring and
heart-warming acts, as well as pointing to the lack of equal broadmindedness in various other countries and cultures
and calling on the relevant authorities to close the gap in equal treatment.
Pink Diamond Film Festival
Apart from the opening and closing ceremonies, the Antwerp Outgames 2013 bidding committee intends to
organize an award ceremony in honour of the winners of the Pink Diamond Film Festival. We would launch an appeal
in 2010 for short films and documentaries on LGBT themes to be presented at the festival.
The award ceremony would take place in the Marble Hall of the art nouveau zoological garden next to the Central
Station. Besides these new feature and short films, a broad range of ‘classic’ LGBT films will be programmed in
cooperation with cinemas across town.
Life-time achievement awards
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Another celebration would include the presentation of life-time achievement awards for people with a distinguished
track record in the fields of LGBT culture, sports and the fight for equal rights.
Poetry and photography awards
The Pink Pen and Pink Camera awards will be awarded in cooperation with existing and new professional
organizations and associations. We plan to publish the nominated and award-winning contributions in booklets to be
sold during and after the World Outgames.
OUTgoing
Diversity and Outreach
Society is diverse: some people are older, others are
younger, some have a visible or non-visible impairment,
some are black, some are gay and others are straight,
some have children, some don’t and of course, some
are female and some are male. Some are religious, and
some aren’t. If one would start making a list, it would be
difficult to know when to stop.
It is important though to be open to differences, and to
celebrate them so that we can take advantage of and
develop everyone’s specific talents.
The World Outgames are a splendid event to show life’s
diversity and to offer everyone involved the occasion
to feel good about the way they are.
This mission and spirit starts with the organizing team.
By selecting a competent and diverse team we already
send out a strong signal.
It is the aim of the Antwerp organizing committee to take diversity very seriously and to try to include and reach out
to all segments of the LGBT population, without excluding our straight fellow citizens:
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lesbians
young LGBT people
LGBT students
elderly LGBTs
LGBT people belonging to ethnic minorities
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religious LGBTs
LGBT people with impairment
LGBT people with kids
transgender people
straight people attending an LGBT event
Our two partners, the Antwerp LGBT umbrella organization ‘The Pink House’ and the Flemish LGBT Federation
‘Holebifederatie’ unite around 90 Flemish LGBT associations, as diverse as the LGBT community itself. Their input will
be most valuable during the preparations of the World Outgames 2013.
In this spirit, the 2007 Antwerp EuroGames applied positive discrimination towards women by introducing equality
waiting lists for several sports. This resulted in 40% female sports participation.
OUTschool
The 2007 EuroGames also brought a novelty: the first Kids Camp for kids of different ages accompanying LGBT
participants. For the 2013 World Outgames , we would like to expand this facility into an International Summer School,
with museum afternoons, sports camps and other educational programmes.
The Organizers of the Belgian Special Olympics will cooperate with the World Outgames Antwerp sports team to
make up to 20 sports accessible for particpants with a physical impairment.
A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organization:
“First and foremost the opening ceremony of the 2007
EuroGames was a meaningful event for many participants who
cannot be open about their sexual orientation in their own
country. Tears welled up in people’s eyes and the awareness
arose that it is possible to become one in solidarity.”
OUTreach
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The World Outgames 2013 in Antwerp intend to set up an extended outreach program. Our experience during the
2007 EuroGames proved that partial scholarships covering only the participation fee cannot suffice to reach out to
potential participants who are not (yet) fortunate enough to cover their travelling and hotel expenses.
The WOGA 2013 Outreach programme will budget € 200.000 for full scholarships which will cover the cost of travel,
housing, food and beverage and participation for around 150 participants.
Special attention will be given to assistance to outreach applicants in obtaining travelling visa.
Greening the games
Making the World Outgames environmentally friendly is another
aim of the Antwerp Team.
Since we received several positive comments on our tidiness
during the 2007 EuroGames, we want to stick to our flawless
image. Awareness and communication are key factors in this
context. We will name a few aspects of our policy in this regard.
sparing the OUTer space
Environment and Durability
Green transport
Smoke free
We will stimulate the use of public transport by including a public transport pass in every single participant’s
registration package. The accompanying and other visitors will be informed about the set-up and facilities of the
public transport system and the package tickets system.
Smoking in Belgium is banned in public buildings, but smoking areas are provided. The ban is total in public transport
and in all enclosed workplaces under the employer’s authority to which workers have access (workplaces and social
facilities). Smoking will only be allowed in specified and ventilated smoking areas.
In January 2007 Belgium implemented measures that allow smoking in restaurants only in separate rooms that are
completely closed off from the rest of the building and where no food is served. Bars and cafes are exempt from the
ban, though they must provide adequate ventilation and a non-smoking zone.
Antwerp rental bicycles
The City of Antwerp is currently setting up a system of city rental bicycles to be paid by text message. In 2009 around
20.000 bikes will be available throughout the city.
Reusable cups
We will order reusable plastic cups at most of the beverage stands at the event venues. One will not be able to buy a
drink without buying or re-using a ‘souvenir’ plastic World Outgames cup
Recycled paper
The World Outgames 2013 office will try to reduce the paper flow and use recycled paper wherever possible.
This will be communicated as such to third parties and press.
Spinning green energy
The link between the concepts of sports and green energy brought up the idea to organize a mass spinning marathon
during the 2013 World Outgames to make green energy in a collective LGBT and straight energy outburst.
This will be done in collaboration with ‘Health City’, Belgium’s leading fitness company, and Electrabel, Belgium’s
leading provider of green energy.
Special trash bins
The City of Antwerp has special trash bins for large events. These trash bins are very visible as such and will be marked
with the WOGA ‘Love United’ logo, thus inspiring participants and spectators to keep the streets clean.
Recyclable lunchboxes
All food stands during the 2013 World Outgames will use recycled packaging and serving material. Special Olympics
Belgium already implemented this rule at their most recent event.
Vintage fashion
In collaboration with the Flanders Fashion Institute and the Fashion Museum, a vintage fashion show will make us
aware of the beauty of recycled clothes.
Huge water tap
Instead of distributing plastic water bottles to all participants, water taps will be installed in every sports court.
A huge version of such a water tap, marked with the Love United logo and the sponsor’s trade mark could be installed
in the rainbow village.
Cleaning the event
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A possible collaboration with the existing ‘Opsinjoren’, the association that assists residents in keeping their
neighbourhood clean and rewarding them for it, could serve as a cleaning recipe for all WOGA event venues.
no doubt abOUT it!
Legacy Transfer
The days before 2013
The days after 2013
Attendances at past events:
Members of the bidding committee attended:
 The Amsterdam Gay Games (4)
 The Gay Games in Sydney (1)
 The Chicago Gay Games (1)
 The Montreal World Outgames (3)
We aim to leave the following legacy:
Montreal, Copenhagen & the Continental Outgames
Three members had thorough exchanges with the
Copenhagen Team World Outgames 2009 in February
2008.
Another LGBT organization:
“The 2007 EuroGames have been
an intense experience for LGBT
people from all over the world,
both from an athletic and from an
emotional point of view… Thank
you very much for your enormous
effort and the nice result!
Care to repeat it in a few years?”
Feedback we received
on EuroGames 2007
If the honour and privilege of organizing the 2013
World Outgames is bestowed on us, we will again have
meetings with the Copenhagen Team before, during
and after WOG 2009 to exchange valuable information
and expertise.
Team members will also attend all forthcoming
Continental Outgames and Gay Games and use the
input to fine-tune the goals and perspectives of the 3rd
World Outgames in 2013.
Regular board meetings with GLISA will establish a
professional relationship in the context of which all
legacy in the sense of databases, partnerships and
declarations (Montreal and Copenhagen) and other
WOG initiatives will be evaluated and implemented
in the context of the organization of the 2013 World
Outgames.
For everyone
 an unforgettable emotional and binding event
For GLISA
 a global digital network of participants, visitors, organizers on the ‘PinkedIn’ site
 a database
 a profitable event with a positive financial result
 photo and video coverage of all events
 a digitized book of the global press coverage
 a website
 an intranet
 a final and consolidated English language budget
 2 copies of most of the marketing items such as programme brochures, posters, flyers, ...
 2 pieces of valuable materials such as medals, ...
Culture
 the World Outgames Film Festival
 the Pink Diamond Award for new LGBT film material
 the Pink Poetry and Photography Awards
 the World Outgames Collection book of poetry and photography
 the scientific and cultural research scheme on famous and forgotten LGBT artists and role-models
 exhibition books on the theme exhibitions organized in cooperation with Antwerp’s museums
 literature and arts walks and studies (see details in the cultural programme)
Sports
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 possible new International Ranking Systems in certain sports, such as badminton and bowling, ...
 a possible charter against the use of doping for all LGBT sport federations
Conference
 a speed dating system (see details in the HR Conference Programme)
 a possible declaration of Antwerp
 the peer assistance scheme linking representatives from countries with varying degrees of equal treatment
With a budget of € 600.000, the EuroGames 2007
Antwerp Team managed to organize a financially
profitable event comparable to a small scale World
Outgames. With a 10% profit after the event, the
Antwerp Organizing Committee is inspired to again
obtain a positive financial result by using its creativity
to down-scale own investments, sound book keeping
and regular internal and external audits.
in and OUT
Budget
Description INCOMING
Amount
Registration fee
€ 1.500.000
Ticket sales:
cultural program and visitors
€ 100.000
Marketing revenues food+beverage,
hotel commissions, licence fees
€ 400.000
Sponsoring
€ 1.000.000
EuroGames 2007 legacy
€ 15.000
Antwerp City Council (in kind)
€ 750.000
Province of Antwerp (in kind)
€ 750.000
Flemish Government
€ 1.000.000
Belgian Government
€ 500.000
European Union
€ 1.000.000
TOTAL
€ 7.115.000
Income
Registration fees
The average registration fee is set to a very democrat
€ 150. This will cover the sports programme, the
opening and closing ceremonies, a public transport
ticket, a remembrance medal and a goodie bag.
Our forecast is based on a total of 10.000 participants:
 8.500 participants in the sports programme
 1.000 participants in the conference
 500 participants cultural programme
Note: In the sports programme, we currently expect
11.030 participants
Ticket sales
Revenue from ticket sales of the cultural programme
and general visitor tickets
Marketing revenues food+beverage, hotel
commissions, licence fees
 revenue of food and beverage sales at all event
sites
 commissions on hotel rooms, hosted housing
 other licence fees for merchandising and/or
event site renting
Sponsorships
Support from commercial partners
organizations, in cash, goods and services.
and
Governmental support
Direct subsidies in cash and in benefits in kind
offered by
 the City of Antwerp
 the Province of Antwerp
 the Flemish Government
 the Belgian Government
 the European Union
Description EXPENDITURE
Amount
Bidding
€ 30.000
GLISA fees
€ 250.000
Administration
€ 1.700.000
Marketing & Communications
€ 1.300.000
Sports events
€ 1.300.000
Cultural events
€ 400.000
Conference
€ 400.000
Ceremonies & Festivities
€ 250.000
Logistics & Technical support
€ 850.000
Public transport tickets
€ 200.000
Outreach programme
€ 235.000
Other costs
€ 435.000
TOTAL
€ 7.115.000
Expenditure
Bidding
All costs of the bidding procedure, including bidding
fees of GLISA.
GLISA fees
License fees
Administration
Office costs, staff, consultants, international travel, IT
systems and software, website, PinkedIn software and
hosting, mailings, telephone, translation fees, accounting
and auditing, insurances, security, miscellaneous.
Marketing and Communications
Advertising and promotion, fundraising, graphic
design, printing, merchandising, miscellaneous.
Expenses for official participants, partners and
dignitaries (public relations)
Sports events
Venue renting expenditure, equipment, medical,
staff & officials, medals and awards
Cultural events
Expenses related to all major cultural and
community events and award ceremonies
Conference programme
Expenses related to the conference including travel
costs, key note speakers, venue renting, housing,
food and beverage
Ceremonies and festivities
Expenditures related to opening and closing
ceremonies.
Logistics and technical support
Maintenance, surveillance, transfer of equipment,
technical staff
Public transport tickets
Based on 10.000 participants and a cost of € 20 per
ticket.
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Outreach programme
Based on full scholarships covering expenses
including participation, travel costs, housing, food
and beverage for 150 participants.
Other costs
Legal fees and miscellaneous (3% of the budget)
from word to mOUTh
Communication
Already started
Multilingual
Communication about the World Outgames started
already at the closing ceremony of the EuroGames,
July 15th, 2007. The alderman of tourism, Mr Heylen,
and the alderman of sports, Mr Van Campenhout
declared their willingness to investigate the possibility
of organizing a bigger worldwide LGBT event.
The biggest asset of our region and city is the basic knowledge of three to four languages for everyone. Dutch,
French, English and German will be the official languages used. This occasionally in combination with other required
languages e.g. Russian, Italian, Spanish.
Main goal
A volunteer:
“I am ascending from a dark
valley after much bad luck in my
life… Thank you EuroGames, you
have lit the (Olympic) fire inside
me again.”
Feedback we received
on EuroGames 2007
Our main goal in all communication activities will be
to spread the message of openness and awareness
underlying the World Outgames 2013 in Antwerp. This
will apply to all internal and external communication,
both towards the worldwide LGBT community and the
general public.
Love United message
A complete communication plan and also the
implementation of a press office will be the most
important tools before, during and after the event.
The ‘Love United’ message of the World Outgames 2013
hosted in Antwerp will be spread around the world.
Expertise
As the expertise of larger-scale events in Antwerp has
shown us in the past e.g. Cultural Capital of Europe
1993, the Tall Ships Race, World Book Capital 2004,
Antwerp knows perfectly well what its strengths and
challenges are.
Communication tools
The most important tools will be the Internet, the website, leaflets, programme, the World Outgames magazine, press
events, press publications, different marketing tools, etc…
PinkedIn.net
“PinkedIn.net” has already been registered as a domain name. This will be a strong communication, networking and
marketing tool as the internet is one of the easiest ways to reach the world.
Tourism offices
The Antwerp World Outgames 2013 will cooperate closely with the tourism office of Antwerp and the tourism office of
Flanders who will be our main partners for worldwide exposure and to spread the message “from word to mOUTh”.
Antwerp recently won the bid to organize the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association congress in 2010.
This event will highlight Antwerp’s attractiveness for LGBT travelers from across the globe (see below).
Press trips
Press trips from all around the world will be organized prior the event, in the same successful vein as at the occasional
European tours before the 2007 EuroGames.
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The City of Antwerp is very proud to announce that the 2010 IGLTA Annual Convention will be held in Antwerp.
Thanks to a successful campaign at the 25th Annual IGLTA Convention in Las Vegas in May 2008, the Alderman of
Culture and Tourism, Philip Heylen, his partners of the Antwerp city council, the Flemish government and the
commercial partners won this bid from other candidate cities such as London, Paris, Stockholm and Sevilla.
The Annual Convention of IGLTA (International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association) will bring together around 400 to
700 delegates from all over the world. It would be the ideal setting to promote the World Outgames 2013 Antwerp
and bring Antwerp’s many-faceted qualities to the attention of LGBT tourist organizations representing travelers from
all corners of the planet.
OUT loud
Marketing
The World Outgames 2013 marketing office will be one
of the first task forces to be established. Marketing and
communication strategies and activities will start as
soon as possible.
Different marketing tools will be provided, such as
banners, flyers, backdrops, t-shirts, sports gear, gifts,
etc…
To attract the world and to spread the message of the
World Outgames in Antwerp, various special items will
be put in place.
The World Outgames plane
The World Outgames plane with our logo, in cooperation with Brussels Airlines. We aim for the sky by sending our
logo through airspace.
The World Outgames boat
The World Outgames boat will carry our logo. As Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe, we strongly believe
that publicity will be an advantage even on the worldwide waters. In 2010 Antwerp will again host the “Tall Ships’
Race”, at which the prospect of the 2013 World Outgames Antwerp will be highlighted.
Cool Capitals
“Cool Capitals” is the cooperation of 4 cities (Antwerp, Zurich, Valencia and Vienna) to advertise in the US.
As this marketing tool is already in place we will work together with the board of tourism in Antwerp as main editor.
Art cities of Belgium
The Tourism office of Flanders has produced tourist guides for all over the world (especially Europe, Australia and Asia)
to invite tourists to come over to Belgium in the project “Art cities of Belgium” (Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Hasselt and
Ghent). Close cooperation will be established to promote the World Outgames.
The Pink World Outgames Euro
As a part of the World Outgames Congress, an imaginary Pink World Outgames Euro will be established.
In cooperation with a bank sponsor, the preferred airline, the World Outgames organization and various partners,
a saving plan will be established worldwide. All delegates and visitors will be able to save up credits with their Pink
World Outgames Euro to pay their registration fee, flight tickets, accommodation, and expenditure during the World
Outgames.
The Pink Diamond Trophy
And finally a letter which is representative for most of the
participants’ responses:
“Dear organizers, for the great EuroGames in Antwerp
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! ”
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The international film festival (see cultural programme) will be awarded with this trophy. We aim to cooperate with
the World Diamond Centre.
The World Outgames collection book
The World Outgames collection book will offer an elegant and inspired overview of the poetry, photography and
applied arts talents contributing to the various themes launched in the WOGA art competitions.
OUT and abOUT
Logistics
Suggested dates
The following available URL’s have already been registered
3 to 11th August 2008
 for e-mail purposes: ...@woga2013.org
 for the general website: www.worldoutgames.be
A lot of participants combine their attendance at World Outgames with their main holidays.
We chose a period where a lot of target groups have their standard holidays:
 school holidays
 holidays in the construction sector
 major holidays in France
Cultural Programme
Human Rights Conference
Opening Ceremony
Sports Programme
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www.worldoutgames.eu
www.worldoutgames2013.be
www.worldoutgames2013.com
www.worldoutgames2013.net
www.worldoutgames2013.eu
www.worldoutgames2013.org
www.antwerp2013.org
www.loveunited.be
www.loveunited.eu
www.outgames.be
www.outgames2013.com
www.outgames2013.net
www.outgames2013.eu
www.outgames2013.org
www.loveunited2013.org
 for the community website: www.pinkedin.net
www.pinkedin.org
Office and employees
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Combinations
 the popular Amsterdam Canal Pride Parade on the first Saturday of August
 the Ironman 70.3 on the first Sunday of August.
 NaviGAYtion
Technology plan
The WOGA 2013 Team intends to set up 4 major digital systems, as soon as possible
 general website in English for participants and visitors
 general website in Dutch, French and German for visitors
 intranet in English and Dutch for all employees and collaborators, giving access to major databases such as
contacts, pictures, budgets, logistic needs and scenarios.
 a community website ‘PinkedIn’ with full registration and paying facilities in English for participants and visitors
WOGA 2013 will have the following structure:
 board of World Outgames Antwerp 2013 vzw
 ambassadors of World Outgames 2013
 management team of World Outgames 2013 (paid staff members)
 employees (paid employees)
 event managers and associations
 volunteers
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Board members will be appointed and (re-)elected by the members of World Outgames Antwerp 2013 vzw.
They will have varied backgrounds and have an advisory function.
Ambassadors will be appointed by the board. Their main function will be to lend a face to the event and to open doors.
The paid members of the management team will have a daily working function preparing the event in all its facets;
the paid employees will be their assistants. We expect to need 30 MT members and assistants to set up the event.
Most of the assistants will start working in a later phase.
Each event will have an event manager and substitute coordinating his/her volunteers and the event itself. If an
association is managing the event, it will appoint an event manager and substitute. We expect to need 160 EMs and SEMs.
We expect to need around 3.000 volunteers in order to manage this large scale international event.
OUT in Antwerp
Antwerp
Antwerp city
Antwerp, with about 480.000 citizens, is the largest city of the Flanders Region of Belgium. The official language is
Dutch, but French, English and German are widely understood and spoken. With around 170 different nationalities
living in Antwerp, the city is the second most multicultural city in the world, after Amsterdam.
The city of Antwerp is divided into 9 districts and has a very well functioning public transport system.
In 2005, Antwerp was voted by the New York Times as one of the Top ten most attractive cities in the world.
Antwerp: The Heart of Europe
copyright “Toerisme Antwerpen”
Several airports: Deurne (Antwerp Airport), Brussels
(National Airport), Ostend, Charleroi, Amsterdam (NL),
Rotterdam (NL), Dusseldorf (D), Cologne (D), Paris (F), Lille (F),
London (UK), are all reachable in between 15 minutes and three
hours of travel (by car, train, etc…)
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The Eurostar and Thalys trains linking the city to London(UK), Paris(F) and Amsterdam (NL) make several stops a day
at the Antwerp Train station (in the middle of town).
City of Antwerp
Antwerp: Rubens’ home base
Antwerp: the city that never sleeps
Rubens, one of the best known artists in the world, lived in Antwerp for a long time. His extraordinary work can be
found in several museums and authentic buildings, e.g. Cathedral of our Lady.
Even though the Antwerp nightlife continues until the early hours, those in need of rest are most welcome: the city of
Antwerp counts about 4500 hotel rooms ranging from 1* to 5* accommodation. In combination with these, there are
2 camping sites, 4 youth hostels and about 100 B&B’s.
The old city of Antwerp was established in the 16th century and the main square with the town hall and the lovely
ancient mansions is most probably one of the most beautiful squares in the world.
Antwerp: Brilliant world diamond centre
Antwerp still remains the capital centre for the world diamond trade. More than 85 % of the worlds’ rough diamonds
are passing through our City.
The WOGA 2013 team will secure hundreds of beds in the framework of hosted housing, giving participants and
visitors the chance to experience local life ‘from within’.
Extra sleeping accommodation on the waves will be a practical addition: cruise ships can supply extra beds along the
river bank, right in the historical heart of town.
The province of Antwerp has a total of 9950 rooms in all different categories. This means an overall capacity for 32.778
visitors in the City and Province of Antwerp.
More than 1.500 diamond companies in wholesale and retail are based in Antwerp. This makes it the world n° 1
hotspot for jewellery and diamonds.
As Brussels, Ghent and Hasselt are very close by, these cities’ rooms in the different categories can be added if necessary.
Antwerp: Fashion Mecca
Antwerp: open-minded and innovative
In the last decade, Antwerp has joined the ranks of leading world cities of fashion, alongside New York, Milan, London
and Paris.
Antwerp is known for its innovation in all aspects. From fashion to diamonds, from harbour to gastronomy.
Besides shops of famous Belgian designers such as Bikkembergs, Van Noten, Van Beirendonck and many others,
you will find many international designers: Yamamoto, etc..
Shopping is one of the main reasons why so many foreign visitors visit Antwerp. Seven shopping areas are located
within walking distance and provide shops for everyone’s taste and wallet.
Antwerp: Maritime metropolis and LGBT headquarters of Europe
Antwerp is the second largest port of Europe (after Rotterdam). With the river Schelde it has one of the most beautiful
riversides in Europe.
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Antwerp has attracted visitors from around the world for many centuries. Its gastronomy, hospitality and nightlife are
renowned.
In the past decade, Antwerp has grown into one of the most open-minded and best known cities in Europe and
worldwide for LGBT travelers and residents.
With numerous LGBT bars, discotheques, restaurants, etc… Antwerp offers a wide choice for the LGTB community.
With international LGBT events such as NaviGAYtion, the EuroGames, the Antwerp Pride Weekend, the IGLTA
Convention, it has stepped forward as the LGBT destination in the 21st century.
After the elections (2006), the new city council declared its dedication to the LGBT community. Governance article 322
states “Antwerp will do its utmost to attract the international LGBT community”.
Antwerp: safety and security first
The City of Antwerp is well-known for its preventive and alert safety measures in the context of international events.
The chief officer of the Antwerp Police Force is an openly out gay person, just as his husband, chief of security of the
City of Antwerp (both of them were speakers at the recent IGLTA Convention in Las Vegas). They fully understand the
ins and outs of the security policy required for the World Outgames and will instruct the whole police force to make
sure that the Antwerp World Outgames will be held in a safe and secure setting.
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World OUTgames Antwerp
Conclusion
What is the point of having an identity if we do not express it?
What is the point of love if we do not share it?
What is the point of joy if we do not spread it?
Antwerp is ready to host the 3rd World Outgames in 2013
 the support of 5 governmental bodies: City of Antwerp, Province of Antwerp, Region of Flanders,
Belgium government, European Union
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‘Love United’ is about rising to the occasion and
allowing for the free flow of talents and commitment.
We invite you, the GLISA board members, to offer us the
chance to surprise ourselves, you and the participants
of the 2013 World Outgames by granting us permission
to step into this once-in-a-lifetime-challenge and to
use all our qualities to nurture the seeds that lie awaiting
in this fertile ground…
full support of members of all democratic political parties (Open VLD, CD&V – NVA, Spa – Vl. Pro, Groen)
expertise of the 2007 EuroGames
a strong bidding committee with a lot of expertise
a lively and well organized LGBT Community in Antwerp and Belgium (profit and non-profit)
In the ‘Love United’ Antwerp World Outgames 2013 concept, we wish to pool our resources and stimulate talents
and hearts to rise above their individual selves and share our joy and pain whilst keeping our feet firmly planted on
the ground. Together with our supporters and sponsors we long to create a platform where athletes can compete
in harmony, bringers and receivers of cultural impulses can fine-tune their minds and souls and citizens and policy
makers alike can set new horizons.
A few highlights of the bid book
 Antwerp is the heart of Europe
 the IGLTA convention in Antwerp in 2010
 the “Pink Diamond Trophy”
 “Cool Capitals” and “the Art Cities of Flanders”
 the World Outgames ship and plane
 the World Outgames collection book
 “PinkedIn”
 the open and emotional atmosphere of Antwerp and the World Outgames
 Ironman 70.3
 freely accessible opening and closing ceremonies
 a very diverse cultural programme
 an extensive and innovative congress
 anniversary of “10 years of same-sex civil marriage” in Belgium in 2013
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Statutes
Please find attached our statutes in Dutch.
The structure of the World Outgames 2013 Antwerpen vzw (non-profit association)
is legally set to have a minimum board of directors of 3 individual people.
The association can acquire individual members as well as new board members.
The association can also have paid staff members. After termination through a
Special Assembly of all board members, the board can decide to terminate the
activities and functioning of the vzw. Any profits made will subsequently be funded
to similar causes.
Bidding Organization
Articles of incorporation
The World Outgames Antwerp 2013 vzw (non-profit
association) is preparing and organizing the bid to host
the World Outgames 2013.
Members of the bidding committee
 Marion Oprel, co-director opening and closing ceremonies EuroGames 2007, former president of EGALITE,
the association of LGBT staff of the European institutions
 Jan de Wieuw, ex-president of Active Company, co-project manager and co-initiator of EuroGames 2007, member
Active Company
 Christel Moons, co-project manager EuroGames 2007, member Active Company (not in photo)
 Davy Brocatus, advisor Vice-Mayor City of Antwerp; co-initiator and spokesman EuroGames 2007, advisor for the
City of Antwerp bid for the FIFA World Cup Soccer 2018
 Sofie Merciny, graphic design and website manager EuroGames 2007, member Active Company
 Dennis Peeters, co-organizer of the Badminton Tournament EuroGames 2007, board member of Active Company
Marion
 Peter De Wilde, Chief of Cabinet for Tourism and Culture, City of Antwerp (not in photo)
 Jan Vandersmissen, ex-president of The Pink House/Umbrella Organization of the Province of Antwerp Gay and
Lesbian Community (not in photo)
 Pien Savonije, co-director opening and closing ceremonies EuroGames 2007
Dennis
 Danny Kayser, manager sponsoring, rainbow village and EG party EuroGames 2007, member Active Company
Contact
Jan
Sofie
Danny
Pien
Davy
Postal Address
World Outgames Antwerp 2013 bidding committee
c/o Scheldestraat 57
2000 Antwerp
Belgium - Europe
Fax +32 3 257 54 08
Two representatives
Marion Oprel
marion.oprel@woga2013.org
+32 474 925 313
Female co-project manager
Jan de Wieuw
jan.dewieuw@woga2013.org
+32 475 541 247
Male co-project manager
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Letters of Support - Patrick Janssens, mayor of Antwerp
Letters of Support - Ludo Van Campenhout, vice-mayor of Antwerp
Letters of Support
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Letters of Support - Philip Heylen, alderman of culture and tourism, Antwerp
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Letters of Support - Vera Van Dijck, President of Active Company, Antwerp
Letters of Support - Yves Aerts and Sven Pichal, presidents of Holebifederatie and Het Roze Huis/ARK, Antwerp
Letters of Support - Michael Cashman, president of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Intergroup, European Parliament
Letters of Support - Bert Anciaux, Flemish minister of sports and culture
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Letters of Support - Kathleen Van Brempt, Flemish minister of equal opportunities
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Letters of Support - John Tanzella, executive director of IGLTA
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Letters of Support - Christophe Impens, managing director of Golazo Sports
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Letters of Support - Lietart Annika, cross marketing manager of Brussels Airlines
Content
Marion Oprel
Jan de Wieuw
Dennis Peeters
Davy Brocatus
Christel Moons
Layout
Sofie Merciny
Photography
Jürg Giger
André Carens
Steven Houben
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Lynn Panne
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Marc Drofmans
Jan de Wieuw
City of Antwerp
General reservation: The data and amounts indicated in this document correspond to our current intentions and
aspirations and will be subject to change in function of future developments and decisions of third parties as to
financial and other organizational aspects that are beyond our sphere of influence.
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