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# New rugby club for gay and bisexual men in Brighton & Hove
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/new-rugby-club-for-gay-and-bisexual-men-in-brighton-hove/
- Published: 2015-10-20T11:34:41.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-20T11:34:41.000Z
- Description: Plans are afoot to form a new rugby club in Brighton and Hove to give gay and bisexual men the opportunity to play the sport in a more friendly and relaxed atmosphere. A meeting has been planned and organised at the Camelford Arms on November 4 at 7:30 pm, by Ian Chaplin, Byron Todd and Alan Ferry,
- Author: Gary Hart
- Tags: In The South, News, Sport, Camelford Arms, Gay Rugby Team

## Plans are afoot to form a new rugby club in Brighton and Hove to give gay and bisexual men the opportunity to play the sport in a more friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

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**A meeting** has been planned and organised at the Camelford Arms on November 4 at 7:30 pm, by **Ian Chaplin**, **Byron Todd** and **Alan Ferry**, who have been committee members, and players for rugby clubs elsewhere.

They already have indications from 15 men with experience of the sport of a willingness to get involved and are being supported in this by International Gay Rugby (IGR), the UK-based charity and by other UK-based inclusive rugby clubs.

The intention is that the club will be in a position to play in the Sussex III league in the 2016-17 season, and, hopefully before this, to have friendly matches both locally and against other member clubs of IGR.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the formation of the **Kings Cross Steelers RFC**, the world’s first inclusive rugby club. Now there are over 60 worldwide, including the two newest clubs formed during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, in Belfast and Glasgow.

**A spokesperson for the group, said:** *“Though public opinion has changed dramatically since 1996, gay and bisexual men sometimes need a gay social arena, for example, rugby clubs are unlikely to go to gay bars or nightclubs, which gives a gay player the option of socialising with their rugby or their gay friends, but not both. An inclusive rugby club allows both.”*

For more information telephone Ian Chaplin: **07890 949325**

**Or email Byron Todd:** [bandhseaserpents@hotmail.com](mailto:bandhseaserpents@hotmail.com)