PRESS RELEASE Pink Sofa Cup

Pink Sofa Cup launches Website and Forms Alliance with Major Sponsor

Pink Sofa Cup is an event held annually now for two years. It is a weekend hosted each year during November for Lesbians to socialise in a friendly, fun and safe environment participating in golf, tennis or simply spectating and socialising. Held in a different state each year, the Pink Sofa Cup already has regular attendees who've experienced the friendly individual and state rivalry. You don't have to belong to any club, you can also attend to enjoy the activities and socialise with other women in our diverse Australian lesbian community.

Tamara Jungwirth from the Ace Girls Tennis Team said "The Pink Sofa Cup provides an avenue for inclusive team-based sports competition at all levels of play. With friendly engagement off the court, and spirited competition on the court, this is an event which I am thrilled to see is growing each year. As tournament director for tennis at the Asia Pacific Outgames in 2007 and coach of the Ace Girls tennis team in Melbourne, I believe that our community thrives through the health, fitness and social benefits derived through participation in sport. The Pink Sofa Cup is leading the way in Australia, providing a key sporting event in the lesbian calendar. I encourage everyone to register, bring your friends, and enjoy a great weekend."

The Pink Sofa Cup is proudly sponsored by the online social and dating community for lesbians, PinkSofa.com. This sponsorship association led to the event founders, Michelle Rigg and Bronwyn Coombes, and PinkSofa.com forming an alliance in February of this year which will see the event continue to grow and expand to include other sports allowing wider participation for Lesbians.

2010 sees the significant inclusion of Golf and Tennis with the Pink Sofa Cup expanding to a two day event. The event is being held on the 6 & 7 November in Sydney. The website www.pinksofacup.com.au provides full event details and history of the cup. It also includes a variety of links to other Lesbian sporting and community groups, along with a video, produced by Demetra Giannakopoulos, of the 2009 event held in Melbourne.

Michelle & Bronny along with Liz James from PinkSofa.com are excited about the future growth and prospects of the cup with plans already under way for 2011.

For information on the Pink Sofa Cup www.pinksofa.com.au or phone 08 9463 7811.


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