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Australian Michael Klim powers to silver in the mens 100m butterfly final | Sydney Olympics 2000 (C) BBCSince foundation support has also been flooding in from similar groups across Europe, particularly from the Manchester based Northern Wave group. 

Commenting on the groups formation, Trevor Burchick from Manchester's Northern Wave Swimming Club said;

 "This is fantastic news! Northern Wave wishes Andrew and his new swimming team every success for the future, and we stand ready to share ideas and offer any support we can to support this exciting new club.  Let's hope it's the first of many more gay sports groups across the UK and Ireland.  Europride, Eurogames, Gay Games, let's do them all! I look forward to seeing you all in Manchester for Europride".

Please find detailed below organisations, groups and events with whom Slash Out! have been in contact.  For details on social and community groups in Northern Ireland, GLYNI provide an excellent directory at www.glyni.org.uk ;

Northern Wave Manchester
Click here for details on Manchester's Northern Wave Group.
Euro Pride Games 2003
Hosted in Manchester UK, Splash Out! hope to compete in these games.  Click here for details.
Out to Swim London
Click here to visit Out to Swim London's site.
Homozwemvereniging Nat Utrecht
A Netherland's based gay swimming group accessible by clicking here
Mid Summer Swim Tournament 2003
On your marks guys & girls, Splash Out! also hopes to enter this competition
click here for more details.
European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation
Splash Out! hopes to join EGLSF which has it's own web site at http://www.gaysport.info/
Gay Games 2006
The Gay Games will be held in
Montreal and have a site at http://www.montreal2006.org/en/default.htm
Euro Games 2003
Registration for swimming has unfortunately closed because the limit of participants/teams has been reached. Their web site is http://www.eurogames.info/2003/
GSwim Dublin
Splash Outs parent gay swimming group on the Island of Ireland with a web site at http://members.tripod.com/~g_swim
Out n About
Our 'n' About is a Northern Irish walking and hiking group for the lesbian, gay & bisexual community and their friends with a web site at
http://www.geocities.com/out_n_about_ni/
Gay Outdoor Club
The Gay Outdoor Club operates throughout the UK and provides a wide range of outdoor and indoor sports and recreational activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender men and women. These activities include walking, cycling, swimming, badminton, climbing, canoeing, caving, mountaineering, skiing and snowboarding. They provide members with the opportunity to swim at 8 different venues per week and have over 1200 members. Visit
http://goc.uk.net
Kouros
A gay sportclub 100km from Amsterdam with a site at www.kouros.dse.nl
Hot Finland
Hot represents all the Finnish gay and lesbian sport groups, but organized sport activities take place only in Helsinki at the moment. The club has 160 members and a web site at http://www.hot.fi/.
Ketelbinkie, Rotterdam
Ketelbinkie is organizing a tournament in September 26-27-28 and have a web site at www.ketelbinkie.net
Paris Aquatique
A vibrant group based in Paris and with a site at www.parisaquatique.org

Last Updated Sunday, 26 October 2003 22:16:20