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MOVA-based Stonewall Darts gearing up for third season
A member of Stonewall Darts in action. (Photo courtesy John Jack Photography)
Registration for the winter season of Stonewall Darts opens Monday and runs through Thursday (Dec. 12). League fees are $35 for returning players and $40 for new players.
The League was launched in January when some space in a back room opened up at MOVA Lounge D.C.
“I was bartending at MOVA when my bosses indicated that something needed to be created for the back room,” says Austin Henderson, commissioner and founder.
Henderson, who also plays Stonewall Kickball and Stonewall Bocce, went on a road trip to Harrisburg, Pa., and stumbled upon an LGBT darts league.
“I came back and told my bosses about it,” Henderson says. “Next thing you know, we launched a league with 72 players.”
The second season of the League grew to 94 players and the coming season, its third, is expected to cap out at 108 players with six players per team.
The players consist of male and female members of the LGBT community and their allies and the League will play on Thursday nights from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at MOVA starting on Jan. 9.
Players can join as a six-member team or sign up as free agents to be placed on a team. The season runs for eight weeks and is followed by the league playoffs.
At the beginning of each season, the teams nominate a charity of their choice to be the benefactor of any money raised by the respective teams who make it to the playoffs. At the Mid-Season Social, teams have an additional opportunity to raise funds for their charities.
“Last summer we had a bachelor and bachelorette auction at mid-season to supplement the money that is raised by the teams in the playoffs,” Henderson says. “Over the past two seasons, we have raised over $4,200 for charities such as the Trevor Project, Martha’s Table, City Dogs Rescue and the Point Foundation.”
During regular season play, six teams compete on three boards for roughly 45 minutes. The remaining teams follow in six-team increments.
After registration closes, the League holds a kickoff party where the teams are announced, T-shirts are handed out and an overview is given on the rules and scoring.
“In our League, we value each player for who they are and what they bring to the League’s community,” Henderson says. “We also believe that organized communities have the ability and responsibility to support others in need.”
Registration for Stonewall Darts is at stonewalldarts.leagueapps.com.
More than a dozen LGBTQ athletes won medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics that ended on Sunday.
Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, and Alex Carpenter are LGBTQ members of the U.S. women’s hockey team that won a gold medal after they defeated Canada in overtime. Knight the day before the Feb. 19 match proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron, who is gay, and his partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold. American alpine skier Breezy Johnson, who is bisexual, won gold in the women’s downhill. Amber Glenn, who identifies as bisexual and pansexual, was part of the American figure skating team that won gold in the team event.
Swiss freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud, who is in a relationship with Vali Höll, an Austrian mountain biker, won gold in women’s freeski slopestyle.
Bruce Mouat, who is the captain of the British curling team that won a silver medal, is gay. Six members of the Canadian women’s hockey team — Emily Clark, Erin Ambrose, Emerance Maschmeyer, Brianne Jenner, Laura Stacey, and Marie-Philip Poulin — that won silver are LGBTQ.
Swedish freestyle skier Sandra Naeslund, who is a lesbian, won a bronze medal in ski cross.
Belgian speed skater Tineke den Dulk, who is bisexual, was part of her country’s mixed 2000-meter relay that won bronze. Canadian ice dancer Paul Poirier, who is gay, and his partner, Piper Gilles, won bronze.
Laura Zimmermann, who is queer, is a member of the Swiss women’s hockey team that won bronze when they defeated Sweden.
Outsports.com notes all of the LGBTQ Olympians who competed at the games and who medaled.
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US wins Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey
Team captain Hilary Knight proposed to girlfriend on Wednesday
The U.S. women’s hockey team on Thursday won a gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. The game took place a day after Team USA captain Hilary Knight proposed to her girlfriend, Brittany Bowe, an Olympic speed skater.
Cayla Barnes and Alex Carpenter — Knight’s teammates — are also LGBTQ. They are among the more than 40 openly LGBTQ athletes who are competing in the games.
The Olympics will end on Sunday.
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Attitude! French ice dancers nail ‘Vogue’ routine
Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry strike a pose in memorable Olympics performance
Madonna’s presence is being felt at the Olympic Games in Italy.
Guillaume Cizeron and his rhythm ice dancing partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry of France performed a flawless skate to Madonna’s “Vogue” and “Rescue Me” on Monday.
The duo scored an impressive 90.18 for their effort, the best score of the night.
“We’ve been working hard the whole season to get over 90, so it was nice to see the score on the screen,” Fournier Beaudry told Olympics.com. “But first of all, just coming out off the ice, we were very happy about what we delivered and the pleasure we had out there. With the energy of the crowd, it was really amazing.”
Watch the routine on YouTube here.
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