Brussels Pride 2012
Tackling homophobia It’s that time of the year again: Saturday is LGBT pride day in the streets of Brussels! As last year, you’ll see us marching in the parade, between all the crazy, colourful floats, in full rugby kit. Feel free to join our group to carry our colours and…
Bingham Cup 2012: One month to go!
In just one month we're going to Manchester to take part in the 2012 Bingham Cup, a world tournament that will bring together over 30 gay rugby teams from all over Europe, but also from the USA, Canada and Australia. It's a great occasion to once again meet old friends…
Sunday: XV du Cerf tournament
1 pitch, 4 new rugby teams This Sunday 22 April we’re heading to Sivry, where we played our very first complete match, back in November 2010. We’re invited for a 4-team tournament organised by XV du Cerf, along with the Ciney Blues and RC Lustin. Come support us, and eat…
Straffe Ketten: two years!
It will soon be two years since we had our first official practice, on 8 April 2010. In true SK style, we’ll celebrate that anniversary properly! Next weekend we’ll be hosting Les Gaillards de Paris, along with a small delegation from Lisbon’s Dark Horses. Besides a few “players only” events,…
New website!
As you can see, we've got a new website. The old one was created in a rush, because we needed to have something to promote the team in the beginning, but it wasn't very user-friendly and there was clearly room for improvement. So, just in time for our team's second…
March matches: no pain no gain
SK vs Pajot & Ciney: lessons to be learnt! We forgot to report about two matches we played outside Brussels recently: against RC Pajot on March 4 and Ciney Blues on March 25. Those matches didn't go too well, so maybe that's the reason we didn't rush to post…
First Thalys Cup goes to Brussels
Straffe Ketten 12 – Amsterdam Lowlanders 5 After watching Belgium make minced meat out of Holland at the King Baudouin stadium (58-3!), we played against the Amsterdam Lowlanders on our "home" turf at Kituro. For our first complete match against them (after two joint training sessions and a fun-loaded, on-boat…
Battle of the flat countries
Straffe Ketten vs Amsterdam Lowlanders Finally this weekend, the time has come to play a real rugby match against our best enemies: the Amsterdam Lowlanders, organisers of last year’s amazing Union Cup tournament, and our nearest neighbours in the gay rugby community. Come cheer for your favourite teams, and let’s…
Ready for action!
Confirmed match dates Here are our confirmed match dates for the next few months: Saturday 25/2 – Straffe Ketten R.F.C. vs Amsterdam Lowlanders (time & place tba) Sunday 4/3 – RC Pajot vs Straffe Ketten R.F.C. Sunday 11/3 - Straffe Ketten R.F.C. vs RC Lustin Saturday 14/4 – SK tournament in Brussels (more…
Köttbullar for everyone!
Straffe Ketten 10 – 0 Stockholm Berserkers Two weeks ago (how time flies!) we had the great pleasure of hosting the Stockholm Berserkers, a new gay rugby team from Sweden, for their first trip abroad. It was a fantastic weekend of playing rugby, making friends and partying like there’s…
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