V o lle yb a ll
(Pick-Clp) VOLLEYBALL! When: Monday
nights, 8 3 0 til 9:45, through February.
Where: Hosford School, 1 block north of S.E.
28th PI. and Division S t Ali are welcome: for
more information call Ken or Steve at
253-8706.
T
lobs along
by Ken Vogl
It's funny how you never really know what
you've got til it’s gone. And so it goes with
this year's volleyball season. With only the
grand finale, the post-season tournament left
to go, most of us beginners are finally ready
for play.
It was with great expectations and much
optim ism that 12 teams, nearly half of them
new. took to the courts in early September, to
inaugurate gay volleyball's 2nd year. I can't
remember seeing so much optimism turn to
so many moans and groans so fast. Let's face
it, if the referees had whistled every infraction
at the start of the season, we couldn't have
completed a match. The city league has skill
levels ranging from A through J; most of us
were playing somewhere between P and (J.
Volleyball, as a sport requires the grace of
dance, the precision of martial arts, ^nd the
stamina of gymnastics. If you have ever seen
even high school level volleyball, it is truly
amazing to watch. It is not necessarily for the
faint-hearted or the fumble fingered.
This focuses on a very important question
concerning "gay sports" in general. Most of
us (gay males) either weren’t very good at or
weren't interested in playing “ straight sports”
in school or at the local vacant lot. Discour
aged, we usually found other things to do.
This problem was exactly the opposite for
lesbians, who as girls excelled athletically but
were discouraged from competing with boys,
and usually found other things to do.
Consequently, the gay community has
tended to take a rather dim view of athletic
com petition. While all this may be changing,
we still must find an answer to the question of
whether gay sports should be "just for fun,”
an alternative for gay men and women who
want to get together and away from the over-
zealous, competitive, jock(ette) mentality of
straight sports Or, should those who seek
excellence at any endeavor, sports or other
wise, prevail with their goals of high quality
competitive gay sports leagues? Is there room
for both ideals, without splitting leagues into
divisions for one persuasion or another? As
far as volleyball is concerned, I think the
question was especially pointed in 1983.1
Bowling for
turkeys
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by Renee Cherry
know of many well-intentioned people who
started the season only to get turned-off early
because volleyball wasn’t as much “ fun" as
they thought it should be. As 1984 approach
es, let's hope that we can resolve our differ
ences and put our combined talents and en
ergy to the best results possible. I think we ll
find participation in gay sports a valuable
addition to our already “alterntive" lifestyles.
Finally, not to forget some well-deserved
credit due . .. for massive amounts of hard
work and time spent, a hearty show of ap
preciation to Richard Roth and Scott Gillies,
league organizers and the current president
and vice-president Also, to team representa
tives and all the faithful who knew they had
their work cut out for them and believed in
themselves. All in all, you never really know
what you’ve got til it’s gone. Good luck in the
tourney. Let’s do it again next year!
Footnote: For those who just can’t seem to
get enough... we have for you Monday Might
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On Sunday, November 20th, thirty-six
teams of the Portland Community Bowling
Association competed against each other
(and themselves) for turkeys in the 1983
Turkey Bowl held at Pro 300 Bowling Lanes.
The event started at noon (an early hour for
some) and was enthusiastically embraced by
all participants, with some of the highest
Monte Carlo jackpots ever. The final jackpot
of $145.00 was won by Phil Scott of JR’s.
To win a turkey, a bowler had to bowl strikes
in the third, sixth, and ninth frames.in the
same game. All teams bowled three games.
The leftover turkeys, and many other items
such as shoes, lunches, champagne, towels,
etc., were raffled off at the party held at Ray’s
Ordinary Bar and Grille after the tournament.
Chuck Christensen led the pack with a
192.7 average for the day followed by Wanda
Schm idt with a 188.0 and Charlie Webster at
1 87.0 coming in third. The top team average
honors went to the Back Alley Five team
consisting of Steve Wright, Terri Case, Carol
Meredith, Tammy Garrett, and Bev LaBelle.
Second place went to JR’s Transvestites fol
lowed in third place by Embers All Mighters.
There were also seven individuals who bowled
200 and over games. They received prizes of
lunches, drinks, etc., from various establish
ments within our community.
Although only 36 teams were able to com
pete in the Turkey Bowl, there will be 50
teams representing the gay community when
the legue begins on January 8th, 1984.
Because of the large turnout of bowlers this
year the league must split into two different
sessions playing at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
on the same day at Pro 300 Bowling Lanes.
Bowling will be approximately every other
Sunday (check with a bowling enthusiast for
exact dates) so come out (literally) and sup
port your gay bowling league.
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