Getting our game on with wrestling, lacrosse, soccer and the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Getting our game on with wrestling, lacrosse, soccer and the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. Wrestling – We chat with @michaeloelofse [https://www.instagram.com/michaeloelofse/] Photographer and Wrestler about the @sydneysilverbacks [https://www.instagram.com/sydneysilverbacks/] club history captured in a stunning 140 page book – EXPOSED: The Sydney Silverbacks Photography & The Art of Wrestling. (Starts 2:57) Lacrosse – We are joined by @kristen.stone.712 [https://www.instagram.com/kristen.stone.712/] Development Officer @lacrosse.victoria [https://www.instagram.com/lacrosse.victoria/] to share their exciting annual Pride Round across the 20th and 21st June and you are invited to head along! (Starts 11:16) Soccer – We chat with @stuartbonner [https://www.instagram.com/stuartbonner/] President @melbournerovers [https://www.instagram.com/melbournerovers/] who is featured in a sensational @melbournemuseum [https://www.instagram.com/melbournemuseum/] exhibition: Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer exhibition at the @immigrationmuseum_melb [https://www.instagram.com/immigrationmuseum_melb/] Exhibition opens this Saturday! Home is Football has been produced with support from @gomvfc [https://www.instagram.com/gomvfc/], @victory.community [https://www.instagram.com/victory.community/] and @thepfa [https://www.instagram.com/thepfa/]. (Starts 20:17) 2026 FIFA World Cup- @leedavidshaw [https://www.instagram.com/leedavidshaw/] VicePresident @melbournerovers [https://www.instagram.com/melbournerovers/] and @davidzaffina [https://www.instagram.com/davidzaffina/] Sports Journalist are on the ground for the biggest single-sport event on the planet! Lucky them! We get an update before all the action starts tomorrow! (Starts 28:49) And we get on board the New Zealand All Whites soccer player Tim Payne Train closing the show with the song created by the Argentinian football fans No Payne No Gain and a follower update which is officially more than the population of New Zealand at 5.5million! Thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus [https://www.instagram.com/communityradioplus/] app The post Getting our game on with wrestling, lacrosse, soccer and the 2026 FIFA World Cup [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/06/10/getting-our-game-on-with-wrestling-lacrosse-soccer-and-the-2026-fifa-world-cup/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].

Getting our game on with Ben Cork, Huw Ware and Pharrell Shaymar

Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. Pride In Sport – @bencork [https://www.instagram.com/bencork/] National Program Manager joins the show with an exciting @prideinsport [https://www.instagram.com/prideinsport/] update as we head into Pride Month chatting about what Pride Month means and the 16 FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 Pride Houses! (Starts 1.49) Darts – @huw_ware [https://www.instagram.com/huw_ware/] Professional Darts Referee and proud Welshman joins the show to chat about his exciting career in sport, being a change-maker, advocating for trans inclusion in sport and being a EuroGames Cardiff 2027 ambassador! @eurogamescdf2027 [https://www.instagram.com/eurogamescdf2027/] The message is darts is for everyone and to get your darts game on! Join the community with Out On The Oche [https://huwware.com/] – the new official darts group, check out the podcast Tops and Tales [https://open.spotify.com/show/12LgSBoKAXZwuRt0FmzAId] and know that you belong! (Starts 12:00) Mental Health – Mental health and transgender advocate specialising in LGBTQIA+ inclusion in sport @pharrell_shaymar [https://www.instagram.com/pharrell_shaymar/]is live in the @joy949 [https://www.instagram.com/joy949/] Sport Studio to chat about his latest book You cant play with us, a philosophical and evidence based exploration of transgender participation in sport, how we arrived at the policies we have today, and the human stories often left out of the conversation. Reach out to Pharrell for more details  about the launch and distribution! (Starts 27:27) Thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus [https://www.instagram.com/communityradioplus/] app The post Getting our game on with Ben Cork, Huw Ware and Pharrell Shaymar [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/06/03/getting-our-game-on-with-ben-cork-huw-ware-and-pharrell-shaymar/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].

Getting Our Game On with Bindy Cohen (QSA), Cat Hoang (All Gender Games), Dr Lee McGowan (FIFA Men’s World Cup)

Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. QSA – @bind_a_roo [https://www.instagram.com/bind_a_roo/] Exec Director @queersportingalliance [https://www.instagram.com/queersportingalliance/] joins the show to chat about how you can get involved in a multitude of sports from basketball, netball, futsal to roller derby and their event at @thefoxhotel [https://www.instagram.com/thefoxhotel/], for the QSA Support the Crew fundraiser! Head along and join in this free community event on Saturday 30 May! Sport meets Art – @_cathoang [https://www.instagram.com/_cathoang/] is the Founder of the awesome @allgendergames [https://www.instagram.com/allgendergames/] which is back bigger and better! With five years of inclusive soccer for everyone reach out and get involved for the 2026 season! And Cat is a Film Maker! We hear about an intriguing pitch at Pitch Pleez @melbqueerfilmfest [https://www.instagram.com/melbqueerfilmfest/] The World Game – The @fifaworldcup [https://www.instagram.com/fifaworldcup/] 3 host countries. 16 cities. 48 teams. 104 matches. $727 million prize money AUD. 5 billion people watching globally. And eternal glory for the winning country! Dr Lee McGowan @uniofqld [https://www.instagram.com/uniofqld/] is a leading expert in football’s histories and joins the show with an explainer of the who, what, why, where and when of the largest sporting event on earth running from the 11 June to the 19 July. And if that isn’t exciting enough on July 19, the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final Halftime Show is coming to New York New Jersey Stadium, featuring superstars @madonna [https://www.instagram.com/madonna/] , @shakira [https://www.instagram.com/shakira/] , and @bts.bighitofficial [https://www.instagram.com/bts.bighitofficial/] , curated by @coldplay [https://www.instagram.com/coldplay/]‘s Chris Martin! And we pay tribute to the late Neale Daniher, a legend in sport on and off the field, Australian of the Year and AFL icon who passed away at age 65 after a 13 year motor neurone disease MND fight. Neale left an incredible legacy raising more than $100million to raise funds for research to find a cure and the annual Fight MND Big Freeze match at the MCG every June. Condolences to Neale’s wife Jan, children Bec, Ben, Lauren and Luke and their partners, and the wider Daniher family. Thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus [https://www.instagram.com/communityradioplus/] app The post Getting Our Game On with Bindy Cohen (QSA), Cat Hoang (All Gender Games), Dr Lee McGowan (FIFA Men’s World Cup) [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/05/27/getting-our-game-on-with-bindy-cohen-qsa-cat-hoang-all-gender-games-dr-lee-mcgowan-fifa-mens-world-cup/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].

Getting our game on with Amanda Mark (Amanda Mark Cup) and Chris Thompson (Renegade Pub Football League)

Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. QSA – The @queersportingalliance [https://www.instagram.com/queersportingalliance/] has a whole lot going on this month and @bind_a_roo [https://www.instagram.com/bind_a_roo/] tried to join the show to share what’s up and how you can get involved and be part of the action! Including heading along to their community night at @thefoxhotel [https://www.instagram.com/thefoxhotel/] in Collingwood on May 30th! Technical difficulties prevented that happening with the internet going down so tune in next Wednesday for that interview! LGBTQIA+ Sport News Update – What’s happening in inclusive sport across Australia and around the world? Check out the news update during the show including an interview with Amanda Mark about the incredible Amanda Mark Cup as part of the Bingham Cup in Brisbane in August! (Starts 6:11) Footy – Fancy joining a community footy league where there are back-to-back games, cold beers, good tunes, and hot snags welcoming adults of any gender identity, sexual orientation, race, culture, religion, or skill-level? Enter @pub_footy [https://www.instagram.com/pub_footy/] ! @chrisjthompson [https://www.instagram.com/chrisjthompson/] joins the show live in the @joy949 [https://www.instagram.com/joy949/] Sport Studio to talk beer, pubs, footy and pride – pop May 23rd in your diary for the annual Pride Round at Vic Park! (Starts 17.09) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus [https://www.instagram.com/communityradioplus/] app The post Getting our game on with Amanda Mark (Amanda Mark Cup) and Chris Thompson (Renegade Pub Football League) [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/05/20/getting-our-game-on-with-amanda-mark-amanda-mar-cup-and-chris-thompson-renegade-pub-football-league/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].

Getting our game on with Footy, Pickleball, and Squash

Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. Footy – @mishsheppard [https://www.instagram.com/mishsheppard/] Co-founder and Secretary @bulldogprideau [https://www.instagram.com/bulldogprideau/] joins the show inviting you and you friends to an IDAHOBIT event on this Friday 15 May at the @westernbulldogs [https://www.instagram.com/westernbulldogs/] The inaugural Beyond the Game: Sport, Community, and Belonging event, with @mitchbrownie [https://www.instagram.com/mitchbrownie/] former West Coast Eagles player @tamhyett [https://www.instagram.com/tamhyett/] Western Bulldogs AFLW Senior Coach and @townsyndrome17 [https://www.instagram.com/townsyndrome17/] mental health and equality advocate. A free event advancing inclusion across Australian sport! Pickleball – Fancy a spot of pickleball? Head along to a @lesbianpickleballclub [https://www.instagram.com/lesbianpickleballclub/] session at one of the many locations across Australia! Co-founder Ali shares the why, what, where and when about Australia’s 1st Lesbian* Pickleball Club (LGBTQIA+: Queer/gender diverse/trans incl.) Get out of the closet and into the kitchen! Squash – The inaugural @rainbowracquetssquashmel [https://www.instagram.com/rainbowracquetssquashmel/] Pride Cup was a smashing success and winner @deedsandangus [https://www.instagram.com/deedsandangus/] tells us why he travelled six hours from Mildura to compete in the tournament! Stay tuned for what’s still to come in 2026 in the world of inclusive squash across the Rainbow Racquets Squash Network, with the Victoria Squash @pridecup [https://www.instagram.com/pridecup/] back in 2027! A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus [https://www.instagram.com/communityradioplus/] app The post Getting our game on with Footy, Pickleball, and Squash [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/05/14/getting-our-game-on-with-footy-pickleball-and-squash/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].