Game On!

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].

Getting our game on with the Red Tag Fly Fishers, Let’s Go Surfing and the Melbourne Chargers

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. Fly Fishing (starts 2:21) – we chat with Jackie Rosario, Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator @redtagflyfishers [https://www.instagram.com/redtagflyfishers/] as the club is once again hosting their successful Come & Try day for the LGBTIQA+ community on Saturday 16 May from 10am to celebrate IDAHOBIT (International Day against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination). Catch A Rainbow – try your hand at casting a line, tying a fly, catching a rainbow and checking out the gear. Register by 12 May. [https://www.instagram.com/redtagflyfishers/] Surfing (starts 10:41) – we talk inclusion in surfing with @brenda.miley [https://www.instagram.com/brenda.miley/] Founder and Director @letsgosurfingaustralia [https://www.instagram.com/letsgosurfingaustralia/] – the winner of not one but two @prideinsport [https://www.instagram.com/prideinsport/] awards for the team’s dedication to ensuring all surfers feel seen, safe, supported and celebrated. They were awarded the LGBTQ+ Inclusive Innovation Award and Gold Community Sport Award. ‍♀️Changing lives….one wave at a time And we’ll get some surfing tips! Rugby (starts 21:45) – the @melbournechargers [https://www.instagram.com/melbournechargers/] are charging through 2026 with so many exciting events! Get your diaries ready as @matt_lj [https://www.instagram.com/matt_lj/] President and @niwestern [https://www.instagram.com/niwestern/] Vice-President join me live in the @joy949 [https://www.instagram.com/joy949/] Sport Studio to talk us through what’s on and how you can get involved in all the exciting gay and inclusive rugby action on and off the field! And to close the show a thank you to Melbourne United [https://www.instagram.com/melbunited/] Head Coach Dean Vickerman for being an incredible ally, so generous with his time and support for the LGBTQIA+ community on and off the court! Three time Coach of the Year, Dean is set to depart the club, following a historically successful run over the past nine seasons leading United to more wins than any other club (199), as well as a pair of NBL Championship victories (2018 and 2021). During that time he was committed to the club’s role in creating a safe, inclusive environment for everyone in basketball. (starts 43:10) 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 the Red Tag Fly Fishers, Let’s Go Surfing and the Melbourne Chargers [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/05/06/getting-our-game-on-with-the-red-tag-fly-fishers-lets-go-surfing-and-the-melbourne-chargers/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].

Getting our game on with the Melbourne Rovers, Rainbow Giants and Santiago Vergara (Stiltwalker)

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 The World Game – @stuartbonner [https://www.instagram.com/stuartbonner/] President @melbournerovers [https://www.instagram.com/melbournerovers/] Melbourne’s LGBTQIA+ football club shares an epic win for the first game of the season and why you should join the club! (Starts 2:23) AFL – Megan Chase, one of the Founders of the GWS LGBTQIA+ supporter group @rainbowgiants [https://www.instagram.com/rainbowgiants/] chats about her love of footy and what its like starting an AFL supporter group in an NRL heartland! The Rainbow Giants is for all proud rainbow GWS Giants fans and the people who love and support them! Check out the latest on facebook (Starts 12:42) [https://www.facebook.com/rainbowgiants] Guinness World Records – What did you get up to on the weekend? @zanquiago [https://www.instagram.com/zanquiago/] Performer and Stilt Walker had quite the Sunday and he joins us live in the @joy949 [https://www.instagram.com/joy949/] Sport Studio on stilts of course to tell us all about his incredible achievement finishing the Ballarat Half- marathon in 2 hours and 34 minutes on 90-centimetre stilts! Is it an official @guinnessworldrecords [https://www.instagram.com/guinnessworldrecords/] – tune in to find out! @ballaratmarathon [https://www.instagram.com/ballaratmarathon/] @diaspora.performance [https://www.instagram.com/diaspora.performance/] Clown  Circus Performer  Street act. (Starts 23:44) 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! The post Getting our game on with the Melbourne Rovers, Rainbow Giants and Santiago Vergara (Stiltwalker) [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/04/29/getting-our-game-on-with-the-melbourne-rovers-rainbow-giants-and-santiago-vergara-stiltwalker/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].

Getting our game on with Sandra Lie (Badminton), James E Shields III (ECK), Will & Justin (Gay Men’s Yoga)

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 Badminton- @sandramslie [https://www.instagram.com/sandramslie/] Founder and past-President of the Shuttle Swingers, Australia’s premiere women’s LBTIQA+ inclusive badminton group is our first guest. Sandra is the newly crowned @prideinsport [https://www.instagram.com/prideinsport/] LGBTQIA+ Role Model of the Year and is inviting you to the Pride Badminton Challenge on May 2. A first-of-its-kind event by @badmintonaustralia [https://www.instagram.com/badmintonaustralia/] in partnership with Shuttle Swingers. (Starts 3.25) Emerald City Kickball – @jeshields3 [https://www.instagram.com/jeshields3/] is our next guest sharing his passion for connecting people through sport, being awarded @prideinsport [https://www.instagram.com/prideinsport/] Executive Leadership Award! A new sport for the LGBTQIA+ community Emerald City Kickball is growing! Brisbane the wait is over! @eckickballmelb [https://www.instagram.com/eckickballmelb/] @eckickballsydney [https://www.instagram.com/eckickballsydney/] @eckickballperth [https://www.instagram.com/eckickballperth/] @eckickballbrisbane (Starts 13:20) [https://www.instagram.com/eckickballbrisbane/] Gay Men’s Yoga – @movemorewithwill [https://www.instagram.com/movemorewithwill/] and @justintimetomove [https://www.instagram.com/justintimetomove/] Wellbeing Coaches are live in the @joy949 [https://www.instagram.com/joy949/] Sport Studio from 6.30pm to invite you into their world of Vinyasa-style yoga for queer men which is also a queer social space. https://www.willandjustin.com/ [https://www.willandjustin.com/] (Starts 25:39) 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! The post Getting our game on with Sandra Lie (Badminton), James E Shields III (ECK), Will & Justin (Gay Men’s Yoga) [https://joy.org.au/gameon/2026/04/22/getting-our-game-on-with-sandra-lie-badminton-james-e-shields-iii-eck-will-justin-yoga/] appeared first on Game On! [https://joy.org.au/gameon].