Getting our game on with Dr Peter Brukner, Kristina Mitsikas UWA, the GayFL team and The Open Table Team

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Game On!

JOY 94.9 - Rainbow Community Podcasts for our LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Communities

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Rainbow sport stories

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Rainbow sport stories

Getting our game on with Dr Peter Brukner, Kristina Mitsikas UWA, the GayFL team and The Open Table Team

Game On!

43 minutes 40 seconds

2 months ago

Getting our game on with Dr Peter Brukner, Kristina Mitsikas UWA, the GayFL team and The Open Table Team

Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport 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!
We talk sport on the show so that you can have a life of connection and camaraderie – so we want to make sure you are living your healthiest life to enjoy being active. Dr Peter Brukner OAM world renowned specialist sports and exercise physician and the founding partner and Director of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne, took the time to come to the JOY 94.9 Sport Studio to talk about his commitment to the challenge of improving Australia’s health with improved diet and increased physical activity. Check out the Defeat Diabetes app as away to get your health back on track, have a read of A Fat Lot of Good, and live your best life through a whole foods diet and exercise. (2:00)
Kristina Mitsikas, Senior Manager Inclusion and Innovation, UWA Sport chats allyship across the University of Western Australia, two great initiatives – the LGBTQIA+ Allyship in Sport Breakfast, and the Wear it Purple Colour Run this Friday 29 August. Kristina outlines how allyship matters, give us an update on the progress of the 2030 Gay Games bid, and reminds us that LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport is still a work in progress and UWA Sport remain committed to shifting the culture in sport. (22:30)
We are joined in the JOY 94.9 Sport Studio to talk footy, breaking news and being your authentic self with GayFL podcast hosts Chris Meecham and Brendan Maher and The Open Table Team of Craig and Ethan. (32:30)
And to close the show who is getting their game on? The AFLW – it’s the annual Indigenous Round! This year’s celebration will take place over two rounds: Round 3 (29 – 31 Aug) and Round 4 (6 – 7 Sept). In 2025 there are 22 Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander players listed across the AFLW, with former Docker and Blue Kirby Bentley announced as the 2025 AFLW Indigenous Round Honouree. (42:43)
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