Swansea Vikings RFC

Swansea Vikings RFC provides a much loved and valued service for the community.

We need your help so we can continue to offer and even expand our service!

We provide opportunities for members of the Gay, Bisexual and Transgender  community to compete in rugby through tolerant and accepting clubs and teams, both primarily gay and inclusive and LGBTQ+ friendly and by eliminating homophobia in rugby through community outreach, competitive play and tournament events that stand for tolerance and acceptance in sports.

In 2024 we hope to be competing in the Bingham Cup* which is being held in Rome, this would be very expensive for individuals so we hope to raise as much money as possible so that we can offer to subsidise the trip.

* The Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament, or as it is more widely known, Bingham Cup, is the biennial world championship of gay and inclusive rugby, considered to be ‘The world cup of gay and inclusive rugby’.

This flagship IGR tournament was first held in 2002, in memory of 9/11 gay rugby hero, Mark Bingham, one of the passengers who fought back against hijackers on board United flight 93.

Mark’s club, San Francisco Fog, hosted the first back in 2002, which was attended by 8 teams.

Today, the event has grown to be the world’s largest amateur rugby tournament, the Swansea Vikings last entered the tournament in 2018 where there were 74 teams and hundreds of players competing and enjoying.

 Yours sincerely,

Peter Martin