Getting our game on with Lacrosse Victoria, Perth Pride FC and Special Olympics Australia

Who is getting their game on in sport this week on JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport? Lacrosse – The Lacrosse Together Cup is an annual social round robin event celebrating lacrosse being a sport for everyone. @lacrosse.victoria Development Officer @kristen.stone.712 joins me live in the @joy949 Sport Studio to tell us how you can get involved with this fun event on Sunday 18 October. (Starts 2:04) Football – The annual @pridefootballaustralia Tournament is being hosted by @perthpridefc this year for the first time. Pride Perth FC Founder @psgriffiths joins the show to chat about LGBTQIA+ inclusion in football and what is planned: Welcome event on Friday Oct 2, Matches and party Saturday October 3, Recover Sunday October 4. WA is ready and waiting. (Starts 17:43) @melbournerovers @brisbane_inferno_fc @sydneyrangersfc @spufc Special Olympics Australia – The @specialolympicsaus is being hosted right here in Melbourne! CEO Jamie O’Connor joins Game On to share why this year is extra special marking 50 years of Special Olympics Australia, what’s on and how you can get involved. Five days. 13 sports. 10 venues. 850 athletes across 19–23 October. (Starts 28:34) And for our weekly Who is getting their game on segment to close the show this week congratulations to the Melbourne Rovers for winning the 2026 Football Victoria Community Inclusion Award at the 2026 Victorian Football Gala in recognition of their work to make football more welcoming and accessible! (Starts 28:39) 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 app The post Getting our game on with Lacrosse Victoria, Perth Pride FC and Special Olympics Australia appeared first on Game On! .