Local couple win gold at the Gay Games

A Brixton couple have won gold in the team event of Social Bowling at the Gay Games 2014 in Cleveland, Ohio. 8,000 participants came to the event with 50 odd countries represented and President Obama did the opening speech via video link. Jayne Schofield and Katrina Wright live in Brixton and decided to compete in the social bowling event for fun. Jayne said: “It was absolutely brilliant. It was the trip of the lifetime! We had a couple of lessons in Lewisham and then a few practice sessions at the Elephant. It was the social bowling, so don’t be overly impressed!” What heroes…Check out a video of the games here.