Recently opened indoor mini-golf bar, Rollers, was imagined by Gareth Rigby, a former banker seeking a creative project. Gareth's background started in St Andrew's, notorious for golf, where he went on to work in the film industry before moving on to banking. The latter brought him to Geneva and he decided to make a break from the corporate world and open a mini-golf with a movie theme, the perfect combination of his experiences!
The logo, Rollers, features the obvious golf ball but altered to become a cocktail glass with a tee stem, a wedge of lemon has been replaced by a movie reel, and the cocktail umbrella has been imagined as the golf flag! Gareth explains further, "The actual name of Rollers itself is a play on words of the rolling ball and the rolling film roll."
From Thursday 13 June to Saturday 15 June, the Place de Sardaigne in Carouge will once again be “the place to be” as the Festibière de Genève will be back for its third edition. This is the biggest open air festival of locally-produced craft beer and features 25 different craft brewers from the region and over 150 different beers to try!
- Bartis – Valais
- Bière du Lac – Genève
- Fri-Mousse – Fribourg
- La Cave – Genève
- SuissEcosse – Vaud / Scotland
- BUG (Brasserie Urbaine Genevoise) – Genève
- BFM – Jura
- Totally Beer – Genève
- Gonzo – Vaud
- Brasserie du Plombier – Genève
- Baladin (Vieffe) – Ticino / Italy
- Schori’s Beer – Genève
- Gotan Craftbeer – Genève
- Brasserie des Murailles – Genève
- Cap'Taine Mousse – Vaud
- Père Jakob – Genève
- L'Apaisée – Genève
- Brasserie du Pendule – Genève
- La Meltingpote – Genève
- Brasserie du Mât – Genève
- Brasserie des cinq Communes – Genève
- Brasserie du Baril – Genève
- and a few more!
LIVE MUSIC - GREAT FOOD
But that’s not all: there will be live music each night, featuring local bands like Full Blast, The Lucille Blues Band, and The Square Brackets as well as great international foods at the 8 different food trucks.
Cash & Rocket, the all-female charity drive, returns for its 7th year, having raised $4.5 million since launch
Charity-led organisation, Cash & Rocket, is proud to announce an A-List line up for its 2019 European Tour; 4-day women-only road trip that will see 80 influential women “drive for change.” 40 red cars will drive from London to Paris, to Geneva and on to Monte Carlo in convoy from June 6th - June 10th. The initiative, now in its 7th year, has raised over $4.5million for charities to date, in support of women and children across the globe.
Cash & Rocket was founded by businesswoman and philanthropist, Julie Brangstrup, in 2011. Julie’s ambitious and brave vision is to change the world through the creation of a platform that inspires, motivates and supports women from all walks of life to raise lifechanging amounts of money for the charities involved.
This year, American personality, Paris Hilton, will be taking part in this star-studded line up for the very first time, joining 79 other influential women who are all working together to make a difference. “It is such an incredible time for women and I am so excited to join the ladies of Cash & Rocket this year and continue raising awareness”, expresses Paris ahead of this year’s event. “I’m honoured to support the cause and combine this with my love for cars, whilst also helping to empower and raise money for future generations of amazing women.”
Other celebrities joining Paris Hilton on the starting line include: Jackie Cruz, Caroline Stanbury, Chloe Green, Amy Jackson, Selita Ebanks and Jodie Kidd. Each participant will be raising money for this year’s chosen charities: Sumbandila, The Helen Bamber Foundation and Dream for Future Africa Foundation (DFFAF). During the tour, a representative from the charities will also be with the women, providing information on the charities and sharing details on how the funds raised are used towards their charity. The aim: To inspire the women and raise as much money as possible.
If you are an avid sports person, enjoy getting dirty and muddy, love a challenge, like to push your own limits, then you will be thrilled to hear about this sport event coming to Switzerland! An amazing obstacle course will be held for the first time in Switzerland — Spartan will be held in Verbier in September!
With its unique panoramic view of the Alps, its demanding terrain and a route for all levels, Verbier will play host on Sunday, September 14 2019. If you have ever watched Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge, Takeshi's Castle, Gladiators, Wipeout, Ninja Warrior, or any similar obstacle course, then you will be the first to know how demanding this can be. Months of training and fitness routines are needed... some of the participants are avid Spartan followers who follow the organization around the world.
Barbed wire, fire, and a myriad of obstacles will be set for the inauguration. Three groups featured this year:
- Sprint: with 20 to 25 obstacles over more than 5 km
- Super: with 25 obstacles over 13 km
- Spartan Kids: with a distance between 800m and 3.2km
Spartan events consist of races for athletes of all ages and levels, from beginner to elite runner, while the Spartan Kids race offers several options for children from 4 years old.
InterSoccer player Nora meets her hero Ada Hegerberg
Nyon-based UEFA has launched its new Women’s Football Strategy – with the help of 8-year-old InterSoccer player Nora. In this article Rebecca Brown, a former team footballer who works for InterSoccer, looks at the rise of women’s football in Switzerland and beyond. See the UEFA video at this link.
UEFA Women’s Champions League Final Saturday 18 May
Olympic Lyonnais are ready for their final match in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, to fight for the title. It will be the eighth final for Lyon in a decade, where they’ll take on FC Barcelona as the first female Spanish team to play the decider. Both teams continue to be great motivation for all females, beginners and professionals, in the football world. Ada Hegerberg is one of the big names that will make an appearance for OL on Saturday in Budapest. The Ballon d’Or winner of 2018 is nearing 300 goals in her senior career at the young age of 23.
Nora, one of our InterSoccer girl players, was given the incredible opportunity to travel to Lyon and meet Hegerberg ahead of the final, to film a promotional video for the launch of the new UEFA Women’s Football Strategy. We asked 8-year-old Nora why she loves playing football and she told us: “because it’s a team sport that’s so much fun!”
Nora had the chance to speak to Hegerberg and play a spot of football with her, which she loved. On the road home she said she wished she could do it all over again! This opportunity filled her with confidence and Hegerberg has been a true inspiration for Nora.
Although there are more and more girls participating in football, and the past few years has seen a rise in female participants, it is important to keep pushing and show the importance of females in football and sports in general.
