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Tue 2nd Mar 10 Win ShAFF Tickets
Details of the competition at UKClimbing to win a ticket a day for ShAFF: http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=396641
Fri 5th Feb 10 4 ShAFF Films win International Awards
4 films screening at ShAFF this year have just won awards at The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival:
Best Film On Climbing - Welsh Connections
Best Film On Mountaineering - Samsara
Best Film On Skiing - White Noise
Best Film On Mountain Culture - Lines Of Flight
Thu 28th Jan 10 ShAFF Trailer On-line
We're very excited to have just uploaded the new 2010 ShAFF Trailer. Edited by none other than master film maker Alastair Lee of Posing Productions, it is essentially a 2 minute film comprising short clips from many of the films that will be shown at ShAFF 2010, set to music. Very watchable we think. Please feel free to use the trailer on your own website or to pass the link on to anybody who you think would enjoy it.
Wed 27th Jan 10 ShAFF Poster - An Image With A Story
The ShAFF 2010 Poster and Flier has just been uploaded to the ShAFF website here. Please feel free to download it and use it to help promote the festival. Or let us know your address and we will send you some if you can put them up for us. It was designed by Hammer Design, sponsors of this year's festival.
We were very pleased to be able to use this year's image, one with a story behind it, and one that encapsulates the theme of an adventure film festival better than any other. It is a shot by French photographer and climber Tony Lamiche who set about to attempt to capture, in a single frame, 6 extreme sports: rock climbing, ice climbing, skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and BASE jumping! We're showing a great action-packed short film at the festival this year called MedeO, which documents the process and choreography Tony went through to achieve this remarkable shot. He very kindly agreed to let us use it for our promotional material.
Tue 26th Jan 10 ShAFF Tickets On Sale
Thu 21st Jan 10 ShAFF Poster Online and Available
Not much news of late. Been too busy working behind the scenes on ShAFF 2010. Expect a lot more news on that front over the coming weeks. Today we uploaded the ShAFF poster to the website. Feel free to download it and spread the word.
You can download it here.
It was designed by 2010 ShAFF sponsors Hammer Design.
Tue 15th Dec 09 ShAFF Youth Adventure Project
Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2010 - Youth Adventure Project
ShAFF takes place at The Showroom on March 12-14th 2010. The film line-up is almost complete and will be uploaded to the website within the next few weeks. Suffice to say that it is better than ever, a must-see collection of films for any adventuer-film-lover.
We are also very excited to announce the launch of the ShAFF Youth Adventure Project.
If you are a young person, parent, teacher or youth worker then check out the link below for more details. The aim of the project is to expand the film festival into schools and community groups, inspiring those who watch to then take part in a series of adventure activity days in The Peak District. It's all thanks to funding from The Peadk District National Park Authority.
More details here: http://www.shaff.co.uk/content/10/youth
A few notes about ShAFF:
• 2010 will be ShAFF's 5th year.
• We're incredibly proud to be able to say that 100% of the people who came in 2006, 07, 08 and 09 have said that they would come again and would recommend it to a friend. That's some testimonial, and has been proven each year with the audience numbers growing every time!
Fri 27th Nov 09 New Website For The Showroom
Very excited to say that The Showroom have just launched their new website. Excited because The Showroom is where ShAFF is hosted, as well as numerous other events we organise throughout the year. The Showroom won an award last year for Best Cultural Venue in the region.
Tue 24th Nov 09 Best Of Kendal Films Announced
We've decided which of the films that were screened at the Kendal Mountain Festival over the weekend to show as the Best Of Kendal Programmes next week at The Showroom in Sheffield and the Broadway in Nottingham. See here for details.
Thu 12th Nov 09 New Gallery - Tom Briggs / Jagged Globe
Check out the new gallery of images from ShAFF sponsor Jagged Globe, courtesy of Tom Briggs.
Tue 10th Nov 09 Jagged Globe to Sponsor ShAFF
We're delighted to welcome back as ShAFF's major sponsor for the second year Jagged Globe.
Sat 24th Oct 09 Hammer Design & UKClimbing Sponsor ShAFF
We are very pleased to announce that Hammer Design and UKClimbing have come on board to sponsor ShAFF 2010.
Fri 23rd Oct 09 Cliffhanger On The BBC
We understand that Cliffhanger is going to feature on the BBC programme Inside Out - 7.30pm on Monday October 26th. See UKClimbing for more details.
Sat 17th Oct 09 Best Of ShAFF & Best Of Kendal Tickets On Sale
The Showroom will be hosting a series of Best Of ShAFF screenings this winter. Details here. Tickets have just gone on sale for the Nov 11th event.
They will also be hosting a couple of Best Of Kendal screenings on Nov 30 and Dec 1. Tickets for the Nov 30 screening and Dec 1st screening are now on sale here and here. Note that the two screenings will be different from each other. Tickets for the Dec 6th screening in Nottngham are on sale here.
Tue 13th Oct 09 Cliffhanger DVD Goes On Sale
Cliffhanger 2009 was filmed by Hayfisher Productions. The hour long programme that they produced was aired on Sky in September and is now available on DVD. It's well worth watching and only costs a fiver!
You can buy it here.
Fri 2nd Oct 09 New Gallery Uploaded - Renan Ozturk
Check out this funky new gallery from US climber and artist Renan Ozturk. I met Renan's Blog partner Cedar Wright whilst in Mallorca Deep Water Soloing this month which prompted me to track down Renan to invite him to post a gallery on the site. I think it was worth the effort!
Mon 14th Sep 09 Lescar Lecture Tickets Go On Sale
Tickets for the re-instated Lescar Lectures this winter have gone on sale today.
Fri 4th Sep 09 Reel Rock Trailer Uploaded
Check out the awesome Reel Rock trailer we just added to the site.
Thu 3rd Sep 09 RSS Feeds Implemented
To those of you who know what RSS feeds are just click on the icon in the address bar above and away you go. You'll always be able to see what changes are being made to the site.
To those who don't know RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a vry clever method of automatically keeping up to date with any changes made to a website. You'll need what's called a news-reader (Google do a good, free one) or you can incorporate your feeds into Outlook if you use it. Wikipedia has a more in-depth explanation. Basically just click on the RSS icon above - it looks like this (but is a lot smaller):
And follow the instructions.
Clicking the icon on the home page address bar will alert you to ALL chanegs to the website. If you don't want that you can subscibe to specific feeds so that you only reviece updates to News, Reviews, Events or Blog Entries by using the following addresses:
http://www.heason.net/feed.rss?News
http://www.heason.net/feed.rss?Reviews
http://www.heason.net/feed.rss?Events
http://www.heason.net/feed.rss?Blog
Wed 2nd Sep 09 Tickets On Sale - Reel Rock & Leo Houlding
Tickets are now on sale for:
Reel Rock Film Night - Climbing Works, Sheffield. Oct 18th
Leo Houlding Lecture - Climbing Works, Sheffield. Nov 1st
Tue 1st Sep 09 Cliffhanger on TV Next Week
We're very excited to announce that Cliffhanger will be on TV next week. Hayfisher Productions who were at the event have arranged for the hour-long programme that they have made to be screened on Sky at the following times:
Sep 07 - 20.00 Sky Sports Xtra
Sep 08 - 03.30 Sky Sports 2 Digital
Sep 08 - 08.00 Sky Sports 3 Digital
Sep 08 - 12.00 Sky Sports 2 Digital
Sep 08 - 15.00 Sky Sports Xtra
Thu 23rd Jul 09 Cliffhanger Numbers
Around 20,000 people attended the event over the two days.
100% of people said they will come again and will reccommend to a friend.
Wed 22nd Jul 09 New Gallery: Cliffhanger 2009
A selection of images from Cliffhanger 2009.
Mon 6th Jul 09 Barrans On The Podium
At the Climbing World Championships in China over the weekend Sheffield based climber Dave Barrans finished in 3rd place, and the Dyno world record was upped another 10cm by Dutch climber Nicky De Leuuw to 2.9m. Roll on Cliffhanger where Dave will be hoping to add British Bouldering Champion to his achievements, and American dyno king Skyler Weeks will attempt to re-claim the Dyno record!
Tue 30th Jun 09 Viral Video Shoot
Check out these stunning images from the video shoot we commissioned for Cliffhanger last week.
Wed 17th Jun 09 UKC Competition for Canon Camera
Check out this competition on UKClimbing to win a Canon camera worth £379 in association with Cliffhanger.
Wed 20th May 09 New Kids Bouldering Comp @ Cliffhanger
Alpkit have built a climbing wall just for the kids. Dust off your trainers, put some magic dust on your fingers and up you go. They will be running a fun children's competition at Cliffhanger 2009 open to any child aged 4-8, though younger climbers can 'have a go'. The more times you fall off the less points you'll receive and the children with the highest scores at the end of the weekend will crowned the Champions of the Bloc. Every child that enters the comp will receive a prize. Entry is free but every child that enters must be accompanied by an adult.
Tue 19th May 09 Civic Leaders Drive Each Other Up The Wall
Civic leaders drive each other up the wall in Cliffhanger launch mission.
A rather unlikely climbing partnership marks the countdown to one of Sheffield's most eagerly anticipated summer events next week.
Sheffield City Council leader Councillor Paul Scriven - who freely admits he's scared of heights - will be putting his trust in the hands of climbing enthusiast and Sheffield Hallam University vice-chancellor Philip Jones as he gets a crash course in scaling the world's biggest ‘bouldering' wall to mark the start of preparation for the massive Cliffhanger event.
Mon 18th May 09 Give Blood At Cliffhanger
The National Blood Service will be at Cliffhanger (Sat & Sun).
If you would like to give blood, the bloodmobile will be open 9:30am-12:30pm/1:30pm-5:00pm. You can either book your appointment in advance by calling 0845 7 711 711, or just pop along on the day.
Representatives from the National Blood Service will also be on site to answer any questions you may have about giving blood. Look out for our recruitment tent and bloodmobile.
In Sheffield around 300 donations are needed each week to ensure hospitals have the blood they need to carry out lifesaving operations and other procedures. People suffering from a serious blood disease such as leukaemia, someone undergoing surgery, or an accident and emergency case can all benefit.
Do something amazing at Cliffhanger.
GIVE BLOOD
Thu 14th May 09 New Gallery: Stephen Venables
Check out the new gallery of images from Stephen Venables, the first Briton to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen. Stephen is touring the UK next winter lecturing on his many expeditions. If you'd like to book him please get in touch.
Tue 12th May 09 182 Reviews
Just finished uploading all my old reviews from planetFear onto this site. Still working with planetFear, but replicating all reviews here..
Thu 7th May 09 ShAFF Dates Announced
The Sheffield Adventure Film Festival will take place on the weekend of March 12th, 13th and 14th 2010.
Location: Sheffield
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Thu 30th Apr 09 Hot Summer Forecast
The UK is "odds on for a barbecue summer", with no repeat of the washouts of the last two years, according to Met Office forecasters.
Temperatures are likely to be warmer than average across the UK, topping 30C at times.
Rainfall should be "near or below average" for the three months of summer, the forecasters say.
BBC WeatherMon 27th Apr 09 Twitter
Am experimenting with the various social networking sites out there and have just set up a Cliffhanger group on Facebook, and tried to get my head around a Twitter account. Feel free to sign up if you want to be kept abreast of what's going on in the world of Heason Events. There's also a ShAFF Facebook group.
Tue 21st Apr 09 Sarah Stirling PR To Work On Cliffhanger
Sarah Stirling PR have been appointed the specialist PR consultant for Cliffhanger 2010.
Tue 21st Apr 09 Nick Clegg To Support Cliffhanger
We're very pleased indeed to announce that Nick Clegg, Sheffield MP and leader of the Liberal Democrats is lending his support to Cliffhanger.
Nick is a big fan of the outdoors - his Sheffield constituency lies partly in the Peak District. As leader of a national political party he also sees the benefits of events like Cliffhanger to the thousands of people who attend.
The aim of Cliffhanger is to inspire and involve its visitors, a model which Nick sees as essential if we are going to seriously address the health issues of the nation, and also to contend in the international sporting arena. Sheffield was the UK's first National City of Sport, a status Cliffhanger enhances through good old fashioned hands-on fun.
Nick said of the event "It's brilliant to see an event like Cliffhanger, a national role model of its kind, here in Sheffield and thriving. 60% of its visitors in 2008 came from within the city, providing a great platform for thousands to try their hand at sports they might not otherwise have the facility or confidence to attempt. As importantly those who came from outside the city brought in significant economic gain.
I've seen the plans through to 2013 and they are both bold and impressive."
Thu 16th Apr 09 Lookers Ford to Sponsor Cliffhanger
We're pleased to announce that Lookers Ford will be sponsoring Cliffhanger again in 2009.
Fri 10th Apr 09 Doug Scott World Premiere
Doug has announced that his talk for Active Aboyne on June 6th will be a world premiere!
"The Three Peaks - Everest, K2 and Katchenjunga"
Tue 7th Apr 09 New Gallery: Simon Carter
Australian photographer Simon Carter has submitted some stunning images for a new gallery on the site.
Fri 3rd Apr 09 planetFear to sponsor Cliffhanger Dyno Comp again
Leading online adventure sports resource planetFear will be supporting the Dyno competition this year at Cliffhanger. The Guinness Dyno World Record has been broken three times at Cliffhanger in two years - twice by visiting American climber Skyler Weeks and once by local climber Lily Fitzgibon. Skyler has already expressed his desire to come back again this year...
Thu 2nd Apr 09 Dave Pickford Photo Gallery & Portfolio
Dave Pickford has kindly sent us a stunning photo gallery for the site.
Dave has also joined the speaker portfolio.
Thanks Dave.
Tue 31st Mar 09 New Site Goes Live
The new site went live some time this evening :-)
A massive thanks to Ben, Ryan and Si at Hammer Design for the hard work that's gone into its making. If anybody needs a top notch website designing with an incredibly powerful content management system then look no further than these guys.
If you spot any glitches, grammatical or spelling errors whilst perusing the new pages please let us know asap so that we can iron them out.
Here's to a future of regular updates of events, news, reviews and images :-)
Thu 26th Mar 09 Jerry Moffatt Lecture in London
Jerry Will give a lecture at the Castle Climbing Wall in London on Friday 24th April. Tickets will be £10 sitting, £5 standing. Signed copies of his new book 'Revelations's will be available for sale on the night.
Mon 16th Mar 09 Yorkshire South Tourism To Support ShAFF 2010
We're very pleased to announce that Yorkshire South Tourism are to support ShAFF 2010. This will be the third year running that they support the event.
Location: Showroom CInema, Sheffield
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Sun 1st Mar 09 Ben Winston Gallery
Photographer, journalist and climber Ben Winston has added a gallery of images to the site.
