BAF News Archive October 2012
31st Oct 2012
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| Last weekend saw us at the first ever Buxton Adventure Festival, the latest venture from Heason Events and sponsored by the University of Derby. In a little over 6 months the festival had gone from a fledgling idea to a runaway success with a 3-year headline sponsor in place, auspicious launch together with the opening of Oaklands Manor and the support of hundreds of satisfied visitors. With 10 top speakers and 30 films compressed into 2 days the action was non-stop, covering everything from wild swimming to cave diving and featuring a 2012 Paralympian and award nominated author amongst its speakers. Read the rest of the article on MyOutdoorsUK... |
| Thanks to our media supporter the Buxton Advertiser for all their coverage in the lead up to the Festival. This week, read Nik Cook's guide to What's On at BAF. |
| Win 10 pairs of tickets for this weekend's Buxton Adventure Festival with the Buxton Advertiser - see p27 for details. (Deadline midday Friday) |
BMC News writes: Why not join Squash Falconer and Gordon Stainforth this weekend at the Buxton Adventure Festival?
Buxton Adventure Festival is the latest adventure organised by Heason Events - speakers, films & events for adventurous spirits and minds.
Over the two days visitors can choose from an inspirational series of ten different 2 hour talk & film sessions with tales of intrepid expeditions, challenges and races brought to life by world class speakers paired with epic films of climbs, runs and rides.
For more climbing & mountaineering events check out the BMC
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Kate Rew's sadly had to withdraw from the festival for personal reasons but we're delighted Rob Fryer has been able to step into her swimming cossie. You can book to hear Rob's talk 'What It Takes To be a Wild Swimmer' at 3pm on Saturday followed by a trio of wonderful water-based films. Rob is eminently qualified as he is chair of the world's only river swimming club (Farleigh) and of the River & Lake Swimming Association. He's also the author of The Wild Swimming Guide. He assiduously seeks out traditional wild swimming sites, believing that, like a treasured heirloom, knowing the "provenance" of a site adds to the enjoyment of swimming there. As a local councillor and Mayor of Warminster Rob is a tireless campaigner for the rights of wild swimmers. Rob confesses to being a a summer swimmer, so you will not see him breaking the the ice - that is unless he's indulging in his other passion of 'wild skating'. |
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| We will be contacting everyone who had already booked to see Kate speak and we're confident that you'll be more than happy hearing Rob talk. But if you've got any questions please do get in touch. Thanks for your understanding |
| Read all about our triple dose of Mountain Bike fun at this weekend's Buxton Adventure Festival in The Bike List with Danny Butler's trials bike stunts on Saturday morning, then 2011 World Downhill Mountain Bike Champion Danny Hart on Sunday night and to top it all off Red Bull's 'Where the Trail Ends'. |
This week's Friday Matinee on Outdoors Magic (editor Jon Doran's weekly round up of the week's best videos) includes Where the Trail Ends trailer after Danny Hart's downhill MTB Q&A and The Epic Tri ('an insane super triathlon') - showing as part of Richard Askwith's talk.
Read the Buxton Advertiser's The Guide to hear all about how Derbyshire author Gordon Stainforth has been short-listed for not just one but two prestigious mountaineering book awards for his new book 'Fiva: An Adventure that Went Wrong'. Gordon's speaking at BAF on Sunday 21st October at 5.30pm.
| Maddie Thompson tells School Matters magazine why school matters to her and how she manages to juggle her wheelchair basketball training regime for Sheffield Steelers and Team GB with studying for her A levels. |
| Click here to download a digitial issue 54 (October) of School Matters |
| 17 year old Maddie Thompson talks to the Buxton Advertiser ahead of her appearance at BAF on Saturday 20th October (10.30am) as part of our special Young Adventurers' programme. Maddie talks about playing wheelchair basketball for Team GB at the Paralympics, how she copes with training and school work and how attitudes to disability are changing. |
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We're proud and delighted that Buxton Adventure Festival speaker Gordon Stainforth's book 'Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong' has been short-listed for the prestigious Banff Mountain Book Competition. He's one of five finalists in the Mountain & Wilderness Literature category and follows his recent nomination for the Boardman Tasker Prize. The Banff organisers told Gordon that 2012 was exceptional year for quality work and that they've spent months reviewing more than 125 titles in 4 categories. Gordon's book 'The Cuillin' won the 1994 Banff Mountain Book Festival Best Book of Mountain Image and the Outdoor Writers’ Guild Award for Excellence. The prize will be announced on November 1st. |
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British downhill star Danny Hart was unable to defend his world championship title this year after a dislocating his shoulder in a crash at Crankworx Les Deux Aples in July. The Giant-sponsored 21-year-old from Redcar spoke to Nik Cook about that crash, his rehabilitation and the day he became world champion. Danny Hart will be appearing at the Buxton Adventure Festival on Sunday October 21 where he will be interviewed by The Cycle Show presenter Anna Glowinski. The interview will be followed by a showing of freeride movie Where The Trail Ends. Read the interview on BikeMagic. |
| Listen to Derbyshire adventurer, mountaineer and paraglider Squash Falconer on High Peak Radio today ahead of her talk at Buxton Adventure Festival on Saturday 20th October. |
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Contact: Lissa Cook - 01663 751 126 / 07818 411 791 / [email protected]
Press release: EMBARGOED 00.01 Monday 1st October 2012 |
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BAF ENDS ON A HIGH WITH MTB EPIC FILM Feature length ‘WHERE THE TRAIL ENDS’ 8pm Sunday 21st October 2012 The UK’s latest adventure festival is set to go out on a high. The Buxton Adventure Festival will be the second only feature length screening of ‘Where the Trail Ends’ (80 mins) in the UK this year, following its UK premiere at the Cycle Show on 29th September. Red Bull Media House is proud to announce that Freeride Entertainment’s ‘Where the Trail Ends’ will feature centrally at the 2012 Buxton Adventure Festival, recognition of the courageous and boundary-pushing nature of the newly released mountain bike film. Where The Trail Ends takes you to the most remote locations on the planet in a mountain bike expedition unlike any other ever undertaken.
The film follows the world’s top freeride mountain bikers – including the likes of Darren Berrecloth, Cameron Zink, Kurtis Sorge, James Doerfling and Andreu Lacondecguy – as they search for unridden terrain around the globe in the hope of shaping the future of big mountain freeriding. This film documents man's challenge of Mother Nature and himself showcased through a cast of colorful characters. This is the most progressive and ambitious mountain biking ever attempted resulting in an entertainment adventure unlike anything experienced before. |
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BAF Festival Director Matt Heason says: “We’ve been waiting for the latest Red Bull production for three years and it doesn’t disappoint. To be able to end our latest event with some of the world’s best pro mountain-bikers on the big screen is awesome.”
Need another adrenaline fix? Don’t panic. The European Outdoor Film Tour is coming to the UK for the first time ever, kicking off in Manchester on 25th November with its two hour action-packed edit of 8 of the best adventure/extreme sports films out there. |
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Notes to Editors: Tickets for WTTE are bought part of the Downhill Demon session starting at 8pm on Sunday 21st October. www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk When? Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 October 2012 Where? Pavilion Arts Centre, part of the Buxton Opera House Tickets? From Buxton Opera House. Adults: £10 for 1 session (or multi-buy savers - £18 for 2, £24 for 3, £28 for 4, £30 for 5) Full Time Students & Under 16s: £5 for 1 session (or multi-buy savers - £9 for 2, £12 for 3, £14 for 4, £15 for 5). Family saver ticket: (2 adults and 2 under 16s): £20 Video: Where the Trail Ends www.redbull.com/wherethetrailends Where The Trail Ends is now available to buy on DVD, Blu-ray™ and iTunes. www.wherethetrailends.com Images: For Buxton Adventure Festival images (web res and high res) visit our press room: http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/press.html High resolution Buxton University Outdoor Pursuits Centre and Kenton Cool photos are here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBMkvqE. For Where The Trail Ends logos please email [email protected]. For European Outdoor Film Tour images including high res images from Where the Trail Ends register on their press room http://www.eoft.eu/press/ More about the European Outdoor Film Tour: http://www.heason.net/news/news/2012/09/18/European_Outdoor_Film_Tour_full_programme_announced/ http://www.eoft.eu/programme/where-the-trail-ends/ More about the Buxton Adventure Festival: The festival programme of illustrated lectures followed by short films will be packed with speakers from the world of adventure, travel, photography and sport. Headline speakers include 2011 downhill mountain bike World Champion Danny Hart (interviewed by ITV Cycle Show presenter Anna Glowinski) and the Queen’s Olympic Opening Ceremony stunt-double Gary Connery who this summer became the first person to jump from a helicopter without a parachute. The weekend feature some of Derbyshire’s finest adventurers and athletes including Derby born adventurer Squash Falcolner who climbed Everest and was the first British woman to paraglide from the top of Mont Blanc. There’ll be talks from Bamford’s internationally renowned travel photographer John Beatty and Belper writer Gordon Stainforth - who’ll be talking about his latest book ‘Fiva - An Adventure that Went Wrong’ chronicling he and his twin brother’s brush with death on a teenage climbing expedition. Other speakers include author of cult fell running book ‘Feet in the Clouds’ Richard Askwith (interviewed by adventure sports writer Nik Cook); Director of the Outdoors Swimming Society, Kate Rew; and award-winning cave-diver and film-maker Gavin Newman. And on Saturday and Sunday mornings they’ll be two special Young Adventurer sessions with stunt mountain biker Danny Butler and Castleton’s very own 17 year old Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Maddie Thompson, fresh back from the 2012 Games, followed by an afternoon of activities. |
| Contact: Lissa Cook - 01663 751 126 / 07818 411 791 / [email protected]
Press release: EMBARGOED 00.01 Monday 1st October 2012 NEW FESTIVAL BOOSTS BUXTON BOROUGH COUNCIL WELCOMES NEW ADVENTURE FESTIVAL & OUTDOOR RETAILERS + NEW VISIT PEAK DISTRICT & DERBYSHIRE WALKING FESTIVAL + DERBY UNI BUXTON & DERBYSHIRE VILLAGE GAMES FAMILY ACTIVITIES |
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Momentum is gathering behind the new Buxton Adventure Festival (Oct 20-21). There will be ten speakers and thirty films over the weekend at the Pavilion Arts Centre, part of Buxton Opera House. Sponsors Derby University, Buxton have announced Everest mountaineer Kenton Cool will formally open their new Oaklands Manor Outdoor Leadership Centre on the the eve of the festival. High Peak Borough Council are keen to harness the weekend to promote their new strategy to attract outdoors retailers such as festival retail sponsor Hawkshead to the town ahead of the transformation of the Georgian Crescent in to a luxury hotel and spa. Tourist board Visit Peak District & Derbyshire are launching a new Walk & Watch Festival with a dozen guided walks across the Peak District. And to complement the festival’s two special ‘Young Adventurer’ sessions with Paralympian Maddie Thompson and stunt mountain biker Danny Butler the University of Derby, Buxton and Derbyshire Village Games are teaming up to put on afternoon activities for children and families of all ages. Leader of High Peak Borough Council, Cllr Caitlin Bisknell says: “I’m delighted that the organisers have chosen Buxton as the setting for their new adventure festival. Their decision recognises the town’s ideal location at the heart of the Peak District, as well as its first-rate event venues in the shape of the Pavilion Gardens, Pavilion Arts Centre, Opera House and Devonshire Dome. “The timing is ideal for us as it coincides with our push to attract retailers specialising in outdoor sports and leisure equipment as part of our campaign to bring new shops into Buxton”. Melanie Verby, Countryside and Hawkshead Retail Support Manager, said: “Hawkshead is delighted to support the Adventure Festival. Come along to our brand new store and on production of our advert in the Buxton Adventure Festival programme, receive money off a wide range of outdoor gear. There will be fun for all the family at the store on the 20th October.” David James, Chief Executive of Visit Peak District & Derbyshire, the area’s official tourist board said: “The Peak District’s profile as England’s Great Outdoors has never been higher thanks to the huge range of activities and pursuits on offer amid its superb and specially-protected landscapes. “Walking is one of the most popular reasons why visitors come here, and we’re delighted that this year, for the first time, we are able to stage a two-day Peak District Walking Festival in the autumn. Not only will it coincide with the exciting new Buxton Adventure Festival on October 20 and 21, it will also complement the well-established spring Peak District Walking Festival and a string of similar events held in other parts of the area each spring and autumn.” ENDS |
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Notes to Editors: Images: High resolution Buxton University Outdoor Pursuits Centre and Kenton Cool photos are here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBMkvqE. For Buxton Adventure Festival images (web res and high res) visit our press room: http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk/press.html When? Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 October 2012 Where? Pavilion Arts Centre, part of the Buxton Opera House Tickets? From Buxton Opera House. Adults: £10 for 1 session (or multi-buy savers - £18 for 2, £24 for 3, £28 for 4, £30 for 5) Full Time Students & Under 16s: £5 for 1 session (or multi-buy savers - £9 for 2, £12 for 3, £14 for 4, £15 for 5). Family saver ticket: (2 adults and 2 under 16s): £20 www.buxtonadventurefestival.co.uk VPDD Walk & Watch Festival details here: http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/events/pd-walk-fest-2011.aspx More about the festival: The festival programme of illustrated lectures followed by short films will be packed with speakers from the world of adventure, travel, photography and sport. Headline speakers include 2011 downhill mountain bike World Champion Danny Hart (interviewed by ITV Cycle Show presenter Anna Glowinski) and the Queen’s Olympic Opening Ceremony stunt-double Gary Connery who this summer became the first person to jump from a helicopter without a parachute. The weekend feature some of Derbyshire’s finest adventurers and athletes including Derby born adventurer Squash Falcolner who climbed Everest and was the first British woman to paraglide from the top of Mont Blanc. There’ll be talks from Bamford’s internationally renowned travel photographer John Beatty and Belper writer Gordon Stainforth - who’ll be talking about his latest book ‘Fiva - An Adventure that Went Wrong’ chronicling he and his twin brother’s brush with death on a teenage climbing expedition. Other speakers include author of cult fell running book ‘Feet in the Clouds’ Richard Askwith (interviewed by adventure sports writer Nik Cook); Director of the Outdoors Swimming Society, Kate Rew; and award-winning cave-diver and film-maker Gavin Newman. And on Saturday and Sunday mornings they’ll be two special Young Adventurer sessions with stunt mountain biker Danny Butler and Castleton’s very own 17 year old Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Maddie Thompson, fresh back from the 2012 Games, followed by an afternoon of activities. |
| Adventurers and athletes from across the UK will bring their stories to the first Buxton Adventure Festival this autumn. Read more in Pure Buxton - the High Peak's free magazine for lifestyle in Buxton and the heart of the Peak District. | |
| Great offer for readers of this month's TGO magazine - they have one pair of tickets for a Saturday session and one Sunday session to give away. Email [email protected] with your details by Oct 10 to enter. Winners will be picked at random. | |
| Thanks to Trek & Mountain magazine for supporting the UK's newest adventure festival in Buxton at the heart of the Peak District with a weekend of live lectures and adventure films and for being a programme sponsor. | |
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