Past Events
HVAFF Hope Valley Adventure Film Festival - 12th February 2011
What another day - activities in the gym, films in the main hall and music hall, activities in the library and fantastic food and art displays in the dining room. HVAFF once again proved a successful formula for a great family day out. We welcomed Ron Fawcett, "Rock Athelete", in the evening to a packed hall for an entertaining talk about his life in climbing. Many thanks to all our helpers, sponsors and those who attended to make a really memorable day. www.hvaff.co.uk
10th Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge - 25th September 2010
What a day – We hope that those of you who took part in this year’s Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge had fun. We welcomed a record number of riders (over 200). The weather was dry and sunny, if a little cold, and the route, athough a little “sticky” was as good as ever. Refreshments didn’t run out (although Edale ran short of cake for a while) and every rider enjoyed a cup of hot soup at the end. We raised between £2,500 and £3,000 which will be donated mostly to Hope Valley College. Donations will also go to Edale Mountain Rescue and another local charity. Find out more at www.hvmbc.co.uk
Hope Valley Adventure Film Festival (HVAFF)
Film Festival success in the Hope Valley
Saturday 27th Feb 2010 saw Hope Valley College play host to the first Hope Valley Adventure Film Festival (HVAFF) which was a great success with over 400 visitors enjoying an inspirational day of extreme adventure films, guest speakers, mountain art and activities such as bouldering and mountain biking.
HVAFF was the brainchild of the Hope Valley College PTFA and is a fund raising event to help develop facilities at the college. On the day it became much more than this through, with a real festival community atmosphere throughout. Nearly 30 adventure films from around the world, including some British premiers and the ‘Best of Fest’ from other adventure film festivals, set a fast tempo of extreme skiing, mountain biking, climbing, mountain culture and kayaking. There were some memorable moments that brought gasps of amazement, shock, laughter and tears from a receptive audience that covered all ages. In the evening the audience was treated to a couple of highly entertaining and inspirational shows by world class mountaineer Ian Parnell and by cave explorer Nick Williams.
Meanwhile, for those wanting activity as well as entertainment, the sports hall was the venue for a well organised and extremely popular bouldering (short climbs) competition which attracted 128 entrants across the ages from 3 to 49. At the top level this was fiercely competitive in all age categories with the winners receiving coaching courses at the Edge climbing wall in Sheffield. A new mountain bike track with time trials and a mini adventure race provided a break between films for other festival goers.
It was fantastic to see so many Hope Valley College students give up their time to work all day running the bouldering competition and provide the technical support for the films and speakers. This was an event that certainly showed the wider community focus of the College in a positive way and attracted outdoor enthusiasts, and those simply wanting an entertaining day, from all over the Peak District and beyond. Lots of enthusiastic comments were overheard during the day and a good time was had by all, roll on the 2011 HVAFF, same time same place!
Visit our web site www.hvaff.co.uk to find out more.
HVC Live
11th December 2009 featuring The Elderly Brothers, Running on Empty, Bears Bears, The Keltones, The Fridays, Peppermint Charlie and Lost Noise.
Quiz and Curry Night to the sounds of the Big Band
26th September 2009 at Sickleholme Golf Club.
9th Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge
Returning by popular demand the 9th Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge takes place on Saturday 26th September 2009. For those brave enough to take up the challenge it offers a choice of two off-road routes of approx 20 and 38 miles around the Hope Valley. For experienced riders the route is technical and takes you via Jaggers Clough, Edale and Jacobs Ladder to Hayfield returning via Rushup Edge and takes in Hollins Cross (Mam Tor) on the way back. For a shorter day you can return from Edale still taking in some of the most beautiful scenery in the Peak District. As in previous years great refreshments will be available at 3 main check-points along the route together with hot soup at the finish. It has been said that due to the amount of free cake and refreshments available en-route you can actually gain weight – despite the hugely strenuous challenge! “It was probably one of the most varied and technical courses I have completed” and “I enjoyed the challenge and the refreshments kept me going – thank you for organising such a fantastic day” were some of the comments after the challenge in 2008.
HVC 50 Celebrations
During 2009 the PTFA provided tea and cakes at two HVC 50 celebration events and raised £556.
8th Hope Valley Mountain Bike Challenge
27th September 2008The event was held in aid of Hathersage Primary School and Hope Valley College. As in previous events there were two routes of approximately 20 and 38 miles which were predominantly off road and demanding.
Curry Night with sounds from HVC Big Band
This was held on 13th September 2008 at the Sicklehome Golf Club in Bamford. Great sounds from the Big Band, together with a curry dinner and fun table quizzes. This event raised around £365 for equipment for the new music block.
Folk Music and Ceilidh with "HVC Elastic Band" and the "Well Dressed Band" Held on Friday 20th June 2008, this was a lively evening of dancing and music, well attended by college students.
Titan Cave Discovery - a personal account by Dave Nixon 
"Journey to the centre of one man's obsession"
Hope Valley College, 7.30pm Thursday 15th November,
BRITAIN'S biggest cave was discovered in the heart of the Peak District - only because of the determination and detective work of Derbyshire pot holer and Leading cave explorer Dave Nixon. He and his team discovered the natural marvel after seven years of searching based on an obscure manuscript from Cambridge library.
"We had no inkling we would find anything as big as this. Of course when we entered Titan it was a very thrilling moment. It was amazing - every caver's dream. But we didn't just stumble across it - it took a lot of research and hard work." (Daily Telegraph 8.11.2006)
The cave has been called Titan - and at 459 feet deep - 140 metres - the cave reaches as high as the London Eye. It was carved out over millions of years by water eroding limestone and contains a massive waterfall. To hear about this amazing discovery at first hand come along to Hope Valley College for a talk by Dave Nixon illustrated with slides.
Christmas Jive Ball
Sickleholme Golf Club,
Saturday 1st December 2007
A great Christmas night out with excellent food, drink, music and dancing.
Past Events