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14 Jun, 20183 Jul, 2018

Vote now in the 2018 Crosspool Festival photography competition

Voting for the photography competition has now closed.

It’s time to vote in our annual festival photography competition!

People were invited to submit a photo on the theme contribution of women in the world.

The judges have shortlisted photos in categories and would like you to choose which ones really capture the theme.

More information about the competition

Vote using the two polls below – you have until midnight on Monday 2 July June to cast your vote.

Category 1: photos by adults

Category 2: photos by secondary school age students (12-18 years)

Category 3: photos by primary school age children (5-11 years)

10 Jun, 2018

2018 Crosspool Festival photo competition closes on Monday

There’s still time to enter this year’s photo competition, which is part of the 2018 Crosspool Festival.

The theme of this year’s competition is the contribution of women in the world. There will be a public vote, an exhibition, and the winner’s photo could be included in the Crosspool Calendar.

There are three age categories and you have until Monday 11 June to enter.

How to enter

See the winning entries from 2017

30 May, 20187 Jun, 2018

Read the 2018 Crosspool Festival programme

The programme for this year’s Crosspool Festival is now available online:

Crosspool Festival 2018

It is also being distributed with the new issue of the Crosspool Clarion, so look out for that.

The 2018 festival dates are Friday 29 June to Sunday 8 July 2018.

SARAS Women’s Refuge will receive profits from the festival. All free events will be pleased to take donations for this charity.

Please note changes from the printed copy of the programme:

the Open Mic night at Nest cafe on Friday 6 July starts at 7.30pm, not 8pm
the final date for scarecrow entry forms is 25 June, not 6 June

More information on selected events:

Crosspool Festival Street Market – Sunday 1 July – Facebook event

Next open mic/acoustic night – Friday 6 July – Facebook event

Enter the 2018 Crosspool Festival photo competition!

Wanted: dumbells or weights for Crosspool Festival

Wanted: books, bric-a-brac or tombola prizes for Crosspool Summer Fayre

25 May, 2018

Book your pitch at the Crosspool Tavern car boot sale on 9 June 2018

24 May, 2018

Summer 2018 Crosspool Clarion out soon

The new issue of the Crosspool Clarion is available to download and read below.

Current issue: Summer 2018, Volume 15, Issue 2 (PDF, 4.9MB)

Some back issues of past editions of the Clarion are also available to download.

To read PDFs on your computer, you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

16 May, 2018

Still time to enter the 2018 Crosspool Festival photo competition

There’s still time to enter this year’s photo competition, which is part of the 2018 Crosspool Festival.

The theme of this year’s competition is the contribution of women in the world. There will be a public vote, an exhibition, and the winner’s photo could be included in the Crosspool Calendar.

There are three age categories and you have until Monday 11 June to enter.

How to enter

See the winning entries from 2017

14 May, 2018

Hallam Chase fell race returns to Crosspool on Tuesday 29 May

On Tuesday 29 May the annual fell race organised by Hallamshire Harriers and hosted by Hallam Cricket Club returns to Crosspool.

At 8pm on the Tuesday evening after the second bank holiday in May, runners set off from Hallam Football/Cricket Club’s Sandygate ground, go down Den Bank through the Rivelin Valley and up to Stannington church, before returning by the same route. The Hallam Chase run 3¼ miles long, with 800 feet of climb.

The record time of 19 minutes 42 seconds was set in 1968 by Trevor Wright.

Find out more on the Hallam Chase and Hallamshire Harriers websites.

12 May, 2018