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Well-known local faces from the worlds of sport and music are taking part in a charity fundraiser at Sandygate on Sunday 4 October.
Chris Waddle will lead an all-stars team featuring ex-footballers David Hirst, John Sheridan, Dean Saunders, Jamie Hoyland and plus Reverend and the Makers frontman Jon McClure.
The day is to raise money for charity Prostate Cancer UK. Tickets are £5 and kick off is at 2pm.
On Tuesday 7 July Hallam FC will take on Sheffield FC at Sandygate, in a rematch of the world’s oldest derby.
The game kicks off at 7.45pm and entry is £5 for adults and £2 for under 16s.
Match details on Hallam FC website
One of the best rock climbers in the world will be sharing his experiences at a Crosspool Festival event.
Having climbed the hardest sport route in the UK, Steve McClure knew from early childhood encounters with the sandstone outcrops of the North York Moors that he was destined to be a rock climber.
Now Sheffield based, his new book, Beyond Limits, tells the story of a climber and his obsessive exploration of the sport, of finding a true passion, taking it to the limits, and then the careful balancing of this passion against other areas of life to give the greatest rewards.
Steve will be giving his illustrated talk A Life through Rock Climbing on Wednesday 1 July 7.30pm (bar open from 7pm) at Hallam FC clubhouse on Sandygate Road in Crosspool.
Admission is free, but there will be a retiring collection for festival charities. Signed copies of Steve’s book will be on sale.
Tuesday evening sees the historic Hallam Chase return to Crosspool, an annual fell race organised by Hallamshire Harriers and hosted by Hallam Cricket Club.
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 run 3¼ miles long, with 800 feet of climb.
In 2014Â Michael Twigg took first prize. 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.
Hallam FC was mentioned on TV again as part of a feature on BBC2’s Antiques Roadshow Detectives last night.
Watch the programme again on iPlayer (watch from 16m 30s) or see the video clip here.
Radio Sheffield’s daily football phone-in will be broadcast from Hallam FC’s Sandygate next week.
Chris Waddle and Keith Edwards will join sport editor Andy Giddings in the 1860 Suite on Friday 5 December for the phone-in from 6pm and a Q&A session from 7.30pm.
Entry is free from 5.15pm for Football Heaven but you’ll need a ticket to stay for the Q&A, priced at £10 each. You can book for the Q&A by emailing theclub@hallamfc.co.uk.
Hallam FC was mentioned as part of a feature on Sunday night’s Antiques Roadshow on BBC1.
The Crosspool football club was featured as the TV programme looked at a mid-Victorian jug that turns out to probably be the oldest football trophy in the world. It is also known as the Youdan Cup.
Club historian Phil Farnsworth explained more about the 1866 trophy – and found out that its £50,000 insurance is not enough to cover the cup’s real value.
Watch Antiques Roadshow (feature starts 39 minutes in)
On Friday 17 October Chris Waddle will be in Crosspool at Hallam FC’s Sandygate ground where he will be taking questions from the audience.
He’ll be talking about his experiences at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil and his impressive football career which saw him represent England, Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle United, Spurs, Olympique de Marseille and more.
Tickets are £10 and can be purchased at the ground on match days, from the Devonshire Arms at Dore or reserved via email at theclub@hallamfc.co.uk.
This evening sees the historic Hallam Chase return to Crosspool, an annual fell race organised by Hallamshire Harriers and hosted by Hallam Cricket Club.
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 run 3¼ miles long, with 800 feet of climb.
In 2013 John Alexander took first prize. 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.
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