Brecon Beacon Walk

Whilst people in the North were zipping for charity a group in South Wales were walking for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Day walkers joined a group that stayed Friday to Sunday and all walked in the National Park on saturday.

Marie Curie Cancer Care Crane Zip

On Sunday 11th October ACE ran the first crane zip slide at the Lakeside development area in Doncaster for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Preston North End zip slide

On Saturday 10th October 195 people climbed 4 sets of ladders to zip diagonally across the pitch at Preston NE. They were all zipping to support St Catherines Hospice.

St Gemmas Hospice Duck Race

Also on the 4th October ACE had a quackers day out in Leeds running a duck race for St Gemmas Hospice in Leeds.

Carlisle Civic Centre abseil

On the 4th October ACE held its last open abseil event of the season at Carlisle Civic Centre. Six charities were involved in the day including a family team fundraising for the Alzheimers Society.

27th September 2009

Along with the 2 open events on this last weekend we also ran 2 exclusive abseils. One at Walsall for Diabetes UK and one in Barrow for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Walking Events

On the weekend of the 12 and 13 September we ran both a National 3 Peaks and a Yorkshire 3 Peaks on the Saturday. These were both ACE open events - definately a weekend for tired feet!

September Exclusive Events

September has been busy with a big abseil event at Old Trafford. People abseiled at the home of Manchester United FC for Christies and Rainbow House. We also provided a zip slide at Middlesborough transporter bridge.

Leeds Met Uni abseil

Also on the 27th September we had another open event at the C block building at Leeds Met Uni. Six different charities came along including Radio Aires Cash for Kids Appeal who brought along an Emmerdale family to abseil!

Mersey Tunnels

On the 27th September we were back at the Birkenhead side Mersey Tunnel Ventilation Shaft for teh second open abseil event of 2009. A total of 10 charities took part in the day.

Marquess Of Anglesey Column

On the 20th of September the Marquess of Anglesey Column abseil kicked off the Autumn open event season. The sun was out for us and 12 charities in total were involved in the day.

Walking and Abseiling.

A very tired Stuart got back in the office yesterday, followed closely by Ian Loome as they were working hard on the Marie Curie Yorkshire three peaks all weekend.

Carrie and some more of the team went to Walsall on Sunday and abseiled of the art building. Take a look at the photos!

Action packed weekend

We have been busy busy busy over the weekend. The St Mary's Abseil went great and we sent 75 people down the fab building in Sheffield.
At Baitings Dam we were lucky in the sunshine and would just like to thank Yorkshire Water for there help in the event.
We were so pleased that people really enjoyed both events. Our star of the weekend was Eric who was rasing money for Sheffield Royal Society for the blind. He was in his eightys and Abseiled at St Mary's and then went on to Baitings Dam on Sunday to Abseil again and Zip.
He was so special he was in the Sheffield Star on Monday night!!!

Action Packed Weekend

We have had scaffolding delivered and the van is all packed up! We are taking on two events this weekend and Abseiling off St Mary's Church in Sheffield and then up to Baitings Dam on Sunday. We are looking forward to meeting all the charities and the participants as we have loads coming like Anthony Nolan trust and SYEDA.
We will see you there!!!!!

Liverpool Fun!

This weekend was spent Ziping and abseiling in the Mersey. The Zip on Saturday was 55metres from the Top of the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Craig the Big brother winner and now the DIY expert had a go.
The abseil was off the Mersey tunnel vents about 50metres. Some people enjoyed it so much they had booked two places so they could have two goes!!!

Even Carrie our favorite member of staff had a go. Here she is Abseilling with Ruth Owen from ARC.

Tyne Zip

We were all out the office this weekend and the majority of us went up to Newcastle to Zip nearly 400 people off the Tyne Bridge. We had such a great variety of fab fundraisers joining in, our oldest was an 88 year old!!!!!! It really got the open event programme off the ground for 2008 and we are all looking forward to our next event this weekend at the Riverwalk house in London.

Well Done Thales

Sat in the office this morning with some very tired staff after the big three peak challenge this weekend. I don't think they will be half as tired as the guys and girls who completed the challenge, especially those two teams who finished in less than 24hrs.
So congratulations to everyone but especially to teams Glasgow @Hampions who completed it in 23:45hrs and Ibuprofen who whizzed round in 23:24hrs. We hope that everyone isn't too sore this morning and they all enjoyed it as much as we did.

Good Luck Thales!!!!!!!

On the 23rd and 24th May we are running a National Three Peaks Challenge for 87 Thales staff members. They will be competing in 12 teams and aiming to be the fastest round the three mountains starting in Scotland.
It’s all kicking off at 4pm on the 23rd and hoping that if people will hoof it round they maybe even get back for 12.30pm 24th May.
Good Luck Thales and fingers crossed for good weather.

"I want to ride my Bicycle, I want to ride my bike"........so we did. On Saturday 16th we ran a cycle event for The Dystonia Society. Ian squeezed into his lycra for the second year running as we rode round Rutland Water. We all had a fab time, so much so we had a little superstar that decided he enjoyed it so much he went round the course again!!!!

Marie Curie Whole Hog

The 9th of May was the date for the Marie Curie whole Hog in Scotland. We starting setting up on Wednesday before but as the weather was so bad, the course had been changed about 10 times before the event just to avoid the streams that had turned into rivers with white water rafting status! The rain was so heavy and the wind was so strong, it was more like an underwater challenge event in hurricane conditions. However we all put on our wellies and everyone donned their waterproofs and just got muddy.
The mud the sweat and all the ringing out of clothes at the end of the challenge was really worth it though as the event has raised a whopping £6000 for Marie Curie.

To look at the photos follow this link http://tiny.cc/mcccwholehog

SWFC Open Abseil Event

On the 5th April we ran our open abseil event at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. 11 charities took part in the day which was a perfect opportunity for fans to fundraise as well as Blades to wear their teams strip in a rival ground!

Diabetes UK Abberley Clock Tower Abseil

On Sunday 29th March we also ran an abseil for Diabetes UK at Abberley Clock Tower.

Key 103 Imperial War Museum Zip Slide

On the weekend of the 28th and 29th of March ACE retuned to Manchester and the Imperial War Museum to provide a zip slide for the local radio station Key 103 for their Cash for Kids appeal. Nearly 350 people zipped over the two days.

Leeds Rhinos Zip Slide

On the evening of Friday 27th March Adventure Challenge Events provided a pre-match zip slide at the Rhinos home stadium. We abseiled the mascot along with 4 members of the dance team and 4 fans that were lucky competition winners.

Manchester Velodrome Open Event

Our Open Event series has kicked off now with last weekend being the Manchester Velodrome Open Abseil Event on the 8th March. A total of 8 charities took part in the day, including the Seashell Trust who raised a total of £2,500.00 from their participants.

2009 Event Season

The 2009 event season is just getting started here at Adventure Challenge Events and we have run a few abseils already including an office outing to run an abseil again for Northumbria University as part of their RAG week.