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• 26 June 2009

  2010 dates announced for award-winning Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup

  

  As the dust settles on this year’s Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William, the UCI has announced that the Scottish Highlands has secured the event for a ninth year.

  The 2010 World Cup will take place on the 5th and 6th June, and once again feature downhill and four cross rounds of the series.  Two rounds of the World Cup will be held in UK next year, with Dalby Forest in North Yorkshire staging the opening competition in the cross-country discipline on 24th and 25th April.

  The 2010 announcement comes as the award-winning event picked up a further accolade for the 2008 World Cup, being voted the best mountain bike event in the world by the International Mountain Bike Trade Team Organisation (IMTTO) for the 4th year running.

  Paul Bush OBE, Chief Operating Officer at EventScotland, the national events agency, said: “2009 was another superb year of mountain biking at Fort William with record spectator numbers and a really electric atmosphere.  As with any event it is crucial to build upon this success and, with plans already underway for welcoming the world cup back in 2010, there is no doubt that next year will be even bigger and better.

  Category: International Events
• 25 June 2009

  Search is on for creative talent to shape the Delhi 2010 - Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Flag Handover Ceremony

  

  Glasgow 2014, the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow  has launched a search to find the best creative talent to deliver a breathtaking vision of both city and nation at the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi.

  On Thursday 14th October 2010 hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world, will be treated to an introduction to Glasgow and Scotland through a feast of creativity and talent as the city formally receives the Commonwealth Games flag from India.

  The Creative Lead will have knowledge and experience of delivering arts, cultural and creative programmes in the UK and internationally. The entire copyright of the creative concept will be assigned to Glasgow 2014 Ltd.

  Tenders are invited from individuals, companies and consortia from creative, cultural, arts, production, programming, advertising and events backgrounds.  

  For full details on the tendering process and deadlines for completion, visit glasgow.bravosolution.co.uk

  Expressions of interest must be received by 16 July 2009.  Invitations to tender will be sent to selected suppliers on 27 July.  A supplier day surgery will be held on 3 August, before tender submissions close on 26 August.  Proposal presentations will be made on 2 September before the winning tender is announced.

  Category: International Events
• 16 June 2009

  Six Juries Announced at Edinburgh International Film Festival

  

  Yesterday, Monday 15 June,  the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), announced 2009’s Michael Powell Jury in addition to the other five juries deliberating across the Festival’s awards.

  President of this year’s Michael Powell Jury is director Joe Wright (ATONEMENT; PRIDE & PREJUDICE).  Joining him on the Jury are journalist, broadcaster and author Janet Street-Porter; USA Today film critic Claudia Puig; Academy Award® Best Actor nominee and Broadway legend Frank Langella (FROST/NIXON; GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK) and acclaimed Australian actor Sacha Horler (PRAISE; MY YEAR WITHOUT SEX).

  Jury President, Joe Wright, commented: “I am honoured to be in a such illustrious company as this year's jury and I am thrilled to be back at the Edinburgh Film Festival, which has always been the greatest melting pot of the British film industry and culture. Bring it on.”

  Named in homage to one of Britain's most original filmmakers and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the UK Film Council and carries a prize of £20,000 one of the largest film awards currently available in the UK.  Rewarding imagination and creativity in British filmmaking, 2008 saw Shane Meadows win The Michael Powell Award for SOMERS TOWN, and the Jury awarded Robert Carlyle the PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Film for SUMMER.

  For full details about this year's juries click here to visit the EIFF website.

  Category: International Events