{"id":35662,"date":"2021-04-29T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=35662"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:41:09","slug":"sheffield-bmx-volunteers-putting-in-1000-hours-to-maintain-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/29\/sheffield-bmx-volunteers-putting-in-1000-hours-to-maintain-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield BMX volunteers putting in 1000+ hours to maintain track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BMX track at Bolehills recreational ground has seen a surge in usage over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The team of volunteers who maintain the track have had to work much harder after years of wear.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with shovels, pickaxes, hoses and brushes, the team spend many of their evenings ensuring the track is safe to be used by the locals and those traveling from further afield to use the facility.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s recent popularity has garnered the attention of a range local media outlets including the BBC, Yorkshire Live and others.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look into the story of the volunteers who make the track what it is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bolehills BMX track volunteers work hard to keep popular track in good condition\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E0SEIb0UjXk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The track has seen a boom in donations allowing the volunteers to purchase more dirt and tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":35746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,41,26,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-environment","category-sport","category-watch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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