South Notinghamshire Village, Small Bendcrete Skatepark.
With all the trouble over the last few months, mainly beer bottles being smashed and the big litter problem at the skatepark, things may change for the worst as the small village Parish Council can not afford to keep cleaning up this dangerous and liable mess. As you know budgets are getting tight. They also pay ROSPA a large amount of money every year for safety checks, not sure if they really need this. I wonder if other parks have them inspecting every year.
There is a Skatepark Commitee which desparately needs new blood from people who actually use it regularly and have a interest in it's future.
This land is only rented off the BGS, so the agreement can be amended in a short time, so that it could be a lost spot. I know this is only a small park with off the shelf ramps, but it is used a lot and I think people enjoy coming to a safe place to skate/ride.
We understand users may want a drink after a session, but slinging bottles on the grass for yobs to smash up later is not a good thing. It may be users or non users but things have got to get better or we could lose this little skate spot sooner than you think.
There is scope to extend the park, but no users have come forward to offer any help or organise anything. If no efort is made things will stay the same and get worse, it's no good saying you want more items down there, when people are not prepared to put the effort in and hopefully get more funding.
Some of these parks take years of planning to get ready to ride, I am sure other organisers can confirm this.
So if any local (ish) regular users are interested in getting involved and help keep it alive then email this blog.
For the younger ones, it would look good on their CV, they could show what they are involved in/managing it and what they have helped to achieved by developing the skatepark more.
Around 11th or 12th September down there, it seemed as there had been a party/Jam went off as approximately 75 bottle of cider and beer where either smashed in the grass, against the ramps and in the stream and hedges. We dont know if it was riders or locals going mad.
Narrow minded Joe Public will just see it as, ' typical Skater/bmx yobs.
I just hope this doesnt happen to all them new smooth and creative designed parks which are being built now and at long last.
I think more people need to be proactive in getting more skateparks, I know its a slog, but just look on the web now as see all these nice parks that are cropping up. Wishing for an indoor park is going to be harder as the rent and rates are killers for the size of space needed, unless you are very lucky to have Mount Hawk Skatepark in Cornwall.
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