{"id":106418,"date":"2025-08-30T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106418\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:33:08","slug":"aussie-womens-rugby-team-help-to-spruce-up-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106418\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie women\u2019s rugby team help to spruce up York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-meta\">Sat 30 Aug<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/australian-rugby-team-york-bid.webp.webp\" class=\"entry-image entry-image-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>The Australian Women\u2019s Rugby Team helped York Bid to spruce up the city centre this week! Photograph: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<p>Sat 30 Aug 2025<br \/>\n\u00a0@ 10:18am<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkmix.com\/author\/rachel-rogers\/\" class=\"entry-author-link\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Rogers<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkmix.com\/archive\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">York city centre received a refresh this week \u2013 courtesy of the Australian Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup team who joined the York BID team to brighten up King\u2019s Staith.<\/p>\n<p>17 Wallaroos players got stuck in painting bike racks, benches, and bollards to spruce up the riverside area after a busy summer in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteering session marked York\u2019s role as one of the host cities for the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025, with six matches set to be played at York Community Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The session was also part of York BID\u2019s Rejuvenation Days \u2013 a volunteer-powered project to keep York looking its best by repainting tired-looking street furniture. <\/p>\n<p>Since the initiative launched in January 2024, over 300 volunteers have dedicated their time to paint 1,740 pieces of individual infrastructure. A total 66 streets across York have been refreshed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/australian-rugby-team-york-bid-2.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454702\"  \/>The Australian Women\u2019s Rugby Team and York Bid<\/p>\n<p>Carl Alsop, operations manager at York BID, said: \u201cIt\u2019s been brilliant to welcome the Australian Women\u2019s Rugby Team to York and see them get involved with our Rejuvenation project. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve made fantastic progress throughout the year thanks to our committed volunteers and are looking forward to finishing the year on a high with the September sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia play the USA in their first match at York Community Stadium on Saturday 30 August.<\/p>\n<p>Piper Duck, Australian rugby team member, said: \u201cIt\u2019s always nice giving back to the community \u2013 everyone has been so welcoming in the UK! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we\u2019ve been here in York, we\u2019ve had so much love from the community so being able to give back and have some fun while doing it is great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to join the Australian Rugby Team in their efforts to make a difference to York city centre, York BID is calling for more local volunteers to join its upcoming Rejuvenation Days in September:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 9\u00a0September<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 11 September<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 16 September<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 18\u00a0September<\/p>\n<p>To find out more and to sign up to volunteer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/rejuvenation-days-tickets-1047740569247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">visit the Eventbrite page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat 30 Aug The Australian Women\u2019s Rugby Team helped York Bid to spruce up the city centre this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-106418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}