{"id":44407,"date":"2025-08-05T00:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T00:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/44407\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T00:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T00:43:03","slug":"find-100-rugby-balls-across-york-in-citywide-hunt-with-prizes-and-family-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/44407\/","title":{"rendered":"Find 100 rugby balls across York in citywide hunt \u2013 with prizes and family fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-meta\">Mon 4 Aug<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/york-bid-rugby-ball-hunt.webp.webp\" class=\"entry-image entry-image-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>York will be transformed into a giant game of hide and seek&#8230;Photograph: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<p>Mon 4 Aug 2025<br \/>\n\u00a0@ 4:57pm<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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkmix.com\/archive\/things-to-do\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Things to do<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">The streets are set to be transformed into one giant game of hide and seek \u2013 with a rugby twist!<\/p>\n<p>To mark the countdown to Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025, York BID is inviting families, fans and first-time players to take part in the York Rugby Ball Hunt on Thursday 14 August \u2013 a one-day event that promises fun, surprises and a city full of hidden treasures.<\/p>\n<p>From 11am, 100 rugby balls will be hidden across York\u2019s bustling city centre, including 10 replica balls representing each of the teams playing in York. Find a ball, and it\u2019s yours to keep.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the hunt, there will be a full day celebration taking place on Parliament Street \u2013 with free face painting, special guests, and live demos from local rugby clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Every ball will feature a QR code that links to match schedules and key info about York\u2019s important part in the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025. Anyone who finds a ball and brings it to Parliament Street hub can enter a prize draw to win official tickets to one of the York matches.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by York BID and funded by the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025, the event is designed to raise awareness, build excitement, and get local families engaged with this once-in-a-generation sporting moment in York.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Bean, project manager at York BID, said: \u201cWe wanted to bring the buzz of the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup right into the heart of York \u2013 and what better way than a giant, citywide rugby ball hunt? It\u2019s fun, it\u2019s free, and it\u2019s all about getting families feeling part of something special and hopefully playing rugby at home!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Massey, managing director of Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025, said: \u201cYork is one of our fantastic host locations, and this event perfectly showcases how York is engaging the community in creative ways. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rugby Ball Hunt embodies what the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup 2025 is all about \u2013 making the game visible, exciting, and open to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The York Rugby Ball Hunt is free to take part in, open to all, and guaranteed to bring a touch of competition to the city centre \u2013 all in celebration of the biggest Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup in history.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more \u2013 and perhaps a few clues \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_york_bid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">visit the York Bid\u2019s Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon 4 Aug York will be transformed into a giant game of hide and seek&#8230;Photograph: Supplied Mon 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-44407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}