Heartbreak as quad bikers wreak havoc causing £5k of damage to amateur football pitch
manchestereveningnews.co.ukVolunteers at an amateur football club in Wigan have been left heartbroken after quad bikers churned up their pitch, causing more than £5,000 worth of damage.
Organisers of Hindley Town FC say no-one can play on the adult-age pitch for the rest of the season - until April. Their match for this weekend is being moved to another venue.
It is the latest in a series of similar incidents involving off-road bikers on football pitches and green areas in the area, which have prompted Greater Manchester Police to launch ‘Operation Hurricane’ aimed at cracking down on the rogue bikers.
As reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service three weeks ago, police have seized 42 off-road machines with an estimated value of more than £200,000 in recent weeks.
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