AN URGENT appeal has been made to find a place to keep the Extreme Sports Association skate ramps. They have been at the Grammar School over the summer but need to be removed by Wednesday.

But the place to which they had expected to be moved fell through at the last minute.

Association member PJ De La Mare said there were three possible solutions.

‘Somewhere to store them at the very least, somewhere outside where they could be set up or, ultimately, indoors at a warehouse type of thing.’

The ramps need space the size of a netball court if being used, or half that if just being stored.

‘We’re not asking for something for nothing – if there are costs, we will do our best to meet them,’ he said.

It was important for people to be able to use the facilities in the winter, he added.

‘I always find through the winter is the time that we will lose a lot of people from the sport. They can’t continue because of the bad weather so they don’t necessarily get back into it the following season. We want to keep it going – keep the interest there.’

Deputy Mike O’Hara said there had been a terrific response from neighbours and the police to the ramps at The Grammar School.

He said that, if need be, there was a field in which the ramps could be stored, but that was far from ideal.

‘What we want to try to do is appeal to the public. Is there perhaps an old industrial site we could rent for the winter?’

A planning application for a permanent facility is currently under consideration by Environment Department.

Anyone who can help should contact Deputy O’Hara on 07781 100150.

* Members of The Guernsey Extreme Sports Association will be riding a mini ramp at Sunday’s Vale Earth Fair.