{"id":42746,"date":"2023-03-06T19:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=42746"},"modified":"2023-03-06T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:20:46","slug":"bill-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/bill-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"42747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/bill-parks\/image-68\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png\" data-orig-size=\"851,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png 851w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-676x250.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bill Parks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>NRS Founder Bill Parks ran his last rapid this week when he passed away from natural causes at age 88. 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