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05
Aug 2020
Gambaru family devastated by Harrogate gym closure
A mother, daughter, and son who all worked at Gambaru Fitness in Harrogate have been left devastated by its closure.
Emily Yeates, along with her brother Ben, followed in the footsteps of her mum Janelle who has worked at the gym for over 20 years before it became Gambaru and was widely known as the 'mum of the gym'.
It was particularly painful for the Yeates family when they found out that the gym company had gone into liquidation four weeks ago.
The Harrogate gym did not reopen on July 25 when the government gave gyms the green light. At the time, the gym owners Jonathan Walker and John Walker said the announcement came with “challenging guidelines”.
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Both Janelle and Ben are now looking for full-time work. Emily, who did sports massages and beauty treatments at Gambaru for 10 years, has managed to get a part-time job to support her young baby.
Emily Yeates told the Stray Ferret:
The Stray Ferret attempted to contact Gambaru Fitness yesterday but received no reply.
In the gym’s most recent Facebook post on July 23, it said:
Despite the gym's closure Diveshack UK, which had a shop at Gambaru, is still open for business and will continue to trade remotely while discussions with the landlords continue.
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