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:

“It’s been a big part of our lives. It was really hard to find out that Gambaru had gone into liquidation. This is particuarly difficult for me because I am having to start all over again with my treatments at a time when I have a baby to support.”

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:

“Due to ongoing negotiations, and business restructuring, at this present time we do not have an official opening date.”

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.