Shock At Closure Of Women’s Gym

Warrington Guardian:

Hundreds of members of a women-only fitness club have been left without a place to work out after their gym closed.

Motorcise, on Sankey Street, shut up shop on Friday, August 29, without warning its members.

Many had paid hundreds of pounds to the club for their annual subscription and they now have little hope of getting their money back since the liquidators were called in.

Pat Silvester, of Knightsbridge Avenue, Grappenhall, said: “They have been taking all our money up until an hour before closing on Friday night. Most of the people are pensioners so they can’t afford to lose money.”

The club, which has almost 300 women on its books, opened in 2001 aiming it’s business at women aged from 40 to 80 wanting to get fit. It uses armchair equipment for a low impact workouts designed for women of all fitness abilities.

But it was sold on in April this year to Energie Fitness for Women, which bought 24 of the Motorcise Healthy Living centres.

“It is such a friendly group it’s more like a social group,” added Mrs Silvester. Continue reading.