Fyrish Gymnastics

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00:00I would feel heartbroken because I wouldn't find anywhere else to go that's like this place.

00:06We're back at Fyrish Gymnastics Club to speak

00:08to some of the young girls in the bid to save their use of facilities.

00:15We started in this building in 2018. I was treasurer for the gymnastics club from 2016

00:24when it was formed and we've been given a 10-year lease in here which still has three

00:30and a half years to go. We were hoping last year to buy this building. We did get an offer

00:37from BT. We couldn't afford to buy it then and now it's being sold and the price has gone up

00:44over double. The price is on the market now for £400,000. We're doing a lot of fundraising

00:50and it's a drop in the ocean to what we need. After hearing Val's emotional story I wanted

00:56to speak to Inverness mum-of-two Kirsty who is part of the fundraising committee.

01:00We live in Inverness. We travel to Alness. My girls were doing opposite days so we were here

01:07five days a week. Obviously especially for the girls on the floor here at the minute

01:11they're training 10 and a half to 12 and a half hours a week. They have nowhere to go. If this

01:16place closes there's nowhere to go. Inverness are full and there isn't anywhere else. This is

01:22kind of all we have so it's a lifeline for my girls. They absolutely love being here. It took

01:27us so long to find a building that now that we've got it set up we just don't want to lose it.

01:33We've got so many children coming here. We've got 700 children coming every week. If I didn't get

01:41to come here anymore I'd feel quite sad and I would feel heartbroken because I wouldn't find

01:47anywhere else to go that's like this place. It's been really stressful. Stressful on the staff

01:54and the parents but hopefully we can make it work and somebody will help us along the way.

02:01It's clear that these young gymnasts have quite a way to go if they're able to keep this facility.

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