The owner of a gymnastics club in Jersey said rising costs had forced her to close.
De Monde Gymnastics Academy (DMGA), in St. Mary’s, has been in operation for 15 years but is scheduled to close its doors in 2024.
Lucy Stevenson MP, the minister responsible for sport, said gymnasts would be given more options for clubs in the future.
Owner Tori De Monde said the closure was not an easy decision and that it would affect 400 gymnasts between the ages of two and 15.
‘Everyone is struggling’
“It’s really sad,” she said.
“It hasn’t been easy but then I know I can’t find more days in the week and I can’t make people pay more money and everyone is suffering.
“They are devastated but I hope I have given people enough notice so we can keep going until the summer.”
Seven-year-old gymnast Kaya had been attending DMGA for three years, and her father Ollie said they were “devastated” when they learned of the club’s closure.
“It has gotten stronger and we don’t know where it will go from here,” he said.
Kaia said she was “really sad” and that she wanted to “stay here with Tori.”
Ms Stevenson said the government did not want to see “any sports club disappear” and that the club provided a “great service to a lot of people”.
“We realize that facilities play a big role in this,” she said.
“As I said, private rent is one of the elements here, and as we build the new Uckfield facility, the existing sports hall will become a government-run gymnastics facility.
“Of course this is a concern,” she added.
“I asked Jersey Sport to look at gymnastics as a whole and see if we should look at a plan to grow the sport.”
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