PureGym has opened its newest facility on the site of a former Aldi store in Bangor. Legendary local boxing coach Brian Williams, best known as Brian Bach, and Richard Greenwood, President of North Wales Rugby League and former England coach, were on hand to open the facility.
The pair were joined by Bangor Mayor Gwynant Roberts and six-year-old Oliver, who'd been raising money for the Royal British Legion. The gym will be open for customers 24 hours a day.
After a few words from Ryan Roberts, the new gym's manager, Brian Bach cut the ribbon, encouraging everyone to make use of the facilities and to find their discipline in their training. Guests were then invited to inside to see the new facilities alongside a glass of champagne.
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The new gym, which announced its plans to come to Bangor earlier this year, has taken over the former Aldi shop in the city centre after they moved to a new building on Caernarfon road in July. After a full transformation inside, the building now supports PureGym's open plan work-out space, with a range of tools inside to help with that.
Talking about why they chose the Bangor location, Mr Roberts said: "My career has been in the military and education, I've lived here for over 20 years all in all, and I've always been into my fitness. So when I saw PureGym were looking to come to Bangor it was just something I fancied doing for a change.
"PureGym itself has never come this far into Wales, they were very keen to do so, so when the Aldi became available they saw the opportunity to come right into the centre of town where there is no other large gym. PureGym have certainly fallen in love with the area, so hopefully this will be the first of more."
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The business focuses on bringing in local talent to staff its gyms, so all the new team members have been brought in from areas in and around the city. Mr Roberts added: "Despite being a multi-national company, they are very focused on having the community at heart, hence why our local champions today are local people, with a local history and background in the area.
"We've also teamed up with local businesses to help advertise them within the gym. Bangor high street has been hit so hard recently, if we can give a little bit back to the community and get other shops and businesses bumped up a little bit that's absolutely brilliant."
![Brian Bach and Dave Davies were impressed with the setup at PureGym](https://i2-prod.dailypost.co.uk/incoming/article25551721.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/0_Pure-Gym-opening-Bangor.jpg)
The team already teamed up with the Bangor Military Preparation Collage for Training last week to take in a clean up and litter sweep of the city centre. These members were first in today to try out the new equipment the gym has on offer.
You can check out inside the new gym in our gallery below:
Boxer Dave Davies, who picked up a silver medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, was also in attendance to support the new business venture. The site is now open and welcoming new members, and anyone looking to find out more can check PureGym's social media and website.
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