Teignbridge Indoor Bowling Centre has been thrown into chaos after the board of directors walked out over rows about the club's future. The club faces closure after amassing debts of more than £50,000 in unpaid rent and loan repayments to landlord Teignbridge Council. The board of directors issued a statement last week informing members that a decision to sub-lease half the lanes to Newton Abbot Somersaults Gymnasium Centre had been agreed in principle. But there has been so much pressure from club members not to close four of the eight lanes that most of the directors have now resigned. said club trustee Barry Stocker: 'I believe the retiring directors agreed in principle to sub-let, but nothing was set in stone. The board resigned en bloc last Friday and we were informed on Monday. 'We have already started the process of nominating a new board which will be appointed this week. We feel that we need to explore different avenues when thinking about the club's future but we can't go through it until we officially appoint the new directors.' Trish Hunt, who runs the gym club, said she was devastated by the news because she was led to believe the merger would be going ahead. 'I went in to help them sort out a business plan only to find posters up on all the walls asking people to write in if they wanted to keep all the lanes open. 'When I asked someone why they were still pushing for eight lanes I was told that the deal had fallen through. 'I'm not happy at all and have wasted a lot of my time planning and organising what I thought would be a super move. It would help make the bowling club viable as well as providing a fantastic centre split between the two of us.' She added: 'The gymnasts are absolutely devastated. We are currently situated in an industrial unit but it's far too small and we can't even use any full size equipment. 'At the moment we have 450 children and another 500 on the waiting list. It's so sad because we really thought that this would be the best solution for all of us,' she said. Teignbridge MP Richard Younger Ross met worried bowling members to discuss the club's future last week and said they left 'feeling positive.' 'Many of their members were not happy with the proposal to cut the lanes and I have written to the district council on their behalf,' he said.