The Equalized Club

02/08/2026

Committee update 2/8/2026

Our club premises were sold at auction on 31/7/2026. completion date of sale will be 2/9/2026.

The final accounts are with the accountants (Higson & Co) and hopefully they will be completed by early September too.

Once the accounts are finalised, creditors are paid and the Capital Gains Tax has been calculated and paid, the balance of money remaining will be handed over to our solicitors (Ellis-Fermor & Negus) who will be tasked with the disbursal to members.

We have been able to confirm approx 50% of our members addresses so far. If you haven't confirmed your address with either the Secretary or a committee member would you please send a message on Messenger with first line of address and postcode or pass the details to a committee member so we can update the database. This will assist the solicitors when they are trying to make contact with members regarding the payment they will be due. Do NOT put personal details on this or any other open post - thank you.

More updates will follow as and when information is available.

15/07/2026

Good afternoon everyone,

We have found some old trophies and wondered if the winners would like them. If not, sadly they will have to be taken to the tip:

Charity Quiz 1988 - no name

Hemlockstone Lions, Stapleford Carnival 1992 Ladies Tug of War - no name

Mansfield Brewery Ladies Tug of War winners - no name

Long Eaton Pool 2006/7 - N Cooper

Long Eaton & District Pool. Div 3 2006/7. 3rd - P. Webb

Long Eaton & district pool Div 2 2015 3rd place - Straw, Gelder snr, Gelder jnr, Webb, Ash, Rodgers, Mole, Humphrey

Darts champion - 1986 Kelly, 1987 Henshaw, 1989 Chadburn, 1990 Chadburn

Mansfield Brewery ladies pairs darts - Mee, Richardson, Shelton

Stapleford & district darts league - no name

R Turner memorial trophy 1986 1987 1990 - Richardson, Jones, Bennett

Long Eton & district pool league 2013 - Straw, Brown, Gelder, Wilson, Mole, Webb, Guest, Kerr, Brown, Kemp, Rodgers, Hunt

Dominoes 1978, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 - Buckingham, Rutherford, Shelton, Heming, Gibson, Foster, Carter, Chadburn, Douglas

If anyone would like to collect a trophy that they or a relative are named on there will be someone at the club 8.30 - 10am and 6-8pm Thursday 16th (tomorrow)

Other collection times can be arranged

28/06/2026

Members update

Good evening everyone. This is just a quick update to let you know what's happened so far and what's coming up.

We had a sale/auction for things we had in the building which raised just over £1000 which has been added to the bank funds.

The defibrillator on the front of the building was originally purchased by the Buffs and they have given their agreement to it's removal. The Town Council are looking at suitable positions for it's move, this will be done over the next week or two.

At Justin Basra's suggestion we have gifted most of the tables, chairs and stools to The Mill Club, the remaining ones have been gifted to The Conservative Club.

The building now has a 'for sale' sign on it from Robert Ellis. It is the intention that it is put into a national auction which will take place on July 30th.

Thanks to Justin Basra and Ian Kirk for their help and much needed support over the last few difficult weeks.

Secretary & Committee.

23/06/2026

Found a lovely photo while clearing out The Equalized Club would like to get it back to the owner anybody know who the lovely couple is

14/06/2026

08/05/2026

A little bit of good news. The defibrillator located at the front of the Club, which was sourced and purchased by The Buffs with a £1000 donation, will hopefully be put to good use. Sadly, with the closure of the Club, this life saving equipment would be out of commission. It will now be offered to the Salvation Army, located next door to the Club. Should they accept it, this vital piece of equipment will be once again available to the Stapleford Community. We hope there will never be a need to use it, but it’s satisfying to know that it is there should the need arise.

05/05/2026

This is the true reason, coupled with people not using the Club, that has forced the Club closure, it is not due to “Mismanagement” as one of our misinformed Members felt necessary to say in the recent Nottingham Live article about the Club.

Rachel Reeves had been warned measures she unveiled in her budget last November would put pubs at risk, and months later she announced they would receive business rates support to help them cope.