Club Development - Club Development 1
Our picture shows the very old changing rooms at the Stute & home to many unwanted beasties. The Old Girl has now gone, see the video and photographs of the demolition in the media section of the website.The development of the changing rooms, value £631,000 is now complete and all have been impressed. The project has been funded by the following;
National Sports Foundation£225,000
RFU£75,000
Rugby Football Foundation £6,000
Erewash Borough Council £25,000
These amounts have been matched by a combination of donations from existing Club sponsors, local businesses and individuals.
The old changing rooms were of a wooden construction and were built in 1934 as part of the facilities provided by Stanton Iron Works for their Sports and Social Club. The grounds, known locally as the 'The Stute', total 22.5 acres and along with the Clubhouse were bought by the rugby club in 1998 when they moved from the Erewash Borough Council owned Gallows Inn playing fields. The old changing rooms consisted of one large and four small four changing rooms, together with an officials changing rooms in the attic. The building originally had a single bath for players and was used in the filming of the BBC television series 'Playing the Field' about a ladies soccer team filmed at the Stute from 1998 for five series and which used both the clubhouse and changing rooms. In 2003 the baths were removed and changed to a shower area by club members.
The facility is multi sport complex and is also used by cricket, bowls, tennis and ladies football sections. The rugby section currently runs three regular senior teams nad a vibrant junior section from U7 to Colts. Past ground improvements have included the reclamation of both a junior and senior pitches, the former being achieved with the help of a Sport England grant. A further 3 acres of scrubland exist for future development into junior pitches as the numbers now stretch the existing capacity to the maximum.
The funding application started in the summer of 2005 and was finalised in the autumn of 2008 with demolition starting in late 2008, following an asbestos survey and removal of the asbestos products, with the construction phase starting in January 2009.
National Sports Foundation£225,000
RFU£75,000
Rugby Football Foundation £6,000
Erewash Borough Council £25,000
These amounts have been matched by a combination of donations from existing Club sponsors, local businesses and individuals.
The old changing rooms were of a wooden construction and were built in 1934 as part of the facilities provided by Stanton Iron Works for their Sports and Social Club. The grounds, known locally as the 'The Stute', total 22.5 acres and along with the Clubhouse were bought by the rugby club in 1998 when they moved from the Erewash Borough Council owned Gallows Inn playing fields. The old changing rooms consisted of one large and four small four changing rooms, together with an officials changing rooms in the attic. The building originally had a single bath for players and was used in the filming of the BBC television series 'Playing the Field' about a ladies soccer team filmed at the Stute from 1998 for five series and which used both the clubhouse and changing rooms. In 2003 the baths were removed and changed to a shower area by club members.
The facility is multi sport complex and is also used by cricket, bowls, tennis and ladies football sections. The rugby section currently runs three regular senior teams nad a vibrant junior section from U7 to Colts. Past ground improvements have included the reclamation of both a junior and senior pitches, the former being achieved with the help of a Sport England grant. A further 3 acres of scrubland exist for future development into junior pitches as the numbers now stretch the existing capacity to the maximum.
The funding application started in the summer of 2005 and was finalised in the autumn of 2008 with demolition starting in late 2008, following an asbestos survey and removal of the asbestos products, with the construction phase starting in January 2009.
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