Francis Social & Sports Club, located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex has been a place for members to relax since its launch in 1959.
Over the years the club has grown into one of the largest sports and social clubs in Sussex. In addition to two separate bars and meeting rooms, the club hosts four pool teams, seven darts teams and three snooker teams and is a sought out venues to watch live sports on TV. Outside, the club has a football pitch, tennis courts, bowls facilities and a swimming pool. As the list of facilities goes on, it’s easy to see why the club is the biggest and most diverse social and sports clubs in West Sussex.
St. Francis Social & Sports Club has two bars: a large lounge bar and a separate sports bar that is only open to members on weekends. In 2014, the club took the decision to redecorate and upgrade the lounge bar. While the refurbishment was found to be worthwhile, it left the sports bar looking old and tired in comparison – not surprising given it had been 30 years since the sports bar’s last revamp.
The difference was especially irritating for members of the sports bar and the club’s committee subsequently took the decision to totally refurbish the sports bar from a blank canvas and remove the miss match of furniture that had been collected over the years. It was decided that the sports bar would have its own unique and modern feel and be a contrast to the lounge bar.
“After initially searching for suitable furniture providers who catered for bars and restaurants, Trent Furniture stood out among other suppliers,” explains Gerry Nolan, committee member at St Francis Social & Sports Club. “Their range of furniture was of high build quality, robust for busy use environments but importantly affordable.”
To fill the large space and to cater for the different reasons people will be visiting the club, the furniture ordered reflected some suitable for dining and some for casual drinking. Seating included 16 Rimini dining chairs and 40 stools in a mixture of Boston bar stools, tall colonial stools and small wooden stools. These were paired with two shaker poseur tables and four wellington tables.
“Customer care and communication was excellent right from initial ordering, through to delivery and post-delivery follow up. It was a pleasure to deal with Trent Furniture and the seating and tables ordered have proven very popular with all the members,” adds Gerry.
Featured furniture
Rectangular shaker poseur table
Rectangular wellington table
Square wellington pedestal
Tall Boston bar stool
Tall colonial stool piped top
Small wooden stool piped top
Rimini dining chair in brown faux