Well mate its just my Da was a cop for 30 years and he taught me that when anyone says ..."its the law"...even cops...ask them to prove it.
The main point for me is that someone could have been hurt really bad...I dont care about the money..id get them to take me to court then agree to pay the amount back monthly fo "X" amount of time.
Whoever is running a club, is quite likely responsable to ensure the right H&S equipment is on site because if its not them the brown stuff can really hit the fan.
Checking 1st aid boxes should be a weekly job
The BRCA is probably duty bound to ensure 1st aiders/equipment and fire fighting tools are available at an incident.
I dont know much about this from a BRCA perspective and I hope procedures are in place from them that covers this?