WAdmiral is an English sport equipment brand, mostly focused on association football. Admiral was originally created as an undergarment brand in 1914, then switching to sportswear. It reached the peak of its success in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s through a series of football team sponsorships.
WBritish Cricket Balls Ltd is a British sports equipment company, specialising in cricket equipment. The company notably manufactures the Dukes brand of cricket ball used by the England cricket team in UK Test cricket, and which traces its origins to 1760. The Dukes ball is also used by the West Indies cricket team in their home Test matches. The current owner is Dilip Jajodia.
WBukta is an English sports clothing brand which was founded in 1879 in Stockport, Cheshire, England. It was also, for much of the 20th Century, a leading brand of tents and camping equipment.
WJ.Carter Sporting Club Limited is a British manufacturer of sportswear and athletic clothing, headquartered in Liverpool. The company's products are sold in more than 50 countries worldwide and have sponsorship deals with championship winning teams in association football and world champion tennis players. The company's brand name comes from the twins Castor and Pollux of Greek and Roman mythology.
WGilbert Rugby is a sports equipment manufacturing brand, specialising in rugby union and netball. The company is mostly known for its rugby union balls, having been official supplier for every World Cup since 1995.
WGunn & Moore, commonly shortened to GM, is a sports equipment and apparel company founded in 1885 based in Colwick, Nottinghamshire, England that specialises in cricket. It became part of the Unicorn Group in 1968.
WGymshark is a fitness apparel and accessories brand, manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Solihull, United Kingdom.
WLaserPerformance is an Anglo-American dinghy manufacturer- the world's largest producer of small sailboats. LaserPerformance manufactures many sailboats including: Laser, Sunfish, Laser Pico, Bug, Laser Vago, Laser Bahia, Club FJ, Club 420, Z420, Vanguard 15, Dart 16, Funboat and Optimists.
WLonsdale is an English sports equipment, textile and footwear brand focused on boxing and mixed martial arts established in London in 1960. Former boxer Bernard Hart started the brand as a boxing equipment company, but it eventually branched out into clothing as well. The company is named after Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, who in 1891 set up the first organised boxing matches with gloves, following the deaths of three boxers in bare-knuckle fights. As of 2020 the Lonsdale brand is owned and operated by Sports Direct owner the Frasers Group.
WParris Cues are a snooker cue maker headquartered in London. Founded in 1984, the company was started by John Parris as an evolution of a keen interest in Snooker, and the need for maintenance and repair of his own cue.
WPenfold Golf Ltd. is a British sporting goods manufacturer of golf equipment founded in 1927 by Albert Ernest Penfold (1884–1941). Golf equipment include balls, tees, gloves, apart from fashion accessories such as hats and wallets.
WPentland Group is a British privately-owned global company that owns and invests in, primarily, retail and wholesale businesses in the sports, outdoor and sports fashion sectors. The Group is the majority shareholder of JD Sports Fashion plc, which operates 2,420 stores across 19 territories. The Group owns Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Boxfresh, Ellesse, Red or Dead, SeaVees and Mitre. It’s also the UK footwear licensee for Kickers and has a joint venture partnership for Lacoste footwear. The Group also holds interests directly and indirectly, through fund managers, in activities and businesses operating in sectors outside of its core trading activities, to provide the Group with an element of diversification.
WPowaKaddy or PowaKaddy International Limited is a golf equipment manufacturing company based in Sittingbourne, Kent, Great Britain that specialises in electric golf trolleys.
WRapha Performance Roadwear is a sportswear and lifestyle brand focused on road bicycle racing, clothing and accessories. Rapha headquarters are in London with a United States office in Bentonville, Arkansas.
WSlazenger is an English sports equipment brand, currently owned by the Frasers Group since 2004. The former company had been established in 1881, being one of the oldest surviving sporting brand names.
WUmbro is an English sportswear and football equipment supplier based in Cheadle, near Manchester. Its products are sold in over 90 countries. Since 2012, the company has been a subsidiary of American company Iconix Brand Group, after being bought by Nike in 2007.
WVivobarefoot is a minimalist running shoe company. Their technology, invented by Tim Brennan and developed by British shoe company Terra Plana, is aimed at offering the optimum biomechanics and posture commonly associated with walking barefoot and barefoot running, and advocated within the barefoot movement and barefoot running community. It has been described as "as close to going barefoot in the city as you can get." The most prominent shoe using this technology is their Evo running shoe.
WZoggs is a brand of swimming goggles, training aids, swimwear and other related products. The company launched in Sydney, Australia in 1992 and was the first brand to offer UV protection and split yoke straps as standard features on all goggles.