Sports · decorated in-house
Sports Uniforms for Auckland Clubs and Teams
Sports uniforms have a problem no other uniform has: the team changes every season and the kit has to stay the same. Four new players in March, two more in June, and the person sorting it is a volunteer working from a photo of last year’s strip and a club logo nobody can find the original of. We decorate club uniforms in Glenfield and press names and numbers per player, so a mid-season signing turns up matching everyone else.
Decorated in Glenfield, couriered to the club — Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
Before you ask
- What we do
- We decorate finished garments with your club mark, numbers and names. We do not manufacture kit, so no sublimated jerseys printed into the cloth.
- Who we deal with
- Clubs, teams, gyms and social sides — from a six-a-side team of ten to a club running four grades. One contact, one quote, one delivery.
- Methods
- Club marks stitched in-house on our own machine; numbers and names pressed in-house on our own heat press, from transfers printed by our partner.
- Reorders
- Your club mark, placement measurement and thread codes stay on record, so a player signing in June matches the side kitted out in March.
What we supply
The team clothing that a club actually gets through
Most club orders are a playing strip, a training top and something warm for the sideline. We decorate all of it — we do not manufacture it — so you can bring us blanks you already buy, or we will source them and quote the garment and the decoration as one price. Custom sports uniforms NZ-wide: jerseys, singlets, training tees and hoodies, decorated in the one Glenfield workshop.
Two ways a club mark goes on, and most orders use both — the mark stitched, the numbers pressed.
Why a club is different
What a team uniform has to survive
A club uniform is not an office uniform that happens to be worn outdoors. Four things change what we recommend for sports uniforms NZ-wide, and none of them is the price of the garment.
It is washed after every single use
A corporate polo gets a warm wash once a week. A training top gets a hot one after every session, often with grass and mud on it. That is why the club mark is stitched rather than pressed wherever the garment allows it: thread does not lift at the edges the way a surface finish eventually can.
The roster turns over and the kit cannot
Players leave, new ones sign, and the gear bought for them has to match a set somebody else ordered two seasons ago. Your club mark becomes a stitch file once — the same size, in the same place, in the same thread — so the match is a record we hold rather than something the next volunteer reconstructs from a photo.
Your code sets the number rules, not us
Most codes and leagues have something to say about number height, placement and what can sit beside a sponsor mark. Tell us what yours requires and we will apply it exactly. We will not tell you what the rule is, or confirm that the finished garment satisfies it — that is your governing body’s call rather than ours.
Clubs order in threes, not in hundreds
Almost nobody kits out a whole club at once. It is ten in February, three in April, one the week before a tournament. Small top-ups are the normal shape of this work rather than an exception we tolerate, and we quote them that way.
Two ways to start
Ready to sort the club kit?
Send the club logo, a rough idea of the garments and how many. If you need numbers and names, send the list too. Most quotes go back the same business day.
Or call 021 082 12843 — Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
What happens next
- 1. You send rough numbers and what the team does.
- 2. We come back with garment options and a price per garment, decoration included, usually the same business day.
- 3. Once you go ahead, we confirm logo size and placement in writing before anything is decorated.
How it works
How a club order runs
Three steps, and nothing is decorated until somebody at the club has approved a proof in writing.
Step 1
Tell us the team
The club logo, what garments you are after and roughly how many. If you need numbers and names, send the list with the sizes — that is the part that takes longest to chase later.
Step 2
We quote it as one price per garment
One price per garment with the decoration already in it, per size run, plus freight and GST as their own lines. Not a garment cost and a branding cost to add together.
Step 3
We confirm the placement, then decorate
We send the logo size and placement in writing, and nothing goes into production until it is approved. After that the club mark stays on record, so the next order starts at this step.
There is a one-off setup if we have not already set your club mark up at that size — the step where your club mark becomes machine instructions. One setup covers every garment at the same size, so the training tees and the hoodies share it; caps stitch differently and need their own. Reorder the same gear later and there is no setup again. Numbers and names work differently, and it is worth knowing why: each one is its own decoration rather than a repeat of the club mark, so they are quoted per garment every time.
Managed supply
Keeping a club kit matching for years
Clubs rarely reorder a whole kit. They order three singlets for members who joined last month, often after the person who ordered the originals has moved on. Our job is making those three arrive looking like they came out of the same box as the rest. Sports team uniforms NZ-wide live or die on the fourth order matching the first.
The club mark, kept on record
We also keep the size breakdown of what you ordered, which is the part clubs never write down and always need in February. A change of committee does not reset any of it.
Numbers and names, per player
Send a list and we press each one individually, in the same font and height as the last batch, so a June name does not read as an afterthought beside a March one.
Supporter gear off the same setup
The same club mark on hoodies and tees for parents and members, at the same size and in the same thread as the playing kit. A club running a fundraiser usually wants it to look like the team rather than like a separate order.
What we do not do, so nobody finds out late. We do not manufacture kit — no sublimated jerseys with the design printed into the cloth before it is cut and sewn, which is what a lot of clubs asking for custom team wear NZ-wide actually mean. We decorate finished garments, either yours or blanks we source. We do not hold club stock on consignment or keep a rack of your gear here waiting for orders. There is no online reorder portal and no login — reorders run by email or phone, which is also how we keep your record straight. And there is no pickup: we are a workshop rather than a shop, with no counter and no walk-ins, so everything leaves by courier, Auckland included.
Questions
Questions clubs ask before they order
If yours is not here, ask when you request a quote and you will get a straight answer.
Can you make fully sublimated jerseys with the design printed into the fabric?
No — that is manufacturing rather than decoration. Sublimated kit is printed onto the fabric panels before the garment is cut and sewn, which is why it can carry gradients and a player name built into the cloth. Sports uniform suppliers split roughly into manufacturers, who make kit from scratch, and decorators, who brand finished garments — we are the second kind, working on blanks you already buy or ones we source. If your club has its heart set on a sublimated strip, a manufacturer is who you want. If you already have a sublimated strip, we can stitch your club mark onto it, or press onto it with a film made for sublimated kit. Plenty of clubs run both: a sublimated playing strip from one, and the training gear, hoodies, bags and supporter kit from us.
Can you add players mid-season without redoing the whole order?
Yes, and it is most of what we do for clubs. Send the names, numbers and sizes and we press each one individually. On standard kit there is no minimum order, though a very small order carries a handling charge, shown on the quote, because the setup work on the machine is the same for three garments as for thirty. A sublimated strip is the exception: its names and numbers are printed several to a gang sheet, in a film made for sublimated kit, with a minimum of ten sheets. Any left over are charged at cost, with no markup, and are the club’s, sent with the order or held for your next one.
Should the club mark be embroidered or printed?
Embroidered, on anything worn hard — hoodies, jackets, polos, bags and heavier training tops. A stitched mark sits flat, survives a hot wash after every session and does not lift at the edges the way a surface finish eventually can. Pressed is the right answer on lightweight performance fabric where stitching would pull, and on anything with fine detail or a lot of colours that thread cannot resolve. Caps and beanies are embroidery only — pressing headwear needs a cap press and we do not have one yet. Tell us the garment and we will say which way we would go, and why.
How long does a club order take?
Roughly 5 to 21 working days from the time you approve the artwork, rather than from when you first get in touch. A straight reorder of gear we have done before, with stock on hand, is at the quick end. A first order with a new club mark to set up, garments to bring in and a list of names and numbers is at the slow end. If you have a tournament or a season opener to hit, tell us the date when you send the logo — we will say honestly whether it is achievable rather than finding out at the end.
Can we have pressed numbers on our playing strip?
Usually yes, and sometimes we will tell you not to. On some very light or very stretchy performance fabric a large pressed number can stiffen the panel it sits on, and an already-sublimated strip needs a transfer film made for sublimated kit rather than a standard one, because sublimated colours can bleed into a pressed print. Send us the garment or the product code and we will say whether it will take a number well. If the answer is no, it is better to hear it before the order than after a season of them peeling.
Our code has rules about number size and placement. Can you meet them?
We can apply whatever your code requires, and we will not tell you what it requires. Number heights, placements and what can sit beside a sponsor mark vary by code, by league and sometimes by grade, and they change. We do not hold those rules and we will not confirm that a finished garment satisfies them — that is your governing body’s call rather than ours. Get the measurement from them in writing, send it with the order, and we will decorate to it exactly and confirm the placement back to you before anything goes into production.
Can you decorate garments the club already owns?
Yes. Plenty of clubs already buy their blanks somewhere, or have a box of last season’s stock that needs this season’s numbers. Send them to us and we will decorate them. Two things first: check the fabric with us before you post anything, because some performance knits and coated fabrics do not take stitching or a press well, and we cannot replace a garment we did not supply if it is damaged in decorating. We will tell you if we think something is risky rather than quietly having a go at it.
Can we drop the gear off or pick the order up?
No — there is no shop to visit and no walk-ins. We are a workshop rather than a retail space, with no counter and no public address, so everything comes and goes by courier. We courier sports uniforms New Zealand wide, so a club in Gore is the same job as one down the road, and an Auckland club is usually overnight. We send tracking when the order ships.
Send us the logo and the headcount
Usually same-business-day replies, Mon–Fri. Rough numbers are enough to start.