Gear Zone is All Set for the Upcoming Rugby World Cup

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 8, 2011 -- It’s very nearly Rugby World Cup time and outdoor sports specialists Gear-Zone have just added rugby to their ever-growing portfolio of sportswear and equipment. Visit http://www.gear-zone.co.uk/sports-tcid19.html for more information.

Most famous of their rugby brands are Gilbert – who provide the world cup match balls – and Canterbury, best known as sponsors of the legendary All Blacks rugby team.

Gilbert rugby balls were part of the game even before Williams Webb Ellis laid the foundations of the modern game when he picked up and ran with the ball at Rugby School.

From real pigs’ bladders in the early 1800s to the state-of-the-art rugby balls used today, Gilbert have been at the forefront of sporting innovations since founder Williams Gilbert was boot and shoe maker to Rugby School. His original shop in Rugby High Street still operates as a sports shop today.

Canterbury is also a name known by rugby aficionados all over the world.

The New Zealand-based company has been manufacturing outdoor clothing since the early 1900s, and their rugby jerseys are said today to be the strongest ever made.

The elite sportswear specialists have supplied national team strips from Scotland to Singapore, Swaziland to Spain.

From humble beginnings knitting hand-made garments in Canterbury, New Zealand in the early 1900s, Canterbury have been blazing the trail in the international world of rugby ever since. Now, as official sportswear supplier of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, their history is still in the making.


Contact:
Norwich Outdoor Sports Ltd
Gear Zone
Unit 1 Bessemer Road
Norwich
NR4 6DQ.
Tel: 01603 699873
Website: http://www.gear-zone.co.uk

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