Take a second (or first!) look at our team clothing

As snowbird friends return, new members are welcomed, and we shift into the busy workout season, it’s a good time to review The Villages Track and Field Team clothing from Custom Apparel in The Villages.
 
Prices for applying logos have gone up slightly, but considering it’s been two years since we introduced the clothing line they’re still a relative bargain. Also, you can now personalize a garment with your name using heat press application ($4.99) or embroidery ($6.99).
 
Custom Apparel noted that prices don’t include garment cost. You can bring your own clothing (details appear below) or purchase garments from their selection.
 
Here’s the story that appeared on our Members page in December 2021. It’s been updated with the new prices.
 
Customized team-logo apparel: the choice is yours
 
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could select your own athletic shirt, jacket, competition top, backpack or cap and have them imprinted with our new team logo? Yes, it is cool – and you can do that right now!
 
Follow these simple steps:
1. Shop at your favorite website or walk-in store for workout and competition clothing manufactured by Augusta Sportswear, Sport-tek, The Gym People, Naviskin, Under Armour, Champion, Baleaf, and Devops, among many others. Amazon carries many of these clothing lines, but you may choose any vendor’s products that follow guidelines in points 2, 3 and 4 below.
 
2. Choose your clothing style: short-sleeve tee, long-sleeve tee, long- or short-sleeve polo, tank top, or jacket. Heavier fabrics are ideal for logo embroidery; most other fabrics use a heat-press method. You can even have caps, backpacks and other items imprinted or embroidered.
 
3. Most types of fabric will work, including cotton, cotton-nylon blend, DryFit, and 100% polyester (used for our previous warmup jackets). There is one exception: avoid products that are mostly Spandex. They stretch too much when the logo is pressed on.
 
4. Choose a garment color from these three options only: Black, White or Forest Green. For the latter, please be sure that the garment is called Forest Green. We want to avoid a wide variance of shades – so, no Kelly Green, Lime Green or Kool-Aid Green.
 
5. Take your item to Custom Apparel, 3451 Wedgewood Lane at Southern Trace Plaza in The Villages. Tell them which logo style you want: VTF logo 1, 2, 3, or 4. The photo below shows how these logo styles look on White, Black and Forest Green backgrounds.
 
VTF logos 1 and 2 are shown twice; they can be applied on either Black or Forest Green articles. Logos 3 and 4 can be applied to White articles. (Story continues below picture.)

Pricing for logo application at Custom Apparel 
 
--full-size logo 1, 2, 3 or 4 on front of shirt (only): heat press application, $15.99
--embroidery of logo 2 or 4, upper left front, over the heart (typically seen on a polo shirt): $13.99
--individual icon of logo 4 on sleeve, nape (back) of neck, or over the heart: heat press application, $8.99

Allow turnaround of two weeks for your item(s).
 
Please note that when you wear your shirt during competition, we ask that you pair it with plain black shorts for a uniform team look.