WALE supplies, installs and services durable laundry equipment for sports clubs and leisure facilities across Ireland. Every machine is sized to handle heavy daily loads of towels and teamwear between sessions and fixtures.
Machine capacity range
Sports clubs and leisure facilities generate heavy, high-frequency laundry loads that most machines aren’t built to handle. Towels, teamwear and training kit come through in bulk after every session, match day or class, often needing a fast turnaround before the next booking.
WALE supplies commercial washing machines, tumble dryers, ironers and roller irons sized for sports and leisure use, from a single-pitch club to a multi-facility leisure centre. Every recommendation starts with your daily volume of towels and teamwear.
Why On-Site Laundry
Many clubs still rely on volunteers washing kit at home, or send heavy loads to an external laundry service. Both options struggle to keep up once membership grows or fixture schedules get busier. Bringing washing and drying equipment on site removes that bottleneck and keeps kit ready for the next session.
What changes once washing, drying and finishing move on site.
| FACTOR | OUTSOURCED LAUNDRY | IN-HOUSE LAUNDRY |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround time | Depends on a volunteer's availability or contractor pickup |
Runs to your own session and fixture schedule |
| Hygiene consistency | Varies between different homes or laundry batches | Set and controlled by your own facility |
| Capacity | Limited by a domestic machine or contract terms | Scales with membership and fixture demand |
| Volunteer reliance | Depends on someone taking kit home each week | Removes the dependency entirely |
| Costs | Ongoing per-kilogram contract fees | Fixed cost after installation |
Four categories of equipment cover most club and leisure facility laundry rooms. Capacity and power options are set around membership and session frequency.
Handles heavy loads of towels and teamwear between sessions, with capacities from 8kg for smaller clubs up to 150kg for multi-facility leisure centres.
Dries bulky kit and towels fast enough that nothing sits damp before the next booking, in electric or gas models.
Presses table linen and function room fabrics for events alongside sports laundry.
Finishes large batches of table linen and event fabrics between fixtures, built for continuous high-volume use.
Hygiene & Compliance
Shared towels and teamwear carry a higher risk of spreading infection between members than individually owned laundry. Wash cycles need to reach a temperature that addresses this, without shrinking or damaging the kit that needs to last a full season.
We review child numbers, room layout and existing electric or gas supply.
We propose machine types and capacities matched to your daily kit and towel volume.
Our team fits equipment around your training and match schedule, limiting disruption.
Scheduled servicing and rapid-response repairs keep equipment running to plan.
A club laundry room carries different pressures to a hotel or care setting. Here is what that means for how WALE works with you.
Machines built for daily kit turnover, not occasional washing.
Recommendations that account for busy match days and quieter weeks alike.
Fit-outs timed to limit disruption to training and matches.
Coverage across all 32 counties, with responsive support to keep kit turnaround on track.
Sales, installation and servicing sit with the same WALE team.
Direct manufacturer backing and warranty support, without a chain of resellers.
Yes. WALE sizes equipment around how your club uses it, whether that’s a daily gym towel turnover or a once-a-week match day surge, so you’re not paying for capacity that sits idle most of the week.
WALE reviews laundry volume across every section using the facility, from pitch-based teams to gym members, then recommends capacity that covers combined peak demand rather than sizing for a single sport in isolation from the rest of the club.
Yes. Commercial machines handle heavier soiling better than domestic models, with stronger drum action and higher extraction rates. WALE can recommend pre-treatment options and cycle settings suited to muddy pitches and heavily soiled training kits.
Yes. Many clubs start with equipment sized for current membership and add capacity as numbers grow. WALE can plan for this during the initial site assessment, so future upgrades fit existing plumbing, power and floor space.
