David Lloyd and the eponymous upmarket gym he sold three decades ago are locked in a battle over his right to use his name to promote a new £60million pickleball venture. The family-focused centres, dubbed David Lloyd's Sports Gardens, will include facilities for up and coming racket sports such as pickleball and padel. However David Lloyd Leisure, which operates the leisure centres, is now seeking an injunction on David Lloyd's Sports Gardens' website. David Lloyd Leisure, which own 137 clubs in the UK and Europe, told the Daily Mail it owns trademarks over the name and needs to 'protect its brand'. A spokesman for David Lloyd Leisure said: 'We have owned the David Lloyd brand for over 40 years, including, since at least 1997, registered trademarks for 'DAVID LLOYD' in sports, leisure, and operations.

Source: Daily Mail January 03, 2026 18:18 UTC