Grips for handles

A handle assembly for a sporting games implement comprising in combination:

• a hollow rigid handle having a longitudinal axis and an end portion;
• a handle grip, said handle grip comprising a pre-formed open ended sleeve of elastomeric material having an exterior surface and a first pre-formed internal surface for gripping engagement with said rigid handle, and having a second pre-formed internal surface at one axial end thereof and in annular coplanar relation with said first internal surface for engagement with an end cap for said handle, said second pre-formed internal surface having pre-formed recesses extending outwardly away from the annular plane containing said second internal surface toward said exterior surface, said sleeve being adapted to fit tightly around said end portion of said handle so as to be retained thereon;
• and said end cap comprising an axially extending part to be entrapped between said sleeve and said handle, and having radially outwardly extending enlargements of complementary configuration to the configuration of said pre-formed recesses in said sleeve on said axially extending part of said end cap, said enlargements projecting outwardly and away from said handle when said end cap is assembled on said handle end;
• wherein, in the assembled condition of said handle and said end cap, said enlargements engage within said recesses, thereby to retain said end cap against axial displacement within said sleeve without imposing forces causing radially outward bulging of the exterior surface of said handle grip in the proximity of said enlargements on said axially extending part of said end cap.