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Title: Bat name ideas
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on February 15, 2012, 11:24:48 AM
Ladies, Gents & Fattus,

We are working on a great new 'academy' sized bat, and creating a new model around it.

It will be halfway between a harrow and a short handle, handmade with the same care and attention as all our bats, from grade one willow from our own plantation.

Any name ideas out there?

We want to appeal to the 13-16 age range, but obviously without being patronising- the whole point of the model is treating cricketers of this age exactly the same as adults...

Thanks
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2012, 11:28:13 AM
Thunder?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: NixonCricket on February 15, 2012, 11:29:59 AM
Thunder?


*Ahem* :-)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Nickauger on February 15, 2012, 11:30:15 AM
Rabbit's foot, to go with the black cat luck theme lol
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: mdl_1979 on February 15, 2012, 11:30:25 AM
Panther?
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Post by: 97 n.o. on February 15, 2012, 11:31:19 AM
It should be called "The Inbetweener"  :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2012, 11:33:09 AM
*Ahem* :-)

clearly a very fine name! ;)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Colesy on February 15, 2012, 11:33:55 AM
Dominator 8)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: dhackett89 on February 15, 2012, 11:38:23 AM
black cat curse or enchanter along the themes of previous names?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: ProWannabe88 on February 15, 2012, 11:42:12 AM
Focus, core, axis, nucleus, crux. Based on the fact its the in between size, focal point, middle size range etc
Crux or core are my favourites
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: tbarnfield99 on February 15, 2012, 11:54:58 AM
Black Kitten  :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Spanky on February 15, 2012, 12:02:38 PM
Wizard, Witchcraft, Cub, Prince, Black magic, Banisher
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Post by: ajm90 on February 15, 2012, 12:06:20 PM
Challenger
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Post by: 100 not out on February 15, 2012, 12:07:32 PM
The kitten
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Post by: psincock on February 15, 2012, 12:08:20 PM
Ragamuffin
Sphynx
Bastet (egpytian cat goddess)
Salem
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Colesy on February 15, 2012, 12:10:44 PM
I like Black Magic!

Black Cat Superstition (Stevie Wonder playing in the background)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: psincock on February 15, 2012, 12:11:38 PM
Bohemian
Soul Eater
Felix
Lynx Wildcat
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: awp on February 15, 2012, 12:27:01 PM
Emergence

referring to sudden changes in evolution.......good description of 13-16 year olds?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: tommo256 on February 15, 2012, 12:33:59 PM
Strongbow, that's what appeals to most 16 year olds
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: wilkie113 on February 15, 2012, 12:36:49 PM

Black Cat Superstition (Stevie Wonder playing in the background)

I like superstition, sounds wicked!!
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: psincock on February 15, 2012, 12:41:27 PM
Begemot
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Blazer on February 15, 2012, 12:42:53 PM
Blazer , lol.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: wilkie113 on February 15, 2012, 12:43:20 PM
Black Cat Cub
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Post by: kibbs_11 on February 15, 2012, 12:44:00 PM
The Psycho
The Apprentice
The Sidekick
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Post by: peplow on February 15, 2012, 01:01:24 PM
Emergence

Like.
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Post by: kieranl73 on February 15, 2012, 01:11:50 PM
Bullet...
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Post by: wilkie113 on February 15, 2012, 01:13:13 PM
Black Cat Jaegerbomb :D
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Post by: tushar sehgal on February 15, 2012, 01:18:12 PM
Wild Cat or Feral or Tigrillo (Leopard spotted cat)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: ProWannabe88 on February 15, 2012, 01:21:47 PM
Black cat Elegance
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Post by: Canners on February 15, 2012, 01:24:19 PM
The Prowler
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Post by: Johnny on February 15, 2012, 01:25:21 PM
The Graduate
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Post by: swamidude on February 15, 2012, 02:46:41 PM
'Big pussy' -trust me, we'd ALL buy that ;)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: tommo256 on February 15, 2012, 02:52:36 PM
The hub- all 16 year olds use the hub ;)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: wilkie113 on February 15, 2012, 02:53:33 PM
Or redtube ;)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: golders on February 15, 2012, 02:53:41 PM
Barely legal
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: jw17 on February 15, 2012, 03:03:04 PM
The cub
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Ryan on February 15, 2012, 03:38:55 PM
It should be called "The Inbetweener"  :D

LIKE  :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: cheese on February 15, 2012, 04:50:02 PM
Young gun?
Demon?
Sabre tooth?
All these coming from a 14 year old...
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on February 15, 2012, 06:07:29 PM
Phat Cat?.....see I'm down with the yuff of today!

Pretty Hot And Tempting if ur wondering you oldies ;) could some it up rather nicely
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: hell4leather cricket on February 15, 2012, 06:16:37 PM
  'acne'
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on February 15, 2012, 06:17:40 PM
Well spotted
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: hell4leather cricket on February 15, 2012, 06:18:35 PM
'bursting' with talent!
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2012, 06:20:32 PM
whiskers
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: rajesh500 on February 15, 2012, 06:22:04 PM
How about "Toms" or "Tomcat"
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: wilkie113 on February 15, 2012, 06:24:05 PM
whiskers

Like that! Dunno why it's got a great ring to it
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: johnnyw on February 15, 2012, 06:28:22 PM
Wilberforce or brutus
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: ajm90 on February 15, 2012, 06:29:27 PM
Diablo
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: ProWannabe88 on February 15, 2012, 06:35:38 PM
Academy, hunter, arsenal, evolution, bomber, impact
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2012, 06:40:38 PM
Like that! Dunno why it's got a great ring to it
they are what you get when you are 15 and 9 out of 10 cats prefer it...
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Joe on February 15, 2012, 06:55:32 PM
Diablo
Diablo is a great name
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Blazer on February 15, 2012, 06:57:33 PM
Blaster, Pyro, Trailblaze, Black cat Leatherhunter.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Joe on February 15, 2012, 06:58:24 PM
Lovemonkey
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Post by: pedaloboy on February 15, 2012, 07:02:30 PM
Bobcat, Snarl
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Post by: ProWannabe88 on February 15, 2012, 07:09:56 PM
Diablo is a great name

Kook thought so as well    ;)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: charlie_bendall on February 15, 2012, 07:15:35 PM
Lance, Dart or why not Silhouette (going on the theme of the Shadow)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: FattusCattus on February 15, 2012, 07:40:08 PM
Dave.  'Dave The Bat' - it has a certain ring to it I think?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: shirazi_r on February 15, 2012, 07:47:04 PM
Sensation?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Joe on February 15, 2012, 09:49:00 PM
Do something that is youth or junior etc in latin or something
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: FvanN on February 16, 2012, 05:36:54 PM
is it worth asking a load of colts what they think a good name would be?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: harry kovert on February 16, 2012, 06:38:58 PM
how about the "Intero"? Latin for inbetween. You get me drift?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: MD2812 on February 17, 2012, 11:56:28 PM
Scythe cos it sunds cool.

Or squire. No longer a boy, not yet a knight, but not a joker or jester either :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: praguetaz on February 22, 2012, 07:46:00 PM
How about.. The Black Cat 'Blitzer' or 'Dictator' or are they too 'old-school' for young teenagers?

I  like 'Demon' but Salix did the 'Daemon' a while back... what about 'Slaughterer' - too dark or the 'apprentice'? too soft... or even the 'Nameless' - the bat with no name but 'wicked' look, colours and stickers which may influence sales more based on the performance on the back of your already very good reputation.. why does it need a name.. surely only to distinguish between the rest of your range...

Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Johnny on February 22, 2012, 07:51:39 PM
Oooh.. Like Apprentice!
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: praguetaz on February 22, 2012, 08:13:09 PM
Oooh.. Like Apprentice!

Thanks Jonny.. maybe if one of my names is successful.. i'll get a free bat from Black Cat... yours 'optimistic'.. oohh how about the 'Mystic' or 'Magic'? I'll probably be dreaming about name choices now....
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Joe on February 22, 2012, 08:21:02 PM
iuvenes - young in latin, and sounds cool. If Ninja do a junior range it will be called Wakai - junior in japanese.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Johnny on February 22, 2012, 08:22:14 PM
I reckon if I went out to bat with an 'Apprentice' I'd be humming 'Montagues and Capulets' by Prokofiev to myself all the way through my innings

Dum-da-dee-da-dum-da-doo-da-dum-da-dee-da-dum-dum
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Joe on February 22, 2012, 08:24:23 PM
I reckon if I went out to bat with an 'Apprentice' I'd be humming 'Montagues and Capulets' by Prokofiev to myself all the way through my innings

Dum-da-dee-da-dum-da-doo-da-dum-da-dee-da-dum-dum
I would be humming the theme to the Apprentice
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Johnny on February 22, 2012, 08:27:25 PM
....not even posted with a winky smiley Joe :(
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Joe on February 22, 2012, 08:30:11 PM
....not even posted with a winky smiley Joe :(
That's because I quite literally would :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: 97notout on February 22, 2012, 08:39:58 PM
What about 'ASBO' Black Cat ASBO has a sort of ring to it....................or is it getting silly, in that case Black Cat EMBRYO :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: gabbers on February 22, 2012, 08:46:14 PM
What about 'ASBO' Black Cat ASBO has a sort of ring to it....................or is it getting silly, in that case Black Cat EMBRYO :D
What about Zygote
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Opener on February 22, 2012, 09:23:37 PM
What about Prodigy?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: ajm90 on February 22, 2012, 09:25:21 PM
Firestarter
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Post by: FattusCattus on February 22, 2012, 09:26:36 PM
Dirty Tom?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: MD2812 on February 22, 2012, 10:56:36 PM
Horizon?

Black Cat Salem?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Number4 on February 23, 2012, 10:05:02 AM
Black pussy
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Post by: Bruce on February 23, 2012, 10:46:55 AM
Black Cat Bobcat
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: awp on February 23, 2012, 12:25:19 PM
Black pussy

Comes well knocked in with the smell of 27 coats of raw lindseed?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: praguetaz on February 23, 2012, 03:26:39 PM
How about.. The Black Cat 'Blitzer' or 'Dictator' or are they too 'old-school' for young teenagers?

I  like 'Demon' but Salix did the 'Daemon' a while back... what about 'Slaughterer' - too dark or the 'apprentice'? too soft... or even the 'Nameless' - the bat with no name but 'wicked' look, colours and stickers which may influence sales more based on the performance on the back of your already very good reputation.. why does it need a name.. surely only to distinguish between the rest of your range...

By Gieves..i've got it! the Black Cat 'Blackwood' with devilishly black graffiti style stickers.....

Ok.. my last contribution.. 'The Black Death' although 'Blackwood' is my fave....
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: jw17 on February 23, 2012, 10:05:28 PM
ikastuna < apprentice in basque but i thought it sounded cool



Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: The_Bird on February 23, 2012, 10:12:26 PM
ikastuna < apprentice in basque but i thought it sounded cool

I like :D
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Number4 on February 24, 2012, 12:50:04 PM
Comes well knocked in with the smell of 27 coats of raw lindseed?

Comes with a bat cover that can't be opened once married to the bat
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Colesy on February 24, 2012, 01:01:38 PM
Black Cat Envy 8)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: GoldenArm on March 03, 2012, 06:35:48 PM
Continuing the folklore theme, you've already got a Shadow & a Phantom, so why not have a Spectre or a Wraith?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: praguetaz on March 25, 2012, 05:29:53 PM
So.. is there a winner amongst the suggestions? It'd be nice to know....
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: 109notout on March 25, 2012, 07:34:15 PM
the cub? as it in the middle, or something like supreme, ultra, ultimate anything like that
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: RoyalParkReds on May 15, 2012, 12:19:35 PM
" Black Caviar " ( or something along those lines). You can use this two ways. One would be for the junior cricket bat, seeing as caviar are eggs and all. Or you could call your top bat ( the F40 I believe it's called for you guys) black caviar.

Also a good marketing angle there seeing as this horse will be dominating England in a few months.

My 2 cents.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Talisman on May 15, 2012, 12:24:51 PM
It's a top horse but no Frankel.... not much competition down under.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: charlie15 on May 15, 2012, 01:39:17 PM
Catalus, it's kitten in Latin!  :)

Or Canale, which is Puss and not to be confused with carnel!  :)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: charlie15 on May 15, 2012, 01:42:17 PM
Or Catulum, which is Cub in latin
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: trypewriter on May 18, 2012, 08:53:26 AM
ASBO - Anti-Social Batting Order.

Rorschasch - bad boy anti hero of the Watchman film "You don't seem to understand - I'm not facing you - you're facing me!"

Saint - classic design for front foot players.

Sinner - designed for more carefree players.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Mortimer on May 18, 2012, 11:12:46 PM
Ladies, Gents & Fattus,

We are working on a great new 'academy' sized bat, and creating a new model around it.

It will be halfway between a harrow and a short handle, handmade with the same care and attention as all our bats, from grade one willow from our own plantation.

Any name ideas out there?

We want to appeal to the 13-16 age range, but obviously without being patronising- the whole point of the model is treating cricketers of this age exactly the same as adults...

Thanks

Personally the Black Cat name puts me off. Too many connections to a crap football team from a small town in County Durham
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Watsontotty on May 19, 2012, 08:03:26 AM
Little Throbber
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Mr Cricket on May 19, 2012, 08:18:31 AM
Personally the Black Cat name puts me off. Too many connections to a crap football team from a small town in County Durham

My thoughts exactly. HTL.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Mr Cricket on May 19, 2012, 08:24:17 AM
Bombshell

A word which implies surprise, hopefully players of this age can surprise and impress the opposition despite their age, or least that will be what they're hoping for.

Has a ring to it as well, Black Cat Bombshell.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: tommo256 on May 19, 2012, 08:54:30 AM
Geoff
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Number4 on May 19, 2012, 11:24:13 AM
La Croix .... A Voodoo term meaning " intensely powerful "
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on May 19, 2012, 09:57:38 PM
Personally the Black Cat name puts me off. Too many connections to a crap football team from a small town in County Durham

The animal was around long before Sunderland FC decided to call themselves that....
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: harry kovert on May 19, 2012, 09:59:44 PM
Think Mortimer may be a supporter of the Toon army!
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Mortimer on May 20, 2012, 09:34:21 PM
Think Mortimer may be a supporter of the Toon army!

No, I support the mighty Toon, and therefore I'm a member of the Toon Army!
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: BobbySheldon on May 29, 2012, 05:37:37 PM
How about Hooligan for a harrow Joker and Scoundral for a harrow Phantom.
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: swamidude on May 29, 2012, 07:20:24 PM
'Diabolist' for a light bat with a long middle for wristy players who enjoy a bat which allows them to pick their gaps.

Or perhaps 'The Alchemist' for the bat with good ping for its size (sort of like a surprise bat which goes even though it doesn't look it. This could come in at a lower price point which would be more affordable for us younger cricketers!)
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Leddster138 on May 31, 2012, 12:08:28 PM
Trickster or Comic - so it keeps with the theme of your other bats
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Johnny on June 03, 2012, 07:19:09 PM
What about Prodigy?

The winner?
Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: Black Cat Cricket on June 03, 2012, 07:32:30 PM
Wow- Opener, for some reason I missed your suggestion first time on 22nd Feb- it would have saved a fair bit of time had I seen it!

Clearly I agree with you that that's a good name!!

I will have to think of some sort of prize nevertheless.

For those of you that are confused- check our Twitter (@blackcatcricket) for a tiny preview of the new Prodigy stickers....

Title: Re: Bat name ideas
Post by: RoyalParkReds on June 04, 2012, 03:27:18 AM
Well done opener.