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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Northern monkey on January 23, 2014, 07:12:35 PM

Title: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Northern monkey on January 23, 2014, 07:12:35 PM
Heard today,that saf bats had been bought out?
Anyone heard anything?
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Johnny on January 23, 2014, 07:33:36 PM
Kind of thing Lekka would do
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: golden duck on January 23, 2014, 07:56:30 PM
A quick look on companies house shows San andreas fault Cricket  (full name for saf if I remember) as a dissolved company in 2011...

Saf website appears to have gone as wel. 
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on January 23, 2014, 08:04:45 PM
with respect what exactly would you be purchasing of the company as this stage if someone has bought it?

Andy was the batmaker who now has a new job and marcus was the branding side who now runs his own brand. Without these key two skillsets i cant see any value in purchasing a brand name?
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: smilley792 on January 23, 2014, 08:05:29 PM
A brand name that is surely tarnished?
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Northern monkey on January 23, 2014, 08:09:30 PM
Bloke who has just told me, his son was due to be sponsored by them this season,

Was there a third partner/part of Saf?
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: GarrettJ on January 23, 2014, 08:14:29 PM
SAN ANDREAS FAULT CRICKET LTD was run by 1 current director, Mr Andreas Stavre Neophytou.
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Northern monkey on January 23, 2014, 08:19:59 PM
Maybe a re launch/ brand?
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Blank Bats on January 23, 2014, 10:39:03 PM
I heard someone bought it quite a while back.
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: SelectCricket on January 23, 2014, 10:49:15 PM
Quote from: Johnny on January 23, 2014, 07:33:36 PM
Kind of thing Lekka would do
I saw it a few months ago on James Mark's facebook and asked him about it.
He didn't respond..
Title: Re: Saf bats bought out?
Post by: Northern monkey on January 24, 2014, 03:46:57 PM
Asian bloke, gonna start doing softs as well?