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Title: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 07:22:59 PM
http://www.customcricketbats.co.uk/findabatmaker.php

If I've missed anyone out please tell me :)
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Post by: danspink on January 20, 2010, 07:25:19 PM
nixon cricket is my nearest liveing in borth yorkshire

im sure there are a few more little ones around here tho...
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Post by: danspink on January 20, 2010, 07:26:18 PM
o and what about newbery in sussex??
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Post by: petehosk on January 20, 2010, 07:26:25 PM
SAF???
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Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 07:29:03 PM
o and what about newbery in sussex??
Ahh yeah thanks, do they do custom bats for the public though?
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Post by: AlRidd on January 20, 2010, 07:29:45 PM
Nobody near Cornwall I don't think.
Nearest to me is probably M+H.
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 07:30:14 PM
SAF???
Norb didn't include any address on his website, maybe he can say here or PM me?
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 07:30:43 PM
Nobody near Cornwall I don't think.
Nearest to me is probably M+H.
Gary Day (redback) is on the south coast near Plymouth... or is my geography really bad and thats not near cornwall?
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Post by: slogger02 on January 20, 2010, 07:31:49 PM
Nobody near Cornwall I don't think.
Nearest to me is probably M+H.
redback if your in cornwall like leo suggests.
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Post by: Washington on January 20, 2010, 07:34:10 PM
crown?
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Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 07:35:28 PM
crown?
Wasn't sure where they are as they used to be in Dewsbury but not sure now?
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Post by: mazy on January 20, 2010, 07:36:19 PM
live 15 mins from warsop.
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Washington on January 20, 2010, 07:37:35 PM
Yeah still in Dewsbury. . . CD0070 bought from him recently and he mentioned dewsbury

Chase cricket, CF Not sure if they do customs though
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Tom on January 20, 2010, 07:38:56 PM
Crown is in East Boldon.

Dewsbury is where Raje are.
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Post by: Washington on January 20, 2010, 07:40:56 PM
I stand corrected :)
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Post by: Master-Basterd on January 20, 2010, 07:42:23 PM
15 mins up the road from norb's !
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Post by: niceonechoppy on January 20, 2010, 07:43:33 PM
Kippax.
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Post by: GJ on January 20, 2010, 07:45:30 PM
Probably Norb then for me!!
Or perhaps Choice willow, someone who does Geography can help me out...
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Post by: Ashvir on January 20, 2010, 07:49:03 PM
V Sports
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Post by: 19reading87 on January 20, 2010, 07:51:07 PM
I know V sports very well so gota say them
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Post by: Master-Basterd on January 20, 2010, 07:51:57 PM
V Sports

Live in Coventry ?
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Post by: Tumo on January 20, 2010, 07:54:02 PM
having visited v-sports recently, they are a very helpful group of guys. definitely recommended.
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Post by: Ashvir on January 20, 2010, 07:54:36 PM
Live in Coventry ?


Nope. I live in Leicester
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 07:55:03 PM
Anyone got postcodes for them or accurate addresses?
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: cd0070 on January 20, 2010, 07:57:58 PM
http://www.crownsports.co.uk/main.php?siteOpt=1

Crown SPORTS OF DEWSBURY

Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Tom on January 20, 2010, 07:59:47 PM
Obviously haven't looked at their contact details or spoken to Chris Ellison then. His accent gives away where they're from!
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Post by: Tumo on January 20, 2010, 08:00:36 PM
V Sports -Cricket Supplies
338 Foleshill Road
Coventry
United Kingdom
CV6 5AJ

Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Howzat on January 20, 2010, 08:02:16 PM
Do V sports defo make their own bats or do they outsource it?
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Post by: Ashvir on January 20, 2010, 08:02:39 PM
Do V sports defo make their own bats or do they outsource it?

Defo make thier own bats. They have a workshop in the back
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Post by: Tumo on January 20, 2010, 08:08:20 PM
definitely make their own stuff, i watched one of them making one when i went in to visit! also, hunts county bats in huntingdon
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Post by: peplow on January 20, 2010, 08:09:54 PM
No-one near bristol :(
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Post by: Colesy on January 20, 2010, 08:12:09 PM
Solitaire for me - From Bristol too
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Post by: FattusCattus on January 20, 2010, 08:16:08 PM
No-one really near me in Surrey, which is a shame as they would probably have all my money in a very short time.

Might have to check out Mr Vantage man though - does he have a workshop you can visit or anything like that?

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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on January 20, 2010, 09:14:51 PM
Redback is in teighmouth so def closest to Cornwall crowd then M&H in Taunton....prob would have been Phoenix if stu was still making his in bristol!

wonder if he's still got tools wouldn't mind giving one a bash with the right kit
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Post by: jandgcricket on January 20, 2010, 09:19:27 PM
No-one really near me in Surrey, which is a shame as they would probably have all my money in a very short time.

Might have to check out Mr Vantage man though - does he have a workshop you can visit or anything like that?



Probably, they have a shop.  And there are vids on their website in a workshop...
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Post by: gramw on January 20, 2010, 09:26:55 PM
Crown Sports is indeed East Boldon, think chris really needs to sort that site out though
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Post by: Colesy on January 20, 2010, 10:04:06 PM
Redback is in teighmouth so def closest to Cornwall crowd then M&H in Taunton....prob would have been Phoenix if stu was still making his in bristol!

wonder if he's still got tools wouldn't mind giving one a bash with the right kit

Didn't he make some for last season, or did he stop a couple of years ago and buy some in?
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Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on January 20, 2010, 10:09:56 PM
Not sure tbh mate wellsy had one of his Phoenix bats but I had my newbery so never got hold of one to see what they were like
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Post by: Colesy on January 20, 2010, 10:11:40 PM
Yeah Clarkey and Reggie had some of his. Seemed nice.
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Post by: mdl_1979 on January 20, 2010, 10:13:07 PM
Nearest to me is Choice in Redbourn, www.cricketfirstchoice.co.uk
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Post by: Alvaro on January 20, 2010, 10:31:14 PM
Hunts?
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Post by: cd0070 on January 20, 2010, 10:55:43 PM
nobody is close to me.. haha

but haven't seen anyone mention Rob Pack

http://www.robertpackcricket.com/contact_us.html

Irthlingborough
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: ianbuchanan on January 21, 2010, 12:04:36 AM
millichamp and hall
6 priory road
taunton
somerset
TA1 (not sure of rest!)


newbery? black cat? instinct cricket ;D
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: Mr Cricket on January 21, 2010, 12:55:03 AM
hunts county just south of peterborough
Title: Re: Who is your nearest batmaker?
Post by: SAF Bats on January 21, 2010, 10:07:25 AM
SAF???

Pete did you not know SAF was me :-)

Leo, I'm out in the sticks almost, near a Town called Witney in Oxfordshire

By the way my nearest bat maker is Solitaire but only by five miles,  so I would go off to see Dan at Vantage
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Post by: Liam-SCCC on January 21, 2010, 11:18:51 AM
I stayed in Whitney and toured the surrouding clubs in September 09. How far out of Whitney are you?
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Post by: SAF Bats on January 21, 2010, 11:53:51 AM
About 7 - 8 miles out of Witney, what team were you in Liam
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Post by: Mr Cricket on January 21, 2010, 01:22:34 PM
the UK kookaburra hq is in corby in northants, 45 mins away from me
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Post by: Buzz on January 21, 2010, 01:42:24 PM
what about Bullfrog bats (hearn bay), Chase (somewhere in hampshire) and Stac - should any of them be on your list?
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Post by: Washington on January 21, 2010, 02:50:02 PM
Island cricket?
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Post by: Tom on January 21, 2010, 02:50:22 PM
Island don't make their own. Used to be Warsop/RNS.
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Post by: Washington on January 21, 2010, 02:52:02 PM
Are Ace cricket still going? Or is that now Chase?
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Post by: Tom on January 21, 2010, 02:54:41 PM
ACE batmaker (Alf Evans) retired, so no longer around.
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Post by: Washington on January 21, 2010, 02:56:42 PM
Remember having one of his bats when i was 16 was a gun! Did he ever make for any of the 'big' brands?
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Post by: Tom on January 21, 2010, 03:11:27 PM
Definitely ex-County and maybe even Warsop. (Or was that Chris Farrant?)
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Post by: Washington on January 21, 2010, 03:16:30 PM
Just noticed there is not a single batmaker in Wales . . .
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Post by: SAF Bats on January 21, 2010, 03:25:22 PM
Definitely ex-County and maybe even Warsop. (Or was that Chris Farrant?)


Chris Farrant!

Max Warsop [Warsop and Stebbing] trained Chris Hext Farrant [was making, not sure if he still does, for Premier Bat Company New Zealand] http://www.cricketexpress.co.nz/

Hunts was from Warsop but a different warsop lot...

Benjamin Warsop & Sons [B. Warsop & sons] - George Hunt [Formerly of Stuart Surridge] - Norman Hunt [Hunts County]
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Post by: Washington on January 21, 2010, 03:30:49 PM
Not sure of the name of the company but im sure Vernon Philander is a partner/owner, a south african company?
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Post by: eaowbear on January 21, 2010, 03:35:45 PM
Not sure but aren't Lords bats in Wales?
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Post by: petehosk on January 21, 2010, 03:38:21 PM
Mine's SAF - 30 mins drive or so!