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[Tom]

Bradbury is distributed now by Jon Hardy Ltd - same guys who run Masuri.

[123*]

Cheers Tom, you rate the new gear then?

[gdb19]

Just looking at the pics on the cricket insight blog. Whilst I'm not after a new bat some of the softs look good. The SS and slazenger gloves look very nice, especially what seems like a new version of the SS gladiator gloves. The newbery tour softs are probably the best looking in my opinion, though as per the cricket insight forum comments they do look a lot like the Woodstock gear.

[Manormanic]

Just looking at the pics on the cricket insight blog. Whilst I'm not after a new bat some of the softs look good. The SS and slazenger gloves look very nice, especially what seems like a new version of the SS gladiator gloves. The newbery tour softs are probably the best looking in my opinion, though as per the cricket insight forum comments they do look a lot like the Woodstock gear.

odd that really, given that Woodstock started off looking like they were copying Newbery...think they're just trying to confuse us? 

Mind you, as a Newbery man, got to say I like the look of it all.  Shame that light blue is going to clash horribly with our clubs colors of red and green!

[petehosk]

Are Bradbury even still trading? Love the stuff but no one seems to sell it?

Paul Bradbury was there - chatted to him for quite a while and he's a really good bloke! He is on his way back to Aus by now.
Also Shaun Udal (Shaggy) was pie eating there too - another nice bloke!
Paul was saying that they still had lots of M bats left over (as the S model bats seemed to go down better) - therefore they only have one stock model (profile) of bat for 2012 which is the S type profile from last year. But it will not have a model name as there is only one!!
They still have the different grades (100, 400, players grades) and the bats felt decent with a nice pickup!  By the way, Paul did say that he was making all the bats himself and not getting them farmed out anywhere.
The softs look plain too with subtle markings - quite classy looking and comfortable too!

[Liam-SCCC]

Can someone give me an insight into next years Asics shoes please?

[petehosk]

3 new models of Asics fella.
I will post detailed pictures later. They are nice shoes so took several photos of each model! 

[Liam-SCCC]

Feel free to email them over to me and I'll give you a hand uploading them as I need something to do today!

[petehosk]

I will do but I got in late from the show last night so they are on my camera at home!
I will start to download the photos this evening 

[Liam-SCCC]

Ok mate, I look forward to it. Can you remember what colour the Strike Rates are this year?

[petehosk]

I think they were red. But I can't remember which model was which off the top of my head!!

[Liam-SCCC]

Red will look horrible with my gear, I will have to get a pair of this years

[Buzz]

there were some green and yellow shoes too.
I have to admit I thought they were a little garish for my taste

[Liam-SCCC]

Green and yellow would be excellent, I saw that the 2010 Australia Stikes Rates were Green and yellow

[MD2812]

Can someone who was at the show confirm if I'm seeing 2 pairs of Newbs keeping gloves? A white and silve pair by the Cenkos (With such nice grains I could w@nk myself into a coma!)  And then a blue and white pair of keeping gloves by the Tour softs? I hope so cos if its true they will be mine! Oh yes, they will be mine /waynesworld