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[wilkie113]

When I went to pick my bat up. He said that his press was still at his old workshop and he was arranging to have it collected/delivered to him as soon as he could.

[Six Sixes Cricket]

Anybody know who kills frank foster in Corrie tonight?

[Alvaro]

^^like^^

[wilkie113]

Anybody know who kills frank foster in Corrie tonight?

Hahahahahahahahahah!

[ProWannabe88]

Anybody know who kills frank foster in Corrie tonight?

Haha like 

[Simmy]

i love this argument! does it really matter if he presses his bats or not?

they are good performance bats finished to a good standard by the sounds of things

so wat if the wood comes from the same place the art of bat making is shaping the bats

[wilkie113]

Totally agree with Simmy!

I'll bring mine to the bat off so everyone there can judge

[Dan W]

Anybody know who kills frank foster in Corrie tonight?

No idea myself, but if he's killed by a cricket bat press, I think we can eliminate some parties form the investigation. 

(For the record I entirely agree with Simmy re: the press/making a bat)

[Tom]

i love this argument! does it really matter if he presses his bats or not?

they are good performance bats finished to a good standard by the sounds of things

so wat if the wood comes from the same place the art of bat making is shaping the bats

But what if the shaping is all done by a CNC, and all the batmaker does it finish the bat?

Is there any art in that? Are they rightly considered a batmaker (which puts them on par with the guys who do make completely)?

[tim2000s]

Totally agree with Simmy!

I'll bring mine to the bat off so everyone there can judge

Good idea. They do perform well, and are good bats. They tend to sell themselves, and as mentioned earlier, if you are getting a good bat, it doesn't really matter what was done by whom. Let's face it, most people like the GN Legends, and you've limited knowledge of precisely where they come from.

Looking forward to seeing the scoring from what comes up on Saturday!

[Riggers]

Riggers, also apologies about getting John and Michael mixed up... The only reason I said Michael was because I know for a fact John didn't get fired from Newbery... He left and so I automatically presumed it must have been someone else and it had to have been Michael.

With Newbery, The fact that the new MD is a complete no mark who had the business bought for him by his brother in law should tell you a lot. Having physically seen him tap bats with a mallet and then change the stickers on them to suggest they were Grade 1 when in fact they were Grade 2 or below to make more money I lost all respect for them. It is no longer run in the way Newbery used to be run when TK and NK had it.

I'm not they only one, where have all their pro's gone??? The standard of the customer service at Newbery now is terrible and the brand is taking a nose dive because of it!! I used to swear by Newberys until I saw what was happenning and I switched to used Woodstocks

I appreciate everyone has their own opinion, I am just airing mine. I hope you find some great bats though pal. Let me know what they are incase I fancy using something else at some point. It's always good to know what the bargains are!!

So is this a an honest view of what has happened at Newbery or are you slagging them off and rubbishing them because you work for Woodstock as loads of people have told me and it looks like on Facebook because you get paid to do so?

So what you are saying is loads of lies because you want to cheat me out of my money and you dont care about being honest if you get paid?

[gdb19]

i love this argument! does it really matter if he presses his bats or not?

they are good performance bats finished to a good standard by the sounds of things

so wat if the wood comes from the same place the art of bat making is shaping the bats

Absolutely agree, I don't give a crap if it's made of Canadian willow, pressed by having a weight watchers class sit on it or via any other method. As long as it's worth what I pay for it and when I swipe a ball over cow corner it stays hit then I'm happy.

Though having said that I do prefer open and honest feedback so I would prefer ordinary forum member to do most of the comments on how gear performs rather than brand owners.

[Tom]

Reading the above - Johnno - what is wrong with tapping up bats and grading them anyway? Perhaps they were good performers? What made you think they were G2's, when NL, the Chief Exec thought differently?

[Riggers]

And I dont care if John presses his bats ot not but he told me he presses every bat and it is the lying that puts me off as lots of people have good bats which they dont press but they are honest about it.

[tim2000s]

But what if the shaping is all done by a CNC, and all the batmaker does it finish the bat?

Is there any art in that? Are they rightly considered a batmaker (which puts them on par with the guys who do make completely)?

This comes back to the question, does anyone normal (i.e. who doesn't spend their time in CBF or CI) really care? If the bat works well, they generally won't ask loads of questions.

If the CNC shape originates from the batmaker in question, then surely they have designed the bat? As others have said, if the pressing is to their specification, does it matter who does it?

Every day you use an iPhone you use an Apple Product, designed by apple and made by someone else... What's different?