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Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« on: January 06, 2014, 03:06:46 PM »
Spartan just tweeted this




Aussie may have seen it as it looks like it's from an Aussie show.

Reg Taylor. Guy sounds Australian. I'd presume he makes the pro's bats only! And the rest are made in India? Or do you think he makes the top line Spartans too? And the cheaper ones just in India?



Interesting to hear about clefts being dried more than old days, and also interesting to see the profile drawn on to the non shaped cleft.
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2014, 03:34:16 PM »
Reg is ex-Austwide (Impala) - was doing bats for Sommers most recently

Guessing it's more a marketing move but he'll help with repairs, adjustments and prototyping new shapes
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2014, 03:36:38 PM »
i reckon about 6 different bat makers will claim to make spartans for the top players. I know of 4 different ones who claim to make Chris Gayles bats.
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2014, 03:38:02 PM »
That chris gayle bat looks huge!
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2014, 03:43:41 PM »
Those Spartan bats looked very nice! And "Chris Gayles bat" was absolutely HUGE!  :o
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2014, 03:53:07 PM »
Can't blame Spartan for trying hard to flog their bats! Gayle's bat is like a tree trunk but not convinced this guy makes for all four players.
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2014, 04:21:16 PM »
Read some other stuff the other day which had direct quotes from the MD saying the bats were Indian made
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2014, 04:36:29 PM »
Bats are definitely made in India.  This is just a bit of marketing I think...
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2014, 05:01:24 PM »
Bit of not very good marketing imo. Seemed a bit like a rabbit caught in the headlights!
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2014, 05:15:29 PM »
Spartans are SS made predominantly
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2014, 05:41:22 PM »
Quote from: Nickauger on January 06, 2014, 05:01:24 PM
Bit of not very good marketing imo. Seemed a bit like a rabbit caught in the headlights!
5 minutes of free advertising during an Ashes test sounds like reasonable marketing to me.

Costs about £8k for a 30 second TV slot over here during a test.
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2014, 05:43:21 PM »
Quote from: Tom on January 06, 2014, 05:41:22 PM
5 minutes of free advertising during an Ashes test sounds like reasonable marketing to me.

Costs about £8k for a 30 second TV slot over here during a test.

You make an extremely good point!
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2014, 06:24:14 PM »
His clothing shouts "look at me I work for spartan!" A little too much.



Different subject, but I mod may be reading, how come spartan doesn't have it's own section at mo?
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2014, 07:48:57 PM »
Quote from: smilley792 on January 06, 2014, 06:24:14 PM
His clothing shouts "look at me I work for spartan!" A little too much.



Different subject, but I mod may be reading, how come spartan doesn't have it's own section at mo?

Good question I'll ask
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Re: Who's is Spartans bat maker? Reg Taylor apparently
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2014, 08:00:55 PM »
he was doing bat makeing demos at the ground bit like grays do at lords etc fair play to him take my hat off to any caftsman keeping the old skills alive
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