Hi all, hope everyone is well and gearing up for a big season of Northern Hemisphere cricket....
Ok, Ive just noticed some some comments regarding where our bats are made, so this will put an end to all the rumours as its from the "Horses Mouth" so to speak.
Focus UK bats as sold by Vitas Cricket (our exclusive UK distributor) are 100% UK made bats......
This gives the lads at Vitas Cricket full control over the bat making process, so all Focus UK bats are more in line with whats required for your UK market. Vitas cricket have full access to cleft selection and they can adjust the shape and pressing of the bats in line with your current seasonal trends ensuring only the highest quality of bats are made for Focus UK. Im extremely excited that Vitas have full control over this process as it keeps me abreast with whats happening in your market and gives Vitas the licence and freedom to grow Focus UK with how they see fit......... Exciting times ahead.
Focus Bats sold in Australia were originally UK made bats but due to the weakening $AUD and the strength of the British Pound we have been forced to secure the services of a highly reputable Indian manufacturer to undertake the bat making process of our own designed bats (not generic Indian shapes). All our bat shapes before they get released to the general public are painstakingly sampled over the winter months until we are 100% satisfied with the final shapes and the degree of pressing, to deliver the best balanced and performing bats possible. We have worked tireless with our bat maker on the pressing and finishing attributes of our bats and feel that we are now getting some of the best finished and performing bats we have had in a long time.
As you know, most Australian bats are made in India these days so we are no different to Kooka, Spartan, Puma, NB, etc... However as a progressive cricket company we are constantly evolving our process and should the $AUD improve against the British Pound, we might explore joining Focus UK and being 100% UK made once again
Finally, we have 3 models of bats - GTR, GTS, EVO..... The GTR and GTS bats are full shaped bats with no or very minimal concaving, the EVO bat has slightly more concaving to offset the massive profile and lower middle in order to give it a lovely pickup for the fast bouncy Australian pitches. The UK bat shapes might slightly vary to these.
I hope the above will set the record straight... Im very rarely on here but feel free to ask any questions (if its not exploiting the admin rules)...
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