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[SirScottiod]

OMG!!!
Somebody smiling at their purchase!!!

Don't jump to conclusions, he might not have handed over the cash yet

[Seniorplayer]

OMG!!!
Somebody smiling at their purchase!!!

Well he nearly is....

[FattusCattus]

Steady now - this is the bloke that re-fills the water fountain, they simply shoved a bat in his hands on the way through!!!

[mohawks94]

Love the look of the kit. Been following Focus on instagram for a while and think it looks amazing. I may well make the trip from Bucks up to Peterborough to get my hands on some before the season starts.

[mohawks94]

I emailed last night (obviously didn't expect a reply on a Sunday though), just a matter of finding a date I can head up as I think my boss wants me to work next weekend

[Vitas Cricket]

I emailed last night (obviously didn't expect a reply on a Sunday though), just a matter of finding a date I can head up as I think my boss wants me to work next weekend

Hi mate. Yes we are open next Sat 9-3 but i won't be here for very long if at all as my season has now started. Neil will be able to help and he is very capable.

Alternatively in the week we are open 11-7

@mohawks94

Here's another little Focus belter out the door recently.

[FattusCattus]

Say cheese!

[Drupy01]

Any bundle deals going?

[Vitas Cricket]

Any bundle deals going?

We aren't actively promoting any currently. But if you are looking at bat, pads, gloves and a bag then feel free to get in touch i'm sure something can be arranged.

[Churchy1989]

We aren't actively promoting any currently. But if you are looking at bat, pads, gloves and a bag then feel free to get in touch i'm sure something can be arranged.

A few of my juniors are making the step up to senior cricket this year and have bought bundles on. World cricket or somthing like that. It's a good idea!

[Alvaro]

Economies of scale make it a good idea.

[J40BSY]

Really liking the focus sticker scheme and shapes, could be in touch within the foreseeable 

[Nmcgee]

Here's another little Focus belter out the door recently.

Handle looks very thick. I like that. Has he just added a couple of grips or are they normally larger in size?

[Vitas Cricket]

Handle looks very thick. I like that. Has he just added a couple of grips or are they normally larger in size?

They aren't spaghetti strings, but that is a bat with two grips

[Chauhan1947]

Hi guys,
Hi, if you 2.8 bat let me know, thx
Some of you may have seen at the forum event or thanks to our recent social media activity, that we are now the UK licensee for the Perth based brand; Focus Cricket.

What this means is we essentially run the brand as we see fit in the UK, as well as having exclusive distribution rights of course. We took this decision partly due to the outstanding quality of the gear that is on offer, but also because we have wanted to have our own brand for a while. Our own Lion bats are OK, but we don't have the time or patience required to get the name out there enough, or slog through the back and forth in terms of getting samples right with stickers, pads, gloves, bags etc. Instead, we have essentially started up with a brand that already has a following (hopefully some in the UK are aware of the brand) and also extremely high quality stickers and softs. The stickers with their mirror effect chrome are some of the best I've seen, and the softs come from a superb manufacturer with a great reputation.

All bats are UK made barring the performance which comes from SA, with the top grades being genuinely limited in number. We have complete control over bat shapes (which we have already tweaked slightly from the Aus profiles) and we are also able to make custom shapes for customers. Please note we probably won't reply to messages asking for 45mm edges, no concaving at 2'8

The bat grading is as follows

Butterfly - Made to order, we won't hold these in stock
Performance - Not a fan of the name, and will change longer term, but for now its the best fit on out sticker sets. Good quality willow and all nice light weights
G2 - Very high quality, please don't look down on it because it is labelled as 'grade 2'
G1 - Lovely bats and likely to be the best sellers alongside G2
G1+ - Premium willow genuinely limited in number by availability of suitable clefts
Black Label - The best of the best, available if (not when) we can get our hands on it. We have 4 currently

As I said we are operating the brand in this country, rather than simply re-selling other peoples products like we do with other brands we stock. In the longer term this means we can make decisions to introduce certain things to the range (a proper sausage finger glove is a high priority for example) but for the short term we are offering the range pretty much as it looks in Australia, save for the addition of a top quality duffle bag which we have managed to get in stock already despite only being signed off for manufacture in November.

We have made our first move into sponsorship by providing gear to Leics CCC and former Eng U19 player Rob Sayer. We have provided him with cricket shoes since he signed as a professional at Leics as he's a Peterborough lad that we have known for a while. Now we have our own brand it's been fantastic to fully kit him out. Being a retailer running a brand rather than just running a brand, our sponsored players have quite a few advantages when it comes to bat choice. Rob is currently trialling bats from a number of the best batmakers in the world, sourced through our retail accounts and various connections in the industry.

Here is a quick teaser photo of the gear we have. Some of the imagery I have nabbed from Focus Australias social media, but the gear is identical to the stuff we have.







Thanks for having a look, all the gear is now listed on our website if you would like to make a purchase. Please also follow us on twitter if you have a spare moment. I've hyperlinked the text below, so all you have to do is click on our twitter handle to take you straight to our profile.

@FocusCricketUK