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Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« on: January 20, 2016, 07:29:08 PM »
With my nerd head on, I remember a few brands from my past that don't seem to be as prevelant as they used to be and I wondered if people knew what happened to them, or what they are doing now.

I'll start with a few:

Pony - Used to make cricket shoes, you never hear of them now

Funky - did he wrap up the brand when he changed bats?

Redback - I'm sure he's going strong, but lovely kit and you don't seem to hear of him

Tusker - brief retro-revival, then disappeared

Open Championship - ?

Zenith - Seem to think they were from SA, but not sure. Fluro stickers on the bats I think?

Sommers - ?


Anyone know any inside gossip, or have any other musings?
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2016, 08:12:19 PM »
Isn't funky cricket a Sponser of Hampshire ?
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2016, 08:12:55 PM »
I have a funky in the shop for knocking in, strikes me as freshly made (sticker/grip don't look aged)

It's Indian made by the look of it, possibly SS
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2016, 08:15:49 PM »
Quote from: Seniorplayer on January 20, 2016, 08:12:19 PM
Isn't funky cricket a Sponser of Hampshire ?

Thought they had changed a couple of years ago to puma? have they changed back to funky, I'm sure funky are still floating around on cricket-hockey's page somewhere
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2016, 08:16:32 PM »
Guy at our club knows the funky guy and still gets a lot of his kit from him. They are down Hampshire way...



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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2016, 08:17:25 PM »
Saw a couple of sommers bats floating around the herts circuit last year, couldn't really tell if they were newer though
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2016, 08:25:20 PM »
Havent heard of Grasshopper  cricket for a while
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2016, 08:27:04 PM »
Think sommers have moved mainly into team wear now not sure if they still make bats softs etc.
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2016, 08:31:02 PM »
Funky are advertised in Eversley Indoor centre in a display case, so definitely still around


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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2016, 08:38:14 PM »
Yeah, believe Funky are cricket-hockey's own brand.
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2016, 08:50:03 PM »
Anyone know anything re Reaper cricket.
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2016, 08:55:46 PM »
Don't think zenith made it far into the 90s, weren't they owned by newbery or something?
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2016, 08:57:26 PM »

Quote from: Seniorplayer on January 20, 2016, 08:50:03 PM
Anyone know anything re Reaper cricket.
reapers still going
Base near Raeding and mostly local business now


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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2016, 10:30:18 PM »
Funky still exist I think, I'm sure I saw Sean Ervine of Hampshire using their stuff last season.
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Re: Where Are they Now? Are some Brands still going?
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2016, 10:35:18 PM »
Anything about Redback? They were the must buy bat on here a few years ago.
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