I was browsing through this board and noticed that there was no posts since August 2016 and thought I would provide you with my own prospective on Warsop.
I have been using Warsop bats, pads, gloves et cetera since I was a teenager (over 20 years) and I remember their old shop in Danbury. One of the bats I purchased from them (May 2000; they date stamped this bat) was custom made at a weight of 3lb (heavy bats had become a bit of a fascination at this time); I later had the weight reduced to approximately 2lb 9oz and the bat is till in my possession.
I returned to playing club cricket for Chingford last season after a number of seasons not playing due to family commitments and injury (ruptured my right patellar tendon in October 2017 playing football); my Warsop bats looked rather dated with the older transfers/stickers compared to those on their website; so during last season, I got my 2 Warsop bats I still had completely refurbished with their new transfers/stickers applied (one after the other, couldn't be left without a bat) and they came back looking like new, so I can fault Clere and Tony for their work on my bats especially with the age of them.
As my pads and gloves hadn't been used in a while and looked rather worse for wear, I purchased their Platinum Pro Batting Pads and Platinum Pro Flexi Batting Gloves.
As you can imagine, returning to play for your cricket club after many years out, your playing clothing may have changed in some way or form (luckily mine still fitted but it was not the same as other players at the club were using All Rounder as their supplier with Adidas being the choice of kit). I looked at purchasing new clothing from All Rounder but after seeing their prices along with their turnaround time and delivery charges, I was very reluctant to pay these prices along with waiting for however long it would have been as other players had complained that they never received items. So, what I did off my own back (and causing some backlash with the hierarchy at the club) was obtain my own club clothing through Warsop, which worked out cheaper with less wait time and no delivery costs (I am often in Chelmsford as my youngest daughter lives there with her mother, so I would collect it myself). What started off as short and long sleeved playing shirts and playing trousers with the club's badge/logo on them, it ended up with me asking Warsop to provide me with a baseball cap, baggy cap and sunhat as I did not have club headwear (this is what initially caused the backlash and this was due to the fact the players had ordered headwear the previous season and still not receiving it) and as I am only playing 3rd/4th XI cricket and never worn a helmet, I need a cap to wear if/when I batted (I don't often wear a cap/hat whilst fielding, but if I do, it would be a sun hat). My collection of Warsop club clothing grew throughout the end of last season with the additions of a hoodie, tracksuit bottoms, shorts, t-shirt, polo shirt, jacket, gilet, beanie and pom pom hat. My goal now is for Warsop (through my recently established company) to become Chingford Cricket Club's clothing supplier and hopefully I can expand this part of my business to other local clubs.
I have seriously gone off of topic with that last paragraph but as you can tell I am a bit of a Warsop w***e (according to my fellow club members), this is only because I am in it for the "little guy" as they say.
Anyway, if you have any questions or queries regarding Warsop, I am here to help.
Thank you for your time.
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