I think this is a race in two, the Southern boys did well in the state pairs in 2017 getting to the quarter and taking some big scalps along the way, but Craig Stokes is an improved skipper and I'm going to lean to them, but only just

Rayner/Buckle 3.25%, Humfrey/Humfrey 2.44%, Southern/Southern 74.8%, Stokes/Booth 30.08%

Tom Mitchell and Daniel Trewhella seem the obvious selection here, how long will the injured knee of Mitchell hold up to the rigours of state pairs will be interesting

Sharp/Faigenbaum 0%, Mitchell/Trewhella 107.32%, Ngui/Gill 3.25%, Willett/Ryan 0.81%

Wide open section here, great to see the legend Steve Srhoy having a run, not sure who he is partnered with though. Jimmy Buchanan and Mike Korycin look to have enough in the bag to win this section

O'Neil/Watson 5.69%, Srhoy/Gurr 21.14%, Buchanan/Korycn 78.05%, Harvey/Collier 6.5%

Simon Deering and Ryan Castledine are the recent qualifiers for the BPL Cup as one of 3 WA qualifiers, but they have a huge job to overcome the Shane pairing, Loftus and Rixom who are flying this year in the Premier League

Griffiths/McClelland 4.07%, Deering/Castledine 4.07%, Rixom/Loftus 102.44%, Gerdtz/Hudson 0.81%

The tippers have narrowed this down to a race in 2 and they play each other in the final game as well to win the section. A real Doubleview connection amongst the four so bragging rights will be on offer. Will go for the Charlie Slavich Corey Bessant combination, but would not surprise to see the other pair win

Hosking/Kendall 0%, Slavich/Bessant 91.06%, Edmonds/Cerff 20.33%, Gittens/Wooldridge 0%

A confusion of names here, that’s not Dale Marsland from Mosman Park nor is it Sam Perica from Kardinya, and we have no idea who Mike vitale is playing with. I'm going to select the Spearwood pairing only because they play higher in the pennant divisions than the others, not sure what the country guys will be bringing.

Jose/Dye 4.07%, Vitale/Tba 13.82%, Marsland/Downey 68.29%, Perica/Stojan 24.39%

another of our BPL Cup qualifying pairs, Clive Adams and Phil Potts, a late replacement for Lance Strahan but an extremely adequate late call up should win this section but they do face former champs Haydn Smith and Phil Jones. No easy game in this section really, Neville Costello and Derek Griffin solid as is the Neville Stevens Wayne Coyle pair. Good section

Costello/Griffin 0.81%, Adams/Potts 80.49%, Stevens/Coyle 3.25%, Smith/Jones 26.83%

The tippers look like they can't split the top 2, they play first up when fresh and the winner of that game will win the section. The young guns are strong, Cameron Harris doing a fine job in his first year skippering in the Premier League and Connor Biddle at Osborne Park playing well, together they did make the semis last year and only lost on the extra end to the eventual winners. But I'm going for the experience of Steve Novak and Gavin Faulkner.

Harris/Biddle 48.78%, Novak/Faulkner 57.72%, Rayner/DeJager 0.81%, Scott/Fredericks 3.25%

Ryan Moyle is pushing for state selection he is in that good form at the moment and paired with I assume Tom Whitfield, they should be comfortable winners of this section

Coote/Wachmer 5.69%, Moyle/Whitfield 103.25%, Kain/Jasper 1.63%, Barker/Johnson 0.81%

Good friends Neale Griffin and Mitch Biglin team up here and should win the section but don't discount Paul Davies from Kardinya with some good support from Matt Wihtely from Bassendean. It won't be easy for the South Perth pair

Griffin/Biglin 82.11%, Davies/Whitely 28.46%, Burley/Godden 0%, Bettens/Lilley 0%

Not sure of the Pasalich pair, I'll take a punt on it being Andrew and Segan (not sure why we don't have first names this year) but it's a tough section. Will Hyatt from Dudley Park is a very consistent bowler and I saw first hand how good Brad Henley at Kardy is going this year. If you unplug his boom box that might put him off, but I'm going for the Kardy boys here

Hyatt/Walker 54.47%, Pasalich/Pasalich 24.39%, Henley/White 30.89%, Dunn/O'Brien 1.63%

Another pairing of good friends Dave Downey and Mitchell Cranswick and it looks hard to decide between them or the Rhett Butler Mal Burton combination. Great to see Rhett returning to bowls after the heart issues, but I'm going for the friends here

Cranswick/Downey 49.59%, Evans/Evans 0.81%, Butler/Burton 52.85%, Mason/Martin 8.13%

Kyle McIlroy and John Slavich are my selection to win the tournament, both in good form with loads of experience, will need to draw on all of that to overcome Ross Bresland and his steady leader Derek Angell, but I think they can go all the way

Wooltorton/Potente 0.81%, Pearce/Willesee 1.63%, Bresland/Angell 14.63%, McIlroy/Slavich 93.5%

I'm going to go for my first real upset here, the obvious selection is the Ron Bate and Mark Simpson pair, welcome back to WA by the way Ron, but I'm going for the Murray Hulbert and Peter Morgan duo. An unfashionable duo but ultra consistent and I reckon they might do it

Vlahos/Stanik 0.81%, Sims/Munday 1.63%, Bates/Simpson 95.93%, Hulbert/Morgan 13.01%

Last years winners, tournament favs at time of writing, they should go awfully close again and should win this section comfortably.

Packer/Mitchell 106.5%, Cole/Starbuck 0%, Ashworth/Archer 1.63%, Calvo/Hughes 3.25%

This will be the Dale Marsland from Mosman Park teaming up with Miles Kemp from Manning, and it looks a race in 2 with Chris Lander and Ross Cunningham. I think Dale Marsland will look the goods here

Lander/Cunningham 50.41%, Carr/Clarke 0.81%, Marsland/Kemp 58.54%, Anning/Hilsz 1.63%

Another young pairing here, and I give Ben Leggett and Wes Neilson a real chance of winning the section. But Russell Bates and Brad Ball are a strong team, last game of the day will decide the winner and be worth watching. A certainty will be a lot of driving

Horwood/Thomas 2.44%, Leggett/Neilson 19.51%, Ball/Bates 89.43%, Arriagada/Wright 0%

Frank Carbone and Grant Nicol look far too good for thissection

Carbone/Nicol 107.32%, Wemm/Price 1.63%, Smith/McCormack 0%, Poggi/Scott 2.44%

All 4 pairings here would fancy themselves to win it. Be good to know who it with Mark Rollings from Osborne Park, he is an improved bowler, the father son Alberti combination will be keen to see how they go and the Bassendean teammates of Travis Lynch and Grant Stokes will go well. A real toss up

Lynch/Stokes 47.15%, Alberti/Alberti 45.53%, Rollings/Tba 16.26%, Andersson/Hickey 1.63%

The 3 Reagans have drawn each other, a family square off. But not sure either of them will win the section, Bruce Eagles and Greg Taylor and good pair but I'll be going for the Steve O'Neil and Kevin Pickering pair.

O'Neill/Pickering 42.28%, Reagan/Butler 24.39%, Reagan/Reagan 3.25%, Eagles/Taylor 41.46%

I really rate Mark Callcott as a bowler, Will Tepania just seems to win games but I'm going for the Bassendean boys Joe Krstic and John Morss, b oth are bowling well and they have paired up nicely

Tepania/Topine 34.15%, Kelly/Callcott 11.38%, Wunnenberg/Prowse 8.94%, Krstic/Morss 56.91%

We saw Chris Carruthers do so well in the Everest this year and it's a good pairing here. It looks a race in two with the Bassendean pair of Chris Margin/David Killisch von Horn. Margin not playing pennants but keeping his hand in with various events, they might just get up here

Gerrard/Gerrard 4.07%, Carruthers/Owen 42.28%, Margin/KillishvonHorn 58.54%, Trotter/Trotter 6.5%

Big Toes here from Mosman Park a very competitive bowler, not sure of his partner though. Roelefs and Galipo from South Perth but I'll be going for the country pairing of Gary Keep and Rob Bowron

Lindsay/Wright 4.07%, Roelofs/Galipo 10.57%, Keep/Bowron 34.15%, Beurteaux/Robertson 62.6%

One of favourite teams Daniel brown and Lee Such look too good here and will be looking to go very deep in the tournament

Bartlett/Rollnik 7.32%, Brown/Such 97.56%, Grieves/Blacklock 1.63%, Kelly/Moretti 4.88%

Couple of family pairings here, I have seen first hand how manyh upsets the Bassendean team has done in club pairs over the years so they won't be easy, but Rob Tiller and his Dad are good bowlers so will be going for them

Bowden/Higham 0.81%, Day/Day 6.5%, Tiller/Tiller 97.56%, Ekholm/Fasolo 4.88%

Race in 2 here, again like a few others I feel the last game of the day will decide the winner. Gary Caffell and Gordon King have been bowling together for years and they strike Brad Gillingham and Leo Mola. What will they be like away from North Beach? Another close game, another one decided in game 3, I'll go for the experience.

Murray/Walton 1.63%, Caffell/King 78.05%, Gillingham/Mola 26.02%, Weir/Carter 4.88%

Couple of Bassendean pairings here but they are up against it, Glenn Pauling and Scott Walker have won plenty of stuff together over the years but never a state pairs and they seemed primed to have their best tilt at it this year. Pauling on top of the skippers stats and in rare form. Will win the section and a couple more afterrwards I think

Pauling/Walker 106.5%, Tenardi/Wood 0.81%, Davies/Dinnison 3.25%, Snelgar/Goddard 0.81%

Tricky little section this one, Patrick Daley crossing to Joondalup this season has been good teaming with Chris Leggett, not sure of the country duo but it's a fair hike to travel so they wouldn't make the trip lightly. John Carlsen with old Bedford teammate Billy Richardson won't go down lightly but I will go for Peter Flack, he is bowling well at the moment in a tough section

Adams/Walker 35.77%, Daley/Leggett 50.41%, Carlsen/Richardson 6.5%, Flack/Niven 18.7%

Another difficult section, if any side can strike a good patch of form then they can win the section. Matt Buttel I saw first hand leading extremely well last weekend with Peter Retallack will go well but I will go for the Thornlie combination Glyn Vaughan and Pas Riggio. Gotta stick with my left handed brethren

Carter/Edson 32.52%, Fielding/Watt 4.07%, Retallack/Buttel 51.22%, Vaughan/Riggio 23.58%

Tough section, a pair of our State Fours winning team here in Mark Masel and Paul Sinden coming up against a previous winner in Blake Nairn with an unusual pairing from Bunbury. I don't really know much about Wilkinson, but Blake doesn't play with nobodies and on that fact alone I will go for them

Masel/Sinden 28.46%, Taylor/Nicholls 1.63%, Nairn/Wilkinson 68.29%, Durrant/Havercroft 12.2%

My section is quite a tough one, don't know much about the Taylor/ Butler combination, but Tom Antonio teaming up with Troy Kinnane is very good, and I'm hearing lots of good things about Stephen Jocelyn from Mosman Park, a recent mover here to WA from NSW and skippering well in White. A bit of a lottery but hopefully I get thru

Taylor/Butler 6.5%, Alden/Kenyon 58.54%, Abonnel/Jocelyn 17.89%, Antonio/Kinnane 27.64%

A race in 3 here, Sam Perica with Daryl Flintoff, teammates Darryl Radford and John Terrell and last years semi finalists Steven Bartlett and Chooky Hayes. Really tough to split, I think the positions of all sides are very compatible, I'm going to go for the firepower of Perica, but only just.

Perica/Flintoff 47.97%, Bridge/Edwards 0%, Radford/Terrell 49.59%, Bartlett/Hayes 13.82%

Andrew Tennant and Chris McKenna look to be the obvious team to progress from this section

Thomas/Dunstan 2.44%, Tennant/McKenna 94.31%, Lancaster/Miguel 12.2%, Monkhouse/Garner 0.81%

How good have Rossmoyne and especially Eddie Gollan been this season. So refreshing and I think he will continue that good form with his other skipper Allan Petchell

Merz/Palumbo 10.57%, Wood/Park 19.51%, Gollan/Petchell 79.67%, Mackay/Ivory 1.63%

Wowsers, I think this one is the section of death. I know it has star bowlers David Rankin and Bill Brandsma, but the other 3 combinations contain some very good bowlers. I think Rankin will win all 3 games, but he wouldn't want to take his eyes of the prize else he might go down

Gosstray/Thomas 4.88%, Douthie/Devenish 7.32%, Rankin/Brandsma 97.56%, Fewster/D'Souza 1.63%

The Cambridge have been picked as favourites to win this section and I suspect they might be right. Andrew Foster I suspect with Steve Rushforth skippering who is undefeated this season after coming in late.

Foster/Rushforth 77.24%, Chalmers/Ledger 5.69%, Newton/Newton 15.45%, Kelly/Green 13.01%

Outstanding combination and good friend Justin Opie and Beau Manton look far too strong for this section and will be looking to go very deep in the tournament

Kelly/Watson 2.44%, Danes/Coxon 0.81%, Opie/Manton 104.88%, Parr/Smith 3.25%

Gee whiz boy oh boy, what a section to finish. Straight away you would go for Shane Knott and Anthony Williams, but with Manning struggling in the PL perhaps they arent in tip top form at the moment. Warren Holt a very good player with his Dad Fred and Cameron Hoffman with Terry Cranswick go ok together as well. If Knott/Williams slightly off then this section is wide open

Hoffman/Cranswick 11.38%, Knott/Williams 88.62%, Holt/Holt 10.57%, / 0.81%