Great start to the Blue South season on Saturday.
Some close matches and probably the big surprise being Kardinya defeating South Perth away from home.
A big weekend coming up with 2 fixtures so we will know a lot more about each team come Sunday night.
Should be some real excitement over the weekend with Ben Twist coming to town. Well done to Vic Park organising this and I hope both days are a great success for them.
For those people able to assist during the season I have set up an e-mail address to send thru some info that will help with previews and reviews.
It would be great some additional details that could add some colour to the reports.
Please send to - updatebluesouth@gmail.com
Good Luck to everyone this weekend.

South Perth 81 (2) vs Kardinya 83 (6)
(David Mortley 20 - Norm Ball 24)
(Michael McRae 18 - Ian Barrie 22)
(Peter Holmes 19 - Geoffrey White 15)
(Steve Kelly 24 - Conn Vinci 22)
Great start to the season from Kardinya getting the Agg by just 2 shots in the end for a 6-2 victory over South Perth away from home in what looked to be a high quality game. The results on all rinks were very close but wins from Ian Barrie and evergreen Norm Ball were enough to get Kardy the points. South Perth will look to bounce back and travel to Victoria Park next Saturday who will be boosted by the inclusion of Ben Twist for this fixture. The Kat’s will next face Dalkeith Nedlands at home in what is looking to be a good start to the season for them.

Kalamunda 87 (7) vs Victoria Park Carlisle 71 (1)
(Dwayne Wooltorton 18 - Graeme Wishart 22)
(Ian Cornthwaite 16 - Jonathan Jermalinski 13)
(Wayne Olive 29 - Lee Such 13)
(William Brandsma 24 - David Florance 23)
Pre season favourites Kalamunda were too strong for Victoria Park recording a 7-1 victory at home.The big winner for Kalamunda was Wayne Olive who accounted for boom recruit Lee Such by 16 shots. My Vic Part spy tells me that an emergency committee meeting was called post game where it was discussed giving Such an open clearance back to South Perth. In the end calmer heads prevailed and in response Such has ordered his rink to undertake some team bonding exercises at the Victoria Park bar this week. Graeme Wishart was the only winner for Victoria Park with a 4 shot win over Dwayne Wooltorton. Kalamunda travel to Forrestfield this week whilst the Park boys will be looking forward to the arrival of Australian player Ben Twist for their 2 matches this weekend. Such will be hoping he plays well and should be exciting to see how this all plays out.

Dalkeith Nedlands 84 (6) vs Thornlie 66 (2)
(Andrew Foster 24 - Michael Yates 15)
(John Morgan 14 - Eddie Gollan 25)
(Lindsay Richardson 29 - Robert Carruthers 8)
(Martin Saunders 17 - Norman Holden 18)
Dalkeith celebrated their return to One Blue with a 6-2 victory over Thornlie at home in what was a great start to the season for them. The big winner for Dalkeith was Lindsay Richardson who recorded a 21 shot victory over Rob Carruthers. The Eddie Gollan/Glyn Vaughan combination were the best performers for Thornlie who will be looking to bounce back at home next Saturday against Warnbro. Dalkeith face 2 tough away matches over the weekend against round 1 winner Kardinya followed by South Perth and this will help see just where they sit against some of the experienced teams in One Blue.

Warnbro 99 (6.5) vs Rockingham 84 (1.5)
(Barry Kalinowsky 12 - Russell McIlveen 41)
(George Jackson 29 - Bruce Edwards 16)
(John Radford 35 - Marcus Simpson 4)
(Troy Dellar 23 - Mark Devenny 23)
When one of your rinks records a 29 shot victory it would normally be enough to help secure the aggregate. Russell Mcllveen and his rink had a day out against the returning Barry Kalinowsky however unfortunately for Rockingham this rink win was offset by a 31 shot win by John Radford over Marcus Simpson. So it was Warnbro at home securing an important win to start the season by 15 shots. Rockingham however showed that they will be competitive this season and will be looking forward to their opening home fixture against Fremantle next Saturday. The Warnbro boys travel to Thornlie in what should be an interesting match.

Fremantle 63 (0) vs Forrestfield 73 (8)
(Brian McCarthy 16 - Jarad Weppner 18)
(Dinko Golem 16 - Rhys Tillemans 18)
(Peter Wachmer 17 - Rhys Cummings 21)
(Shaun McCormack 14 - Brian Barnfield 16)
Fremantle were very competitive on all rinks in their season opener against Forrestfield however they unfortunately walk away with no points. The Forrestfield side would be jubilant with this result however they face a litmus test this week with a home clash against the strong Kalamunda side followed by an away match against the Ben Twist Victoria Park side the following day. So it shapes as a challenging weekend for them, however a win in either of these 2 matches would set the side up well for a strong season. Fremantle will be on the road and face recently promoted Rockingham in what shapes as a critical match for both teams.

LADDER
TeamPlayedWinsLossDrawSFSA%PointsHomePtsAwayPtsHomeWAwayW
Forrestfield11007363115.8780801
Kalamunda11008771122.5477010
Warnbro11009984117.866.56.5010
Dalkeith Nedlands11008466127.2766010
Kardinya11008381102.4760601
South Perth1010818397.5922000
Thornlie1010668478.5720200
Rockingham1010849984.851.501.500
Victoria Park Carlisle1010718781.6110100
Fremantle1010637386.300000
SKIPPERS
NameWinsLossesDrawsShots+Home winsAway winsClub
John Radford1003110Warnbro
Russell McIlveen1002901Rockingham
Lindsay Richardson1002110Dalkeith Nedlands
Wayne Olive1001610Kalamunda
George Jackson1001310Warnbro
Eddie Gollan1001101Thornlie
Andrew Foster100910Dalkeith Nedlands
Peter Holmes100410South Perth
Rhys Cummings100401Forrestfield
Graeme Wishart100401Victoria Park Carlisle
Ian Barrie100401Kardinya
Norm Ball100401Kardinya
Ian Cornthwaite100310Kalamunda
Brian Barnfield100201Forrestfield
Jarad Weppner100201Forrestfield
Rhys Tillemans100201Forrestfield
Steve Kelly100210South Perth
Norman Holden100101Thornlie
William Brandsma100110Kalamunda
Mark Devenny001000Rockingham
Troy Dellar001000Warnbro
David Florance010-100Victoria Park Carlisle
Martin Saunders010-100Dalkeith Nedlands
Conn Vinci010-200Kardinya
Brian McCarthy010-200Fremantle
Dinko Golem010-200Fremantle
Shaun McCormack010-200Fremantle
Jonathan Jermalinski010-300Victoria Park Carlisle
David Mortley010-400South Perth
Dwayne Wooltorton010-400Kalamunda
Michael McRae010-400South Perth
Peter Wachmer010-400Fremantle
Geoffrey White010-400Kardinya
Michael Yates010-900Thornlie
John Morgan010-1100Dalkeith Nedlands
Bruce Edwards010-1300Rockingham
Lee Such010-1600Victoria Park Carlisle
Robert Carruthers010-2100Thornlie
Barry Kalinowsky010-2900Warnbro
Marcus Simpson010-3100Rockingham