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.

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 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.

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 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.