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Lord Such is absent again so I will be doing the review. In summary, we have some surprising teams in the 4 at the moment. Mt Lawley sit top of the table, Bassendean 3rd and the player drain from South Perth has not affected them as they sit 4th. Ossy Park and joondalup winless at the moment, you expect Osborne Park to turn that around but Joondalup need a win to get their confidence going otherwise this could be a long season.
Mt Lawley 80 (7) vs Osborne Park 77 (1)
(Corey Bessant 23 - Jack East 15)
(Daniel Trewhella 19 - Ryan Brown 13)
(Darren Rowland 23 - John Goddard 22)
(Mark Masel 15 - Sean Mawdsley 27)
This was played Friday night and it was a close finish but early on mt Lawley jumped the Saints, at stages out by 20 odd shots but Osborne Park kept chipping away at the lead, if it was a 22 end game then it might have been a different result but the Mounters hang on and get the 7 points. Good results for them as they sit top of the ladder, a great start with some key personnel inclusions in the off season, they would be delighted with the start they've had.

North Beach 59 (1) vs South Perth 119 (7)
(Chris Margin 17 - Glenn Pauling 32)
(Gavin Crosthwaite 9 - Justin Opie 31)
(Joe McGinlay 21 - Scott Walker 20)
(Mark Douthie 12 - Ross Bresland 36)
The other of our Friday night games and again it was South Perth saluting by 8 points. This seems to be a real trend, I don't think they have won at home for 4 years, and those have been night games. I like that teams want to play night games but if North Beach want to win games then they need to play teams other than South Perth at night. It may not make a difference, but winning games is a priority and why not give yourself the best chance to win. This night was a hiding with South Perth winning by 60 shots.

Joondalup 66 (1) vs Cambridge 81 (7)
(Ben Leggett 17 - Pieter Harris 20)
(Shane Rixom 14 - Cameron Harris 18)
(Stein Davies 10 - Michael Sweeney 27)
(Wes Neilson 25 - Clive Adams 16)
Our Sunday games now and Joondalup are still searching for their first win afdter Cambridge visited and took away 7 points. The absence of Blake Nairn proving no hindrance with temporary skipper Mike Sweeney winning by 17. Wes Neilson after his recent week off a strong performance with his 9 shot win. More worrying for Joondalup is that 2 of their 3 games have been at home, you need to bank home games and pinch away games at this level, Cambridge have done that this game and sit just out of the 4 with 2 wins.

Manning 71 (1) vs Bassendean 93 (7)
(AJ Heal 13 - Ruairi Kenyon 21)
(Cody Packer 21 - Simon Alden 19)
(Thomas Mitchell 18 - Wayne Neilson 24)
(William Hyatt 19 - David Rhodes 29)
Massive upset as Bassendean travel to Manning and get the job done in a very solid manner with 7 points and a 22 aggregate win. 3 solid rink wins for Bassendean, Cody Packer the only winner for Manning, at one stage 20-5 and keeping his team in it but that gap narrowed in a rink of 2 halves and ultimately that meant a comfortable win for the visitors. As we always say away wins are vital and travelling to ther reigning premiers and grabbing 7 points is huge for Bassendean and they sit in the 4 as a consequence.

Sorrento 72 (1) vs Doubleview 82 (7)
(Chris Lander 21 - Anthony Williams 22)
(Murray Hulbert 15 - Kyle McIlroy 24)
(Paul Knight 16 - Ryan Moyle 17)
(Rhett Butler 20 - Charlie Slavich 19)
Usually Sorrento have been the fast starters to a season but they have been a bit sluggish this year, Bruce Eagles absence not helping the cause at all and they leave this weekend with only 3 points with some work to do. Who can pick Doubleview? 2 very good away wins and drop the home game which you can usually bank on. A lot to be happy about with the start from Doubleview to with 2nd and they are setting their season up nicely. Three 1 point rinks with the decider Kyle McIlroy by 9 to seal the agg win. A close match obviously and while Sorrento haven't got the chocolates they would still think they are right in this season.

LADDER
TeamPlayedWinsLossDrawSFSA%PointsHomePtsAwayPtsHomeWAwayW
Mt Lawley3300265243109.052014621
Doubleview3210232228101.7515.51.51402
Bassendean3210240227105.73156.58.511
South Perth3210264205128.7814.568.511
Cambridge3210244231105.6314.56.5811
Manning321023023697.46147.56.511
Sorrento3120244208117.31119210
North Beach312020928174.388.58.5010
Osborne Park303022323694.493.512.500
Joondalup303021226879.13.530.500
SKIPPERS
NameWinsLossesDrawsShots+Home winsAway winsClub
Glenn Pauling3003212South Perth
Daniel Trewhella3002421Mt Lawley
Ruairi Kenyon3002112Bassendean
Cody Packer3001721Manning
Darren Rowland300721Mt Lawley
Rhett Butler300621Sorrento
Pieter Harris201602Cambridge
Ross Bresland2101911South Perth
Sean Mawdsley2101111Osborne Park
David Rhodes210711Bassendean
Cameron Harris210511Cambridge
Kyle McIlroy210502Doubleview
Charlie Slavich210311Doubleview
Ryan Moyle210-102Doubleview
Joe McGinlay210-420North Beach
Wes Neilson101910Joondalup
Anthony Williams111-301Doubleview
William Hyatt111-310Manning
Wayne Neilson111-601Bassendean
Michael Sweeney1001701Cambridge
Bruce Eagles1001410Sorrento
Paul Knight1201410Sorrento
Justin Opie1201401South Perth
Chris Lander120610Sorrento
Jack East120001Osborne Park
Corey Bessant120-310Mt Lawley
Murray Hulbert110-401Sorrento
Mark Masel110-510Mt Lawley
Shane Rixom120-710Joondalup
Clive Adams120-810Cambridge
Thomas Mitchell120-901Manning
Ben Leggett120-1310Joondalup
Mark Douthie120-1710North Beach
Gavin Crosthwaite120-2210North Beach
Shane Knott001000Manning
Scott Walker021-600South Perth
Ryan Brown021-700Osborne Park
Simon Alden021-900Bassendean
Chris Margin021-2900North Beach
Phil Jones010-100Mt Lawley
Jimmy Buchanan010-300Joondalup
Blake Nairn020-700Cambridge
Gary Caffell010-700Osborne Park
John Goddard020-1000Osborne Park
AJ Heal020-1100Manning
Stein Davies030-4200Joondalup