Rossmoyne
Grahame Maesepp, John Fitzgerald, Reza Vind, Walter Harvey
Peter Feszczak, David Horniman, Peter Chappell, Craig Edson
Anthony Regan, Peter Lees, Raymond Halse, Rawley Lang
Danny Nolan, Allan Herbert, Anthony Churcher, Allan Petchell INS: OUTS:
Kalamunda
Trevor Price, Andrew Brandsma, Mark Gill, William Brandsma
Simon Maddy, Bob Farrant, Mark Potente, Frank Carbone
Robert Chalmers, Gary McDonald, David Park, Wayne Olive
Mark Thomas, Colin Smeeton, Arthur Bartlett, Dwayne Wooltorton INS: OUTS:
Match of the round to kick things off and both will have a point to prove. The Kalamunda side looks improved from last season with the inclusion of Frank Carbone and they retain last seasons best performing rink headed by state player Bill Brandsma. Rossmoyne headed as always by the Mayor of Rossmoyne, Rawley Lang will be very tough to beat at home. There are rumours the committee are looking at approving the construction a large statue of Lang that will greet all bowlers as they enter the club. We will wait and see but despite tipping Kalamunda as No 1 seed I think Rossmoyne can get this one and kick the season off with a win.
Rossmoyne 6-2
Kardinya v Thornlie
Kardinya
Peter Holmes, Roy McNamara, Ross Knapp, Norm Ball
Michael West, Les Phillips, Stephen Vinci, Danny Comrie
Brian Wright, Aaron Gale, John Rochford, Conn Vinci
Dave Wood, Jack Edgar, Marcus Ayres, Brett Adams INS: OUTS:
Thornlie
Coral Thorn, Pierre De Meuse, Wayne Wendt, Daniel Slade
Arthur Payne, Pasquale Riggio, Paul Pohe, Robert Carruthers
James (jimmy) Mitchell, John Walker, Mark Forrester, Jim Stean
Colin Edgley, John Thorn, Glyn Vaughan, Mark Separovich INS: OUTS:
Yet to see the Kardinya side but based on last season they were very hard to beat at home. The Vinci party normally had a picnic and I cannot see them having any trouble beating Thornlie. Of note the Thornlie side will have to do battle without experienced skipper Michael Yates. They will try hard but Kardinya should be too strong.
Kardinya 7-1
Warnbro v Cockburn
Warnbro
Paul Guelfi, Antonius De Brouwer, John Isgar, Lindsay Strange
David Fitzpatrick, Thomas Watson, Danny Watson, Barry Kalinowsky
Peter Hartnett, Barry Regan, Scott Christie, George Jackson
Malcolm Wilson, Les Kellow, John Radford, Troy Dellar INS: OUTS:
Cockburn
Iain Thomas, Kelli Wray, John Wray, Kenneth Wylie
Kevin Yakas, Wayne Clegg, Marin Sokol, Steve Srhoy
Hal Chambers, Viktor Dropulic, Brian Vidovich, James Wylie
Peter Kozuh, Giuseppi Galipo, -, Peter Burgess INS: OUTS:
Speaking of teams with a strong home ground advantage, Warnbro are the kings. Headed by a team of very capable and experienced skippers they did not lose a match at home last season. But the away wins were few and far between and they will need to improve this aspect if they are going to improve their ladder position. Great to see Cockburn return to one blue and even better to see Steve Srhoy still playing in his favoured skipper’s role. This will be a difficult start to the season for Cockburn and I expect a comfortable Warnbro win
Warnbro 8-0
Dalkeith Nedlands v Willetton
Dalkeith Nedlands
Rob Kelly, David Fitzgerald, Rob Moran, Darren Redeckis
Peter Jeanes, Ron Stapleton, Matthew Green, Martin Saunders
William Owen, John McCormack, Michael Zusman, Jesse Brown
Todd Allen, Michael Joyce, Aleksander Gryta, Andrew Foster INS: OUTS:
Willetton
Ron Bayens, David Reynolds, Mick Phillips, Cameron Girvan
Peter McSweeney, Ken Monkhouse, Gavin Dodge, Alan Walters
Rhonda Porter, Greg McMahon, Trevor Thompson, Justin Wright
John Porter, Maxwell Strange, Glenn Sewell, Peter Bartoshefski INS: OUTS:
Dalkeith who just survived last season take on the newly promoted Willetton in what should be a close match. Dalkeith headed by Jesse “the gunslinger” Brown will be favoured at home and in general acquitted themselves well last season after promotion the season before. Willetton are treading a similar path after a premiership in Division 2 last season. Cameron Girvan is a quality player but with the gunslinger in full flight Dalkeith should be too strong at home.
Dalkeith 6-2
Rockingham v Forrestfield & Districts
Rockingham
Steven Wales, Ian Barrett, John Lethlean, Pietro Villa
Terry Rubery, Victor Arriagada, Graeme Roberts, Bruce Edwards
Fred Smith, Marcus Weston, Lindsay Atkins, Mark Devenny
Keith Fyles, Tony Threlfall, Stuart Currie, Marcus Simpson INS: OUTS:
Forrestfield & Districts
Laurie Delcaro, Kirk Weissflog, Mark Vatri, Rhys Tillemans
David Croft, Lee Stedman, Sandra Young, George Tibbles
Frank Gore, Alex Fewings, Corey Holland, Jarad Weppner
Heath Rabey, Robert Carr, John Forrest, Trent Tillemans INS: OUTS:
Interesting match to conclude Round 1. Rockingham are an emerging team headed by young gun Marcus Simpson and his capable sidekick Stuart Currie. Bill Brandsma sits as the No 1 seed but Simpson is number 2 in terms of playing quality and potential. His rink will be hard to beat during the season. Forrestfield are also a capable side headed by the talented Tillemans boys and Jarrad Weppner. Rockingham also have a very strong home advantage and I expect that they will come out on top in this fixture.
