I did think that this fixture could be a lot closer than ladder positions suggested and so it turned out to be. The Brandsma rink continued their superb form however wins to Martin Saunders, Darren Redeckis and Andrew Foster allowed Dalkeith to secure the aggregate and 7 valuable points. Dalkeith surge to 7th place on the ladder and Im pretty sure their highest position so far this season. For Kalamunda top spot which has been pretty much their’s for the whole season is now gone. They will need to travel to Rockingham next week looking to get things back on track. Dalkeith back at home against Warnbro and looking to make it 3 wins on the trot.

Great win at home for Warnbro after a couple of disappointing weeks.Strong wins to Dr G, Troy Dellar and Mr Bowls, Dennis Patullo enabled a comfortable win and 7 valuable points. A great win from Reza over Kalinowsky allowed Rossmoyne to secure at least one point. Warnbro now have some hope but they will probably need an away win if they are to give themselves a chance to get out of the bottom 2. Next week against fellow bottom 4 side Dalkeith would be a good time to start. Rossmoyne on the road again taking on another bottom 4 side in Forrestfield. Like Warnbro, Rossmoyne also need an away win to give themselves a chance as well to avoid the danger zone. Some interesting matches next week.

Massive result for Cockburn with an 8 nil thrashing of Rockingham. The big winner for Cockburn was the Peter Burgess rink by 15 shots over the well performed Edwards rink. I hope the Cockburn selectors note this and resist the temptation to make changes to a winning combination. For Rockingham it has been a couple of weeks to forget and not sure where they go from here. But the good news is that they still hold down 3rd spot and are back at home next week to take on Kalamunda. So No 2 vs No 3 on the ladder next week with big ramifications for end of season ladder positions.

This result also caught somewhat by surprise with the ever consistent Willetton failing to register a point vs Kardinya at home. A great result though for Kardinya and they shoot straight to the top of the ladder as a result of Kalamunda’s defeat. Ever since the Henley/Flintoff combination came to town things have been on the up for Kardinya. They recorded a pretty comfortable win over the Girvan rink which is generally not easy to do. Kardinya at home next week to Cockburn whilst Willetton off to Thornlie in what will be another important match for both sides.

Forrestfield did what they needed to do by defeating Thornlie at home 6-2. Rhys Tillemans recorded the win of the day with a 17 shot win over Owen Perryman. Forrestfield jump to 8th position on the ladder and are now just 2 points off Thornlie in 6th. So all still to play for over the next 6 matches. Forrestfield at home again next week and they will really be looking to capitalise in a match against fellow bottom 4 side, Rossmoyne. Thornlie head back to more comfortable terrain where they must take on 5th placed Willetton. Another huge clash and looking forward to Round 13 already.