David Claridge

DELORAINE FOOTBALL club has welcomed a bumper start to the season with a perfect winning streak across all their teams, with eight wins from eight games.

The three men’s teams took it to their cross town rivals in Scottsdale and won all three matches, further stamping their mark near the top of the ladder in their divisions.

Senior’s team coach Lochie Dornauf welcomed the exciting match up.

‘Scottsdale is always a big rivalry for us. We both come from two predominately rural areas around Tasmania.

‘We love the ferocity that Scottsdale have throughout their games and we try to emulate that, and one up them as well, on game day’, he said.

As Scottsdale’s first loss for the season, the match turned in Deloraine’s favour after an eight to four halftime score, largely influenced by Dornauf and fellow leader Jarrod Scott.

Shining light for the seniors, Darren Banham has kicked seven goals in each of the first two games. A north west coast import, he has previously coached Ulverstone.

‘We are extremely lucky to have his services. On top of that he is just a very decent guy and wants to give back, passing his craft onto a few of the younger members of the team’, Lochie added.

The seniors are on track to defend their premiership title, sitting second on the ladder by percentage.

Deloraine women’s team played their first game of the season on Friday 30 April under lights at Georgetown.

Putting up a, good fight, the Kangas went down by 3.7.25 to 1.1.7.