Can the Dunsborough Oilers 3 peat the Men’s A grade or will the hunters become the hunted?
Thats the question that awaits an answer on the eve of the 2023/24 Men’s A grade season.
See below a preview of each teams line up and players to watch.
DUNSBOROUGH OILERS 
TEAM ROSTER
| Daniel Atkinson |
| Jack Flynn |
| Michell Hough |
| Thomas Malcolm |
| Matt Mansfield |
| Anthony Marinovich |
| Harry Mooney |
| Peter Webb |
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Jack Flynn – Current South West Slammer and played a crucial role in the Oilers success last season, Can the big league experience Flynn will bring to this team be seen at a domestic level.
Matt Mansfield – 2022/23 Grand Final MVP last season, Can one of the shortest players in the league have the biggest impact? If history repeats then no doubt Mansfields role will play a big part in the Oilers success this season.
FIRST 3 GAMES
Round 1 – Boomers Boomdogs
Round 2 – BYE
Round 3 – Colts
SEASON PREDICTION
Less than a top 2 finish for this side will be a huge surprise!
Boomers Boomdogs 
TEAM ROSTER
| Michell Tenardi |
| Ethan Bowman |
| Lochlain Bowman |
| James de Morton |
| Archie Kirkham |
| Darren Kirkhan |
PLAYERS TO WATCH
James de Morton – The future is here for Boomers, Can de Mortons youthfulness inspire and lead the way for the Boomdogs? Short answer YES!
Darren Kirkham – The Boomdogs highest points scorer in season 22/23 Kirkham will play a massive role and his points critical to give the team in black the best chance of success this year.
FIRST 3 GAMES
Round 1 – Dunsborough Oilers
Round 2 – Colts
Round 3 – YCW Stingers
SEASON PREDICTION
Should make the finals, will need to go one better and win a final this year to be a success.
Colts 
TEAM ROSTER
| Tiernan Bass |
| Lachlan Frame |
| Kieran Hill |
| Logan Philp |
| Josh Sutherland |
| William Triffitt |
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Josh Sutherland – Current SW Slammers player, Sutherlands big game experience will play a pivotal role in leading a very young Colts team this season.
Lachlan Frame – Can Frame replicate the success he had at the Oilers last season or will a change of club see and change of form, time will tell.
FIRST 3 GAMES
Round 1 – Dunsborough Midnight Oilers
Round 2 – Boomers Boomdogs
Round 3 – Dunsborough Oilers
SEASON PREDICTION
Hard to read this team, on paper they are very young, but all have the ability to take the game on, wouldn’t be too surprised if they just missed out on finals.
Dunsborough Midnight Oilers
TEAM ROSTER
| Jake Allison |
| Zack Conroy |
| David Davies |
| Noah Gibson |
| Courtney Johnson |
| Cameron Knight |
| Tom Meyer |
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Zack Conroy – Comes into this season with the chance to impress after playing for Championship winning Oilers last season, Can he live up to the expectation?
Tom Meyer – Makes the step up to A grade again in 2023/24 after sinking 113 points in B grade last season. If he carries that form into this season he could be hard to stop.
FIRST 3 GAMES
Round 1 – Colts
Round 2 – YCW Stingers
Round 3 – BYE
SEASON PREDICTION
Another of the teams that are hard to predict, I suspect a finish between 3rd-5th would be on the cards this season.
YCW Stingers 
TEAM ROSTER
| Alex Gibson |
| Simon Slater |
| Beau Chinnery |
| Kane Dawson |
| Adam Dehring |
| Jack Kennedy |
| Jack Williams |
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Beau Chinnery – Always stands up when the side needs him, expect another big showing the big man this season
Adam Dehring – One of the highest scorers for the Stingers last year, and whilst they don’t score a lot of points as a team Dehing’s defense will play a big role in the Stingers chances of going 1 better than last season.
FIRST 3 GAMES
Round 1 – BYE
Round 2 – Dunsborough Midnight Oilers
Round 3 – Boomers Boomdogs
SEASON PREDICTION
Runners Up the last 2 seasons, Stingers fans will be hoping their team can go 1 better and bring home the championship. If they play their best for the 17 weeks then this is a strong possibility.
Round 1 gets underway this Monday October 9th 2023 with all games this season being played at the GLC at either 650pm or 740pm. Come down and cheer your side on!
