Inglewood put the Hawks to the sword at home, winning all four rinks in a 106-78 thumping.

The win was Inglewood’s first over the Hawks since the 2008-09 season, and only its second against the perennial power in their past 19 clashes.

The most one-sided of Inglewood’s rink wins was Daryl Rowley’s 30-16 victory over Brayden Byrne.

With wins also to skippers Rob Day (+4), Malcolm McLean (+7) and Lindsay Kelly (+3), it was the first time Inglewood has had an all-rinks win since beating Strathfieldsaye in round six of the 2009-10 season. The club has played 85 games since.

• Reigning premier Bendigo East picked up from where it left off last season, racing straight to the top of the ladder with a 57-shot hiding of Kangaroo Flat.

East bolted to a thumping 115-58 win at home over the Flat, which looks set to be in for a long season.

The 57-shot margin was the Flat’s biggest loss since beaten by 60 by Eaglehawk in 2007-08.

Darren Burgess (+20), Marc Smith (+15) and Aaron Tomkins (+14) won by a combined 49 shots for Bendigo East, which also had David Keenan’s rink prevail by eight shots.

• Castlemaine has the rink of new skipper Ray McCumber to thank for its six-shot win over Golden Square at home.

The Maine won 98-92, but only McCumber’s rink was victorious with a dominant 28-9 triumph over Square’s Garri Conforti.

The other three rinks were all wins to Golden Square – Mal Finch (+3), Daryl Cheeseman (+3) and Frank Thomas (+7).

• The new-look South Bendigo was unable to open its season with a win, going down to Bendigo by 19 shots.

Ian Ross (+4), Tom Russell (+16) and Damien Mason (+5) all won their rinks for Bendigo in the 101-82 victory at home.

The only winning skipper for South Bendigo was new coach Brad Holland, who won his battle with Andrew Brown 25-19.

Ladder:

Bendigo East – 18, +57

Inglewood – 18, +28

Bendigo – 16, +19

Castlemaine – 12, +6

Golden Square – 6, -6

South Bendigo – 2, -19

Eaglehawk – 0, -28

Kangaroo Flat – 0, -57