Despite blowing a four-goal lead in round one that’s the message Bathurst Souths coach Ian North sent to all of his side’s women’s Premier League Hockey rivals, and he wants Ex-Services to feel the full brunt of the two blues’ power first.

 The blue and golds, coming off a 3-0 loss to defending premiers Bathurst City, travel to Bob Roach Field on Saturday afternoon and based on the potential he saw in his side last week, North is confident his two blues will take down the Orange side.

”I think we can really shake up the competition this year,” North said.

“I was extremely impressed (with last week). We came out with a couple of injuries at the start of the second half and we had to change our structure, but the girls held in strong.

“We scored four very strong team goals away, structured goals, and that’s what it’s all about with me – the team and the structure.

“It is really important to get that first game under your belt. We’ve got a few junior girls coming back, girls who haven’t played in a while, so they’ve got to get a feel for each other.

“Whether it’s knowing a nickname or the calls – the first week was very much about that. For me, walking away from Lithgow with a 4-4 draw was as good as a 2-0 win.

“I was impressed from the ’keeper to the centre forward and reserves, everyone did their job very, very well. I honestly mean it, the other teams should look out, Souths are coming for them.

“We had a trial game against [Ex-Services] earlier in the year and you can never judge things on a trial, but we had a good win against them.”:

The clash starts at 1.50pm.