The 2021 Hawke's Bay Super 8 premier club netball finalists have both made dominant starts to this year's campaign.
Reigning champions Otane Sports Club Thirsty Whale produced a suffocating defensive performance against Hastings Girls' High School Senior A to claim a 55-19 victory in the first Section A match on Friday night at the Pettigrew Green Arena.
The schoolgirls hung tough to trail by just three points after one quarter, then 23-14 at halftime.
Hastings Girls' only managed five further goals after the main break as Otane dialled up the pressure to eventually win by 36.
Title rivals All In Elusive beat Napier Girls' High School by a similar margin but it was their attack that did the damage in the 74-40 win in Section B.