As is, Boekenhout is leading Group Y because it has a better point difference than Sonop. Both hostels have 19 league points, but Boekenhout has scored 32 points more in its four games (121 to Sonop’s 89).

There will also a lot at stake in Group X’s ‘final’ where log leaders and defending champions Maroela takes on second placed Onderstepoort. Maroela is the only unbeaten side in its group, taking 24 league points from five matches. OP has 22 points, having lost of their five matches.

In the same section Mopanie is assured of a Top 8 place (21 points after six games), but the fourth hostel to go through will be decided by the outcome of the clash between Geelhout (9 points) and Taaibos (8).

In Group X Olienhout (12) has already joined Boekenhout and Sonop in the Top 8, but two teams are still in with a shot at the fourth spot. They are Kollege (5) and Kiaat (4). On paper Kiaat has the easier last group match, playing Zeus (0) that is still looking for its first win of the season. Kollege has to deal with Olienhout in their last match in the preliminary round.

The full fixtures are:

• WEDNESDAY, 22 JULY
u.21 (17:30):
Group X: Mopanie v Mansys (LC A); Taaibos v Vividus (LC C).
Group Y: Sonop v Boekenhout (LC D); Kollege v Olienhout (LC E); Kiaat v Zeus (Groenkloof A).
First teams (19:00):
Group X: Taaibos v Geelhout (LC B); BHO t Vividus (LC C).
Group Y: Sonop t Boekenhout (LC D); Kollege t Olienhout (LC E); Kiaat t Zeus (Groenkloof A).

• THURSDAY, 23 JULY
u.21 (17:30):
Group X: Maroela v Olympus (LC A).
First teams (19:00):
Group X: Maroela v Onderstepoort (LC A).

• FRIDAY, 24 JULY:
Second teams (17:30):
Group X: VOB t Boekenhout (LC A); Teologie v Mansys (LC B); Sonop v Regshuis (LC C).
Group Y: Zeus v EBIT (LC D); Mopanie v Jakarandia (LC E).