Week 11 looms as a pivotal week for a number of teams on the fringe of the Baywide premier top four, but their tasks could not be tougher.
Whakarewarewa, two points adrift from fourth-placed Mount Maunganui, will have their work cut out at home against unbeaten Tauranga Sports.
Likewise, sixth-placedTe Puna, themselves just two points shy of Mount's 27 competition points, have a tough match against defending champions Te Puke Sports at Murray Salt Stadium.
Te Puke will be out to prove a point and protect second place from a Greerton Marist side faced with the somewhat easier prospect of a home match against last-placed Paroa.
Mount Maunganui will seek to make their first stint in the top four last more than a week by putting away a Rangataua outfit unlucky not to have more than one win and a draw to show for their efforts.
Division One leaders Rangiuru's match with fourth-placed Katikati shapes as the big game of the weekend.
Four teams - Waikite, Te Teko, Whakatane Marist and Ngongotaha - sit within six points of fourth place, so Katikati need to win to hold on to their position.
