The play-down is clearly the round with the most pressure for the involved teams. It is no secret that the main goal of many clubs is to avoid this difficult round at the start of each season. This year, the Musel Pikes, Gréngewald Hueschtert, AS Zolwer and US Heffingen are challenged to play 6 games in this round. After these games, 2 teams will relegate to the National 2 and the second placed team of the group will play a best-of-3 promotion/relegation series against the third placed team of the National 2, also a very difficult challenge.
A look at te standings shows that Heffingen is playing with its back against the wall, down by 4 points to Saturday’s opponent Musel Pikes. It is do or die time for Heffingen, they need a winning streak or the relegation to the second league will be inevitable. On Sunday, Zolwer has the chance to tie in the standings with Gréngewald or the « GREENS » could take a big 2-point lead over the opponent. Another big factor in all these games will be the direct comparison, all teams will play with their best effort until the final buzzer.
On Saturday:
20:00 Musel Pikes – US Heffingen
On Sunday:
18:00 AS Zolwer – Gréngewald Hueschtert
The standings:
Musel Pikes – 29
Gréngewald Hueschtert – 29
AS Zolwer – 28
US Heffingen – 25
