The Castaway Wanderers rugby club narrowly edged Burnaby Lake 25-22 in Burnaby on Saturday (April 28) to clinch second-place and a home berth for the Canadian Direct Insurance Premier Rugby League semifinal.
First-place James Bay Athletic Association, which for the other semifinal, also won on Saturday, 38-21 over the UBC Old Boy Ravens.
On May 5, James Bay will host Burnaby Lake (fourth-place) at MacDonald Park while CW host Capilano (third) at Windsor Park.
Kickoff for the semifinals, which run simultaneous, is 2:45 p.m.
Should both James Bay and CW win the respective playoff games, the B.C. championship, Rounsefell Cup wlll happen in Victoria, with UVicB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Wallace Field one possible destination.
The UVic Vikes' struggles continued as the youthful side dropped its last game of the season to the Meraloma rugby club 64-15. Fifth-place Meraloma missed the playoffs by two points.
In Ceili's Cup men's Div. 1 play, CW will also host Burnaby Lake in the semifinal on May 5 while James Bay and the UVic Norsemen are finished.
The Velox Valhallians's top men's squad managed one win in 10 games, finishing last place in Tier 1 of the Okanagan Spring Brewery League. The Bayside Sharks and Vancouver Rowing Club meet in that final, also May 5.
In the Women's Adidas Premiership, the Velox Valkyries ended the nine-game season undefeated and will host Bayside (Surrey/White Rock) in a semifinal playoff, 11 a.m. on May 5. United (Coquitlam/New Westminster) and Burnaby Lake will meet in the other semifinal.
VeloxB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s Div. 3 menB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s side finished first overall (8-1) in the Island division of the Provincewide Third Division and are advancing to the May 5 semifinals after SaturdayB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s 17-3 win over Capilano-A.