The Men's 1st Team have turned their season round in recent weeks with a remarkable resurgence in form and results. They have won their last four games respectively 6-0, 4-0, 6-0 and 3-0 and are on the brink of securing fourth place and a European play-off semi-final against, in all likelihood, Grange. Three points at home to Edinburgh University on Saturday (1500) will do the job.
Graham Moodie's students haven't had their troubles to seek with a spate of injuries to key players and a string of disappointing results leaving them in the relegation play-off zone. Dig deeper, however, and the story becomes more complicated. Edinburgh University have lost their last few games but all to the odd goal. Moreover, a win on Saturday could lift them into mid-table and out of trouble. This game is by no means a foregone conclusion and Western will need to give the kind of performance that has got them into such a good position in the first place if they are to seal fourth.
While the men have been grabbing the headlines the Women's 1s have quietly gone about their business to such an extent that they are safely into the play-offs with two games to spare. They go to third-bottom Erskine Stewart's Melville (1430) on Saturday and will be confident of a win.
The Men's 4s are at home to Helensburgh (1200) in their final game of the season needing a win to avoid second bottom and the 5s play Giffnock 3s (1330), also at home.