Already qualified are City of Bristol, City of Birmingham and Mid Sussex Marlins. Those in contention for the fourth and fifth places are Liverpool Water Beatles, currently on six points, and Cheltenham, Sheffield Stingrays and Leeds Hammerheads, all on five.
Sheffield and Cheltenham drew 10-10, the Yorkshire side surrendering a 9-6 lead in the final quarter. At the top of the table, Birmingham recovered from 6-4 down to beat Mid Sussex Marlins 9-8 thanks to goals in the final period from Jessica Arthur (2), Alexandra Hill (2) and Hannah Hinton.
Bristol were too good for the Water Beatles. The outstanding Ella-Louise Jones scored five to ensure a Bristol victory by 12-4.