But Sunday's meeting at Glasgow - the Bandits' last away league fixture of the season - fell victim to the weather, and denied the team the opportunity of another potential victory which might have boosted their chances even further.
Promoter Peter Waite had mixed views on the situation, for the Berwick boss is still uncertain as to how he would like to see the season end.
"At the start of the year I thought it would have been great if we had got into the play-offs because of the Elite League carrot which was being dangled in front of everyone. But the reality is I think we will have a far better chance in the Young Shield," he said.
"If we were to finish fourth and make the play-offs, probably at the expense of Workington, we would face some very stiff opposition.
"But if we can finish fifth and qualify for the Young Shield we would have first pick of the teams 9th-12th in the table and I think we could have a good run in that event.
"We have hit a good run of form lately. We have won away at Birmingham and Workington, and have catapulted ourselves up the table as a result, but in truth we have hit form a month too late. If we had managed to do it a little bit earlier it might have been a different story."
The Bandits are unbeaten on home territory in the PL this season, although two of the teams who are likely to finish in the top four (Edinburgh and King's Lynn) have both held them to draws on their own patch.
"At the start of the year not many people gave us much of a chance, but we have also won away at Mildenhall and only went down by a point at Reading. We also pushed Newcastle all the way and if we had managed to pick up a few extra points here and there it could have made all the difference.
"As it is we are now just looking to finish as high up the table as we possibly can and we will take it from there, whichever competition we are in because we feel that on our day we are a match for anyone."
BERWICK BANDITS ........58
SOMERSET REBELS .........35
SOMERSET arrived at Shielfield as joint league leaders and as such were expected to put up quite a fight in their quest for honours.
But following their mauling at Edinburgh the night before, they were once again put to the sword by a Bandits' side who were literally firing on all cylinders.
For whilst all six home riders played their part in what was a comfortable victory, only visiting number one Jason Doyle emerged from the meeting with any real credit.
He won three of his five races, including one when he was going for double points as a tactical ride, but he was twice beaten by the in-form Adrian Rymel in heats one and 15.
Doyle gained some consolation by inflicting the only defeat on the Berwick captain in heat 13, but by then the Bandits were already in an unassailable position, consolidating their place in the top five in the Premier League.
Berwick got off to a flyer and blitzed the Rebels with three 5-1s and two 4-2s in the opening six heats to open up what was effectively a match-winning lead at 26-10.
Doyle was the only Somerset race winner in that period, whilst Berwick fans in particular applauded the efforts of Paul Clews, who produced a tremendous ride to pip the disappointing Emil Kramer on the line in heat three, and Tero Aarnio, who only a week after a nasty groin injury, climbed back into the saddle and won his opening two rides.
Rymel simply led by example and with Michal Makovsly winning three of his first four outings, Somerset successes were few and far between. Matthius Kroger, who was otherwise pointless, surprisingly won heat seven, whilst Doyle won a six-pointer in 11, although in effect this was too little too late as the Bandits were still 43-26 to the good.
Kramer finally came good in 12 whilst Doyle won again in 13, but this was Berwick's night and they finished with a flourish, Guglielmo Franchetti and Clews taking a fifth 5-1 in 14 and Rymel out-doing Doyle into the first turn in 15, on his way to setting the quickest time of the night.
Berwick - Makovsky 14, Rymel 13+1, Aarnio 11+1, Franchetti 8+3, Clews 6+3, Smith 6+1. Somerset - Doyle 16, Kramer 6, Frampton 6, Werner 3+1, Kroger 3, McKinna 0.