Steve Hine, Adam Lipscombe and Chas Barstow joined group winners Joe Croft and Neil Duff in securing their places in Saturday’s finale on Friday after coming through their respective groups at the Modus Super Series.
Croft, who entered Friday’s play on 8 points from the opening day of Group C, topped the group overall, despite only winning two of his five matches, as he recorded victories against Johnny Stewart and Nigel Lloyd, with his three defeats coming against Steve Hine, Jimmy Hendriks and Antony Allen, to end on 12 points from a possible 20.
Elsewhere, Steve Hine also progressed through to Saturday’s finale, after finishing 2nd overall on 12 points, edging out Jimmy Hendriks, who also ended his campaign on 12 points, but missed out on leg difference, whilst Nigel Lloyd and Antony Allen finished 4th and 5th respectively on 10 points each, with Johnny Stewart finishing bottom on 4 points.
In Group B, Neil Duff topped the group overall, after winning two of his four matches on Friday Evening, as he recorded victories against Chas Barstow and Chris Quantock, with his two defeats coming against Adam Lipscombe and Devon Petersen, to end on 10 points from a possible 16.
Elsewhere, Adam Lipscombe and Chas Barstow also progressed through to Saturday’s finale, after the pair finished 2nd and 3rd respectively overall, with Lipscombe ending on 10 points and Barstow on 8 points, whilst Chris Quantock and Devon Petersen finished 4th and 5th on 6 points each.
The five qualifiers will join defending Champion Week winner Scott Taylor who reached Saturday’s final by winning Group A earlier in the week.
The Modus Super Series continues on Saturday with the conclusion of Week Four with the six players battling it out for just one spot up for grabs at Champions Week, with play commencing from 7:30pm GMT.
Play will be streamed live on the Modus YouTube channel, Sporty Stuff TV or via various bookmaker’ websites worldwide.
Modus Super Series Week Four
Friday 22nd March
Group C (Day Two)
Johnny Stewart 4-3 Nigel Lloyd
Steve Hine 4-3 Joe Croft
Antony Allen 4-2 Jimmy Hendriks
Joe Croft 4-0 Johnny Stewart
Nigel Lloyd 4-1 Jimmy Hendriks
Steve Hine 4-2 Antony Allen
Jimmy Hendriks 4-1 Joe Croft
Johnny Stewart 4-2 Steve Hine
Nigel Lloyd 4-0 Antony Allen
Jimmy Hendriks 4-3 Johnny Stewart
Antony Allen 4-2 Joe Croft
Nigel Lloyd 4-2 Steve Hine
Antony Allen 4-1 Johnny Stewart
Steve Hine 4-2 Jimmy Hendriks
Joe Croft 4-1 Nigel Lloyd
Group B (Day Two)
Neil Duff 4-0 Chas Barstow
Adam Lipscombe 4-1 Devon Petersen
Chris Quantock 4-2 Chas Barstow
Adam Lipscombe 4-3 Neil Duff
Devon Petersen 4-3 Chris Quantock
Chas Barstow 4-1 Adam Lipscombe
Neil Duff 4-1 Chris Quantock
Devon Petersen 4-3 Chas Barstow
Chris Quantock 4-1 Adam Lipscombe
Devon Petersen 4-2 Neil Duff
—–ENDS—–
Image: WDF/Chris Sargeant
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