Scott Campbell and John Henderson secured their place in Saturday’s International Pairs finale on Wednesday, after completing a clean sweep with five wins from five to end their Group A campaign, top, as the field was confirmed for Groups B and C at the Modus Super Series.
Campbell & Henderson, Team Scotland, who entered Wednesday’s play on 10 points from the opening two days of Group A, topped the group overall after winning all five of their matches, as they recorded victories against Mervyn King & Steve West (England), Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt (Gibraltar), Jimmy Van Schie & Danny Van Trijp (Netherlands), Brian Raman & Xanti Van den Bergh (Belgium) and Richie Burnett & Kurt Parry (Wales), to end on 20 points from a possible 30 overall.
Elsewhere, Van Schie & Van Trijp and Burnett & Parry will both compete in Group B, after both pairs finished 2nd and 3rd respectively overall on 20 points each, with Team Netherlands missing out on legs won across three days of play.
Team Wales missed out on leg difference after leading for the first two days and starting Wednesday’s pay with a 4-0 whitewash of Gibraltar. Shockingly Parry and Burnett failed to win another point and suffered four severe defeats slipping to third on leg difference.
The duo will be joined on Thursday and Friday Evening by Shane McGuirk & John O’Shea (Ireland), Marcel Althaus & David Schlichting (Germany) and Peter Wachiuri & Manpreet Kalsi (Kenya).
King & West, Raman & Van den Bergh and Galliano & Hewitt will all compete in Group C, after finishing 4th, 5th and 6th respectively overall, with Team England ending on 18 points, Team Belgium on 12 points and Team Gibraltar on 0 points, having suffered five straight defeats.
The trio will be joined on Thursday and Friday Afternoon by Neil Duff & Richard McKee (Northern Ireland), Jacques Labre & Nicolas Thuillier (France) and Sebastian Steyer & Lukasz Waclawski (Poland).
The Modus Super Series continues on Thursday with Group C commencing from 1pm BST and Group B commencing from 10pm BST. Play will be streamed live on the Modus YouTube channel, Pluto TV or via various bookmaker’ websites worldwide.
Modus Super Series International Pairs Week
Group A (Day Three) Wednesday 7th May
Burnett/Parry (Wales) 4-0 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
Campbell/Henderson (Scotland) 4-1 King/West (England)
Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-3 Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium)
Campbell/Henderson (Scotland) 4-0 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium) 4-2 Burnett/Parry (Wales)
Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-2 King/West (England)
Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium) 4-2 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
Campbell/Henderson (Scotland) 4-2 Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands)
King/West (England) 4-1 Burnett/Parry (Wales)
Campbell/Henderson (Scotland) 4-3 Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium)
King/West (England) 4-0 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-0 Burnett/Parry (Wales)
King/West (England) 4-1 Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium)
Campbell/Henderson (Scotland) 4-2 Burnett/Parry (Wales)
Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-0 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
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