Mervyn King & Steve West and Shane McGuirk & John O’Shea (Ireland) took the early lead on Thursday in ending Day One of their respective groups, top, as they look to join Scott Campbell & John Henderson (Scotland) in Saturday’s International Pairs finale at the Modus Super Series.
King & West, who entered Group C having finished 4th in Group A earlier in the week, took the early lead after winning four of their five matches, as they recorded victories against Jacques Labre/Nicolas Thuillier (France), Sebastian Steyer & Lukasz Waclawski (Poland), Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt (Gibraltar) and Neil Duff & Richard McKee (Northern Ireland), with their only defeat coming against Brian Raman & Xanti Van den Bergh (Belgium), to sit on 8 points from a possible 10 thus far.
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Elsewhere, Duff & McKee ended the day in 2nd on 6 points, whilst the remaining four pairs all sit on 4 points each, with Galliano/Hewitt leading the way in 3rd due to a higher leg difference over their three nation competitors.
In Group B, McGuirk & O’Shea took the early lead after winning three of their four matches on Thursday Evening, as they recorded victories against Jimmy Van Schie & Danny Van Trijp (Netherlands), Marcel Althaus & David Schlichting (Germany) and Manpreet Kalsi & Peter Wachiuri (Kenya), with their only defeat coming against Richie Burnett & Kurt Parry (Wales), to sit on 6 points from a possible 8 thus far.
Elsewhere, three pairings in Van Schie & Van Trijp, Althaus & Schlichting and Burnett & Parry ended the evening 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively on 4 points each, whilst Kalsi & Wachiuri sit bottom on 2 points.
The Modus Super Series continues on Friday with players continuing to battle out as they aim to join Campbell & Henderson (Scotland) in Saturday’s International Pairs finale, with King & West and McGuirk & O’Shea taking the early lead thus far. Group C will commence from 1pm BST and Group B will commence from 10pm BST. Play will be streamed on the MODUS Super Series YouTube channel, Pluto TV or via various bookmaker’ websites worldwide.
MODUS Super Series International Pairs Week
Group C Day One- Thursday 8th May
Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar) 4-1 Steyer/Waclawski (Poland)
Duff/McKee (Northern Ireland) 4-2 Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium)
King/West (England) 4-2 Labre/Thuillier (France)
Duff/McKee (Northern Ireland) 4-3 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
King/West (England) 4-3 Steyer/Waclawski (Poland)
Labre/Thuillier (France) 4-1 Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium)
King/West (England) 4-2 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
Duff/McKee (Northern Ireland) 4-3 Labre/Thuillier (France)
Steyer/Waclawski (Poland) 4-0 Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium)
King/West (England) 4-1 Duff/McKee (Northern Ireland)
Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium) 4-3 Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar)
Labre/Thuillier (France) 4-0 Steyer/Waclawski (Poland)
Raman/Van den Bergh (Belgium) 4-1 King/West (England)
Steyer/Waclawski (Poland) 4-3 Duff/McKee (Northern Ireland)
Galliano/Hewitt (Gibraltar) 4-1 Labre/Thuillier (France)
Group B (Day One)
Althaus/Schlichting (Germany) 4-1 Burnett/Parry (Wales)
McGuirk/O’Shea (Ireland) 4-3 Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands)
Althaus/Schlichting (Germany) 4-2 Kalsi/Wachiuri (Kenya)
Burnett/Parry (Wales) 4-1 McGuirk/O’Shea (Ireland)
Kalsi/Wachiuri (Kenya) 4-2 Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands)
McGuirk/O’Shea (Ireland) 4-1 Althaus/Schlichting (Germany)
Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-0 Burnett/Parry (Wales)
McGuirk/O’Shea (Ireland) 4-2 Kalsi/Wachiuri (Kenya)
Van Schie/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-1 Althaus/Schlichting (Germany)
Burnett/Parry (Wales) 4-3 Kalsi/Wachiuri (Kenya)
International Pairs
Group C:
England – Mervyn King & Steve West
France – Jacques Labre & Nicolas Thuillier
Northern Ireland – Neil Duff & Richard McKee
Gibraltar – Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt
Poland – Sebastian Steyer & Lukasz Waclawski
Belgium – Brian Raman & Xanti Van den Bergh
Group B:
Ireland – Shane McGuirk & John O’Shea
Netherlands – Jimmy Van Schie & Danny Van Trijp
Germany – Marcel Althaus & David Schlichting
Wales – Richie Burnett & Kurt Parry
Kenya – Manpreet Kalsi & Peter Wachiuri
Scotland – Scott Campbell & John Henderson (Qualified)
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