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.
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 live on the Modus 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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