Jimmy Van Schie, Jeff Smith, Andy Hamilton, Jurjen Van der Velde and Adam Gawlas secured their places in Saturday’s Champions Week finale on Friday.
The five came through their respective groups at the MODUS Super Series, to join Graham Usher, the winner of Group A earlier in the week.
Van Schie, who entered Friday’s play on 8 points from the opening day of Group C, topped the group overall after winning three of his five matches, as he recorded victories against Andy Hamilton, Danny Van Trijp and Richard McKee, with his two defeats coming against Scott Taylor and Shane McGuirk, to end on 14 points from a possible 20 overall.
Elsewhere, Andy Hamilton also progressed through to Saturday’s finale, after finishing 2nd overall on 14 points, whilst Shane McGuirk finished 3rd on 12 points, Richard McKee in 4th on 10 points, Danny Van Trijp in 5th on 8 points and Scott Taylor bottom on 2 points.
In Group B, Jeff Smith topped the group overall after winning three of his four matches on Friday Evening, as he recorded victories against Derek Coulson, Adam Gawlas and Jurjen Van der Velde, with his only defeat coming against John O’Shea, to end on 10 points from a possible 16 overall.
Elsewhere, Jurjen Van der Velde and Adam Gawlas also progressed through to Saturday’s finale, after the pair finished 2nd and 3rd respectively overall, with Van der Velde ending on 10 points and Gawlas on 8 points, edging out Derek Coulson – who also ended on 8 points, but missed out in 4th due to leg difference – whilst John O’Shea finished bottom on 4 points.
The MODUS Super Series continues on Saturday with the conclusion of Champions Week with the six players battling it out for the £20,000 first prize, with play commencing from 7:30pm BST.
Play will be streamed live on The MODUS YouTube channel, Pluto TV or via various bookmaker’ websites worldwide.
Modus Super Series Champions Week
Group C (Day Two)
Friday 15th August
Richard McKee 4-3 Shane McGuirk
Andy Hamilton 4-1 Danny Van Trijp
Scott Taylor 4-2 Jimmy Van Schie
Richard McKee 4-1 Danny Van Trijp
Shane McGuirk 4-1 Scott Taylor
Jimmy Van Schie 4-1 Andy Hamilton
Danny Van Trijp 4-3 Scott Taylor
Richard McKee 4-2 Andy Hamilton
Shane McGuirk 4-2 Jimmy Van Schie
Richard McKee 4-1 Scott Taylor
Jimmy Van Schie 4-3 Danny Van Trijp
Andy Hamilton 4-3 Shane McGuirk
Jimmy Van Schie 4-0 Richard McKee
Andy Hamilton 4-2 Scott Taylor
Shane McGuirk 4-0 Danny Van Trijp
Group B (Day Two)
Jeff Smith 4-3 Derek Coulson
Jurjen Van der Velde 4-2 John O’Shea
Jeff Smith 4-3 Adam Gawlas
Jurjen Van der Velde 4-3 Derek Coulson
John O’Shea 4-3 Adam Gawlas
Jeff Smith 4-2 Jurjen Van der Velde
Adam Gawlas 4-1 Derek Coulson
John O’Shea 4-1 Jeff Smith
Jurjen Van der Velde 4-2 Adam Gawlas
Derek Coulson 4-1 John O’Shea