Mervyn King & Steve West and Shane McGuirk & John O\u2019Shea (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\u2019s International Pairs finale at the Modus Super Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Group B, McGuirk & O\u2019Shea 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Modus Super Series continues on Friday with players continuing to battle out as they aim to join Campbell & Henderson (Scotland) in Saturday\u2019s International Pairs finale, with King & West and McGuirk & O\u2019Shea 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\u2019 websites worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Modus Super Series International Pairs Week\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Group C Day One- Thursday 8th May\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Galliano\/Hewitt (Gibraltar) 4-1 Steyer\/Waclawski (Poland)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Duff\/McKee (Northern Ireland) 4-2 Raman\/Van den Bergh (Belgium)\u00a0<\/p>\n King\/West (England) 4-2 Labre\/Thuillier (France)\u00a0<\/p>\n Duff\/McKee (Northern Ireland) 4-3 Galliano\/Hewitt (Gibraltar)\u00a0<\/p>\n King\/West (England) 4-3 Steyer\/Waclawski (Poland)\u00a0<\/p>\n Labre\/Thuillier (France) 4-1 Raman\/Van den Bergh (Belgium)\u00a0<\/p>\n King\/West (England) 4-2 Galliano\/Hewitt (Gibraltar)\u00a0<\/p>\n Duff\/McKee (Northern Ireland) 4-3 Labre\/Thuillier (France)\u00a0<\/p>\n Steyer\/Waclawski (Poland) 4-0 Raman\/Van den Bergh (Belgium)\u00a0<\/p>\n King\/West (England) 4-1 Duff\/McKee (Northern Ireland)\u00a0<\/p>\n Raman\/Van den Bergh (Belgium) 4-3 Galliano\/Hewitt (Gibraltar)\u00a0<\/p>\n Labre\/Thuillier (France) 4-0 Steyer\/Waclawski (Poland)\u00a0<\/p>\n Raman\/Van den Bergh (Belgium) 4-1 King\/West (England)\u00a0<\/p>\n Steyer\/Waclawski (Poland) 4-3 Duff\/McKee (Northern Ireland)\u00a0<\/p>\n Galliano\/Hewitt (Gibraltar) 4-1 Labre\/Thuillier (France)\u00a0<\/p>\n Group B<\/strong> (Day One)\u00a0<\/p>\n Althaus\/Schlichting (Germany) 4-1 Burnett\/Parry (Wales)\u00a0<\/p>\n McGuirk\/O\u2019Shea (Ireland) 4-3 Van Schie\/Van Trijp (Netherlands)\u00a0<\/p>\n Althaus\/Schlichting (Germany) 4-2 Kalsi\/Wachiuri (Kenya)\u00a0<\/p>\n Burnett\/Parry (Wales) 4-1 McGuirk\/O\u2019Shea (Ireland)\u00a0<\/p>\n Kalsi\/Wachiuri (Kenya) 4-2 Van Schie\/Van Trijp (Netherlands)\u00a0<\/p>\n McGuirk\/O\u2019Shea (Ireland) 4-1 Althaus\/Schlichting (Germany)\u00a0<\/p>\n Van Schie\/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-0 Burnett\/Parry (Wales)\u00a0<\/p>\n McGuirk\/O\u2019Shea (Ireland) 4-2 Kalsi\/Wachiuri (Kenya)\u00a0<\/p>\n Van Schie\/Van Trijp (Netherlands) 4-1 Althaus\/Schlichting (Germany)\u00a0<\/p>\n Burnett\/Parry (Wales) 4-3 Kalsi\/Wachiuri (Kenya)\u00a0<\/p>\n International Pairs\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Group C:<\/strong><\/p>\n England \u2013 Mervyn King & Steve West\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n France \u2013 Jacques Labre & Nicolas Thuillier\u00a0<\/p>\n Northern Ireland \u2013 Neil Duff & Richard McKee\u00a0<\/p>\n Gibraltar \u2013 Craig Galliano & Justin Hewitt\u00a0<\/p>\n Poland \u2013 Sebastian Steyer & Lukasz Waclawski\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Belgium \u2013 Brian Raman & Xanti Van den Bergh\u00a0<\/p>\n Group B:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ireland \u2013 Shane McGuirk & John O\u2019Shea\u00a0<\/p>\n Netherlands \u2013 Jimmy Van Schie & Danny Van Trijp\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Germany \u2013 Marcel Althaus & David Schlichting\u00a0<\/p>\n Wales \u2013 Richie Burnett & Kurt Parry\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Kenya \u2013 Manpreet Kalsi & Peter Wachiuri\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Scotland \u2013 Scott Campbell & John Henderson\u00a0(Qualified)<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014\u2013ENDS\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n Image: MODUS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mervyn King & Steve West and 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