PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS: Panthers suffer in Somerset again

The city club’s pair of Ulrich Ostergaard and Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen bowed out in the group stages of the annual Premier League Pairs event at the South-West venue, where Panthers were recently thumped 62-28 in a KO Cup tie.

The Panthers duo could only manage 15 points from their four outings in a format where a victory is worth four points, a second place worth three and a third place earns two.

Captain Ostergaard provided two-thirds of their points with 10 compared to the five managed by his Danish countryman.

They were on the receiving end of a 7-2 from Workington in their first outing before going down 5-4 to Newcastle despite an Ostergaard victory.

They also lost 7-2 to hosts and eventual winners Somerset before ending on a high with a maximum of their own against a Glasgow side already through to the semi-finals.

PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS RESULTS . . .

GROUP A:

SOMERSET 26: Josh Grajczonek 14, Rohan Tungate 12

GLASGOW 18: Richard Lawson 9, Aaron Summers 9

WORKINGTON 17: Claus Vissing 9, Ricky Wells 8

PETERBOROUGH 15: Ulrich Ostergaard 10, Nikolaj B Jakobsen 5

NEWCASTLE 14: Matej Kus 10, Lewis Rose 4

GROUP B:

EDINBURGH 23: Ryan Fisher 14, Sam Masters 9

SHEFFIELD 21: Simon Stead 11, Kyle Howarth 10

PLYMOUTH 20: Todd Kurtz 12, Jack Holder 8

IPSWICH 15: Nico Covatti 13, Morten Risager 2

RYE HOUSE 11: Stuart Robson 11, Cameron Heeps 0

SEMI-FINAL 1: Somerset beat Sheffield 7-2

SEMI-FINAL 2: Edinburgh beat Glasgow 5-4

FINAL: Somerset beat Edinburgh 7-2