SKIPPER Andre Compton and in-form star Ricky Ashworth are Sheffield's representatives in the Premier League Pairs Championship at Somerset on Friday night.

The Owlerton duo are in Group One of the competition which carries a scoring system of 4-3-2-0.

Birmingham have been hit by the loss of skipper Jason Lyons and is replaced by Sheffield asset James Birkinshaw.

GROUP 1 - READING: Ulrich Ostergaard, Mark Lemon; RYE HOUSE: Chris Neath, Stefan Ekberg; SHEFFIELD: Andre Compton, Ricky Ashworth; BIRMINGHAM: James Birkinshaw, Craig Watson; EDINBURGH: William Lawson, Matthew Wethers.

GROUP 2 – WORKINGTON: Daniel Nermark, Kauko Nieminen; NEWCASTLE: Josef Franc, Christian Henry; SOMERSET: Jason Doyle, Emil Kramer; REDCAR: Gary Havelock, James Grieves; ISLE OF WIGHT: Glen Phillips, Jason Bunyan.