Slitherine

The runners and riders are:

Biblical
Graham Briggs New Kingdom Egyptian
Lynda Fairhurst Hittite
Paul Bartlett Later Minoan
Paul Longmore Sea Peoples
Peter Card New Kingdom Egyptian
Terry Shaw Sea Peoples

Land of the Blind
Ali Shaw Nikephorian Byzantine
Dave Ruddock Bosporan
David Fairhurst Early Byzantine
Phil Jelly Jurchen Chin
Steve Brown African Vandal
Steve Murton Kushan

And the first round draw is:

Graham Briggs / Steve Murton v Terry Shaw / Ali Shaw
Dave Ruddock / Paul Longmore v David Fairhurst / Lynda Fairhurst
Peter Card / Phil Jelly v Steve Brown / Paul Bartlett

As a note - as there are only six teams, I've removed the usual restriction on club mates not facing each other in the first two rounds.

It could get tricky enough as it is....