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BY THE BEACH The third Ultimate Pool Series stop of the year took place at the Grand Hotel in the seaside resort of Blackpool in June. On the Pro Series there was a return to form by Karl Sutton and continued dominance from Michael Hill.
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espite winning the Pairs Cup at the start of the year, Sutton continued to struggle for results as an individual on the circuit, but the former European champion and world championship finalist showed Michael Hill
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his undoubted class by winning this season’s Pro Series Event 5. Somewhat bizarrely, Sutton had failed to string together two consecutive wins on the series since its creation
last year, but ‘Karlos’ emphatically changed that record, starting with wins over the experienced Oly Bale 7-4 and current professional number one Shane Thompson 7-3.
