Ultimate Pool Group
ULTIMATE POOL MASTERS ROUND-UP BRENNAN AND MCCARTNEY CLAIM OPENING PRO EVENTS
N
orthern Ireland’s Declan Brennan and Australia’s Jake McCartney created history by winning the first ever Ultimate Pool Professional Series events in Newcastle-under-Lyme last month. With extensive live television coverage in the UK and livestreaming of other tables on ultimatepoolgroup. com, the events signaled the start of this season’s £144,000 circuit bringing
Declan Brennan
42 | Billiards Buzz • September 2021
together 32 of the world’s best and most entertaining English 8-ball pool players. Mayobridge cueist Brennan staked his claim as the planet’s number one player at present after defeating twotime world champion Chris Melling 7-5 in the final to win the pro event 1 title and bank a cool £10,000. Brennan lived up to high expectations and ran through his opponents on his way to the final – incredibly dropping only six frames in four matches.
His pursuit began with a 7-2 victory over Shane Thompson in round one before repeating that scoreline when dispatching former World Masters winner Josh Kane in the last 16. Another 7-2 triumph was registered in the quarter-finals as he got past the challenge of 2012 world champion John Roe. In the semi-finals, another former world champion was eliminated – this time 2016 victor Shaun Chipperfield – as “The Destroyer” was relentless in a 7-0 clean sweep win.
