Heckmondwike potter Mick Hill wrote his name into the record books by regaining his UKPool.Com European Professional title in Bradford last night.

The 2004 World 8-ball champion produced a stirring second-half recovery to deny Phil Harrison his first televised title.

Happy Hill, off to the States next month to try his hand at American 8-ball, trailed 5-1 and 6-5 but then hit back in style to lift the trophy for a third time with an unbeaten five-frame sequence.

"It's great to win when you've got to dig deep," said Hill, succeeding Pontefract rival Darren Appleton as Euro champion.

"I don't think I've ever seen Phil break as well as he did in the first half of the match, so in the end I was just relieved to win."

Hill's victory was worth £3,000 and, as he told Sky Sports presenter David Bobin after the match at the Hilton Hotel: "I've now won as many televised titles as Chris Melling - five - and that means a lot."

Hill's victory prevented Cambridge farmer Harri-son completing a hat-trick of wins over Yorkshire opposition, having removed Leeds duo Andy Richardson and Rob Wilson in the earlier rounds.

The end came for 8-ball Pool's nearly man when he missed a straight final yellow. Hill accepted the unlikely chance and went on to 'dish up' in the final frame. Wilson certainly enjoyed his debut before the Sky TV cameras.

The 25-year-old defeated former International Masters champion Rob Chilton 8-7 in the quarter-finals, coming from 7-6 down.

But Richardson, the long-time partner of Wilson's mum Tina, lost his opening game to the Cam-bridgeshire cueman.

"I really enjoyed it considering it was my first time on television," said Wilson after his 9-4 last-four defeat. "Hopefully, it won't be long before I can do it again. Against Rob, I thought it wasn't going to be my day. I had an horrendous kick when I should have gone 7-5 up.

"I felt I could have won against Phil but I made a really bad start and 5-0 down was always going to leave me too much to do."

Richardson, at 37 the second-oldest competitor in the field, had no complaints. "Phil's a great player and he also had most of the opportunities," he said.