Mallon remains on course for three-in-a-row

Kelly Mallon’s dream of winning three successive Mallow Contacts Queen of the Roads titles is still alive after her impressive win over Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney and Anke Klöpper at Ballincurrig yesterday.

In tomorrow’s final she faces Dutch star Silke Tulk who beat Carmel Ryan by a few centimetres in a nail-biting semi-final, which also included Catriona Murphy.

Mallon won the first tip, but looked sluggish in the next few shots. Kidney got a great second, but lost ground through a poor shot to the sycamores. Klöpper got a magnificent fifth shot onto the short straight for her only lead. Kidney was the only one to make light at the big corner, where she had almost a bowl on Mallon and almost two on Klöpper. She hit a bad patch to the long straight, where Mallon was back in front.