Kelly Mallon ready for European Championship challenge

Just six months ahead of the European Championships in the Netherlands, Kelly Mallon is Europe’s top woman bowler.

In 2015, she won all the titles that count, and in the process beat her three strongest rivals, Silke Tulk, Catriona O’Farrell-Kidney and Carmel Ryan.

In April, she beat Tulk in the last shot of the Charlemont Arms Cup final at Keady in Ból-Fada. Sangfroid rescued her that day. She was cruising with a bowl to spare until the Dutch woman played a sensational last shot past the line. Mallon missed the line well, but then sent a perfect bowl past Tulk’s tip to take victory.