Moycullen's Martin Mulkerrins travelled Stateside earlier in the week to compete in the USHA Pro Players' Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah State.
And last night (Sunday, 10th April), 5 rounds later he took the title, defeating the defending champion and undefeated pro champion, Killian Carrol. Mulkerrins blitzed his way to the semi finals where he dispatched of the Number 2 seed, Mexican, Luis Cordova 16-14, 15-6.
The final was a tense affair in which both players displayed all that's good in game - spinning power serves, flat roll-out kills and remarkable retrieves.
Mulkerrins took the first 15-8. Carrol, bidding for his fifth consecutive Pro Players title, trailed 11-8 in the second but showed his class to come back and see it out on a 15-11 scoreline.
However, in the tie-breaker, Galway man Mulkerrins, was unstoppable and he closed out the game 15-4 to be crowned the 2022 USHA Pro Players' Champion.
