Outdoors He won a
bronze medal in the
Men's singles at the
2010 Commonwealth Games. In 2011 he won the pairs silver medal at the
Atlantic Bowls Championships and in 2015 he won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. He won a silver medal for a combined Irish team with bowls pairs partner
Ian McClure in the
pairs at the
2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 2018, he was selected as part of the
Northern Ireland team for the
2018 Commonwealth Games on the
Gold Coast in
Queensland and in 2020 he was selected for the
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to his international successes he also won the 2007
Irish National Bowls Championships singles. Kelly moved to Australia after the 2018 Commonwealth Games and won the delayed 2020 Australian triples title with
Corey Wedlock and
Brendan Aquilina at the
Australian National Bowls Championships. In 2022, he competed in the
men's singles (winning a silver medal) and the
men's triples at the
2022 Commonwealth Games. Later in 2022, he won his first title at the
Australian Open and also won the singles and triples at the
European Bowls Championships. In 2023, he was selected as part of the team to represent Ireland at the
2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. He participated in the
men's singles and the
men's pairs events. In the pairs with
Adam McKeown, they topped their group before going on to win the gold medal, defeating Australia in the final. One week later, in the singles he went on to win the silver medal after losing the final to
Ryan Bester. Later in October, Kelly won the Australian Nationals pairs title with Corey Wedlock. In 2024, Kelly won the Australian Open fours title with Peter Taylor,
Ray Pearse and
Carl Healey, it was Kelly's second Australian Open title. A third followed in 2025, when winning the pairs with Corey Wedlock.
Indoors His first major success indoors came in 2019 after he defeated
Brendan Aquilina in the final of the
World Cup Singles. He was part of the winning trio that won the inaugural Ultimate Bowls Championship in April 2019 winning $60,000 AUD in prize money. == References ==