A 14-year-old girl will compete in a ten-pin-bowling competition after generous donors raised more than £2,000 for her to go.<br /><br />Melissa Ainslie has been bowling since she was six months old, and inherited her love of the game from her family.<br /><br />The schoolgirl was picked to represent Scotland at the European Youth Championships in April, which are being held in France.<br /><br />Her family would have struggled to pay for her to go, so mum Kelly started a fundraiser for the plane tickets.<br /><br />Mum-of-two Kelly, 39, and dad Allyn, 42, were both keen bowlers but had to give up due to ill health.<br /><br />The competition is on April 9 and Melissa will come back nine days later.<br /><br />She is putting in three hours a week training at Deer Park Country Club, Livingston, West Lothian, in preparation - after having 19 months with no bowling at all due to lockdowns.<br /><br />Melissa, who already has 15 trophies, said: "I'm really happy everyone has tried to help, it's incredible.<br /><br />"I'm going for my gran and the people who helped me to get there.<br /><br />"I am one of eight people picked to represent Scotland.<br /><br />This video was filmed on the 30th January 2022.
