Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 were represented at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 by the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland has competed in sixteen of the eighteen Commonwealth Games beginning with the second games, held in 1934. Northern Ireland did not compete in 1930 and in 1950...

. The team went by the abbreviation NIR and used the Ulster Banner

Flag of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland has not had its own unique, government-sanctioned flag since the Northern Ireland parliament and government were prorogued in 1972, and abolished in 1973...

 as its flag and Londonderry Air

Londonderry Air

Londonderry Air is an air that originated from County Londonderry in Ireland. It is popular among the Irish diaspora and is very well known throughout the world. The tune is played as the victory anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games. "Danny Boy" is a popular set of lyrics to the...

 as the victory anthem.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Paddy Barnes Paddy Barnes Patrick Barnes, more commonly known as Paddy Barnes, is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland....	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 49 kilograms .17 boxers will compete....	October 13
	Patrick Gallagher	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...	Welterweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Welterweight The Welterweight class is an even on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 69 kilograms ....	October 13
	Eamonn O'Kane	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...	Middleweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Middleweight The Middleweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is a class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 75 kilograms.27 boxers will compete....	October 13
	Wendy Houvenaghel Wendy Houvenaghel Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a British racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter...	Cycling Cycling Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...	Women's Individual Pursuit Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's individual pursuit The Women's individual pursuit took place at 5 October 2010 at the Indira Gandhi Arena.-Qualifying:-Finals:FinalBronze medal match-External links:*...	October 8
	Steven Ward	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...	Heavyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Heavyweight The Heavyweight class is an event on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 91 kilograms . 17 boxers competed....	October 13
	Thomas McCarthy	Boxing Boxing Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...	Light heavyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light heavyweight The Super Heavyweight class is an even on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Super Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing under 81 kilograms, 20 boxers will compete....	October 13
	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Cycling Cycling Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...	Men's Team Pursuit Cycling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit The Men's team pursuit at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place on October 7, 2010 at the Indira Gandhi Arena.-Qualification:-Finals:FinalBronze medal match-External links:*...	October 7
	Matthew Hall	Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...	Men's 50 metre rifle prone singles Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 50 metre rifle prone singles The Men's 50 metre rifle prone singles event took place at 13 October 2010 at the CRPF Campus. There was a qualification round held to determine the finalists.-Results:-External links:*...	October 13
	Gary Kelly	Lawn Bowls	Men's Singles Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles The men's singles competition began on October 9, 2010. and finished on October 13, 2010.-Finals:...	October 13
	David Calvert	Shooting Shooting Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...	Full Bore Rifle Open singles	October 13

Team Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Team Northern Ireland for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was confirmed on 10th September 2010, the team members are as follows:

Swimming

Team Northern Ireland consists of 10 swimmers.

Melanie Nocher, Andrew Bree

Andrew Bree

Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, Co. Down Northern Ireland. He is a 2-time Irish Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....

, Ryan Harrison, Conor Leaney, Bethany Carson, Michael Dawson, Chelsey Wilson, Clare Dawson, Sycerika McMahon, Laurence McGivern

Laurence McGivern

Laurence McGivern is a paralympic swimmer from Rostrevor, Co. Down Northern Ireland, coached by Paul Rogers, Gary McCreesh and Dave Malone. His first main sporting event was the European Athletics Championships in Iceland and the age of 18 he competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi...

.

Archery

Team Northern Ireland consists of 7 archers.

Emma Parker

Emma Parker

Emma Parker , novelist.Parker seems to have lived at Fairfield House, Denbighshire. She was the author of several novels which were favourably criticised by the critical and monthly reviews...

, Robert Hall, Stuart Wilson, Darrel Wilson, Mark Nesbitt, Ian McGibbon, Karl Watson.

Athletics

Team Northern Ireland consists of 10 athletes.

Ciara Mageean, Kelly McNeice, Amy Foster, Tom Reynolds, Stephen Scullion, James McIlroy, Joanna Mills, Jo Patterson, Katie Kirk, Christine McMahon.

Badminton

Team Northern Ireland consists of 4 badminton players.

Emma Callow, Matthew Gleave, Sinead Chambers, Tony Stephenson.

Team Event

Event	Player(s)	Pool Games	Quarter Final	Semi Final	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mixed Team	TBA	Singapore Singapore at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Singapore is competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games being held in Delhi. Singapore will compete in 8 out of 17 sports consisting of 68 athletes and 34 officials, making it the largest-ever contingent sent to the Commonwealth Games. Athletes are representing the country in Aquatics, Archery,...	Thu 7th Oct	Thu 7th Oct	Fri 8th Oct	-
		Sri Lanka Sri Lanka at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka will be competing in the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi. Sri Lanka will be represented by 94 athletes in 14 sports, with Diving, Lawn Bowls, Field Hockey, Rhythmic gymnastics and Netball not being represented. The 94 Athletes represents an increase of 28 from Melbourne in...
		Jamaica Jamaica at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Jamaica competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games that were held in Delhi. Jamaica sent a 48 member team for this edition of Commonwealth Games. Big names like Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt withdrew from the games and were not present in the squad.-Medalists:...
		New Zealand New Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games New Zealand competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.- Medal Table :|align="left" valign="top"|- Swimming :Men Women- Athletics:-Men:TrackField - ThrowsCombined-Women:TrackField - ThrowsField - JumpsCombined...

Boxing

Team Northern Ireland consists of 9 boxers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Overall Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paddy Barnes Paddy Barnes Patrick Barnes, more commonly known as Paddy Barnes, is an Irish amateur boxer from Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland....	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 49 kilograms .17 boxers will compete....	Bye	Lain Butcher W 4-2	Andrew Moloney W 5-3	Amandeep Singh W 5-0	Jafet Uutoni Japhet Uutoni Japhet Uutoni is an amateur Namibian boxer. He was the 2005 Namibian sportsperson of the year in the Namibian newspaper and won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games by defeating England's Darren Langley on points... W 8-4
Michael Conlon	Flyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Flyweight The Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is the second lightest class. Flyweight s were limited to those boxers weighing less than 52 kilograms .18 boxers will compete....	Bye	Jason Moloney L +10-10	Did not advance
Tyrone McCullagh	Bantamweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Bantamweight The Bantamweight class is an even on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Bantamweights were limited to those boxers weighing under 56 kilograms, 21 boxers competed....	Bye	Ibrahim Balla W 7-2	Sean McGoldrick Sean McGoldrick Sean McGoldrick is a Welsh boxer who was awarded the gold medal for the Bantamweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India,. Mcgoldrick lost to Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka in the final and was initially awarded the silver medal... L 4-3	Did not advance
Mark O'Hara	Lightweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Lightweight The Lightweight class is an event on the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Lightweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 60 kilograms ....	Mikka Shonena W 6-3	Angus Donaldson W 6-0	Alex Rynn L 9-5	Did not advance
Steven Donnelly	Light welterweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light welterweight The Light Welterweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is the fifth lightest class. Light welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 63.5 kilograms .27 boxers competed in the event....	Luke Woods L 10-0	Did not advance
Patrick Gallagher	Welterweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Welterweight The Welterweight class is an even on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 69 kilograms ....	Joseph Mulema Joseph Mulema Joseph Mulema is a welterweight boxer from Cameroon who fought at the 2008 Olympics.-External links:*... W 3-0	Suruz Bangali W 9-0	Mujandjae Kasuto Mujandjae Kasuto Mujandjae Kasuto is a Namibian welterweight boxer. Kasuto competed for Namibia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in boxing after qualifying for the games by winning the gold medal in his division at the qualifying tournament held in Windhoek in March 2008. At the 2008 games, Kasuto lost in the round of... W 7-5	Dilbag Singh W 5-4	Callum Smith W 11-6
Eamonn O'Kane	Middleweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Middleweight The Middleweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is a class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 75 kilograms.27 boxers will compete....	Ranil Jayathilakage W 5-0	Nathon McKwen W 9-2	Afaese Fata W 7-2	Keiran Harding W 12-6	Anthony Ogogo Anthony Ogogo Anthony Osezua Ogogo is an international boxer who has captained Great Britain's team in the World European and Junior Olympic Tournaments... W 16-4
Tommy McCarthy	Light heavyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light heavyweight The Super Heavyweight class is an even on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Super Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing under 81 kilograms, 20 boxers will compete....	Bye	Leonard Machichi W 11-1	Reece Papuni W 7-2	Joshua Makonjio W 9-4	Callum Johnson Callum Johnson Callum Johnson is a British professional boxer fighting in the light heavyweight category. He won gold whilst representing Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He turned professional following the tournament and is managed by former world champion Naseem Hamed... L 8-1
Steven Ward	Heavyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Heavyweight The Heavyweight class is an event on the Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition. Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 91 kilograms . 17 boxers competed....	Bye	Giancarlo Squillace W 7-4	Manpreet Singh Manpreet Singh Manpreet Singh is an amateur boxer from India and a product of Army Sports Institute. He competes in 82 – 91 kg category. Manpreet won Silver medal in 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China... W 11-10	Stephen Simmons W 6-1	Simon Vallily Simon Vallily Simon Vallily is an English amateur boxer fighting in the 91 kg Heavyweight category. He is a member of the England elite squad as well as the Great British podium squad and won gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.... L RSCH

Cycling

Team Northern Ireland consists of:

Wendy Houvenhagel, David McCann

David McCann

David McCann is an Irish professional road bicycle racer. He used to cycle for the Taiwan-based UCI Continental team Giant Asia Racing.McCann was the Irish national road race champion in 2000, 2001 and 2006...

, Michael Hutchinson, Philip Lavery

Philip Lavery

Philip Lavery is an Irish professional racing cyclist, signed with the An Post–Sean Kelly team for the 2011 season...

, Heather Carson, Martyn Irvine

Martyn Irvine

Martyn Irvine is a 7-time Irish national track & road cycling champion cyclist, who currently represents the Irish National track team in the Omnium event at the World Cup Classics. He was UCI World Ranked 17th in the inaugural 2010/11 Omnium season...

, Adam Armstrong, Sean Downey.

Northern Ireland won the bronze medal in the 4000 m men's team pursuit

Team pursuit

The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, start on opposite sides of the velodrome.- Race format :...

 race.

Gymnastics

Team Northern Ireland consists of 3 gymnasts.

Luke Carson, Charlotte McKenna, Seriena Johnrose.

Lawn Bowls

Team Northern Ireland consists of 11 lawn bowls players.

Barbara Logue, Jennifer Dowds, Donna McCloy, Mandy Cunningham, Sandra Bailey, Gary Kelly, Ian McClure, Gary McCloy, Paul Daly

Paul Daly

Paul Daly is an Irish sculptor and designer, currently based in London's East End.-Early life:Originally hailing from Dublin, Paul spent the 1970s in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Ghana - an eclectic upbringing that would later influence his design work. His early working life spanned the music industry, as...

, Martin McHugh, Neil Booth.

Shooting

Team Northern Ireland consists of 11 shooters.

David Calvert, David Beattie, Kirsty Barr, Robert Doak, Gary Duff, Matthew Hall, Louise Aiken, Mervyn Morrison, Debbie Bader, Hugh Stewart, Ross McGuillan

Ross McGuillan

Ross McQuillan is an Ulster born shooter and has won the Irish Open twice. He was also on the GB Palma Team that won the World Long Range Championships in Canada in 2007, with the second highest score on that team. He is now Irish Short Range Captain, effective 2010.-References:...

.

Squash

Team Northern Ireland consists of 2 squash players.

Madeline Perry

Madeline Perry

Madeline Perry is a professional squash player from Northern Ireland. She was raised in Northern Ireland and currently lives in Halifax....

, Zoe Barr.

Table Tennis

Team Northern Ireland consists of 5 table tennis players.

Na Liu, Amanda Mogey, Ashley Given, Paul McCreery, Claire Nelson.

Wrestling

Team Northern Ireland consists of 1 wrestler.

Men - Freestyle

Event	Wrestler	Rank
Freestyle 96kg	Mark Montgomery	-

External links

• Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council