Northern Ireland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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Northern Ireland at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
Ulster banner.svg
CGF code NIR
CGA Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
Website nicgc.org
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors64
Flag bearersOpening:
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Green harp flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (1930)

Northern Ireland was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a team of 64 athletes.

Contents

Medals

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Gold

Silver

Bronze

Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games Team 2006

Aquatics

Swimming

Men's
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Andrew Bree 50m Breaststroke29.197 Q29.229did not advance
100m Breaststroke1:03.1210 Q1:03.5613did not advance
200m Breaststroke2:17.457 Q2:14.185
Jonathan Nixon 50m Breaststroke29.7212 Q29.4913did not advance
100m Breaststroke1:05.1918did not advance
Jonathan Cummings 50m EAD Freestyle36.7518did not advance
100m EAD Freestyle1:18.9915did not advance
Women's
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Julie Douglas 50m Freestyle26.308 Q26.2810did not advance
100m Freestyle57.0313 Q57.1614did not advance
50m Butterfly28.6719did not advance
Melanie Nocher 50m Backstroke31.5415 Q31.4614did not advance
100m Backstroke1:05.5912 Q1:05.2112did not advance
200m Backstroke2:18.0013did not advance

Athletics

Men's

AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
James McIlroy 800 m 1:49.854did not advance
1500 m DNS-did not advance
Michael Allen Javelin 70.5612
Ben Houghton72.4610
Combined events
AthleteEventFinal
DisciplineResultPointsRank
Brendan McConville Decathlon 100m11.886755
Long JumpDNS--
Shot PutDNS--
High JumpDNS--
400mDNS--
110m hurdlesDNS--
DiscusDNS--
Pole VaultDNS--
JavelinDNS--
1500mDNS--
Overall675

Women's

Track

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Anna Boyle 100m11.6518 q11.6717did not advance
200m23.8514 q24.0313did not advance

Field

AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Eva Massey Shot Put14.9511
Zoe Brown Pole Vault4.00m44.00m12

Badminton

Men's

  • Bruce Topping
  • Mark Topping
  • Alex Sim

Women's

  • Lisa Lynas
  • Erin Keery


Boxing

Cycling

Men

Team Manager: Alastair Irvine

  • Mountain bike cross-country
    Lewis Ferguson
  • Road & Track events
    David McCann
    Tommy Evans
    Michael Hutchinson
    Stephen Gallagher
    Ryan Connor
    Roger Aiken
    Philip Deignan (did not compete due to injury)


Gymnastics

Men's

Artistic

Women's

Artistic

  • Katie Slader
  • Rachel Forde
  • Kathryn Ward

Rhythmic

  • Kara Hare

Lawn bowls

Men's

  • Martin McHugh
  • Noel Graham
  • Jeremy Henry
  • Mark McPeake
  • Jonathan Ross
  • Neil Booth

Women

  • Margaret Johnston
  • Barbara Cameron
  • Donna McNally


Shooting

Men

  • David Calvert
  • Martin Miller
  • David Beattie
  • Mervyn Morrison
  • Alan Lewis
  • Cliff Ogle
  • Hugh Stewart

Women

  • Kathryn Crossan

Squash

Men

  • Steve Richardson

Women

  • Madeline Perry

Table tennis

Triathlon

Men

Women

  • Heather Wilson

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