| Northern Ireland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| CGF code | NIR |
| CGA | Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council |
| Website | nicgc |
| in Melbourne, Australia | |
| Competitors | 64 |
| Flag bearers | Opening: Closing: |
| Medals Ranked 24th |
|
| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Ireland (1930) | |
Northern Ireland was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a team of 64 athletes.
 |  |  | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Northern Ireland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Andrew Bree | 50m Breaststroke | 29.19 | 7 Q | 29.22 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 100m Breaststroke | 1:03.12 | 10 Q | 1:03.56 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| 200m Breaststroke | 2:17.45 | 7 Q | 2:14.18 | 5 | |||
| Jonathan Nixon | 50m Breaststroke | 29.72 | 12 Q | 29.49 | 13 | did not advance | |
| 100m Breaststroke | 1:05.19 | 18 | did not advance | ||||
| Jonathan Cummings | 50m EAD Freestyle | 36.75 | 18 | did not advance | |||
| 100m EAD Freestyle | 1:18.99 | 15 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Julie Douglas | 50m Freestyle | 26.30 | 8 Q | 26.28 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 100m Freestyle | 57.03 | 13 Q | 57.16 | 14 | did not advance | ||
| 50m Butterfly | 28.67 | 19 | did not advance | ||||
| Melanie Nocher | 50m Backstroke | 31.54 | 15 Q | 31.46 | 14 | did not advance | |
| 100m Backstroke | 1:05.59 | 12 Q | 1:05.21 | 12 | did not advance | ||
| 200m Backstroke | 2:18.00 | 13 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| James McIlroy | 800 m | 1:49.85 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
| 1500 m | DNS | - | did not advance | ||||||
| Michael Allen | Javelin | 70.56 | 12 | ||||||
| Ben Houghton | 72.46 | 10 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Result | Points | Rank | ||
| Brendan McConville | Decathlon | 100m | 11.88 | 675 | 5 |
| Long Jump | DNS | - | - | ||
| Shot Put | DNS | - | - | ||
| High Jump | DNS | - | - | ||
| 400m | DNS | - | - | ||
| 110m hurdles | DNS | - | - | ||
| Discus | DNS | - | - | ||
| Pole Vault | DNS | - | - | ||
| Javelin | DNS | - | - | ||
| 1500m | DNS | - | - | ||
| Overall | – | 675 | – | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Anna Boyle | 100m | 11.65 | 18 q | 11.67 | 17 | did not advance | |
| 200m | 23.85 | 14 q | 24.03 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Eva Massey | Shot Put | 14.95 | 11 | ||
| Zoe Brown | Pole Vault | 4.00m | 4 | 4.00m | 12 |
Team Manager: Alastair Irvine
Artistic
Artistic
Rhythmic
Ireland competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 47 competitors, 44 men and 3 women, took part in 38 events in 11 sports. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Ireland competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag.
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 337 competitors, 229 men and 108 women, took part in 190 events in 20 sports.
The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland announced on 3 November 2005 that Scotland would be sending 166 athletes to compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, supported by 70 officials. This is a smaller team than the country fielded at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, when Scotland sent 207 athletes and 85 officials, winning 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 16 Bronze medals.
The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by British poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets.
The squad to represent Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was announced by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCW) on 22 February 2006. It consisted of 143 athletes competing across 14 sports; 85 fewer than the squad in 2002. The team was not able to improve on their medal tally from the 2002 Commonwealth Games when Wales won 6 Gold, 13 Silver and 12 Bronze medals. The team was captained by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.
The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has been played as a separate two-day match. The venue generally alternates between Great Britain and Ireland and the continent. From 1958 to 1966 a similar match was played between a combined England and Scotland team and the Continent of Europe.
This is a list of medals won by participants representing Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games.
Northern Ireland was represented at the 2010 Commonwealth Games by the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland. The team went by the abbreviation NIR and used the Ulster Banner as its flag and Londonderry Air as the victory anthem.
Ian McClure is an indoor and lawn bowler.
Neil Booth is a former Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler and bowls team coach and manager.
The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959.
The Men's Home Internationals were an amateur team golf championship for men between the four Home Nations. Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland.The event was organised by The R&A. The inaugural event was held in 1932 and the venue cycled between the four nations. The winning team received the Raymond Trophy, presented by Raymond Oppenheimer, an ex-England and Walker Cup captain, in 1952. In 2022 the match was replaced by a combined Women's and Men's Home Internationals.
The EGA Trophy was an annual amateur boys' under-21 team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe.
The 1995–96 season was Ulster Rugby's first season under professionalism. Brian Bloomfield was in his second season as coach. 35-year-old Malone RFC centre Bill Harbinson, who first played for Ulster in 1986, was captain, in his final season before retirement from the game. They played six representative matches, defeating Griqualand West, New Zealand Federation U23 and New South Wales, and losing to a Côte Basque Select XV, the Combined Services and Edinburgh District. They finished second behind Leinster in the IRFU Interprovincial Championship. They were one of three Irish provinces entered into the inaugural Heineken Cup, losing both their pool matches against Cardiff and Bègles-Bordeaux.