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Northern Ireland at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
Ulster banner.svg
CGF code NIR
CGA Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
in Delhi, India
Competitors 80
Flag bearer Opening: Mark Montgomery
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 3 4 10
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
Template:Infobox country at games/Commonwealth
Other related appearances
 Ireland (1930)
 Irish Free State (1934)

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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
11 Gold Paddy Barnes Boxing Light flyweight October 13
11 Gold Patrick Gallagher Boxing Welterweight October 13
11 Gold Eamonn O'Kane Boxing Middleweight October 13
22 Silver Wendy Houvenaghel Cycling Women's Individual Pursuit October 8
22 Silver Steven Ward Boxing Heavyweight October 13
22 Silver Thomas McCarthy Boxing Light heavyweight October 13
33 Bronze Sean Downey
Martyn Irvine
Philip Lavery
David McCann
Cycling Men's Team Pursuit October 7
33 Bronze Matthew Hall Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone singles October 13
33 Bronze Gary Kelly Lawn bowls Men's Singles October 13
33 Bronze David Calvert Shooting 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 10 September 2010, the team members are as follows:

Aquatics

Swimming

Team Northern Ireland consists of 10 swimmers.

Melanie Nocher, Andrew Bree, Ryan Harrison, Conor Leaney, Bethany Carson, Michael Dawson, Chelsey Wilson, Clare Dawson, Sycerika McMahon, Laurence McGivern.

Archery

Team Northern Ireland consists of 7 archers.

Emma Parker, 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 Thu 7 Oct Thu 7 Oct Fri 8 Oct -
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Jamaica Jamaica
New Zealand New Zealand

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 Light flyweight Bye Scotland Lain Butcher
W 4-2
Australia Andrew Moloney
W 5-3
India Amandeep Singh
W 5-0
Namibia Jafet Uutoni
W 8-4
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Michael Conlon Flyweight Bye Australia Jason Moloney
L +10-10
Did not advance
Tyrone McCullagh Bantamweight Bye Australia Ibrahim Balla
W 7-2
Wales Sean McGoldrick
L 4-3
Did not advance
Mark O'Hara Lightweight Namibia Mikka Shonena
W 6-3
New Zealand Angus Donaldson
W 6-0
Canada Alex Rynn
L 9-5
Did not advance
Steven Donnelly Light welterweight Australia Luke Woods
L 10-0
Did not advance
Patrick Gallagher Welterweight Cameroon Joseph Mulema
W 3-0
Bangladesh Suruz Bangali
W 9-0
Namibia Mujandjae Kasuto
W 7-5
India Dilbag Singh
W 5-4
England Callum Smith
W 11-6
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Eamonn O'Kane Middleweight Sri Lanka Ranil Jayathilakage
W 5-0
New Zealand Nathon McKwen
W 9-2
Samoa Afaese Fata
W 7-2
Wales Keiran Harding
W 12-6
England Anthony Ogogo
W 16-4
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Tommy McCarthy Light heavyweight Bye Tanzania Leonard Machichi
W 11-1
New Zealand Reece Papuni
W 7-2
Kenya Joshua Makonjio
W 9-4
Scotland Callum Johnson
L 8-1
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Steven Ward Heavyweight Bye Australia Giancarlo Squillace
W 7-4
India Manpreet Singh
W 11-10
Scotland Stephen Simmons
W 6-1
England Simon Vallily
L RSCH
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Cycling

Team Northern Ireland consists of:

Wendy Houvenaghel, David McCann, Michael Hutchinson, Philip Lavery, Heather Carson, Martyn Irvine, Adam Armstrong, Sean Downey.

Northern Ireland won the bronze medal in the 4000 m men's team pursuit 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 Bailie, Gary Kelly, Ian McClure, Gary McCloy, Paul Daly, 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.

Squash

Team Northern Ireland consists of 2 squash players.

Madeline Perry, 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 96 kg Mark Montgomery -

See also

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