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Northern Ireland at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Ulster banner.svg
CGF code NIR
CGA Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Flag bearer (opening) Martin McHugh
Michaela Walsh
Flag bearer (closing) Dylan Eagleson
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
7 7 4 18
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Northern Ireland competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. It was the twentieth Games participation for Northern Ireland.

Lawn bowler Martin McHugh and boxer Michaela Walsh were the delegation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.

The Games were Northern Ireland's most successful, with them having won their highest number of gold medals, joint highest number of silver medals, and their most medals overall.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
11 Gold Firth, BethanyBethany Firth Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle S14 3 August
11 Gold Barkley, SamSam Barkley
Adam McKeown
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
Lawn bowls Men's fours 6 August
11 Gold Eagleson, DylanDylan Eagleson Boxing Men's bantamweight 7 August
11 Gold Walsh, AidanAidan Walsh Boxing Men's light middleweight 7 August
11 Gold Broadhurst, AmyAmy Broadhurst Boxing Women's lightweight 7 August
11 Gold Gallagher, JudeJude Gallagher Boxing Men's featherweight 7 August
11 Gold Walsh, MichaelaMichaela Walsh Boxing Women's featherweight 7 August
22 Silver MacCombe, ChloeChloe MacCombe
Guide: Catherine A Sands
Triathlon Women's PTVI 31 July
22 Silver McClenaghan, RhysRhys McClenaghan Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 1 August
22 Silver Wiffen, DanielDaniel Wiffen Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 3 August
22 Silver O'Connor, KateKate O'Connor Athletics Women's heptathlon 3 August
22 Silver Kelly, GaryGary Kelly Lawn bowls Men's singles 6 August
22 Silver McNaul, CarlyCarly McNaul Boxing Women's light flyweight 7 August
22 Silver Mageean, CiaraCiara Mageean Athletics Women's 1500 metres 7 August
33 Bronze McClements, BarryBarry McClements Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S9 29 July
33 Bronze Burns, NathonNathon Burns Judo Men's 66 kg 1 August
33 Bronze Javadian, YasminYasmin Javadian Judo Women's 52 kg 1 August
33 Bronze Eireann Nugent Boxing Women's light middleweight 6 August
Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Athletics 0 2 0 2
Boxing 5 1 1 7
Gymnastics 0 1 0 1
Judo 0 0 2 2
Lawn Bowls 1 1 0 2
Swimming 1 1 1 3
Triathlon 0 1 0 1
Total 7 7 4 18
Medals by date
Date Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
29 July 0 0 1 1
31 July 0 1 0 1
1 August 0 1 2 3
3 August 1 2 0 3
6 August 1 1 1 3
7 August 5 2 0 7
Total 7 7 4 18
Medals by gender
Gender Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Male 4 3 2 9
Female 3 4 2 9
Mixed / open 0 0 0 0
Total 7 7 4 18

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 9 12
Badminton 0 1 1
3x3 basketball 4 0 4
Boxing 7 5 12
Cycling 4 3 7
Diving 0 1 1
Gymnastics 3 0 3
Judo 4 3 7
Lawn bowls 5 5 10
Netball N/A 12 12
Swimming 3 7 10
Table tennis 4 1 5
Triathlon 3 4 7
Weightlifting 0 2 2
Total 40 53 93

Athletics

One para athlete was officially selected on 19 May 2022. Another para athlete and thirteen other athletes were added on 21 June 2022.

On 12 July 2022, CGNI declared that Leon Reid was barred from competing in the Games by BOCCG following a security risk assessment. On 26 July, Paul Pollock withdrew from the Games.

Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Kevin Seaward Marathon 2:16:54 9
Stephen Scullion 2:17:51 10
Mark Millar Marathon T54 1:58:48 6
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Eve Walsh-Dann 100 m T38 14.04 5 Did not advance
Ciara Mageean 1500 m 4:13.52 1 Q 4:04.14 2
Roisin Flanagan 5000 m N/A 15:26.76 11
Hannah Irwin 10,000 m N/A DNF
Megan Marrs 100 m hurdles 13.37 4 Did not advance
Eilish Flanagan 3000 m steeplechase N/A 9:57.18 6
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Ellie McCartney Pole vault 4.25 7
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Anna McCauley Result 14.68 1.75 11.36 25.40 5.68 34.87 2:19.16 5426 6
Points 884 916 619 850 753 569 835
Kate O'Connor Result 13.74 1.78 13.73 24.73 5.82 51.14 2:14.48 6233 2
Points 1015 953 776 912 795 882 900

Badminton

One player (Rachael Darragh) was officially selected on 15 July 2022.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Rachael Darragh Women's singles Bye  Dookhee (MRI)
W (21–10, 21–8)
 Laurens Jordaan (RSA)
W (21–13, 21–5)
 Li (CAN)
L (14–21, 14–21)
Did not advance

3x3 basketball

On 14 April 2022, Northern Ireland qualified for the men's 3x3 wheelchair basketball tournament by virtue of winning the men's IWBF European Qualifier in Largs, Scotland.

Squad selections were officially announced on 19 May 2022.

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Northern Ireland wheelchair men Men's tournament  Canada
L 5 - 13
 Australia
W 11 - 9
3 N/A  South Africa
W 10-7
5

Men's wheelchair tournament

Roster
  • Matt Rollston
  • Nathan McCabe
  • Conn Nagle
  • James MacSorley

Group B 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's wheelchair tournament 3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's wheelchair tournament


3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's wheelchair tournament


5th place match

3x3 basketball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's wheelchair tournament

Boxing

A squad of thirteen boxers (eight men, five women) was officially selected on 4 May 2022. Damien Sullivan withdrew from the Games.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Clepson Paiva Flyweight N/A  Addo (GHA)
W 3 - 2
 Dodd (WAL)
L RSC
Did not advance
Dylan Eagleson Bantamweight N/A  Sigauque (MOZ)
W 5 - 0
 McHale (SCO)
W 3 - 2
 Mensah (GHA)
W 5 - 0
1
Jude Gallagher Featherweight  Dlamini (SWZ)
W 5 - 0
 Farrell (ENG)
W RSC
 Hussain (PAK)
W 5 - 0
 Al-Ahmadieh (CAN)
W WO
 Commey (GHA)
W WO
1
John Paul Hale Light welterweight  Tukamuhebwa (UGA)
L 2 - 3
Did not advance
Eugene McKeever Welterweight N/A  Zimba (ZAM)
L RSC-I
Did not advance
Aidan Walsh Light middleweight  Pakela (LES)
W 5 - 0
 Akbar (ENG)
W 3 - 2
 Croft (WAL)
W 4 - 1
 Muxanga (MOZ)
W 5 - 0
1
Jake Tucker Middleweight  le Poullain (GGY)
L 2 - 3
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nicole Clyde Minimumweight N/A  Nitu (IND)
L ABD
Did not advance
Carly McNaul Light flyweight  Harris (AUS)
W 3 - 2
 Hansika (SRI)
W 5 - 0
 Nakimuli (UGA)
W 5 - 0
 Zareen (IND)
L 0- 5
2
Michaela Walsh Featherweight N/A  Kenosi (BOT)
W 5 - 0
 Mnguni (RSA)
W 5 - 0
 Oshoba (NGR)
W 5 - 0
1
Amy Broadhurst Lightweight  Nkandu (ZAM)
W RSC
 Ogunsemilore (NGR)
W 5 - 0
 Richardson (ENG)
W 5 - 0
1
Eireann Nugent Light middleweight  Wilkinson (ENG)
W 4 - 0
 Eccles (WAL)
L 0 - 5
Did not advance 3

Cycling

A squad of eight cyclists was officially selected on 30 June 2022. JB Murphy and Lydia Boylan withdrew from the squad due to injury.

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Chrisopher McGlinchey Road race 3:37:08 39
Cameron Orr 3:37:08 52
Darren Rafferty 3:37:08 35
Matthew Teggart 3:28:29 4
Darren Rafferty Time trial 49:10.80 8
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Alice Sharpe Road race 2:44:46 15
Jo Patterson Time trial 4:42.75 19

Track

Points race
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Lydia Boylan Women's points race DNS
Alice Sharpe 6 11
Scratch race
Athlete Event Final
Lydia Boylan Women's scratch race DNS
Alice Sharpe 5

Mountain Biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Christopher McGlinchey Men’s cross-country 1:40:19 9
Cameron Orr 1:36:29 4

Diving

One diver (Tanya Watson) was officially selected on 1 June 2022.

Athlete Events Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Tanya Watson Women's 10 m platform 266.55 10 Q 282.25 10

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Individual Qualification
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Ewan McAteer Qualification N/A 13.950 Q N/A
Rhys McClenaghan N/A 14.350 Q N/A
Eamon Montgomery 13.750 Q N/A
Individual Finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Eamon Montgomery Floor 13.666 N/A 13.666 5
Rhys McClenaghan Pommel horse N/A 14.133 N/A 14.133 2
Ewan McAteer Vault N/A 13.750 N/A 13.750 6

Judo

A squad of seven judoka (four men, three women) was officially selected on 28 April 2022.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nathon Burns -66 kg N/A  Edwin (NGR)
W 10 - 0
 Saini (IND)
L 0 - 10
N/A  Mungandu (ZAM)
W 1 - 0
 Short (SCO)
W 10 - 0
3
Callum Nash  Balarjishvili (CYP)
L 0 - 1
Did not advance
Joshua Green -73 kg  Boyce (TTO)
W 11 - 0
 Matsoukatov (CYP)
L 0 - 10
N/A  Repiyallage (SRI)
W 10 - 0
 Bensted (AUS)
L 0 - 10
5
Eoin Fleming -81 kg  Georgiakis (CYP)
W 10 - 0
 Kosam (NRU)
W 10 - 0
 Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)
L 0 - 10
N/A  Nikolic (AUS)
L 1 - 10
5
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yasmin Javadian -52 kg N/A  Griesel (RSA)
W 01- 0
 Easton (AUS)
L 0 - 1
N/A  Ferreira (MOZ)
W 1 - 0
3
Rachael Hawkes -70 kg  Drysdale-Daley (JAM)
L 0 - 10
N/A  Yeats-Brown (ENG)
L 0 - 10
5
Sarah Hawkes +78 kg  Paduch (AUS)
L 0 - 10
N/A  Kana (KEN)
W 10 - 0
 Andrews (NZL)
L 0 - 10
5

Lawn bowls

A squad of ten bowlers (five per gender) was officially selected on 28 February 2022.

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Gary Kelly Singles  Dixon (NFK)
W 21 - 12
 Salmon (WAL)
W 21 - 12
 Tagelagi (NIU)
W 21 - 14
 Bester (CAN)
W 21-13
1 Q  Evans (RSA)
W 21-12
 Muin (MAS)
W 21-15
 Wilson (AUS)
L 3-21
2
Sam Barkley
Martin McHugh
Pairs  Norfolk Island
L 15 - 20
 Namibia
W 27 - 6
 Wales
W 14 - 11
 Jamaica
W 26 - 7
1 Q  India
W 26 - 8
 Wales
L 14 - 22
 Scotland
L 5 - 25
4
Adam McKeown
Gary Kelly
Ian McClure
Triples  Norfolk Island
W 24 - 10
 Wales
T 15 - 15
 Fiji
L 15 - 20
N/A 3 Did not advance
Sam Barkley
Adam McKeown
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
Fours  Canada
L 12 - 13
 Niue
W 21 - 7
 Australia
W 12 - 8
N/A 2 Q  Scotland
W 18 - 15
 Wales
W 18 - 9
 India
W 18 - 5
1
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Shauna O'Neill Singles  Hoggan (SCO)
L 14 - 21
 Arthur-Almond (FLK)
W 21 - 2
 Daniels (WAL)
L 19 - 21
 Tania (IND)
L 12 - 21
3 Did not advance
Megan Devlin
Shauna O'Neill
Pairs  England
L 13 - 14
 Scotland
W 18 - 12
 Fiji
L 16 - 17
N/A 2 Q  Malaysia
L 11 - 15
Did not advance
Ashleigh Rainey
Courtney Meneely
Chloe Wilson
Triples  Falkland Islands
W 22 - 10
 South Africa
W 15 - 14
 Singapore
W 23 - 13
 Australia
L 9 - 19
2 Q  England
L 11-25
Did not advance
Megan Devlin
Ashleigh Rainey
Courtney Meneely
Chloe Wilson
Fours  Malta
W 16 - 10
 Malaysia
W 13 - 10
 Norfolk Island
L 6 - 17
N/A 2 Q  Fiji
L 12 - 15
Did not advance

Netball

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 31 January 2022), Northern Ireland qualified for the tournament.

Complete fixtures were announced in March 2022.

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
 Northern Ireland (NIR) Women's tournament  New Zealand
L 20 - 79
 Malawi
L 41 - 54
 England
L 27 - 71
 Uganda
L 26 - 63
 Trinidad and Tobago
W 41 - 32
5 N/A  Scotland
L 33 - 43
10
Roster

Twelve players were selected on 6 June 2022.

  • Jenna Bowman
  • Ciara Crosbie
  • Emma Magee
  • Georgie McGrath
  • Caroline O'Hanlon
  • Michelle Drayne
  • Niamh Cooper
  • Frances Keenan
  • Fionnuala Toner
  • Michelle Magee
  • Olivia McDonald
  • Maria McCann
Group play

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Ninth place match

Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Swimming

A squad of three para swimmers was selected on 19 May 2022, all having qualified via the World Para Swimming World Rankings for performances registered between 31 December 2020 and 18 April 2022. Seven swimmers were added to the squad on 1 June 2022.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jack McMillan 100 m freestyle 49.61 11 49.69 11 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:48.51 9 N/A Did not advance
Daniel Wiffen 400 m freestyle 3:47.43 1 N/A 3:46.62 4
1500 m freestyle 15:37.53 5 N/A 14:51.79 2
Barry McClements 100 m backstroke S9 N/A 1:05.09 3
100 m butterfly S10 N/A 1:02.47 7
Jack McMillan 200 m individual medley DNS N/A Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Grace Davison 50 m freestyle 27.08 25 Did not advance
Danielle Hill 25.29 6 25.15 6 25.36 7
Mollie McAlorum 27.15 27 Did not advance
Victoria Catterson 100 m freestyle 55.97 12 56.04 13 Did not advance
Danielle Hill DNS Did not advance
Kaitlyn McCaw 58.26 25 Did not advance
Victoria Catterson 200 m freestyle 1:59.86 7 N/A 2:00.65 8
Grace Davison 2:10.00 19 N/A Did not advance
Bethany Firth 2:08.34 18 N/A Did not advance
Bethany Firth 200 m freestyle S14 N/A 2:07.02 1
Mollie McAlorum 400 m freestyle 4:32.31 15 N/A Did not advance
Grace Davison 50 m backstroke 30.49 20 Did not advance
Danielle Hill 28.32 7 28.28 7 Q 28.29 7
Mollie McAlorum 31.77 22 Did not advance
Danielle Hill 100 m backstroke 1:01.85 8 1:01.74 9 Did not advance
Siomha Brady 100 m backstroke S8 N/A 1:34.08 7
Siomha Brady 50 m breaststroke DNS Did not advance
Grace Davison 50 m butterfly DNS Did not advance
Danielle Hill 26.92 9 26.65 9 Did not advance
Kaitlyn McCaw 28.07 23 Did not advance
Kaitlyn McCaw 100 m butterfly 1:02.60 24 Did not advance
Grace Davison 200 m individual medley 2:22.34 12 N/A Did not advance
Mollie McAlorum DNS N/A Did not advance
Victoria Catterson
Grace Davison
Mollie McAlorum
Danielle Hill
4 × 100 m freestyle relay N/A 3:47.24 6

Table tennis

Singles
Athletes Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Owen Cathcart Men's singles  Britton (GUY)
W 4 - 0
 Bawm (BAN)
W 4 - 0
1 Q  Quek (SGP)
L 1 - 4
Did not advance
Paul McCreery  Sultan (SEY)
W 4 - 1
 Elia (CYP)
W 4 - 1
1 Q  Gnanasekaran (IND)
L 0 - 4
Did not advance
Zak Wilson  Luu (AUS)
L 0 - 4
 van Lange (GUY)
W 4 - 1
2 Did not advance
Sophie Earley Women's singles  Bristol (SEY)
W 4 - 0
 Greaves (GUY)
W 4 - 0
1 Q  Zhou (SGP)
W 4 - 3
 Zhang (CAN)
L 3 - 4
Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
James Skelton
Owen Cathcart
Men's doubles N/A  Canada (Chen / Wang)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance
Zak Wilson
Paul McCreery
 Malaysia (Choong / Wong)
W 3-2
 Canada (Hazin / Ly)
L 0-3
Did not advance
Sophie Earley
Owen Cathcart
Mixed doubles  Seychelles (Bristol / Sultan)
W 3 - 0
 India (Akula / Sharath)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Zak Wilson
Paul McCreery
Owen Cathcart
James Skelton
Men's team  Singapore
L 0 - 3
 Barbados
W 3 - 0
 India
L 0 - 3
3 Did not advance

Triathlon

A squad of three paratriathletes (plus one guide) was selected on 19 May 2022, all having qualified via the World Triathlon Para Rankings (as of 28 March 2022). Two more guides were confirmed as of 19 June 2022, plus one triathlete on 11 July 2022.

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750 m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Rank
James Edgar Men's 8:42 0:51 26:18 0:19 16:50 53:00 16
Paratriathlon
Athlete Event Swim (750 m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Rank
Oliver Gunning
Guide: Kyle Duncan
Men's PTVI 13:03 1:15 35:45 0:37 24:09 1:17:35 9
Chloe MacCombe
Guide: Catherine Sands
Women's PTVI 14:53 1:44 32:37 0:43 21:23 1:14:39 2
Judith MacCombe
Guide: Anne Paul
17:38 1:42 33:42 0:42 21:27 1:18:30 4

Weightlifting

Two weightlifters were selected on 11 April 2022. They qualified through their positions in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.

Athlete Event Weight lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Hannah Crymble Women's 59 kg 83 103 186 6
Caroline Doyle Women's 64 kg 78 101 179 9

See also

  • Ireland at the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Ireland at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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