Northern Ireland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NIR
CGA	Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
Website	nicgc.org
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors	64
Flag bearers	Opening: Closing:
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Ireland (1930)

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

Medals[edit]

				Total
Northern Ireland	0	2	0	2

Gold[edit]

Silver[edit]

• Lawn Bowls Men's Triples: Mark McPeak, Jeremy Henry, Neil Booth.
• David Beattie for the men's individual trap in Shooting.

Bronze[edit]

Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games Team 2006[edit]

Aquatics[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Men's[edit]

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

Women's[edit]

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

Athletics[edit]

Men's[edit]

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

Combined events

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	–

Women's[edit]

Track[edit]

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

Field[edit]

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

Badminton[edit]

Men's[edit]

• Bruce Topping
• Mark Topping
• Alex Sim

Women's[edit]

• Lisa Lynas
• Erin Keery

Boxing[edit]

• 48 kg: Patrick Barnes
• 51 kg: Ryan Lindberg
• 54 kg: Shaun McKim
• 63.5 kg: Dermot Hamill
• 67 kg: Thomas Hamill
• 75 kg: Eamon O'Kane
• 81 kg: Ciaran Crossan

Cycling[edit]

Men[edit]

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[edit]

Men's[edit]

Artistic

• Matthew Cosgrave

Women's[edit]

Artistic

• Katie Slader
• Rachel Forde
• Kathryn Ward

Rhythmic

• Kara Hare

Lawn bowls[edit]

Men's[edit]

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

Women[edit]

• Margaret Johnston
• Barbara Cameron
• Donna McNally

Shooting[edit]

Men[edit]

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

Women[edit]

• Kathryn Crossan

Squash[edit]

Men[edit]

• Steve Richardson

Women[edit]

• Madeline Perry

Table tennis[edit]

• Jason Sugrue
• Jonathan Cowan
• Andrew Dennison
• Peter Graham

Triathlon[edit]

Men[edit]

• Gavin Noble
• Brian Campbell

Women[edit]

• Heather Wilson

External links[edit]

• Sports Council Northern Ireland