Northern Ireland at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland at the
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Northern Ireland at the; 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CG code	NIR
CGA	Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
Website	nicgc.org
in Kingston, Jamaica
Flag bearers	Opening: ; Closing:
Medals; Ranked =14thth	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
	1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;
Other related appearances
	Ireland (1930)

Northern Ireland competed at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966.^[1]

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Northern Ireland finished 14th in the medal table with one gold medal, three silver medals and three bronze medals.^[2]

An initial Northern Irish team of 22 athletes and three officials were named during June 1966.^[3]^[4]

Athlete	Events	Club
Mike Bull	pole vault	Albert Foundry AC
Derek Graham	1 mile, 3 miles	9th Old Boys Harriers, Belfast
Johnny Kilpatrick	100y, 220y	Ballymena AC
Stan Vennard	6 miles, marathon	Duncairn Nomads AC

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Lorna McGarvey	100y, 220y	Ballymena AC
Mary Peters	Shot Put	Ballymena AC

Athlete	Events	Club
Sammy Lockhart	60 kg lightweight	Achilles BC, Belfast
Danny McAlinden	91 kg heavyweight	Edgewick Trades Hall ABC
Jim McAuley	54 kg bantamweight	Immaculata BC, Belfast
Jim McCourt	63.5 kg light-welterweight	Immaculata BC, Belfast
Eamonn McCusker	71 kg light-middleweight	Banbridge ABC
Paddy Maguire	57 kg featherweight	South Belfast ABC
Frank Young	67 kg welterweight	Dominic Savio ABC, Belfast

Athlete	Events	Club
Steve Chivers	Road race, 10 mile scratch	Cyprus Cycling Club
Morris Foster	Road race, 10 mile scratch	Cyprus Cycling Club
Dave Kane	Road race	Northern Cycling Club, Belfast

Athlete	Events	Club
Marcus Dickson	50m rifle prone	Co.Derry X.B. Rifle Club
Ernie Neely	centre fire pistol, Fullbore rifle	Ulster Rifle Association
Ken Stanford	free pistol, centre fire pistol, rapid fire pistol	Royal Ulster Constabulary

Medalists

Athlete	Events	Club	Medals
Liam Ball	110y, 220y breaststroke	City of Derry SC
Paddy Graham	110y butterfly, 110y freestyle	New Northern ASC, Belfast

Athlete	Events	Club
Sammy Dalzell	56 kg bantamweight	Richmond WC
Alex McAfee	75 kg middleweight	St Gabriel's WC, Belfast
Paul Ross	67.5 kg lightweight	Baxter's PCS, Belfast