Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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

One para athlete was officially selected on 19 May 2022.^[3][4] Another para athlete and thirteen other athletes were added on 21 June 2022.^[5][6]

On 12 July 2022, CGNI declared that Leon Reid was barred from competing in the Games by BOCCG following a security risk assessment.^[7] On 26 July, Paul Pollock withdrew from the Games.^[8]

Men

Track and road events

Women

Track and road events

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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
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

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Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

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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
	Points	1015	953	776	912	795	882	900

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One player (Rachael Darragh) was officially selected on 15 July 2022.^[9]

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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

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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.^[10]

Squad selections were officially announced on 19 May 2022.^[3][4]

Summary

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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

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Men's wheelchair tournament

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

Roster

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

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Canada	2	1	1	24	18	+6	Semi-finals
2	Australia	2	1	1	24	24	0
3	Northern Ireland	2	1	1	16	22	−6	5th place match

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Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30) 19:30

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Northern Ireland	5–13	Canada
Pts: McCabe 3		Pts: Higgins 6

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31 July 2022 (2022-07-31) 19:30

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Australia	9–11	Northern Ireland
Pts: Dalton, Pople 5		Pts: Nagle 5

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5th place match

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02) 15:00

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Northern Ireland	10–7	South Africa
Pts: Macsorley 6		Pts: Mbhele 7

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A squad of thirteen boxers (eight men, five women) was officially selected on 4 May 2022.^[11][12] Damien Sullivan withdrew from the Games.^[8]

Men

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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
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
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
Jake Tucker	Middleweight		le Poullain (GGY) L 2 - 3	Did not advance

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Women

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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
Michaela Walsh	Featherweight	—N/a	Kenosi (BOT) W 5 - 0	Mnguni (RSA) W 5 - 0	Oshoba (NGR) W 5 - 0
Amy Broadhurst	Lightweight		Nkandu (ZAM) W RSC	Ogunsemilore (NGR) W 5 - 0	Richardson (ENG) W 5 - 0
Eireann Nugent	Light middleweight		Wilkinson (ENG) W 4 - 0	Eccles (WAL) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

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A squad of eight cyclists was officially selected on 30 June 2022.^[13] JB Murphy and Lydia Boylan withdrew from the squad due to injury.^[8]

One diver (Tanya Watson) was officially selected on 1 June 2022.^[14][15]

A squad of seven judoka (four men, three women) was officially selected on 28 April 2022.^[16][17]

Men

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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
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

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Women

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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
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

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A squad of ten bowlers (five per gender) was officially selected on 28 February 2022.^[18]

Men

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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
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

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Women

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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

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By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 31 January 2022), Northern Ireland qualified for the tournament.^[19]

Complete fixtures were announced in March 2022.^[20]

Summary

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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

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Roster

Twelve players were selected on 6 June 2022.^[21][22]

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	5	5	0	0	321	169	+152	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	1	325	188	+137	8
3	Uganda	5	3	0	2	256	206	+50	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	2	0	3	258	262	−4	4
5	Northern Ireland	5	1	0	4	155	299	−144	2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	0	5	136	327	−191	0

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29 July 2022 20:00	Report	New Zealand	79–20	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Anso Kemp Joshua Bowring
		Mes  5/13 (38%) Nweke  29/31 (94%) Selby-Rickit  25/27 (93%) Wilson  20/22 (91%)		Bowman  4/7 (57%) Crosbie  9/16 (56%) Magee  6/10 (60%) McGrath  1/3 (33%)

31 July 2022 12:00	Report	Malawi	54–41	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Tracy-Ann Griffiths
		Chimaliro  4/4 (100%) Kumwenda  29/32 (91%) Mvula  15/19 (79%) Simtowe  6/6 (100%)		Bowman  1/3 (33%) Crosbie  18/22 (82%) Magee  22/27 (81%)

1 August 2022 18:00	Report	England	71–27	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Alison Harrison Bronwen Adams
		Cardwell  40/45 (89%) Drakeford-Lewis  11/12 (92%) Housby  20/20 (100%)		Bowman  8/11 (73%) Crosbie  8/12 (67%) Magee  9/13 (69%) McGrath  2/2 (100%)

3 August 2022 12:00	Report	Uganda	63–26	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths Gary Burgess
		Cholhok  41/46 (89%) Eyaru  8/9 (89%) Nassanga  14/15 (93%)		Bowman  2/8 (25%) Crosbie  14/20 (70%) Magee  7/11 (64%) McGrath  3/5 (60%)

4 August 2022 14:00	Report	Trinidad and Tobago	32–41	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Anso Kemp Alison Harrison
		Cooper  7/9 (78%) Hollingsworth  7/9 (78%) Noel  18/18 (100%)		Bowman  4/8 (50%) Crosbie  27/34 (79%) Magee  8/14 (57%) McGrath  2/3 (67%)

Ninth place match

5 August 2022 11:30	Report	Scotland	43–33	Northern Ireland		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Alison Harrison
		Goodwin  23/27 (85%) McCall  20/26 (77%)		Bowman  4/8 (50%) Crosbie  17/24 (71%) Magee  12/17 (71%)

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.^[3][4] Seven swimmers were added to the squad on 1 June 2022.^[14][15]

Men

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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
Barry McClements	100 m backstroke S9	—N/a				1:05.09
	100 m butterfly S10	—N/a				1:02.47	7
Jack McMillan	200 m individual medley	DNS		—N/a		Did not advance

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Women

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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
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

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Singles

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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

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Doubles

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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

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Team

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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

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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).^[3][4] Two more guides were confirmed as of 19 June 2022,^[23][24] plus one triathlete on 11 July 2022.^[25]

Individual

Paratriathlon

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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
Judith MacCombe Guide: Anne Paul		17:38	1:42	33:42	0:42	21:27	1:18:30	4

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Two weightlifters were selected on 11 April 2022. They qualified through their positions in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.^[26][27]

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