BOXER PADDY BARNES will be hoping to make his a double when he defends his light-flyweight title at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month.
Barnes and his fellow Olympic medallist Michael Conlan were named yesterday on Northern Ireland’s 117-person team for the 20th Games, which gets underway on 23 July.
Also included are London Olympians Martyn Irvine (cycling), Lisa Kearney (judo), Sycerika McMahon (swimming) and Aileen Reid (triathlon).
Four-time Paralympic champion Jason Smyth will compete in the 100m, 200m, and 4 x 100m track events while another of Ireland’s Paralympic gold medallists, swimmer Bethany Firth, will also compete.
Northern Ireland team
Aquatics: Rachel Bethel, Curtis Coulter, Michael Dawson, Bethany Firth, Danielle Hill, Gemma Kane, Sycerika McMahon, Conor Munn, Jordan Sloan, David Thompson.
Athletics: Zoe Brown (Pole vault), Amy Foster (100m, 200m), Gladys Ganiel (Marathon), Kerry O’Flaherty (3000m steeplechase), Katie Kirk (800m), Christine McMahon (400m hurdles), Peter Glass (Decathlon, 4 x100m), Jason Harvey (400m hurdles, 4 x 100m), Dempsey McGuigan (Hammer), Daniel Mooney (1500m, 800m), Paul Pollock (10,000m), Leon Reid (100m, 200m, 4 x 100m), Ben Reynolds (110m hurdles, 4 x 100m), Jason Smyth (100m, 200m, 4 x 100m).
Boxing: Paddy Barnes, Michaela Walsh, Ruairi Dalton, Michael Conlon, Joe Fitzpatrick, Alanna Audley-Murphy, Sean Duffy, Steven Donnelly, Connor Coyle, Sean McGlinchey, Steven Ward.
Cycling: Claire Oakley, Roger Aiken, Connor McConvey, Lydia Boylan, Wendy Houvenaghel, James Brown, Dave Readle, Marcus Christie, Sean Downey, Fraser Duncan, Peter Hawkins, Michael Hutchinson, Martyn Irvine, Philip Lavery.
Gymnastics: Sarah Beck, Nicole Mawhinney, India McPeak, Ciara Roberts, Luke Carson, Matthew Cosgrave.
Judo: Lisa Kearney, Kirsty Kee, Caoimhin Thompson, Eoin Fleming, Mark Montgomery, Gavin McNeill.
Lawn Bowls – Men: Neil Booth, Paul Daly, Ian McClure, Martin McHugh, Neil Mulholland.
Lawn Bowls – Women: Barbara Cameron, Mandy Cunningham, Jennifer Dowds, Donna McCloy, Catherine McMillen.
Netball: Niamh Cooper, Michelle Drayne, Gemma Gibney, Noleen Lennon, Nordia Masters, Lisa McCaffrey, Oonagh McCullough, Caroline O’Hanlon, Lisa Somerville, Fionnuala Toner, Marie Toner, Hannah Willis.
Shooting: David Calvert, Jack Alexander, Gary Duff, Sam Kelly, Louise Aiken, Claudia McClung, Kirsty Barr, David Beattie, David Henning, David Christie, Clement Buchanan.
Squash: Michael Craig, Madeline Perry.
Table Tennis: Ashley Givan, Emma Ludlow, Hannah Lynch-Dawson, Amanda Mogey, Peter Graham, Paul McCreery, Ashley Robinson.
Triathlon: Eimear Mullan, Aileen Reid, Emma Sharkey, Conor Murphy, Harry Speers, Russell White.
Olympic medallists Barnes and Conlan named in NI team for Commonwealth Games
BOXER PADDY BARNES will be hoping to make his a double when he defends his light-flyweight title at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month.
Barnes and his fellow Olympic medallist Michael Conlan were named yesterday on Northern Ireland’s 117-person team for the 20th Games, which gets underway on 23 July.
Also included are London Olympians Martyn Irvine (cycling), Lisa Kearney (judo), Sycerika McMahon (swimming) and Aileen Reid (triathlon).
Four-time Paralympic champion Jason Smyth will compete in the 100m, 200m, and 4 x 100m track events while another of Ireland’s Paralympic gold medallists, swimmer Bethany Firth, will also compete.
Northern Ireland team
Aquatics: Rachel Bethel, Curtis Coulter, Michael Dawson, Bethany Firth, Danielle Hill, Gemma Kane, Sycerika McMahon, Conor Munn, Jordan Sloan, David Thompson.
Athletics: Zoe Brown (Pole vault), Amy Foster (100m, 200m), Gladys Ganiel (Marathon), Kerry O’Flaherty (3000m steeplechase), Katie Kirk (800m), Christine McMahon (400m hurdles), Peter Glass (Decathlon, 4 x100m), Jason Harvey (400m hurdles, 4 x 100m), Dempsey McGuigan (Hammer), Daniel Mooney (1500m, 800m), Paul Pollock (10,000m), Leon Reid (100m, 200m, 4 x 100m), Ben Reynolds (110m hurdles, 4 x 100m), Jason Smyth (100m, 200m, 4 x 100m).
Badminton: Caroline Black, Sinead Chambers, Alannah Stephenson, Ciaran Chambers, Tony Murphy,Tony Stephenson.
Boxing: Paddy Barnes, Michaela Walsh, Ruairi Dalton, Michael Conlon, Joe Fitzpatrick, Alanna Audley-Murphy, Sean Duffy, Steven Donnelly, Connor Coyle, Sean McGlinchey, Steven Ward.
Cycling: Claire Oakley, Roger Aiken, Connor McConvey, Lydia Boylan, Wendy Houvenaghel, James Brown, Dave Readle, Marcus Christie, Sean Downey, Fraser Duncan, Peter Hawkins, Michael Hutchinson, Martyn Irvine, Philip Lavery.
Gymnastics: Sarah Beck, Nicole Mawhinney, India McPeak, Ciara Roberts, Luke Carson, Matthew Cosgrave.
Judo: Lisa Kearney, Kirsty Kee, Caoimhin Thompson, Eoin Fleming, Mark Montgomery, Gavin McNeill.
Lawn Bowls – Men: Neil Booth, Paul Daly, Ian McClure, Martin McHugh, Neil Mulholland.
Lawn Bowls – Women: Barbara Cameron, Mandy Cunningham, Jennifer Dowds, Donna McCloy, Catherine McMillen.
Netball: Niamh Cooper, Michelle Drayne, Gemma Gibney, Noleen Lennon, Nordia Masters, Lisa McCaffrey, Oonagh McCullough, Caroline O’Hanlon, Lisa Somerville, Fionnuala Toner, Marie Toner, Hannah Willis.
Shooting: David Calvert, Jack Alexander, Gary Duff, Sam Kelly, Louise Aiken, Claudia McClung, Kirsty Barr, David Beattie, David Henning, David Christie, Clement Buchanan.
Squash: Michael Craig, Madeline Perry.
Table Tennis: Ashley Givan, Emma Ludlow, Hannah Lynch-Dawson, Amanda Mogey, Peter Graham, Paul McCreery, Ashley Robinson.
Triathlon: Eimear Mullan, Aileen Reid, Emma Sharkey, Conor Murphy, Harry Speers, Russell White.
Wrestling: Norik Koczarian, Hugh McCloskey.
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