Day 9 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Results Day 9 Badminton – Women’s Singles Quarter-Final Rachael Darragh L 0-2 Michelle Li (CAN) Boxing – Light Middleweight Semi-Final 2 Eireann Nugent L 0-5 Rosie Eccles (WAL) Eireann Nugent 3rd – bronze medal Boxing – Light Flyweight Final 1 Carly McNaul W 5-0 Teddy Nakimuli (UGA) Boxing – Bantamweight Semi-Final 1 Dylan Eagleson W…Continue reading this article →

Head Physio Kerry Kirk talks about the “Special Experience” of the Games

As anyone in sport knows there is no such thing as being an ‘overnight success.’ It takes years of hard work by the athlete and their team. And a woman who knows this only too well is Kerry Kirk, Head of Physiotherapy at our Sports Institute. We caught up with Kerry before she headed off…Continue reading this article →

Day 8 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Results Day 8 Athletics 100m Hurdles – Women Round 1 Megan Marrs 4th in Heat – Does not progress Athletics 1500m – Women Round 1 Ciara Mageean 1st in Heat – Qualified for Final Athletics 3000m – Women Steeplechase Final Eilish Flanagan 6th (SB) Badminton – Women Singles Round of 16 Rachael Darragh W 2-0-…Continue reading this article →

Bethany’s Team is Key Cog in Swimming Success

Magical medal moments like that of Bethany Firth’s Commonwealth Games gold glory on Wednesday (August 3, 2022) don’t happen overnight. They are the product of years of work by the athlete and the tireless support of the staff around them. If it takes a village to raise a child – it takes a team to…Continue reading this article →

Day 7 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Results Day 7 Lawn Bowls Singles – Men Group Match Gary Kelly W 21-13 vs Ryan Bester (CAN) Lawn Bowls Singles – Men Group Match Gary Kelly W 21-14 vs Tukala Tagelagi (NIU) Lawn Bowls Triples – Women Group Match Northern Ireland Ashleigh Rainey, Chloe Wilson, Courtney Meneely L 9-19 vs Australia Lynsey Clarke, Natasha…Continue reading this article →

Day 6 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Results Day 6 Swimming – Women’s 200m Freestyle S14 Final – Bethany Firth 1st gold medal Swimming – Women’s 50m Backstroke Final – Danielle Hill – 7th Swimming – Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final – Daniel Wiffen – 2nd silver medal Swimming 200m Individual Medley – Men Heats Jack McMillan DNS Swimming 400m Freestyle – Women…Continue reading this article →

Swimming Star Firth Praises Sports Institute Staff as she Goes for Games Goal

When the starting beeps sound poolside today (August 3, 2022) in Birmingham Bethany Firth will propel herself off the starting block and dive into her “happy place.” Thanks to years of gruelling training her athletic body will spring to life and know exactly what to do as it furiously swallows up the water with every…Continue reading this article →

Day 5 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Day 5 Results Boxing – Men’s Welterweight Round of 16 Aidan Walsh W 5-0 vs Arena Pakela (LES) Boxing – Men’s Welterweight Eugene McKeever L vs Stephen Zimba (ZAM) Lawn Bowls Pairs – Men Bronze Medal Match Barkley/McHugh Martin McHugh, Sam Barkley Lost 5-25 vs Scotland Lawn Bowls Pairs – Women Group Match Devlin/O’Neill Megan…Continue reading this article →

Day 3 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  Results Day 3 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball – Northern Ireland 11-9 Australia   Lawn Bowls Women’s Singles Shauna O’Neill 12-21 vs Tania Choudhury   Lawn Bowls Men’s Pairs Northern Ireland 26-7 vs Jamaica   Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours – Northern Ireland 12-15 vs Fiji   Lawn Bowls Men’s Pairs – Northern Ireland 26-8 vs India…Continue reading this article →

Day 4 – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

  Day 4 Results   Lawn Bowls Pairs – Men Semi-Final Martin McHugh, Sam Barkley L 14-22 vs Wales   Judo 52kg – Women Quarter-Final Yasmin Javadian Yasmin Won against Charne Griesel (RSA)   Judo 52kg – Women Semi-Final Yasmin Javadian (NIR) Lost against Tinka Easton (AUS)   Judo 52kg – Women Bronze Medal Match…Continue reading this article →