Northern Ireland at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970.

Northern Ireland finished 10th in the medal table with three gold medals, one silver medal and five bronze medals.

The Northern Irish team of 72 athletes and officials were named during June 1970, which was the largest contingent to date for a Northern Irish team.

Medalists Gold Mike Bull (pole vault) Mary Peters (shot put) Mary Peters (pentathlon)

Silver John McKinty (boxing)

Bronze Paddy Doherty (boxing) Roy Fulton (lawn bowls) Davy Larmour (boxing) Men's pairs (lawn bowls) Men's fours/rinks (lawn bowls)

Team Officials Dick McColgan - General team amanager Derek Murray - Assistant team amanager Wilson Johnston - Doctor Mrs M. E. Hopkins - Chaperone W. Mackey - Athletics manager Sean Kyle - Athletics coach G. Devlin - Boxing coach W. Agnew - Boxing coach Bob Thompson - Lawn bowls manager T. Taylor - Cycling manager/mechanic F. Bradley - Swimming coach Syd Harvey - Weightlifting coach/manager

Athletics

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Mike Bull pole vault, Gerard M. Carson 100, 400m, Joseph Chivers 200, 400m, Martin Cranny marathon Derek Graham 5000, 10,000m John H. G. Kinahan 110, 400m hurdles Johnny Kilpatrick 100m, Charles James Kirkpatrick 110m hurdles David N. Logue steeplechase Dave J. R. A. Smyth 20 mile walk Mike Teer marathon Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Maeve Kyle 400m, Noeline McGarvey 100, 200m, Mary Peters 100m hurdles, pentathlon, shot put , Gay Porter discus, javelin, shot put Adrienne Alexandra Smyth 100, 800m, Linda Teskey 100, 200m,

Badminton

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Sammy Blair doubles, mixed Ballymacarrett BC John McCloy singles, doubles, mixed Ulster Racquets Club Peter Moore singles, doubles Ballymacarrett BC Winston Wilkinson singles, doubles, mixed Ballymacarrett BC Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Joan McCloy singles, doubles Ulster Racquets Club Maureen Mockford singles, doubles, mixed Malone

Boxing

AthleteEventsClubMedals Paul N. Carson 60kg ightweight Paddy Doherty 71kg light-middlweight Ballyshannon ABC Robert G. Espie 81kg middlweight Gerald M. Jordan 57kg featherweight Davy Larmour 51kg flyweight Frank McCormick 75kg middleweight John McKinty 91kg heavyweight British Army BC John Rodgers 67kg welterweight Mickey P. Tohill 54kg bantamweight

Cycling

AthleteEventsClubMedals David Beattie sprint, time trial Morris Foster pursuit Noel Gallagher time trial Ronnie Grant scratch, sprint, time trial Dave Kane road race, pursuit

Fencing

AthleteEventsClubMedals W. Richard J. Gray foil, épée, sabre, team x 2 W. Jim MacGill foil, épée, sabre, team x 2 William D. Richardson foil, épée, sabre, team x 2

Lawn bowls

AthleteEventsClubMedals Jimmy Donnelly pairs Falls BC Roy Fulton singles Coleraine BC Edward Gordon fours/rinks Falls BC John Higgins fours/rinks York Road Civil Defence BC Harold Stevenson fours/rinks Donaghadee BC William Tate fours/rinks Bangor BC Syd Thompson pairs Willowfield BC

Swimming

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Liam Ball 100, 200m breaststroke Thomas D. Irvine 200, 400m medley Cecil D. G. Russell 100, 200m breaststroke

Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Norma A. Stobo 100, 200m backstroke Heather Withers 100m breaststroke

Weightlifting

AthleteEventsClubMedals Billy Lyttle 90kg middle-heavyweight Alex McAfee 90kg middle-heavyweight Dave Pattison 110kg heavyweight Paul Ross 67.5kg lightweight

References