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Team Northern Ireland Handbook (Compressed).Pdf CONTENTS VICTORY ANTHEM NICGC & BOARD OF DIRECTORS MESSAGE FROM CHEF DE MISSION MESSAGE FROM PAUL MULDOON QBR & SUPPORT A 2ND TEAM SHOOTING/BOXING FEATURE MEDAL RECORD BRANDING & SOCIAL MEDIA AQUATICS ATHLETICS BADMINTON BOXING CYCLING GYMNASTICS JUDO LAWN BOWLS SPONSORS & NETBALL SUPPORTERS SHOOTING SQUASH TABLE TENNIS TRIATHLON WRESTLING SUPPORT STAFF TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 VICTORY ANTHEM NORTHERN IRELAND COMMONWEALTH GAMES COUNCIL The NICGC is the lead body for Commonwealth Sport in Northern Ireland. The council is representative of those sports recognised by the Commonwealth Games THE LONDONDERRY AIR (DANNY BOY) Federation. We currently have 17 affiliated sports. A primary task of the NICGC is to present a team at both the Oh Danny-boy! The pipes the pipes are calling Commonwealth Games and Youth Games. From glen to glen and down the mountain side. The summer’s gone and all the flowers are dying Tis you,tis you, must go and I must bide; BOARD OF DIRECTORS But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow, Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow, It’s I’ll be there, in sunshine or in shadow, Oh Danny-boy! Oh Danny-boy! I love you so. But when ye come and all the flowers are dying If I am dead, as dead I well may be, Ye’ll go and find the place where I am lying And kneel and say a prayer there for me. And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me And all my grave will warmer sweeter be: For you will bend and tell me that you love me Chairman: Hon. Treasurer: Hon. Secrectary: And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me. Robert McVeigh Jack Monaghan Terry Crothers Alison Moffitt Stewart Tosh, MBE John Allen Ken Nixon Dr. Richard Briggs Dr. Gerald Gould TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 MESSAGE FROM MESSAGE FROM CHEF DE MISSION PAUL MULDOON “The most significant English-language poet born since the second world war” - The Times Literary Supplement I congratulate each member of the team on their selection. This is the largest I am honoured to offer my support team to represent Northern Ireland at a Commonwealth Games. I am honoured to you who have so excelled in your chosen sports to be appointed as Chef de Mission Northern Ireland team at the 20th Com- you'll now be seeing your names monwealth Games in Glasgow. in lights at the 20th Commonwealth games. I only wish I could be there in Glasgow It is exciting for us to participate in a Home Games. I congratulate Scotland and to cheer you on. I do already know, Glasgow for their vision to bid for, and since being awarded the Games, their however, the main person to compete preparation as hosts. We share so much in common with Glasgow, for exam- with any artist or athlete ple, culture, industrial past and even weather conditions. Every part of Northern is him or herself. You're the ones Ireland is nearer Glasgow than every part of Scotland! who've most challenged yourselves. Now it's all wee buns to you whether you're hitting a shuttlecock I count myself particularly fortunate to have Terry Crothers, Alison Moffitt and or giving another boxer a knock, Stewart Tosh appointed as Team Managers. These three are vastly experi- whether you're getting on your bike enced people in Commonwealth Games management so that we four together or telling a black belt to take a hike. with several other very experienced team members provide a nucleus to which I know you're biased only when it comes to lawn bowls those new to the unique multi-discipline environment can look for guidance. and you're for the high jump only when your souls leap and soar like net balls into a net We look forward to seeing many old friends and making new friends, amongst or, better yet, representatives of some one third of the World’s population in the Common- skeets when you're shooting skeet. wealth and to enjoy the camaraderie which sport naturally engenders. I already know no one will truly be able to beat you in squash or swimming or table tennis since you've won even before you've gone under the gun. Robert McVeigh The tape you breast as a sprinter is one you've already breasted summer and winter as you've trained. You've won simply for having been in for the long run. TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 DAVID CALVERT 8 MEDALS | 10TH GAMES David has won 8 medals Full-Bore Shooter David for the team since 1978. He Calvert will be competing is recognized as the most at his 10th Commonwealth decorated athlete for Northern Games in Glasgow. RECORD Ireland competing at the Games. MEDAL PRESENT 1930 - For more details visit www.thecgf.com/search 1ST FEMALE BOXERS Alanna Audley-Murphy & Michaela Walsh will make Northern Ireland’s debut in Women’s Boxing as it’s included in the Games for the first time. TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 QUEENS 20BATON - 23 MAY RELAY 2ND TEAM SUPPORT A DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY The Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) spent four wonderful days travelling throughout North- ern Ireland. Themed around People, Places and Performance, the trip certainly whetted Under the ‘Support a 2nd Team’ initiative, run by sportscotland, every Commonwealth the appetite for the Commonwealth Games two months prior to the Opening Ceremony. Games Association (CGA) was linked with one of the 32 regions in Scotland. Team Northern Ireland is pleased to be linked with the Dumfries & Galloway region. The part- Having already been to 66 countries on its 180,000km journey, the Baton was hosted by nerships with CGAs are developed so that they feel welcome and at home when compet- the NICGC and broadcast to a worldwide audience as it visited some of our most iconic ing and to involve all parts of Scotland with the Games. tourist attractions including Parliament Buildings, the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-rede, Devenish Island and the Fermanagh Lakes, Titanic Belfast and the Nomadic. It also had Last Autumn, 25 young leaders were chosen from the Craigavon Area Learning Com- the pleasure of rowing up the Foyle and experiencing the hospitality at the G8 venue of munity. The leaders were monumental in the delivery of the sporting event that brought the Lough Erne Resort. A visit to Rathlin Island proved a particular highlight of the trip. together 510 children, in 16 teams representing countries competing in the Common- wealth Games, who competed in 8 sports across three venues. The QBR acts as a call to competition for the athletes of the Commonwealth. But it also provided a great opportunity to showcase all that is positive about Northern Ireland. TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 TEAM BRAND SOCIAL MEDIA Follow #TEAMNI on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube before, during and after the Commonwealth Games for exclusive content. See what happens behind the scenes with athlete interviews, training, competitions and activity inside the Athlete’s Village! / GoTeamNI Centred around the athletes, the team The tradition, culture and history of brand was given very careful consid- the team is very rich and full of great eration before being introduced into achievements. Many have walked NICGC.ORG /GoTeamNI the public domain and across our mar- before us, both Barry McGuigan and During the Games, our website will keting material. It was quite important Mary Peters included, showcasing their host a Games-specific page where during the brand design process to prowess and putting Northern Ireland you can find updates on competition identify key elements that represent- on the map. If one wins, everyone in news and results. ed athletes and Northern Ireland on a Northern Ireland wins. local and international stage. Follow our #TeamNIInFocus video series, highlighting the The Commonwealth Games provide work and achievements of the only opportunity for athletes to athletes. compete in an international multi- sport event representing Northern Ireland. 2 1 PEOPLE 1 The brand encompasses qualities that 2 PERFORMANCE are dynamic, bold and unifying. World class yet local whilst respecting past #TEAMNI 3 PLACES 3 and present athletes and connecting with future stars. The Giant’s Causeway stones are representative of Northern Ireland’s world renowned natural beauty and carry the attributes that are symbolic of Team Northern Ireland. o Levels of elevation – stages of athletic development, podium aspirations o Stone – durable, strong and historic o Interlocking columns – athletes from all across Northern Ireland come together to form TeamNI as does the Giant’s Causeway which is incomplete without all of its parts. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 AQUATICS These are the athletes who look more at home in water than on land. Whether it’s swimmers powering through the pool and breaking records in the process or divers defying gravity, aquatics is liquid gold. Aquatics is a core sport of the Commonwealth Games and two disciplines will feature on the Glasgow 2014 sports programme – Swimming and Diving. Swimming is an extremely demanding sport to compete in and intensely exciting to watch. A fraction of a second or one fierce exhalation can mean the difference between winning and losing. Swimming has featured in every Commonwealth Games programme since it began in 1930, with both male and female athletes competing. The Swimming competition will take place at the Tollcross Aquatic Centre’s 50-metre pool over six days of the Games. There will also be integrated medal events for Para-Sport athletes. Venue: Tollcross International Swimming Centre 1TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND HANDBOOK GLASGOW 2014 BETHEL DAWSON RACHEL MICHAEL AGE 14 AGE 23 PLACE OF BIRTH Lisburn PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast RESIDENCE Lisburn RESIDENCE Comber COACH Richard Gheel, Andy Reid COACH Nelson Lindsay, Chris Tidey CLUB Lisburn City Swimming Club CLUB Ards ASC, Hamilton Aquatics Dubai PREVIOUS GAMES - PREVIOUS GAMES 2008 Pune Youth Games, Delhi 2010 ACHIEVEMENTS 2012 British Age Group Champion, 2013 Double ACHIEVEMENTS Delhi 2010: 10th (50m Breaststroke), 15th British Age Group Champion, 2013 European (100m Breaststroke).
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