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21st August 2010.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) Archer Mark Nesbitt's hopes of a medal at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore were dashed as he was beaten in the quarter-finals.

20th August 2010.

Congratulations to SINI triathlete Aileen Morrison who was 16th in the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Kitzbuehel this week.

19th August 2010.

Double Gold Paralympic medallist Jason Smyth has been forced to withdraw from the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games squad that will travel to Delhi later this year, due to injury.

16th August 2010.

Congratulations to Sport Institute Northern Ireland athlete Madeline Perry who has won the Australian Open by beating Alison Waters of England in a thrilling five-game final.

29th June.

The Commonwealth Games Council of Northern Ireland has named more SINI athletes to travel to Delhi in October for the Commonwealth Games.

29th July 2010.

Two-time Paralympic champion Jason Smyth just missed out on a place in the 100 metres final at the European Championships on Wednesday.

27th July 2010

The countdown is on to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and while the focus of much of the excitement is centred on the capital city, 500 miles away there is a hive of activity, at the Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) in Jordanstown.

23rd July 2010


SINI triathlete Aileen Morrison was interviewed by BBC Newsline this week following her historic Bronze Medal at the ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany.

19th July 2010

SINI Triathlete Aileen Morrison has taken Bronze at the ITU Dextro Energy World Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany.

13th July 2010.

SINI Archer Mark Nesbitt named on GB team for Youth Olympics.

8th July 2010

Gareth Maybin has been the best of the Northern Ireland players in the early stages of the Barclays Scottish Open.

6th July

SINI athlete Paddy Barnes made history in June when he became the first Northern Irish man to win Gold at the European Amateur Championships in Moscow, his medal glory is made all the more impressive by the fact that just 2 months before he took Gold Paddy had a hernia operation.

6th July 2010

SINI athlete Aileen Morrison had an excellent 5th place finish in the European Championships in Athlone at the weekend.

5th July

Sport Northern Ireland, in partnership with Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI), has developed three sporting centres for the next generation of elite athletes in Northern Ireland.

30th June

SINI athlete Aisling Reilly (St. Paul's, Belfast), representing Ireland following her Irish Nationals triumph on May bank holiday weekend, secured her first ever triumph in the USHA Nationals Ladies Open Championship last week in emphatic style.

27th June.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland athlete and Belfast judo star Lisa Kearney won a Silver medal today at the 2010 World Cup in San Salvador in the 48kg class.

16th June.

An interview with SINI athlete Gareth Maybin ahead of the US Open.

17th June.

SINI athletes Jason Smyth, Ciara Mageean, Connor McConvey, Heather Wilson, Matt Hall and Na Liu have all been added to the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Squad.

12th June.

Paddy Barnes has won the gold medal at light-flyweight at the European Amateur Championships in Moscow by beating Azerbaijan's Elvin Mamishzade.

SINI athlete Paddy Barnes has today secured a Silver medal at the European Amateur Championships in Russia.
11th June 2010

While most of us cannot aspire to winning Olympic or Paralympic gold on home soil in London in two year’s time, UK-based scientists, engineers and inventors still have a once in a lifetime opportunity to contribute to Great Britain’s success at this momentous sporting occasion.

REPORT DOPING IN SPORT is a 24 hour confidential phone line to support the fight against doping in sport. The phone line provides a strictly confidential service to athletes, support personal and concerned family and friends to securely pass on information to UK Anti-Doping.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland athlete Connor McConvey impressed greatly with his fourth place at the FBD Insurance Rás, especially as this is the longest stage race he has ever done.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) archer Mark Nesbitt has finished sixth in the European Senior Championships, his first-ever senior event.

SINI athlete Jason Smyth took two GOLD medals on Tuesday 25th at the BT Paralympic World Cup

Paralympian rower and member of the Sports Institute of Northern Ireland based at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Karen Cromie, begins her long road to the 2012 Paralympics Games in London tomorrow with the first World Cup of the season in Bled, Slovenia.

A second wave of athletes has today been announced for the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games squad, including a further four Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) athletes.

SINI athlete Gareth Maybin will join Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell at the US Open after clinching a spot in the major at Monday's qualifier at Walton Heath.

Local Wrestler Mark Montgomery competed over the weekend at the English Open Championships in Birmingham which was the qualification event for the English Wrestling time for the Commonwealth Games.

SINI athlete Jason Smyth improved his 100 metres and 200m personal bests at a meeting in the US last Saturday.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland athlete David Beattie will this weekend defend his crown at the Breitling 53rd British Grand Prix in Southern Counties Shooting Club in Dorset.

Entitled 'Sport Matters: The Northern Ireland Strategy for Sport and Physical Recreation, 2009-2019', the Strategy outlines a new vision for sport and physical recreation in Northern Ireland.

Four Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) athletes were named in the Northern Ireland squad to travel to Delhi in October 2010 to take part in the Commonwealth Games.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland athlete Karen Cromie picked up two Silver medals with the Irish LTA 4 team at the International Adaptive Regatta in Varese Italy over the weekend.

The Practitioner Development Programme (PDP) is a Sport Northern Ireland funded programme that aims to produce the next generation of coaches, scientists and medics for the Northern Ireland sporting performance system.

The Ladies’ Golf Union has chosen Sports Institute Northern Ireland golfer Danielle McVeigh to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the 36th Curtis Cup match against the United States.

SINI athlete David McCann had a successful week last week when he sealed victory with a flourish in the Tour of the Philippines, winning the final stage of the race and further increasing his margin of domination over the other riders.

Gareth Maybin just missed out on winning the Ballantine’s Championship in Jeju, South Korea over the weekend while Danielle McVeigh won the Helen Holm Scottish Amateur Open Strokeplay.

SINI athlete Jason Smyth produced an encouraging opening to his outdoor season as he clocked 10.45 seconds for 100 metres in Florida over the weekend.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) Archer Mark Nesbitt was on target this weekend, winning the Irish Open Field Championships in County Wicklow.

A fourth place finish for skier Kelly Gallagher and a strong performance was the highlight of Day Four (Tuesday March 16) for ParalympicsGB.

Northern Irishwoman Gallagher moved from eighth after her first run in the visually impaired event to take sixth, behind Austria's Sabine Gasteiger.

The Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) has announced a new two year partnership with Dartfish, a world leader in video analysis innovation, naming them as preferred supplier of video analysis software.

Sport Northern Ireland, in partnership with Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI), has developed three sporting centres for the next generation of elite athletes in Northern Ireland.

SINI Golfer Gareth Maybin has finished at 2 under par after the first round of the Avantha Masters in Delhi.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry through to Semi Finals at British National Squash Championships and celebrates her birthday in the process!

With the run up to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October and looking ahead to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, awareness of drugs in sport has never been more relevant. As such, Sport Northern Ireland today launched its Anti-Doping initiative ‘Pure Winner’.

Kelly Gallagher from Bangor has become the first ever athlete from Northern Ireland to be selected to compete in the Winter Paralympics.

SINI golfers Gareth Maybin and Michael Hoey have been competing in the Quatar Masters this week, and at the closing of the second round both athletes were still in contention to make the cut.

SINI athlete Connor McConvey will be in action this Sunday when he takes part in the GP d’Overture La Marseillaise, an annual single-day road bicycle race taking place in the city of Marseille, France.

The Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) hosted a residential camp earlier this month for Northern Ireland’s top athletes from shooting, bowls and archery

Please find a message from Dr Mike Webb regarding the new anti-doping regulations which take effect from 1/1/10

A report by Declan Gamble – Lead Performance Scientist

SINI athletes Gareth Maybin, Michael Hoey, Madeline Perry, Martyn Irvine and Mel Nocher have all been in action over the last week, read on to find out how they got on.

Madeline Perry booked her place in the final of the $25,000 Monte Carlo Classic in Monaco on Thursday.

Gareth Maybin lies four shots off the lead after the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek club in South Africa.

Young Belfast cyclist Connor McConvey has made the switch from International Mountain biking to International Road Racing and is now part of the An Post Grant Thornton Sean Kelly team.

Over 300 delegates gathered at the Belfry earlier this month to attend UK Sport’s World Class Performance Conference.

The Belfast Telegraph published two articles this week which focused on the work that the Sports Institute Northern Ireland is doing to prepare SINI athletes for both the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. Read on to read the articles.

SINI is currently recruiting for a Physiotherapist to be based at the Performer Development Centre in Cookstown.

United Through Sport is a major awareness campaign and education support promoting the powerful potential for positive integration through sport. The campaign involves the participation of many leading sportsmen and women from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, alongside young sports enthusiasts.

Read on for more SINI athlete updates from over the weekend.

SINI athlete Conor Leaney completed the freestyle clean-sweep at the Swimming Short Course National Championships over the weekend.

Paralympic gold medallist and SINI athelte Michael McKillop has qualified for the European Cross County Championships by winning the Irish junior title on Sunday.

SINI athlete Jason Smyth has left the cold autumnal weather behind in Northern Ireland and is currently in Florida with his coach Stephen Maguire training with an elite group of athletes.

SINI.co.uk caught up with triathlete Emma Davis the day after her 7th place finish in the ITU World Cup race in Mexico.

Lisa Kearney stole the show at the Irish Open over the weekend by winning the 48kg at the competition.

SINI athlete Emma Davis recorded a fantastic seventh place at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico on Sunday 10th November.

Sports Institute Northern Ireland recently hosted an internal workshop with world renowned physiologist Dr Matt Spencer.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry has been named as the Belfast Telegraph Sportswoman of the year at glittering awards ceremony held this week.

SINI Nutrionist Bronwen Master has been providing cooking workshops for a number of SINI athletes over the last few weeks, with more workshops planned in the next two weeks.

SINI athlete Janet Gray is launching her autobiography, Blind Ambition this week.

SINI has been at the forefront of the development of performance science within the IFA and has been supporting Nigel Worthington’s team in the build up to matches - with Dr Jonathan Bloomfield, a sports scientist from SINI working closely with the manager and his squad.

The Sport Northern Ireland Practitioner Development Programme is now open and accepting applications for 2010-2011.

SINI athlete Ian Lowry won the Sunflower Trophy for the first time on board his Relentless TAS Suzuki at Bishopscourt on Sunday.

Performance Analysis is a key part of the Performance Science function at SINI.

www.sini.co.uk caught up with Chris Jones, National Event Coach for Triathlon Ireland recently to find out how the three SINI athletes in the Irish squad are progressing and to find out a bit more about Chris.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry has booked her place in the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open.

SINI athlete Gareth Maybin fired an opening round of three-under-par 69 in Thursday's opening round of the Portugal Masters.

SINI athlete Ian Lowry is straight back into competition this weekend, following the final race of the British Superbike. Read on to find out more…

Madeline Perry's fine recent form has lifted her to seventh in the world

SINI athlete Gareth Maybin moved up 22 places after his impressive final round

SINI Shooter David Beattie was 2nd at the weekend GB selection shoot, narrowly missing first place by one point.

SINI Performance Nutrionist Bronwen Masters recently attended a Master Class on Bone Health, read on to find out more.

The Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council is calling for applications for the position of Physiotherapist for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.

SINI athlete Gareth Maybin leads the Irish challenge - two shots behind leader Thomas Bjorn - after the opening day of the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry has moved up one place to seventh in the world rankings following some impressive performances.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry interview on BBC Newsline

SINI athletes Matt McGovern and Ryan Seaton have been crowned Irish 49er National Champions 2009 following a successful weekend’s sailing in Dublin Bay.

SINI Shooters win at Commonwealth Shooting Federation (European Division)Championships in Isle of Man

SINI athlete Madeline Perry bowed out of the World Open at the quarter-final stage in Amsterdam on Friday night.

Hall takes gold at the Commonwealth Shooting Federation (European Division) Championships in the Isle of Man.

Two SINI athletes compete at the Commonwealth Shooting Federation (European Division) Championships this weekend in the Isle of Man.

Madeline Perry has progressed further today in the World Open by beating Rebecca Chui 3-0.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry is into the last 16 of the World Open after beating qualifier Latasha Khan of the USA in four games.

QFT and Jameson Belfast Film Festival are proud to announce the launch of Game On!, a special weekend season of free sports-themed films and events which will take place from Thursday 24th – Sunday 27th September.

SINI athletes Mark Nesbitt and Karl Watson were part of the Northern Ireland team that finished 5th overall at the 4th Asian Archery Grand Prix Championship held last week.

SINI cyclist Philip Deignan finished 9th overall in the Tour of Spain, please read on to find out his reaction to his result.

SINI sailors Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern have finished 26th overall at the Skandia Sail for Gold Event in Weymouth.

SINI athlete Lisa Kearney took Silver at the GB World Judo Cup in the 48 kg final.

SINI athlete Philip Deignan won Thursday's 18th stage of the Tour of Spain and now lies ninth overall. Read on to watch the race and find out what the cycling media had to say.

SINI cyclist Philip Deignan won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday, while Alejandro Valverde continues to edge closer to being crowned overall champion.

BBC is running the Sports Unsung Hero again this year, read on to find out more.

SINI recently hosted the sixth and final workshop of the UK Sport Fast-Track Practitioners Programme.

SINI athlete Emma Davis, represented Ireland in the Gold Coast U23 Women's Elite World Championships Triathlon on Friday, 11 September.

SINI athlete Madeline Perry found Australian Rachael Grinham a bridge too far in the British Open final in Manchester on Monday evening.

SINI athlete Ian Lowry is now positioned 4th in the standings at the British Superbike Series. Read on to hear Ian's thoughts on his season so far..

SINI athlete Madeline Perry is one game away from the British Open title.

Belfast cyclist Connor McConvey is currently preparing for the biggest race of his year in Australia at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. Connor, who races professionally for Focus De Brink, a Dutch based cycling team, will be competing in the Men’s U23 Cross Country Olympic event on Friday afternoon.

Ryan Seaton has a busy few months ahead of him. The SINI athlete is preparing for the Sail for Gold event in Weymouth, with his new sailing partner and fellow SINI athlete Matt McGovern, in early September.

A number of SINI athletes were in action over the weekend, including adaptive rower Karen Cromie, Archers Mark Nesbitt and Karl Watson and members of the Irish Ladies hockey team. Read on to find out how they got on.

Over the last number of months the Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SINI) has developed a website that is easy to use and should act as an information point on the work that SINI does and the athletes SINI work with.