Sports Institute for Northern Ireland

Sports Institute for Northern Ireland
MottoImproving athlete performance[1]
Established2002[2]
FocusAthletic Training
OwnerSport Northern Ireland
Ulster University
Location
Ulster University at Jordanstown
Ulster University at Coleraine
,
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Websitesini.co.uk/

The Sports Institute for Northern Ireland, shortened to SINI, was formed in 2002 as a partnership between Ulster University and Sport Northern Ireland.[2] The institute, which was established to create a "high performance sporting system" in Northern Ireland,[2] is primarily based at Jordanstown Campus.[3] As of 2010, four 'Performance Development Centres' (PDCs) were offering additional services in Bangor, Belfast, Cookstown and Lisburn.[4]

SINI's facilities cater for Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes and sports along with a number of other sports such as rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA and golf.[2] The services offered include performance planning, sport medicine, physiotherapy, performance analysis and advice.[5]

  1. ^ "Home-Sports Institute Northern Ireland". SINI. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "About Us - Sports Institute of Northern Ireland". SINI. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ^ niathletics.org (archived 2011)
  4. ^ Belfast Telegraph - 2010 - Elite sports centres to develop stars of the future (archived 2012)
  5. ^ "What We Offer - Sports Institute Northern Ireland". SINI. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.