Recent Achievements
A team of five upper sixth boys from the school called "Team FUGA" competed in the F1 in Schools competition, and won the international finals in 2007, meriting a second team competing in the Malaysian World Championships the following year.
At the annual Coleraine Sports Council Awards Dinner 2008, the previous year's CAI Junior 18 Quad were winners of the Junior Team Award. CAI head rowing coach, Bobby Platt (MBE), received the Coach of the Year Award. CAI's three 'old boys' who rowed at the Beijing Olympics: Richard Archibald, Alan Campbell and Richard Chambers, all collected Chairman's Awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements.At the London 2012 Olympics Campbell won bronze in the single sculls finals and Chambers silver in the lightweight fours finals.
Coleraine Academical Institution continues to send its sportsmen to participate in rugby and rowing teams representing both Ulster and Ireland; a long-standing achievement of the school.
The school debating team won the Northern Ireland Schools Debating Competition in 1995 and were runners-up in 2006.
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