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Bath-based players contest their first beach volleyball World Champs
Four Bath-based beach volleyball players made their debut appearances at the World Championships in Stavanger, Norway. Both Lucy Boulton & Denise Johns and Zara Dampney & Shauna Mullin contested the opening pool stages of the competition. They were the first British teams to compete at the beach volleyball World Championships for...
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Reed and Burns are seventh at German Open
Team Bath judo players Tom Reed and Andy Burns both secured top-seven finishes at the German Open in Sindelfingen at the weekend. Reed lost his opening under-81kg competition to Germany’s Dennis Huck, who went on to claim bronze. Reed continued his campaign in the repechage, beating Thomas Muzik (CZE) and Robert...
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Bronze for Harris at European Championships
Team Bath judo player Darrren Harris struck bronze at the visually impaired European Championships in Hungary. Harris, who represented Great Britain at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, beat Ilkin Alishov of Azerbaijan in the bronze medal contest at the championships in Debrecen. He started his campaign in the under-66kg class...
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Thornley rows to gold at Under-23 World Champs
University of Bath-based rower Victoria Thornley is celebrating gold at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships. Thornley, who trains at the University of Bath and Minerva Bath Rowing Club, struck gold with the British women’s eight at the competition in Racice, the Czech Republic at the weekend. It is the first...
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University students in action as England thrash the USA
University of Bath students Natasha Hunt, Nicola Hoole and Davinia Monteiro all played crucial roles in England rugby under-20s’ 110-0 thrashing of their USA counterparts. The game proved to be a showcase of English rugby and a dramatic end to the Women’s Under-20s Nations Cup Campaign. Hosted by Brunel University,...
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University of Bath to host British team preparation camps ahead of London 2012 Paralympic Games
The University of Bath has welcomed today's (Thursday) announcement that it has been chosen to host the British Paralympic team's preparation camps in the build-up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games. ParalympicsGB athletes, coaches and support staff will attend the preparation camps at the University of Bath's Claverton campus between now...
