News Archive, Month: May 2010

University of Bath trio win team gold for GB

28 May 2010

Three University of Bath students have struck gold for Great Britain at modern pentathlon’s European Junior Championships in Portugal. Katy Burke, Freyja Prentice and Samantha Murray won the team gold at the championships in Golega yesterday (Thursday). Burke meanwhile also won the individual silver medal, which she achieved just days before her 21st birthday on Tuesday (1 June). Burke has just completed a degree in Sports Performance at the University of Bath, while Prentice, who...

Kinder & Farrant feature for England under-21s

24 May 2010

Team Bath Buccaneers Jonny Kinder and George Farrant both featured in the England under-21 team that finished runners-up in hockey’s Junior Open Challenge in Poland. The pair both played in all four of England’s contests in the tournament, which took place at Siemianowice. England finished second to Germany in the round robin phase of the competition, going down 4-2 to Germany, before beating Poland 3-2 and France 5-1. That set up a final match against...

Tennis teenagers train with Wimbledon winner

24 May 2010

Team Bath Tennis Academy players had the opportunity train with former Wimbledon champion Wes Moodie, who finalised his preparations for the French Open at the University of Bath. South African Moodie is ranked number nine in the world in doubles and won the men’s doubles title at Wimbledon with Stephen Huss in 2005. He was a finalist in the men’s doubles at the French Open at Roland Garros last year with Dick Norman. The pair...

Young Brit Samantha Murray finishes fourth at only her third World Cup

08 May 2010

Samantha Murray produced a strong swim to soar up to joint sixth place after two disciplines. Her time of 2:10.95 was a personal best and was only bettered by Elodie Clouvel of France. The 1232 points that Murray accumulated pushed her 15 places up the rankings. But it was Helyer who continued to lead the British challenge. Her 2:17.69 for the 200m freestyle was eighth fastest and worth 1148 points, putting her to fourth. Prentice...

Kinder on young player of season shortlist

06 May 2010

University of Bath and Team Bath Buccaneers midfielder Jonny Kinder has been named on the shortlist for England Hockey’s male young performance player of the season award. Kinder, an 18-year-old first year Sports Performance student at the University of Bath, has been a mainstay of both the University and Buccs teams this season. Buccs won the Conference West title by a remarkable 19 points but were then unlucky to miss out on promotion to the...

Buccs just miss out on promotion on goal difference

05 May 2010

Despite a tremendous effort, Team Bath Buccaneers men’s firsts missed out on promotion to England Hockey League Premier Division on goal difference. The team had already romped to the Conference West title, winning the title by 19 points to secure a place in the play-offs at Cannock at the weekend and with it the opportunity to gain a place in the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Buccs got off to a...

University win Combination Cup

04 May 2010

The University of Bath rugby team won the Bath Combination Clubs Cup for the first time, beating Trowbridge RFC 45-10 in the final at the Rec. The University of Bath team played some attractive rugby in out-scoring Trowbridge by seven tries to two. Joe Heaver and Matt Garner both scored a brace of tries each, with Peter Morallee, Joe Ellyat, and Chris Lewis scoring one. Fly half Lewis, who also successfully kicked five conversions, was...

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