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Laura Macro won LW1x gold at the 2019 BUCS Regatta

Laura Macro and James Gladman strike gold as Bath students impress at BUCS athletics and rowing competitions

06 May 2019

University of Bath students won nine medals and set numerous personal bests when they represented the Blue & Gold at the BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships and BUCS Rowing Regatta over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Sports Performance Masters student James Gladman, supported by the Team Bath Dual Career Programme, led the way for coach Colin Bovell’s athletics squad in Bedford as he scorched to 200m gold in 21.24. He then teamed up with Sport & Exercise...

Olivia Green in action on her modern pentathlon World Cup debut in Hungary, May 2019. MUST CREDIT: Virag Buza

Top-ten finishes at latest World Cup show Pentathlon GB are in good shape as home European Champs get closer

05 May 2019

There were five top-ten finishes for Pentathlon GB athletes when they competed at the third World Cup of the 2019 season at Szekesfehervar in Hungary. World Champion Jamie Cooke finished a fine fourth in the men’s final on Saturday, one place ahead of MJ Church Ambassador Joe Choong who continued his impressive start to the international season. University of Bath graduate Choong returned to the wider podium the following day as he partnered World Cup...

Perfect home send-off for Jess Thirlby as brilliant Blue & Gold secure Vitality Superleague semi-final place with big win over London Pulse

04 May 2019

Team Bath Netball are through to their 13th Vitality Superleague semi-final in 14 years after completing their league campaign with a convincing 72-50 victory over London Pulse. Roared on by another sell-out 1,300-strong crowd at the Team Bath Arena, the Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold knew a win would guarantee their place in the top four and quickly calmed the nerves by racing into an early 8-0 lead. Pulse battled away but Team Bath remained dominant...

MUST CREDIT: The FA

University of Bath students are going to Wembley on FA Cup Final day after winning FA People’s Cup

02 May 2019

A team of football-playing students from the University of Bath will be presented with a trophy on the pitch at Wembley on FA Cup Final day after winning a national small-sided competition. Team Best were undefeated in 20 matches as they came out on top in the Men’s University category of the FA People’s Cup, an inclusive competition run in partnership with BBC Get Inspired and designed to encourage more people to enjoy the game....

Ilaria Brandimarte in the London 2012 Legacy Pool. CREDIT: Monica Almada Gouveia

Illness can’t prevent Team Bath Synchro star Ilaria Brandimarte from earning podium place at Swim England National Champs

01 May 2019

Team Bath Synchro Club’s Ilaria Brandimarte overcame illness to claim a well-earned bronze medal at the Swim England National Synchronised Swimming Championships in Nottingham. The British international, who helped GB win a superb silver medal at the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Paris last month, almost pulled out of the nationals after being laid low by a virus the day before competition started. She battled on, though, and while lacking the energy to perform...

Track and field offering gains national recognition as University of Bath is awarded Gold Charter Mark by England Athletics

30 April 2019

The University of Bath has become only the second university in the country to be awarded a Gold Charter Mark by England Athletics. The Charter Mark recognises the high standards of support being offered to student-athletes across all track and field disciplines, as well as the vibrant training and competitive environment provided at the Sports Training Village. Colin Bovell, Head Athletics Coach at the University of Bath, said: “This is great news and we are...

London calling as multi-medallist Stephanie Millward earns GB selection for 2019 World Para-Swimming Championships

30 April 2019

University of Bath-based swimming champion Stephanie Millward has been selected to represent British Swimming at the 2019 World Para-Swimming Championships taking place in London this September. The Rio 2016 Paralympic double gold-medallist, who trains with Team Bath AS in the London 2012 Legacy Pool, will be competing in her third World Championships having won 11 medals – four of them gold – on her previous appearances at Eindhoven in 2010 and Montreal in 2013. It...

Sarah Jackson windsurfing. CREDIT: PWA/Adam Sims Productions

Far from a breeze in France but windsurfer Sarah Jackson still records her best World Cup result yet

29 April 2019

University of Bath sporting scholar Sarah Jackson overcame challenging conditions to record her best PWA (Professional Windsurfers Association) World Cup result yet when she competed in her first event of the year in France. Club Nautique Marignanais, near Marseille, is renowned for being one of the windiest spots on tour but the weather did not play ball on this occasion and it wasn’t until Day 2 that there was enough breeze for competition to take...

Team Bath Netball’s Superleague semi-final fate remains in their own hands after vital victory at Manchester Thunder

28 April 2019

Team Bath Netball’s Vitality Superleague semi-final destiny remains in their own hands after they recorded an excellent 56-53 victory at second-placed Manchester Thunder in a must-win match on Saturday. With Loughborough Lightning and Saracens Mavericks having already won their matches, defeat in the last fixture of the day would have seen the Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold drop out of the top four with just one round to go. However, they responded to the pressure superbly...

Massive match in Manchester as Team Bath Netball face Thunder on penultimate weekend of Superleague season

26 April 2019

Second plays third this weekend as Team Bath Netball head to Manchester Thunder for a huge top-four clash in the penultimate round of the 2019 Vitality Superleague season. With just six points separating second-placed Thunder and Saracens Mavericks in fifth with two games to go, both Saturday's hosts and the Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold will be determined to get a victory during a tight and tense race for the semi-finals. The match - which starts...

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