Team Bath men's 1st XV return to BUCS Super Rugby action for the first time in 575 days this afternoon as they visit Leeds Beckett for the first game of the 2021-22 season. A mix of Super League debutants and experienced players have been named in the Rengen-sponsored match-day 23 for the match at Headingley Campus (2pm kick-off). Ed Ashcroft will skipper the visitors, with co-captain George Cave among the replacements ready to make an...
Ecus, a development consultancy with the environment and sustainability at its heart, have today joined the family of companies who support Team Bath Netball – alongside Haines Watts, Rengen and Centurion Chartered Financial Planners. All four companies are passionate about supporting women’s sport and empowering our netball players to be the best they can be. Ecus will play a role as Team Bath Netball’s Environment Partner with experts at the company working with the club...
Student Grace Crompton and University of Bath alumni Amy Wilson Hardy and Chantelle Miell helped Great Britain Rugby 7s claim HSBC Fast Four victory in Canada for a second week running, this time taking the title in Edmonton. Rio Olympian Wilson Hardy, who studied Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, was on the scoresheet as GB beat the United States 22-5 in the final. She had also opened the scoring in a 29-19 success in the...
Molly Hole has been named as England captain for November’s Europe Netball U21 competition and selected in the Roses Academy squad for the 2021-22 season alongside fellow Team Bath Netball Academy player Ella Williams. The talented duo earned their places in the 36-strong squad after impressing during a two-day camp over the weekend for players who had previously caught the eye of selectors at Positional Day training sessions during August. Defender Hole (pictured top), who...
It may be 18 months since their last league match but ambition remains high for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV ahead of their eagerly-awaited return to action in the 2021-22 BUCS Super Rugby season. The Rengen-sponsored squad make the journey to Yorkshire to face Leeds Beckett on Wednesday 29th September (kick-off 2pm) and can’t wait to get going as the country’s leading higher-education rugby institutions resume rivalries following the postponement of the 2020-21...
Nearly 200 talented netballers aged 14-18 from across the South West of England competed in the first-ever Team Bath Netball Academy tournament at the University of Bath on Sunday. Fourteen teams, two from each of the seven regional Academy Development Centres, got to experience playing in the Team Bath Arena, home to the Blue & Gold’s Vitality Superleague squad, during the day-long competition supported by Haines Watts, Team Bath’s principal sponsor. Fifteen coaches from the...
University of Bath student Grace Crompton made a big impact in her debut tournament with GB Rugby Sevens as she helped them win gold in the HSBC Sevens Women’s Fast Four competition in Vancouver, Canada. Crompton, who is about to start the second year of a Sport Management & Coaching degree course, joined University of Bath graduate Amy Wilson Hardy on the scoresheet as Great Britain beat the United States 34-12 in the final. She...
Team Bath Tennis player Giles Hussey enjoyed home success and there was a third consecutive victory for Sonay Kartal when the University of Bath hosted Round 7 of the 2021 UK Pro League tennis tournament. An exciting week of televised competition on the indoor courts at the Team Bath Sports Training Village ended with Hussey beating Round 6 winner Billy Harris 6-3 6-4 in the men’s final. [caption id="attachment_66032" align="alignright" width="292"] Giles Hussey in action...
Fast5 All-Stars is returning this Autumn and Team Bath Netball will once again be among the eight teams bidding for success at London’s Copper Box Arena. It will be the fourth time the exciting, fast-paced tournament has been played, with the Blue & Gold looking to go one better than their best performance to date – runners-up in the inaugural competition in 2017. Also taking part are the other teams that finished in the top...
University of Bath alumnus Ben Jones won through to the semi-finals of the televised UK Pro League tennis tournament taking place this week at the Team Bath Sports Training Village but has since had to withdraw. Previously, undefeated Jones, who is making his debut in the series, came through from the groups after a tough three-set win over David Quayle on Wednesday. He was the first man to progress this far. "It’s a fantastic event”,...
