Team Bath Netball’s U15s produced some brilliant performances as they finished sixth overall at the 2021 School Games. The Blue & Gold, coached by Superleague stars Rachel Shaw and Kirsty Harris, only missed out on a place in the semi-finals on goal difference after finishing third in Pool A. They continued their fine form in the placing matches by beating a North East team 38-11 and Saracens Mavericks 30-27, which extended their winning streak to...
Graduate Stuart Wood provided a fitting medal-winning conclusion to an unforgettable summer at Tokyo 2020 for University of Bath-associated sportspeople as he bagged VL3 paracanoeing bronze at the Paralympic Games this morning. Wood, who first took up the sport with the University’s canoe club when he began studying Maths & Physics in 2012, clocked 52.760 in a first-ever men’s Paralympic final for the Va’a boat class that was introduced at these Games. That came less...
Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, visited the University of Bath this week to see the facilities used by both Tokyo 2020 Paralympians and community clubs as part of a campaign to encourage more sports clubs to offer opportunities to disabled people. Wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver – who was back at his Team Bath Sports Training Village training base for the first time since winning gold, silver and bronze in Tokyo –...
Sophie Kamlish competed in the third Paralympic Games 100m final of her athletics career at Tokyo 2020 on Friday and says she still has plenty more big races in her. Former World Champion Kamlish, who trains at the University of Bath and is coached by Rob Ellchuk, clocked 13.49 for eighth place in the T64 final at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. [caption id="attachment_65925" align="alignright" width="292"] Polly Maton was seventh in the T47 long jump final....
Just 36 hours after flying home from the Paralympic Games, wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver was back at his University of Bath training base with the gold, silver and bronze medals he won during an unforgettable week at Tokyo 2020. We spoke to Gilliver, who has been part of the EIS World-Class Wheelchair Fencing squad based at the Team Bath Sports Training Village since 2015, about his individual success in the Category A epee and his...
Team Bath AS swimmer Stephanie Millward narrowly missed out on a medal at Tokyo 2020 today when she raced in the 19th Paralympic Games final of her illustrious career. The four-time Paralympian and 10-time medallist led off a GB 34pts 4x100m medley relay quartet that also featured Maisie Summers-Newton, Toni Shaw and Zara Mullooly. They placed fourth in 4:58.76 behind the United States, Russian Paralympic Committee and Australia. “To finish on a high, finish fourth...
Team Bath Netball’s U15s will have the benefit of coaching from two Superleague stars when they compete in the 2021 School Games tournament this weekend. Rachel Shaw is Head Coach and fellow wing-attack Kirsty Harris is Assistant Coach of the talented U15s squad, who will be competing at Loughborough University from September 3-5. Representing the Blue & Gold will be Alice Clark, Ashleigh Mae Browne, Daisy Pointon, Ella Williams, Phoebe Moloney, Holly May, Hope Jordan,...
The ParalympicsGB wheelchair fencers who train at the University of Bath capped an excellent week of competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games by winning a superb silver in the men’s team foil. Today’s result means that Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson, who are coached by Peter Rome, will be bringing home a magnificent nine medals between them from six events. Their brilliant form in the team foil event was inspired by an...
University of Bath-based wheelchair fencer Dimitri Coutya won his third bronze medal in as many days at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after bouncing back brilliantly from the narrowest of semi-final defeats in the Category B foil competition. Coutya fought back from 14-10 down during an epic semi-final to set up a winner-takes-all point against China’s Yanke Feng but it was the defending champion who landed the crucial hit to settle a contest that lasted...
There were more medals for University of Bath-based wheelchair fencers at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games today as Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson won bronze in the men’s team epee competition. Victory over the Ukraine sealed the medal with all three fencers recording wins against their opponents in a rapid-fire win. Earlier the trio reached the semis via three convincing wins against France (45-29), Ukraine 45-28 and Poland 45-30. In the semi-final they...
