Liam Broady produced a brilliant performance on the opening day of Wimbledon 2021 to reach the second round of the men’s singles for the first time in six years. The touring professional, coached by Team Bath Tennis’s Dave Sammel, continued his fine form this year with a 6-3 6-4 6-0 victory over Italy’s Marco Cecchinato on No 3 Court. Broady saved a break point in the opening game before taking one at 4-3 and went...
Wimbledon is back for the first time since 2019 and there is Team Bath Tennis interest on the opening two days of the 2021 championships, with Liam Broady and Samantha Murray-Sharan scheduled to play their First Round matches. Touring professional Broady, coached by Dave Sammel, is due to face Italy’s Marco Cecchinato in the third match on No 3 Court on Monday, weather permitting. Cecchinato has not won a match on his three previous visits...
Rio medallist Piers Gilliver, fellow World Champion Dimitri Coutya and Paralympic Games debutant Oliver Lam-Watson have today been selected in the ParalympicsGB wheelchair fencing team for Tokyo 2020. All three are part of the hugely-successful EIS World-Class Wheelchair Fencing Programme based at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, where they are coached by Peter Rome. Gilliver, who won Category A epee silver in 2016, said: “I am really thrilled to have been selected for Tokyo...
Team Bath Netball were unable to finish a superb Vitality Superleague season as champions after they went down fighting to Loughborough Lightning in Sunday’s Grand Final at London’s Copper Box Arena. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold were seeking their first title since 2013 but it was old rivals Lightning, under the guidance of former Team Bath star Sara Francis-Bayman, who deservedly took the honours after an outstanding performance. Strong finishes to both the first...
University of Bath-based high jumpers Tom Gale and Levern Spencer are heading to their first and fourth Olympic Games respectively this summer after securing their Tokyo 2020 places. Team Bath Athletics Club's Gale, who set the Olympic qualifying standard back in February 2020, produced a first-time clearance of 2.24m to claim victory at this weekend’s Muller British Championships and confirm his place on the plane to Japan with Team GB. View this post on...
Team Bath Netball are through to their first Vitality Superleague Grand Final for eight years after coming out on top in a magnificent contest against Manchester Thunder at London’s Copper Box Arena. A sensational semi-final saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold battle back from an early deficit to edge the first quarter 12-10. Inspired by some phenomenal defending, relentless drive from mid-court and clinical attacking, they increased the gap to three goals at half-time...
University of Bath student Jack Kenningham completed his remarkable rise from BUCS Super Rugby student player to Premiership Rugby champion after helping Harlequins to title glory at Twickenham on Saturday. Kenningham, who is graduating from his Sports Performance degree course this summer, played a key role in the back row and produced the most tackles of any Quins player - 22 - as they defeated defending champions Exeter Chiefs 40-38 in an incredible final. It...
Professor Ian White, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bath, has visited the Team GB modern pentathletes training on campus to wish them congratulations and good luck ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. Joe Choong, Jamie Cooke, Kate French and Jo Muir – who all train with Pentathlon GB at the University – were this week officially selected for the rescheduled Games, which begin in four weeks’ time. They, along with reserves Francesca Summers...
Team Bath Netball’s players are going into the Vitality Superleague Finals Weekend excited, refocussed and determined to crown a brilliant season by lifting a first title since 2013. Some fantastic team and individual performances saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold lead the table for much of the 2021 campaign before a couple of disappointing defeats in their last two matches saw them eventually finish third overall. However, it was only goal difference that could...
Pentathlon GB quartet Joe Choong, Jamie Cooke, Kate French and Jo Muir have today become the latest University of Bath-based sportspeople to be selected by Team GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Francesca Summers and Tom Toolis have been named as reserves for the British squad aiming to secure more modern pentathlon medals on the international stage this summer after a hugely-successful season. It will be a second Games for Choong, Cooke and French,...
