University of Bath-based swimmers continued their build-up to next month’s Tokyo Olympic selection trials by recording 21 podium places between them at the British Swimming Invitation Meet in Manchester over the weekend. Olympic medallist James Guy (pictured), coached by David McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, was in fantastic form once again as he won both the men’s 100m and 200m butterfly. His time of 51.71 put him just over a second clear...
It was another winning weekend for Team Bath Netball in the 2021 Vitality Superleague as they recorded back-to-back victories over defending champions Manchester Thunder and West Country rivals Severn Stars. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold produced an outstanding performance on Friday to record an emphatic 60-35 victory over Thunder, who were the league's only other unbeaten team going into the match. Rengen Player of the Match Kim Borger and University of Bath sporting scholar...
Team Bath’s Alicia Barnett was in great form at the weekend’s inaugural UK Pro League tennis series event, reaching the semis in an event won by Surrey’s Emily Appleton. Barnett won all five of her opening group games to set up the semi-final which turned into a three-set thriller against Beth Grey. Grey took the first but Barnett bounced back to win the second before Grey just got the upper hand in the final-set where...
Twenty-two promising young netballers from across the South West of England have been named in Team Bath Netball’s new U18 talent development squad. The squad, which will be coached by Chantelle Cox, provides a link between the existing U17 and U19 age groups. Following a period of virtual training they are due to return to on-court sessions at the Team Bath Sports Training Village during April in line with England Netball’s ‘return to play’ roadmap....
A clash of the last remaining unbeaten teams followed less than 24 hours later by a local derby – it promises to be a weekend to savour for Team Bath Netball as they return to 2021 Vitality Superleague action after a two-week break. First up for the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold is Friday’s hugely-anticipated showdown with defending champions Manchester Thunder, the only other team to have won all their matches so far this season...
“My aim is to help young female athletes understand the power of their bodies and what is happening with their physiology, so they have the knowledge to fuel their training correctly, manage their menstrual cycles and understand how it can impact their sport.” Anya Le Monnier, a training partner with Team Bath Netball’s Superleague squad and assistant coach of the U19s, is running a series of empowering workshops with the next generation of Blue &...
Defender Tash Pavelin has capped an excellent start to her 2021 Vitality Superleague season by being named as Team Bath Netball’s Rengen Player of the Month for February. She is the first winner of the monthly award which is provided by Rengen, one of the Blue & Gold’s backers and overall sponsor for Team Bath. University of Bath Natural Sciences graduate Pavelin started all three of Team Bath’s Superleague matches in February at goal-defence and...
The University of Bath has been named one of the top 10 places in the world to study sport in a global ranking published today. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 rated Bath as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 23 subjects, with seven subjects earning a top-100 placing. Bath is ranked joint-seventh in the world to study sports-related subjects, while the University’s business and management studies, architecture and...
University of Bath-based Olympic skeleton medallist Laura Deas has been named as one of three British Athletes Commission (BAC) Athletes Ambassadors for 2021. Deas, who trains with the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, will work alongside track and field athletes Hannah Cockroft and Adam Gemili to help the organisation ensure that the voice of GB's elite athletes is constantly championed. “I’m really excited and honoured to take...
University of Bath alumna Marilyn Okoro has announced her retirement from competitive athletics after an outstanding career that saw her win medals on the Olympic, World and European stage. Okoro made some of her breakthrough performances while based at the University between 2003 and 2007, where she combined training under the guidance of Colin Bovell with studying for a degree in French and Politics. As well as a host of national student titles in the...
