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Staff Gold Rush marks six months to 2012 Olympics
University staff took advantage of a free offer to try new sporting activities at the Sports Training Village on Friday 27 January's opening Gold Rush event of the year. The Staff Gold Rush was held to celebrate six months to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. It included an...
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Amelia tackling trek to the South Pole
Teenage athlete Amelia Hempleman-Adams is tackling a trip of a lifetime by taking part in a cross-country skiing expedition to the South Pole. The 16-year-old Team Bath AC high jumper is swapping her athletics shoes for a pair of skis to take part in the 97-mile expedition. The expedition aims to complete...
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Athletes’ lounge opens
A new chill out lounge for senior international levels athletes to relax in has opened its doors at the Sports Training Village. The athletes’ lounge alongside the Sports Café is open to some of the top performance athletes training at the University of Bath. It is kitted out with things to help...
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New opportunities to start an exercise programme – Run England and Cardio Tennis
Run England will lead free beginners and improvers running groups starting Wednesday 2 November from the Sports Training Village. The seven-week running programme for University of Bath staff and students will run up to the Christmas break and be led by a qualified coach. The sessions are designed for beginners to...
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University’s role praised by Secretary of State
Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, has praised the University of Bath’s role in hosting ParalympicsGB’s Paralympic simulation camps. Around 100 British athletes from 11 sports have been attending the pre-London simulation camp, designed to familiarise them with the environment and systems they might experience at...
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Athletes in World University Games action
Student athletes and recent graduates from the University of Bath are representing Great Britain across a range of sports at the World University Games, which began in Shenzhen, China today (Friday). Footballer Gary Warren, who has just graduated from the University with a Post Graduate Certificate of Education, was in the...
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New Performance Gym provides a timely boost to 2012 hopes for Bath athletes
OLYMPIC and Paralympic hopefuls training in Bath and the South West have been given a boost in their preparations for 2012 with the opening of a new £100,000 Performance Gym dedicated to the requirements of world class athletes at the University of Bath. The new gym has been developed and funded...
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Golden girl Amy opens extensively refurbished Fitness Suite
Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams has officially opened the extensively refurbished Fitness Suite at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Amy, who struck skeleton gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, performed the honours at the re-opening of the Fitness Suite, which is bristling with brand new state of...
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BBC Radio 5 Live to mark one year to go at Team Bath
Some of Britain’s top athletes will feature on air when BBC Radio 5 Live presents part of its One Year To Go until the start of London 2012 coverage from the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Wednesday 27 July. Eleanor Oldroyd will present a special One Year to Go...
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Volunteers sought to help at ParalympicsGB preparation camps
Volunteers are being sought to help out at ParalympicsGB’s next preparation camps at the University of Bath as the British team continues its preparations for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. British Paralympic athletes, coaches and support staff from across a dozen sports will attend the next preparation camp at the University...
