Rowing
Bronze for coxless pair
Charlotte Lang and Nikki Godbold stormed their way to an impressive bronze medal at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Small Boats Head event in Lincolnshire.
The Bath University Boat Club pair’s medal-winning performance in the women’s coxless pair was all th…
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Vicky and Erica excel at GB Rowing trials
University of Bath-based rowers Vicky Thornley and Erica Bodman both produced impressive performances at the first GB Rowing team trials for the 2010 season.
Vicky, who has been rowing for less than two years, finished fourth overall - two places higher than at last year’s trials. Vicky’s time of 21:21.7 for …
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Vicky is a big success story
University of Bath-based rower Vicky Thornley has been named as one of the greatest success stories of recent talent identification schemes.
Vicky’s success was highlighted as UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport joined forces to launch Talent 2016: Tall and Talented to find athletes capable of representing and winning …
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Freeman-Pask finishes eighth at World Champs
There was disappointment for University of Bath graduates Adam Freeman-Pask and Marcus Bateman at the World Rowing Championships in Poland.
Freeman-Pask had to settle for a place in the B final of the lightweight single scull after finishing sixth in his semi-final in Poznan.
The University of Bath Natural Sciences graduate came …
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Graduates prepare for rowing world championships
University of Bath graduates Marcus Bateman and Adam Freeman-Pask will both be in World Championships action for the GB Rowing Team in Poland next week.
Bateman is a member of the GB men’s quadruple scull. The British quad raced to a superb silver medal behind Germany in the World Cup in …
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Thornley rows to gold at Under-23 World Champs
University of Bath-based rower Victoria Thornley is celebrating gold at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships.
Thornley, who trains at the University of Bath and Minerva Bath Rowing Club, struck gold with the British women’s eight at the competition in Racice, the Czech Republic at the weekend.
It is the first time a …
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Freeman-Pask strikes bronze
University of Bath graduate Adam Freeman-Pask set Britain on course for a terrific weekend at the opening rowing World Cup of the year.
Freeman-Pask won Britain’s first medal of the weekend – a bronze in the lightweight men’s single scull in Saturday’s final at Banyoles in Spain….
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Freeman-Pask prepares for season-opening World Cup
University of Bath graduate Adam Freeman-Pask represents Great Britain at the first rowing World Cup of the year, which gets underway in Banyoles, Spain tomorrow (Friday).
Freeman-Pask trained under Paul Stannard …
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Bath rowers impress at national trials
Two Bath-based rowers have impressed coaches by finishing seventh in the women’s pair event at GB Rowing’s Senior Trials, held in Hazewinkel Belgium.
Gemma Akers and Victoria Thornley, who row for Minerva Bath Boat Club and train at the University of Bath, beat a University of London crew and a Reading …
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Talented young rowers join Olympic medallists to tackle Tideway
Three rowers who train at the University of Bath teamed up with Olympic medallists Katherine Grainger and Cath Bishop to compete in the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race on the Thames on Saturday (7th …
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
