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GB trampolinists qualify an Olympic berth
The Great Britain trampolining team, which does some of its training at the University of Bath, has secured its first qualification place for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Kat Driscoll finished ninth in yesterday’s (Thursday) individual qualification round at the World Championships in Birmingham. A top-eight finish was enough to secure a...
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Quartet prepare for World Netball Series
Four Team Bath netball players have made England’s final 12-strong squad for next week’s World Netball Series competition in Liverpool. Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Kadeen Corbin, Stacey Francis and Serena Guthrie all feature in the squad for the FastNet competition at the Echo Arena Liverpool from 25 to 27 November. The quartet were named...
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Bath swimmers runners-up at BUCS short course champs
The University of Bath men’s and women’s teams produced some strong performances to finish runners-up at the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Short Course Championships. Among the top performances was Michael Jamieson’s swim in the 200m breaststroke – the Sports Performance student set a BUCS record of 2:07.04 to take gold....
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Burns strikes gold in Malaga
Team Bath judo player Andy Burns struck gold at the Malaga European Cup at the weekend. Burns, a University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate, won the under-90kg class. Adam Hall, who competes at under-100kg, won silver in Malaga – his first medal competing at this level. Gregg Varey came fifth...
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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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University team edged out of varsity fixture
The University of Bath men’s first XV were unlucky to go down 16-14 to their Exeter counterparts in the south west varsity game on Wednesday. The University of Bath team were 11-5 up at half-time courtesy of a pair of Zak Vinnicombe penalties and a try from Chemistry student Will Skuse...
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Bath pair on sprint awards shortlist
Two University of Bath-based athletes feature on a shortlist of three for a prestigious national young sprinter of the year award. Andrew Pozzi and Danny Talbot are on the shortlist for the Spar Stars Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award. Andrew Pozzi, who is coached by UK Athletics National Events Coach –...
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Hadia targets her second Olympics
Egyptian badminton number one Hadia Hosny El Said is combining studying for a Masters at the University of Bath with bidding for a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The 23-year-old made a piece of history in 2008 when she became the first Egyptian badminton player to compete at an...
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Bronze for Ben at World Junior Champs
Team Bath judo player Ben Fletcher is celebrating the biggest win of his career to date after taking bronze at the World Junior Championships in South Africa. The 19-year-old judo player was one of only two British medallists at the championships and his performances in Cape Town have opened up the...
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Bath aim to maintain winning form in varsity clash
The University of Bath men’s first XV tackle their Exeter University counterparts in this year’s big south west varsity match in Exeter tonight (Wednesday 9 November). The two teams go head to head at Exeter Chiefs’ Sandy Park Stadium ground at 7.30pm – with around 5000 fans expected to turn out...
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