Pentathlon GB has announced a 10-strong British team to compete at the 2010 modern pentathlon European Championships in Hungary. Four senior athletes – Heather Fell, Mhairi Spence, Katy Livingston and Louise Helyer - have been selected to compete in the women’s individual competition. Samantha Murray, Katy Burke and Freyja Prentice, who are all still juniors, will represent Great Britain in the team relay. All seven are currently in the top-32 in the world rankings. Beijing...
Team Bath Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb and former Team Bath player Ashley Hewitt swept aside their opponents in the opening round of their boys’ doubles match at Junior Wimbledon this afternoon (Wednesday) The unseeded pair beat New Zealand’s Sebastian Lavie and Argentina’s Renzo Olivo 6-3, 6-2 on court six to set up a second round tie against number two seeds Damir Dzumhur from Boznia & Herzegovina and Mate Pavic from Croatia. Gabb, now 18,...
Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey has collected his second World Cup medal and taken a step closer to competing at his first Olympic Games. The 27-year-old Ghanaian trains at the world-leading facilities at the University of Bath and services in the British Army. He has just won a bronze medal in the under-73kg class at the Margarita Island judo World Cup in Venezuela. It was his second World Cup medal following his gold in...
Three young British athletes will make their modern pentathlon World Cup Final debuts later this month (19-20 June). Freyja Prentice, Samantha Murray and Katy Burke feature in a five-strong British team for the competition in Moscow. They will be joined by Sam Weale and Nick Woodbridge, who contest the men's event. Prentice, Murray and Burke had to hold off a strong challenge from some of Britain"s more experienced pentathletes, including Beijing 2008 Olympians Heather Fell...
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games gold medallist Amy Williams said she is thrilled to be made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Amy struck gold in the skeleton at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She became Britain’s first individual gold medallist at an Olympic Winter Games for 30 years and the first British woman individual gold medallist for 58 years. The 27-year-old University of Bath graduate, who trains at the University, said:...
Amy Williams, Britain’s Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games skeleton gold medalist said she felt honoured and privileged to be the first woman to become an Honorary Freeman of the City of Bath. The honour was bestowed upon Amy at a ceremony at Bath Abbey today (Saturday) and was followed by civic reception at Bath Guildhall. The 27-year-old University of Bath graduate becomes only the fifth person since the Second World War to be made an...
University of Bath-based athletes collected three silver medals at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. Sprinter Katrina Hart, a University of Bath Sports Performance student, won a brace of silvers in the T36/T37 100m and 200m. She was beaten on both occasions by Germany’s Maria Seifert, the bronze medallist over both distances in the T37 classification at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. There was also a silver in the pool for swimmer Liz Johnson...
University of Bath rugby players helped to launch a major study into of the rugby scrum that is being carried out by the University of Bath with funding from the International Rugby Board. The two-year study - the Biomechancis of the Rugby Scrum - will drive best practice player welfare policy in this critical area of the game. The project will be lead by Dr Grant Trewartha and Dr Keith Stokes from the University’s Sport,...
Britain’s pentathletes ended their European Junior Championships campaign on a high note by winning their second gold medal of the championships. Katy Burke, Samantha Murray and Lydia Rosling put in a strong all round performance to win the women’s team relay gold at the championships in Golega, Portugal. It was Britain’s second gold and their third medal of the championships. Burke had already won an individual silver medal in Golega while Burke, Murray and Freyja...
The University of Bath will be hosting an Olympic Day Run on behalf of the British Olympic Foundation this year on the 11 June at 11.45am. The annual celebration of Olympic Day (23 June) will include an artist workshop, opportunities to try different sports as well as participating in the official 2010 Olympic Day Run. The Run will be started by Beijing 2008 Paralympian and University of Bath Sports Personality of the Year, Kate Grey,...
