August 2010 - Team Bath

Curtain comes down on successful 2012 camp

31 August 2010

The curtain came down last night on the first major ParalympicsGB 2012 preparation camp at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village – an event which proved to be a resounding success. 160 athletes from 14 sports experienced the facilities and services on offer at Team Bath as they trained across a five-day period which included the two-years to go marker to London 2012 on Sunday. A further two camps are planned in August 2011...

Hart, Rush and Clarke named in England team for Delhi

23 August 2010

University of Bath student Katrina Hart and Team Bath AC runner Holly Rush were today named in England’s athletics team for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. They are joined in the team by hurdler Lawrence Clarke, who trains at the University of Bath, and by University of Bath graduates Marilyn Okoro and Katherine Endacott. Hart, who is studying Sports Performance at the University and is coached by Rob Ellchuk, is selected for the T37 100m,...

Malaysian players finalise World Championship preparations in Bath

20 August 2010

Malaysian players finalise World Championship preparations in Bath Some of the world’s top badminton players have been finalising preparations for the forthcoming World Championships at the University of Bath. The Malaysian team have been training in Bath for a week ahead of the Yonex BWF World Championships, which get underway in Paris on Monday (23 August) and conclude on 29th August. Koon Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, ranked number one in the world in...

Golden Greene selected for Delhi

20 August 2010

University of Bath-based European champion hurdler Dai Greene has been selected to represent Wales at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The 24-year-old struck gold in the 400m hurdles at the European Championships in Barcelona three weeks ago. He has now been named in the 22-strong Wales athletics team for October’s Commonwealth Games, along with training partner Rhys Williams, who won silver at the European Championships. Greene said: “I’m really proud to be selected for Wales...

Agathangelou and Olver selected for Commonwealth Games

18 August 2010

Two University of Bath graduates were today (Wednesday) selected to represent England in badminton at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. Mariana Agathangelou and Heather Olver are members of England’s 10-strong badminton team for the Games, which take place in October. The pair, who both graduated from the University of Bath with degrees in Coach Education and Sports Development, joined forces to win the women’s doubles bronze medal at the European Championships in Manchester in April....

Johnson wins World Championships bronze

17 August 2010

University of Bath-based swimmer Liz Johnson has won a bronze medal at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Holland. The 25-year-old swimmer came home third in the SB6 100m breaststroke final in Eindhoven last night (Monday). Gold went to America’s Mallory Weggemann in a world record time of 1:35.51, with Britain’s Charlotte Henshaw taking silver, just 0.14 seconds ahead of Johnson, who came home in 1:39.88. Mallory had earlier taken a massive 12 seconds off...

Tennis ace Gabb at the double

16 August 2010

Team Bath Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb is celebrating after winning a brace of national titles at under-18 level. Gabb won both the boys’ singles and the boys’ doubles titles at the AEGON British Junior Under-18 National Championships at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. Seeded five for the singles, he beat sixth seed Lewis Burton in straights sets 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to win the final. He had earlier despatched number four seed Tom Allen...

Team Bath clock up hat-trick of tennis titles

12 August 2010

Team Bath’s tennis players have clocked up a trio of national titles in two years. The boys U18 squad picked up the Aegon National Junior Club League title at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton last weekend to add to titles previously won in the U16 boys and U16 girls age-groups. Chris Helliar, Max England, Stephen Crawshaw, Toby Mitchell and Dan Elston beat Hampshire Club 8-2 in the final at Roehampton after a 10-2 win...

Team Bath’s big summer of sport rolls on

12 August 2010

The University of Bath has become used to hosting some of the world's tops sports teams and individual stars but the renowned £30 million Team Bath Sports Training Village (STV) is just about to get one of its toughest tests yet. In the next 16 days the Team Bath will host an Olympic-level team from Malaysia (12-20 August), 600 athletes in the UK Transplant Games (19-22 August) and the inaugural summer ParalympicsGB camp (25-30 August)....

Prentice wins silver and helps GB to team gold at World Junior Champs

07 August 2010

Britain’s Freyja Prentice won the individual silver medal and helped Great Britain capture team gold at the modern pentathlon World Junior Championships in Hungary today (Saturday). The 20-year-old climbed from fifth place going into the final event, the combined run/shoot, to cross the finish line second just four seconds behind Hungary’s Sarolta Kovacs. Prentice, who is studying for a Biology degree at the University of Bath and trains at the Pentathlon GB high performance centre,...

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