International netball returns to the University of Bath when England take on Barbados at the Team Bath Arena. And three Team Bath players – Kadeen Corbin, Gemma Fletcher and Mia Ritchie – have been named in the England squad for the three-match series. England and Barbados will meet at the Sports Training Village at 7.30pm on Thursday 12 April. It will be the second game of the three-match series, and tickets are on sale now....
University of Bath-based hurdler Andy Pozzi just missed out on the medals at his first World Indoor Championships yesterday (Sunday), finishing fourth. Pozzi, who is coached at the University of Bath by Malcolm Arnold – UK Athletics National Event Coach Hurdles, set a personal best of 7.61 seconds to win his heat and further cut it to 7.56 seconds to finish runner-up in his semi-final of the 60m hurdles. The 19-year-old, who was making his...
University of Bath graduate Mhairi Spence made a terrific start to her 2012 campaign by winning the silver medal at the opening Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the year. The Coach Education and Sports Development graduate finished second behind Lena Schoneborn, Germany’s Olympic champion, in the competition at Charlotte in North Carolina. There was further good news for British athletes, with Samantha Murray and Heather Fell finishing sixth and seventh respectively. Murray is currently studying...
Bath is set for a fortnight of world class tennis as the AEGON GB Pro-Series rolls into town. The men’s $15,000 and women’s $10,000 tournament, which is offering free entry to spectators at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, kicks off the first week in style and features strong British interest in both competitions. The following week will see a step up in the level of competition, with some of the top 100 players...
Stacey Tadd became the third University of Bath-based swimmer to achieve an Olympic qualifying standard at the British Championships when she took gold in the 200m breaststroke at the 2012 Aquatics Centre last night. Tadd knew she had to set a personal best to achieve the Olympic qualifying standard – and she did it in style, holding off a strong challenge from Molly Renshaw to come home in 2:26.63. “It was a great race and...
China is set to base 25 top swimmers at the University of Bath for three weeks before this summer’s Olympic Games in London. A delegation from the country’s sports and swimming federations visited the University this week to conclude the arrangements and to sign a contract with Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath. Professor Dame Breakwell said: “We already have strong links with China in terms of academic research and collaboration,...
Hurdler Dai Greene will arrive at London 2012 with something of an impressive reputation. Just a few years ago Greene might have had a chance of sneaking under the radar at a major championships. But all that changed when the Welshman transferred to train under the expert eye of Malcolm Arnold, UK Athletics National Events Coach Hurdles, and the man that guided John Aki-Bua, Colin Jackson and Jason Gardener to such great things. Greene moved...
University of Bath student Andrew Willis clocked the fastest time for the 200m breaststroke in the world this year to achieve the London 2012 Olympic qualification standard. The 21-year-old Chemical Engineering student produced a stunning performance to dip more than two seconds under the qualification standard last night at the British Championships, being held at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre. In doing so he beat British Gas Bath Intensive Training Centre (ITC) training partner Michael...
Team Bath’s netballers go into get their phase two campaign in the Fiat Superleague with a home fixture against Surrey Storm on Friday 16 March. Team Bath’s 53-49 victory over Yorkshire Jets on Friday meant they secured a place in the top-four for the second phase of the Superleague. That means sports fans can see a feast over the coming weeks as Team Bath host the three other top teams in the country. Team Bath...
A group of University of Bath-based rhythmic gymnasts are celebrating taking a big step closer to competing at the London 2012 Olympics after their appeal was upheld by an independent appeal panel today. A Sport Resolutions’ arbitrator agreed that the group did achieve the Olympic qualifying standard when they competed at the test event in January. British Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body, will now nominate group to the British Olympic Association, who are expected...
