News Archive, Month: April 2012

Darren named in ParalympicsGB five-a-side squad for London 2012

17 April 2012

Former Team Bath judo player Darren Harris had been selected to compete at his second successive Paralympic Games – but this time as a footballer. Darren is a visually impaired athlete and currently does some of his conditioning work at Team Bath. He represented Great Britain in the judo competition at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and returns to action at London 2012, this time as a member of the Great Britain five-a-side football squad...

Laura wins individual bronze and team gold at European Champs

16 April 2012

Team Bath trampolinist Laura Gallagher won an individual bronze medal and helped Great Britain to team gold at the European Championships in Russia. Laura climbed from sixth to third in the final of the individual competition, taking bronze with a score of 53.940 behind gold medallist Tatsiana Piatrenia of Belarus and Victoria Vorononia of Russia, who took silver. The 23-year-old joined forces with Kat Driscoll, Amanda Parker and Emma Smith to take the team gold...

Murray equals her World Cup best

16 April 2012

University of Bath student Samantha Murray equalled the best performance of her modern pentathlon career but just missed out on the medals in Hungary at the weekend. The French and Politics student finished fourth at the World Cup in Szazhalombatta, equaling her best World Cup finish achieved in Budapest two years ago. The 22-year-old arrived at the competition ranked 23rd in the world but produced a terrific run/shoot to climb from 20th and just miss...

Ritchie makes winning start on senior England debut

13 April 2012

Team Bath’s Mia Ritchie made her senior international debut as England ran-out 53-48 winners over Barbados at the University of Bath last night (Thursday). The victory meant England wrapped up the three-game series following their earlier victory in the opening game in Birmingham on Tuesday. The effervescent Ritchie, who is studying Sports Performance at the University of Bath, shone in midcourt for England in a side that also featured Team Bath team-mate Gemma Fletcher in...

Liz takes step closer to Paralympic Games

12 April 2012

Team Bath swimmer Liz Johnson has moved a step closer to her goal of competing at her third successive Paralympic Games. Liz, gold medallist in the SB6 100m breaststroke at the Beijing 2008 Games, just missed out on achieving a qualifying time for the Games at the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield at the weekend. That meant she wasn’t on the 16-strong list of swimmers already selected by the British Paralympic Association for...

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