University of Bath Swimming Club swimmer Liz Johnson has had her place on the British team to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games confirmed. Liz, who struck gold at Beijing in 2008, was initially named on a list of 26 British swimmers whose participation at the Games was subject to confirmation by the International Paralympic Committee of the number of swimming slots available. Liz is currently training in Manchester in the lead-up to the...
As part of our Gold Rush Public Open Day on Saturday 23 June 2012 we are holding an Olympic Day Run at the Sports Training Village at the University of Bath. There will be a 3km (approx) run for under 16s and a 5km (approx) run for adults. Each entrant will receive a T-shirt to complete the Run in and a certificate on completion. The Run will start at 1pm, enrolment on day will be...
Team Bath’s Yasmin Parsons made her senior international debut this weekend as England retained the Netball Europe Open trophy. Yasmin (pictured), a University of Bath Sports Performance student, made her first senior England start in the 66-42 victory over Scotland on Sunday. She becomes the fourth Team Bath player to make her senior England debut in the last 12 months, following in the footsteps of Kadeen Corbin, Gemma Fletcher and Mia Ritchie. All four players...
Position: Flanker Date and Place of Birth: 4 October 1985, Cape Town, South Africa Coached by: Aaron James Date Arrived at Team Bath: September 2013 Course of Study: MSc in Integrated Environmental Management Clubs: University of Capetown Ikey Tigers, Eastern Province Kings, Golden Lions, Team Bath Occupation: Student/Operations Manager Biography: Known to the team as JJ, Jonathan is a South African-born rugby player who represents the USA internationally and has played in a World Cup....
Katrina Hart struck double gold as University of Bath-based athletes collected five medals at the BT Paralympic World Cup competition in Manchester. Hart, a reigning Commonwealth and World Champion, completed a sprint double in the T37 100m and 200m. The 23-year-old University of Bath Sports Performance graduate looked in impressive form as she took the 100m title in 14.43 seconds and followed that up with 30.14 to take gold over 200m, running against quality fields...
University of Bath student and badminton player Hadia Hosny El Said has taken a big step closer to competing at her second Olympic Games after achieving the London 2012 qualifying standard. The Egyptian player has been combining training at the University with studying for an MSc in Medical Biosciences at the University’s Department of Biology and Biochemistry. Hadia qualified a spot for London 2012 by finishing as the highest African women’s singles player in the...
Sport/Event > Rugby Date and Place of Birth > Coached by > Date Arrived at Team Bath > September 2014 Course of Study > International Management and Modern Languages Club > Occupation > Student Biography > A former England Acacemies U17 player, Ludi had a professional contract with London Irish for the 2012/3 season. He is studying International Management and Modern Languages at the Univeristy of Bath and is a Santander Sports Scholar.
The Bath-based British women’s beach volleyball squad have moved a step closer to qualifying two pairings to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The four-strong British team took gold at the semi-final of the CEV Continental Cup in France at the weekend to qualify a place at next month’s Final in Russia. The winner of the Continental Cup Final qualifies a place at the London 2012 Games. If the British team, whose UK training...
Team Bath’s young netballers ended their 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague campaign in fourth place. The team went down 62-38 to Surrey Storm in Saturday’s Superleague Showdown semi-final in Dagenham to set-up a third/fourth place play-off against Hertfordshire Mavericks on Sunday. As with the other contests with the Hertfordshire side this season, Mavericks edged the game 46-39 to take third spot. Biology student Kate McGinley, became the latest young Team Bath player to make her Superleague...
Paralympic athlete Paul Blake, coached by Rob Ellchuk, made history at the London 2012 Paralympic athletics test event on Tuesday 8 May 2012 when he clocked a new World Record in the T36 1500m of 4:34.42. Read the full story at: UKA Paralympic World Record test event - Whitehead, Cockroft and Blake celebrate new world records Paul is an outstanding Paralympic middle-distance runner who is currently a world champion and a world record holder. At...
