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News Archive, Month: October 2012

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Tennis ace Samantha Murray lands Team Bath MCTA’s first Challenger title

22 October 2012

Team Bath MCTA tennis player Samantha Murray has won the Aegon GB Pro-Series Glasgow title - the first Challenger event success for a Team Bath tennis player. In the final, 25 year-old Murray defeated seventh seed Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to win her first ever title at a Futures level. On her way to the final, unseeded Murray recorded some impressive wins over second seeded Romanian Cristina-Andreea Mitu, whom she beat in...

Andy Burns on the podium in Minsk (photo EJU by Anna Kolesnicenko)

Team Bath Judo’s Andy Burns strikes World Cup gold in Belarus

15 October 2012

Team Bath judo player Andy Burns is celebrating one of the biggest wins of his career to date after taking World Cup gold in Belarus. The 27-year-old University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate beat Russia’s Magomedrasul Gashimov in the final of the under-90kg class in Minsk, following earlier victories against opponents from Uzbekistan and Poland. “This is probably the best result of my career along with my European under-23 medal,” said a...

Olympic & Paralympic athletes (rear l to r) Paul Blake, Heather Stanning, Samantha Murray & Michael Jamieson, front Katrina Hart, Alexandra Rickham & Liz Johnson

VIDEO: Magnificent seven celebrate success with students and staff after winning medals at London 2012

11 October 2012

University of Bath students and staff took the opportunity to pay tribute to athletes linked to the University who won medals at London 2012. Hundreds of students and staff attended the London 2012 medallists celebration event held at the Founders Hall. Seven athletes with University links who won medals at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games attended the celebration. They included Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, who learned to row at the University and...

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