News Archive, Month: April 2013

Lacklustre Team Bath Netball fall to first home Superleague defeat of 2013

29 April 2013

Team Bath’s Superleague netballers suffered their first home defeat of the 2013 season by 58-66 to Celtic Dragons at the University of Bath’s Sports Training Village this evening. In a top-of-the-table clash Dragons perfectly executed the long ball to their totem goal-shooter Lottysha Cato to great effect whilst Team Bath could not convert their turn-over ball. “Our attacking games was not good enough”, said coach Jess Thirlby whose side had beaten the Dragons in their...

Team Bath Netball maintain 100 per cent record in 2013 Superleague Showdown stages

23 April 2013

Team Bath maintained their 100 per cent record in the Netball Superleague Showdown with a hard-fought 60-48 victory over Celtic Dragons in Newport last night (Monday). Team Bath had to battle back from three goals down at the halfway mark to take the victory and end Dragons’ five-game winning streak. And they did it in style, taking the third quarter 18-8 and the final quarter 16-11 to establish a 12-goal winning margin. That means Team...

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University of Bath graduate Jamie Barrow sets British snowboard speed record

19 April 2013

University of Bath graduate Jamie Barrow is celebrating a British snowboard record after clocking a speed of 94.2 mph at Verbier in Switzerland. The Sports Performance graduate Barrow recorded 88.7 mph on his first run and followed that with the record of 94.2 mph on his second. The conditions on the 880m long Mont Fort speed track were ideal for the speed run, with a temperature of 12°C, next to no wind and perfect visibility....

Team Bath Netball battle back to take important Superleague win against Hertfordshire Mavericks

18 April 2013

Team Bath were made to fight every step of the way to keep their winning Superleague streak intact tonight at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. After losing the opening quarter 9-13, they pulled back to 23-23 at half-time before grinding out the victory at 52-38. “It was good that questions were asked of us today”, said coach Jess Thirlby after the encounter. “That’s the way it should be in the top four and...

Team Bath Netball get Superleague Showdown off to a strong start with emphatic win over Surrey Storm

15 April 2013

Team Bath buried memories of their only Superleague defeat this season by thrashing Surrey Storm 65-39 at the University of Bath tonight (Monday). Team Bath topped Phase One of the Superleague with Surrey Storm finishing second. But with Storm winning the Phase One fixture between the two teams 61-46, the signs suggested we were in store for a close encounter at the Sports Training Village. But starting with a seven featuring five players just back...

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