Team Bath Netball and Celtic Dragons fought out a 62-62 tie in tonight’s eagerly anticipated televised re-run of last season’s ZEO Superleague final. Both teams managed to eke out three-goal leads in the game at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, but neither side could turn that advantage into a decisive margin and then push on to take all three points. And unlike in Team Bath’s other draw this season, a 48-all tie at...
Team Bath take on Celtic Dragons in a mouth-watering re-run of last season’s ZEO Superleague final at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Friday (28 February). The contest, which is being televised live on Sky Sports, is the first time the two sides have met since that final – a game that Team Bath won 62-56 to capture a historic fifth Superleague crown. Team Bath lost their last home game to Manchester Thunder...
The GBR1 four-man bobsleigh crew of John Jackson, Stuart Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon just missed out on the medals in the final event of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The quartet, the last British athletes to compete at the Games, ended their campaign in fifth, just half a second off the Russian Federation 1 crew that took gold and 0.11 seconds off the bronze medal position. It means they secured the best...
Reigning ZEO Netball Superleague champions Team Bath will take on Celtic Dragons in a re-run of last year’s final on Friday week (28 February) at the University of Bath in a televised clash. The home match will come a week after Team Bath take on Yorkshire Jets away. Spectators at the Sports Training Village could be in for an exciting ride as Team Bath have come through a recent flurry of nail-biting encounters. Coach Jess...
After yesterday’s success for British Skeleton in the women’s competition, this afternoon saw the conclusion of the men’s contest at the Sochi Winter Olympics. University of Bath PhD student Dominic Parsons put in a solid performance to finish in 10th place on his Olympic debut. British interest centred on Parsons and Kristan Bromley, who started the day in the middle of the pack in tenth and eighth place respectively. Heat three saw the University of...
British Skeleton’s Lizzy Yarnold stormed to victory this evening in Sochi as she scooped up the gold medal in the women's Skeleton. A crowd that included fellow Olympians from other sports gathered around the big screen at the University of Bath's Sports Training Village to cheer her on in her two runs today. The 25 year old, who is a close friend and tenant of Vancouver Games gold medallist Amy Williams, went in to the...
John Baines will step into the GBR 1 two-man bobsleigh seat vacated by the injured Craig Pickering at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Baines, who does some of his training at the University of Bath, will be Lamin Deen’s brakeman for the two-man bob. The duo raced together at the Americas Cup this season, achieving a number of top-10 results. Baines was already in the Team GB bobsleigh team for Sochi as a member...
A last-gasp Pamela Cookey goal completed a remarkable comeback for Team Bath as they drew 48-48 at Surrey Storm in the ZEO Superleague last night (Monday). The England captain converted on the final whistle following a turnover by Team Bath skipper Serena Guthrie. That effort completed an impressive comeback after Team Bath had trailed by 12 goals earlier in the game and had gone into the final quarter seven down at 41-34. The two teams...
Bath-based skeleton athlete Lizzy Yarnold can’t wait to show the world what she can do when she competes at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Yarnold arrived in Sochi as world number one after winning the 2013/4 World Cup series with an impressive series of performances that included four gold medals among seven podium finishes from eight competitions. The 25-year-old, who trains at the University of Bath, looks to follow in the runner tracks of...
Reigning ZEO Superleague champions Team Bath suffered their first defeat of the 2014 season as they went down 54-41 to Manchester Thunder at the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (Friday). Team Bath went behind early in quarter one and despite battling back, they could never quite turn the tables on Thunder in the round two encounter, which was televised live on Sky Sports. Team Bath head coach Jess Thirlby said: “We made a...
