The newly-refurbished London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool at the University of Bath officially re-opened to the public at 6am on Wednesday after being put through final testing by Pentathlon GB’s elite athletes. Mhairi Spence, 2012 World Champion, was first to dive in and was joined by reigning World Champion Samantha Murray and fellow Olympian Nick Woodbridge as they trained in the world-class facility on Tuesday ahead of next week’s Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Hungary....
University of Bath student Tom Edwards is celebrating the biggest success of his fencing career after striking gold at the Beazley British Championships. The Sport & Exercise Science student, who captains the University of Bath Fencing Team, was ranked 20th going into the epee competition at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield on Saturday. However, he won all of his first-round fights and then progressed through the elimination stages, beating number-one seed Tomas Curran-Jones...
Three athletes who train at the University of Bath have been named in the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the IAAF World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas on May 2-3. European 400m hurdles champion Eilidh Child, who is part of Malcolm Arnold’s training group, is joined by Margaret Adeoye, Seren Bundy-Davies, Shana Cox, Kelly Massey and Anyika Onuora in the women’s 4x400m relay squad. University of Bath graduate Danny Talbot and Andy Robertson,...
It was an encouraging weekend for University of Bath-based rowers past and present at the GB Rowing Team Trials. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning dominated the women’s pair once again – and warned their rivals they are getting better all the time. The reigning Olympic and World champions were in imperious form all weekend at Caversham, making the light of the windy conditions to win the time-trial, semi-finals and final by a comfortable distance. Glover...
Jazz Carlin completed a hat-trick of titles when she beat Bath National Performance Centre Siobhan-Marie O’Connor to the 200m freestyle title at the British Swimming Championships on Saturday. Lizzie Simmonds, pictured, also won her second backstroke gold of what has been an impressive week for University of Bath-based swimmers. Carlin set a new Welsh record of 1:56.88 as the 400m and 800m freestyle champion beat defending champion O’Connor, who took silver in 1:57.24. “It’s so...
Team Bath Netball defender Sam Cook has been rewarded for her impressive return from a serious knee injury by being shortlisted for the Netball Superleague Player of the Season award. The 23-year-old missed the 2014 season following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction but played every game for the Blue and Gold during 2015 and also gained her first senior England cap against Jamaica. Sky Sports netball experts Anita Navin, Stef Bello and Natalie Seaton said: “Cook...
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Jazz Carlin and Lizzie Simmonds completed a hat-trick of gold medals for University of Bath-based swimmers at the British Championships on Thursday. They were the second titles of the week for National Performance Centre Bath duo O’Connor and Carlin, while University of Bath student Jay Lelliott was also back on the podium. O’Connor was the class act in the 200m individual medley, finishing three seconds clear of the field in a World Championship...
Jazz Carlin praised her new training programme at the University of Bath after storming to 400m freestyle gold at the British Swimming Championships on Wednesday. The Commonwealth silver-medalist, who joined the National Training Centre during the autumn, was one of three Bath swimmers to stand on the podium on day two of the championships at the London Aquatics Centre. Calum Jarvis, pictured, won a surprise gold in the 100m freestyle and University of Bath student...
Chris Walker-Hebborn booked his place at this summer’s FINA World Championships in Russia during an encouraging first day for University of Bath-based swimmers at the British Championships. The Commonwealth champion posted a sub-53 second performance for the first time in his career to take the 100m backstroke title for a third successive year. Siobhan-Marie O’Connor also struck gold at the London Aquatics Centre, powering past six-time champion Francesca Halsall during a stunning finish to the...
Four University of Bath Rugby Club players have been named in the Wales Students squad to face France Universities this weekend. Students Mike Perks (Sports Performance, third year), Alex Humfrey (Chemical Engineering), Michael Snook (Chemistry, second year) and Derryn Jones (Sport and Exercise Science) have all been selected for Saturday’s match at Stade Paul Chandon in Epernay. University of Bath Head of Rugby Aaron James, pictured, said: “We are proud to see these players selected. “It...
