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News Archive, Month: November 2016

Action from the 2016 Strength in Depth competition at the Sports Training Village

Champions complete hat-trick of titles as University hosts Strength in Depth 2016

07 November 2016

There were some familiar winners when the University of Bath Sports Training Village played host to the Strength in Depth European Finals for a third successive year. Wigan’s Team JST once again came out on top in the ultimate fitness test, which saw 40 teams take on ten gruelling challenges over the course of two action-packed days. The invitational Team Reebok, a group of elite athletes representing the event sponsors, were runners-up and Wales-based Dragon...

Action from University of Bath v Durham in BUCS Super Rugby, November 2016

Blue and Gold left to rue errors as Durham end perfect BUCS Super Rugby record

02 November 2016

The University of Bath’s winning start to the BUCS Super Rugby season came to an end on Wednesday as an impressive Durham University side left the Sports Training Village with a well-earned 15-10 victory. An evenly-contested first half saw Durham take advantage of a yellow card for home centre Charlie Dunbar to score the opening try through Tom McLean. Nathan Holmes kicked the conversion and added a penalty just after half-time before the battling hosts...

Rio 2016 stars and MJ Church ambassador named on World Class athletics programme

02 November 2016

Seven Rio Olympic and Paralympic track and field stars based at the University of Bath have been selected by British Athletics for the Olympic and Paralympic World Class Performance Programmes (WCPP) in 2016-17. Rising star David King, a Sports Performance graduate and ambassador for Team Bath’s partners MJ Church, is also among the 118 elite athletes who will receive support from the National Lottery-funded WCPP during the season ahead. Paul Blake – coached by Rob...

Team England rhythmic gymnastics group in training at the University of Bath, October 2016

England’s finest rhythmic gymnasts start build-up to 2018 Commonwealth Games at University of Bath

01 November 2016

Eight members of the England national rhythmic gymnastics squad followed in the footsteps of history-making Olympians when they enjoyed a week-long training camp at the University of Bath. The talented group honed their hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and ballet skills during twice-daily sessions in the Sports Training Village (STV) as they began preparing in earnest towards the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. They also had access to physiotherapy and sports psychology support from...

Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray contested the Kremlin Cup in October 2016

Champion of Champions debuts await modern pentathletes as Rio Olympic season concludes

01 November 2016

Rio Olympians Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray will conclude their 2016 modern pentathlon seasons at the Champion of Champions event in Doha this month. The Qatar-based event is now widely regarded as the season finale and the British duo will get their last taste of competitive action for this year before their winter training continues at the University of Bath, Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre. Cooke and Murray teamed up at the Kremlin Cup in...

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