Football coaches from the country’s top clubs have been swapping training pitches for netball courts, bobsleigh tracks and the University of Bath’s world-class sporting environment as part of a Premier League development programme. This year’s new cohort of Elite Coach Apprentice Scheme (ECAS) participants, representing academies from Manchester United and Chelsea to Bristol City and Preston North End, were on campus last Monday and Tuesday for the first residential workshop of the 2017-18 season. They...
After months of training hard and building her confidence at the University of Bath, Army veteran Kelly Ganfield will once again proudly represent her country when she competes at the Invictus Games in Toronto, Canada this month. The 36-year-old, who is visually impaired and suffers from epilepsy, has been selected in a 90-strong British team and will compete in both athletics and rowing – the latter a sport she only took up this year when...
University of Bath Head Rugby Coach Mark Lilley says his players will have learnt plenty from their warm-up matches against defending BUCS Super Rugby champions Hartpury College on Wednesday. The IKON Construction-sponsored Blue and Gold entertained their Gloucester-based rivals in 1st and 2nd XV fixtures on the Lime Kiln Pitches, with the visitors taking the spoils in both matches. It was a tough but worthwhile test for the University of Bath players, who have only...
Sporting scholar Cameron Chalmers has become the first University of Bath sportsperson to be officially selected for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The Sports Performance student, supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, will represent his native Guernsey in the 400m at the Games, taking place from April 4-15. “It's been a goal of mine ever since starting athletics to go to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games for Guernsey and I'm so...
University of Bath rower Sam Courty will make her senior World Championships debut later this month after being added to the GB Rowing Team squad for the event in Sarasota, Florida. Courty, who only took up rowing while studying Sports & Exercise Science, has been selected in a new-look women’s four with Caragh McMurtry, Beccy Girling and Rowan McKellar after recovering from injury. Fellow graduate Sara Parfett, who studied Biology, has been named as a...
Team Bath Performance Tennis Coach Rob Morgan captained England to victory at the 2017 Four Nations’ Junior Championships in Glasgow. Tad Maclean and Louis Skupien were also part of the mixed England U18 team that topped their age-group competition thanks to wins against Scotland and Ireland. Both Maclean and Skupien, coached by Morgan and Barry Scollo at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, played six games over the course of the three days, recording...
University of Bath student Chantelle Miell is in line for a place at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after being awarded a full-time contract in the England Rugby Women’s Sevens programme for the 2017-18 season. Graduates Amy Wilson Hardy and Natasha Hunt, who both represented Team GB in sevens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, are also among the 17 players to receive either a full-time or fixed-term contract for the upcoming campaign. Miell,...
The University of Bath men’s rugby squad enjoyed "a worthwhile day” in Nottingham as they played their first warm-up match ahead of the new BUCS Super Rugby season. The IKON Construction-sponsored Blue and Gold gave 38 players a run-out against the University of Nottingham during Wednesday’s game, which was played in three 30-minute periods and saw the visitors win by five tries to four. Head of Rugby Aaron James said: “It was a worthwhile day...
The University of Bath has a proud history of helping student-athletes achieve their potential in both the competition and academic arenas. But did you know we also offer the chance to learn practical skills like coaching, sports massage, personal training and first aid through Team Bath Training & Development? The vocational courses, delivered by a team of elite practitioners and educators in the University’s world-leading training environment, are ideal for those who combine study with...
University of Bath graduate Jacob Paul hopes his “incredible” experience at the 2017 World University Games will act as a stepping stone to representing Great Britain on the biggest stage of all – the Olympic Games. Paul, who was supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship while studying Sport & Social Sciences, missed out on a place in the 400m hurdles final by the narrowest of margins during last month’s competition in Taipei as he placed...
