Netball’s 2018 will burst into action on January 6 when Team Bath take on Wasps and Severn Stars in a curtain-raising tri-tournament at the Team Bath Arena. Starting at 1pm, fans will be entertained by three matches featuring the Blue and Gold, 2017 Vitality Netball Superleague champions Wasps and Stars, who were exciting league debutantes last season. Tickets are on sale now for what promises to be an exciting start to another big year of...
A Levi Davis try in the dying moments gave the University of Bath men’s 1st XV a well-earned and confidence-boosting 24-22 victory over Hartpury College in tonight’s BUCS Super Rugby West Country derby. The hosts, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, looked set for another frustrating evening when a try from replacement Toby Hill gave Hartpury the lead for the first time with just a couple of minutes to go. However, Bath were...
University of Bath sporting scholar Tim Nurse has been recognised as having Tokyo 2020 Olympic potential after being named in the Great Britain Hockey Men’s Elite Development Programme (EDP). Nurse, who started a Foundation Degree in Sports Performance this term and is supported by a King Scholarship, is one of 35 players selected for the new programme aimed at developing medal-winning Olympians of the future. After a highly-successful junior career with England U16 and U18,...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV return to BUCS Super Rugby action tonight after a two-week break when they welcome defending champions Hartpury College to the Sports Training Village. Last season’s West County derbies were hard-fought and entertaining affairs and tonight’s promises to be no different, with both teams in search of a much-needed win to reignite their campaigns. Both currently sit in the bottom three having won just once this season, away to...
British number one Alfie Hewett, Diede de Groot of the Netherlands and the USA’s David Wagner were crowned as champions during an outstanding 2017 Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. Their successes capped a world-class week of competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, where multiple Grand Slam champions and Paralympic medallists served up a host of memorable performances. Hewett had produced one of those in the men’s singles quarter-finals, recovering from losing the...
Brad Hall guided GB Bobsleigh to their first World Cup medal in four years during another impressive weekend of international competition for the University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA). Lamin Deen’s quartet were also on the wider podium during the four-man competition at Park City in the United States, while Laura Deas secured a second successive top-five finish in the women’s skeleton. Hall, Bruce Tasker, Joel Fearon and Greg Cackett were competing...
University of Bath students brought home a host of personal bests and two golds – through Anna Hopkin and Jacob Greenow – from the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) National Short Course Swimming Championships. Coach Mark Skimming was pleased with the potential shown by his swimmers in Sheffield but added there is still room for improvement in the months ahead. Hopkin (pictured), a TET Sporting Scholar, took gold in the 50m free but was...
World number one David Wagner (pictured) claimed another trophy, while Diede de Groot and Britain's Lucy Shuker successfully defended their women's doubles title as the 2017 Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament served up more world-class sport on Friday. And it promises to be a thrilling conclusion to a fantastic week at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Saturday as Brit Alfie Hewett takes on Wimbledon champion Stefan Olsson in the men's singles final...
Two lucky young fans experienced life as Superleague netballers recently after winning a competition to train with Team Bath Netball’s star-studded squad. Molly Goult, who plays for Team Bath’s U14A side, and friend Hannah Holness got to meet and chat to their favourite players before joining in a fun warm-up session. They then took part in drills and skills training before spending time with coaches Anna Stembridge and Jess Thirlby as they ran the more...
Hurdler Dave King and high-jumper Tom Gale are amongst a cohort of University of Bath-based athletes who emerged onto British Athletics’ lottery-supported list for the 2018 season, announced today. They are part of the World Class Performance Programme which is funded by the National Lottery and organised with the aim of success at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. King, an MJ Church Ambassador, broke through and won World Championships selection last year and...
