A second-quarter slump ended Team Bath Netball’s hopes of reaching the 2018 Vitality Superleague Grand Final as Wasps booked their place at the showpiece occasion with a 54-39 victory on Saturday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold made a flying start to the semi-final at the University of Worcester Arena as they raced into a 4-0 lead and had chances to add to their advantage. However, defending champions Wasps fought back strongly and were able to...
Team Bath judoka Ben and Megan Fletcher have been stepping up their preparations for this year’s World Championships by spending three weeks at the US Olympic Training Centre in Colorado Springs. The duo – who will compete for Ireland at September’s championships in Baku, Azerbaijan – were joined by Team Bath High Performance Coach Juergen Klinger for the altitude conditioning camp. “Colorado Springs is 2,000m above sea-level so it is excellent for altitude training,” said...
Team Bath Netball Head Coach Jess Thirlby is no stranger to Superleague semi-finals, with Saturday's showdown against Wasps Netball being her 12th with the Blue and Gold. Watch the video below to get her thoughts on the big match and Team Bath's Superleague season so far. She also has a message for the fans travelling to the University of Worcester Arena to cheer on the Blue and Gold. Tickets are still available - click here...
Team Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics’ Senior Girls produced an incredible hoop routine to win a well-deserved gold medal at the British Championships. Tiola Gleeson, Selina Brown, Lola Cockburn Marsh, Evie Coles, Sarah Dennis and Lottie Wittich performed exceptionally across the weekend to earn a combined score of 21.8 and be crowned as All-Round British Champions for 2018. They were fourth after an opening day that saw the group produce a passionate rope and ball routine to...
Anna Stembridge believes that Team Bath Netball are ready to achieve their full potential in the 2018 Vitality Superleague – and is backing her players to do just that when they face Wasps in the semi-finals on Saturday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold completed their regular season by going toe to toe with fellow semi-finalists Manchester Thunder in an absorbing encounter, with nothing to separate the teams until the last five minutes when the home...
Team Bath strength & conditioning coach George Studd has been working with the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) on a campaign to boost awareness of exercising with the bone-weakening condition. George (pictured with Invictus Games athlete Kelly Ganfield) was asked by Sarah Legg, a physiotherapist at the Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases in Bath, to attend an Exercise Expert Steering Group Meeting for a paper that is being published by the NOS. “A lot of...
University of Bath sporting scholars Myles Pillage and Bradley Sutton claimed Pentathlon GB’s second relay medal is as many days at the Junior European Modern Pentathlon Championships as they bagged bronze in the men’s competition in Barcelona. Just like female counterparts Charlie Follett and Zoe Davison, who had won women’s relay gold the previous day, Pillage and Sutton – supported by Trendell and Santander Sports Scholarships respectively – were in the medal positions at the...
University of Bath student Charlie Follett teamed up with Zoe Davison to win women’s relay gold after a supreme display at the Junior European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Barcelona. Follett, who studies Psychology, and Davison were in the top two places throughout the day, retaking the lead after a perfect display in the horse-riding arena and not looking back after a dominant display of front running in the laser run. It continued a fine season...
Team Bath Netball's place in the 2018 Vitality Netball Superleague semi-finals has been confirmed after benecosMavericks were beaten in their final game of the season by UWS Sirens. Mavericks went into Thursday's game in Glasgow needing to win to draw level on points with the fourth-placed Blue and Gold, who travel to Manchester Thunder on Saturday (5pm centre-pass). A thrilling encounter saw Mavericks leading 25-24 at half-time but a third-quarter surge from Sirens saw them...
Team Bath Tennis player Liam Broady has been handed a wildcard into the main draw for both the men’s singles and doubles at Wimbledon 2018. Broady, coached by Dave Sammel and Ian MacDonald at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, will be making his third appearance in the men’s singles at SW19 – he reached the second round in 2015 and faced Andy Murray on Centre Court in 2016. He is currently ranked 168...
