“My aim is to help young female athletes understand the power of their bodies and what is happening with their physiology, so they have the knowledge to fuel their training correctly, manage their menstrual cycles and understand how it can impact their sport.” Anya Le Monnier, a training partner with Team Bath Netball’s Superleague squad and assistant coach of the U19s, is running a series of empowering workshops with the next generation of Blue &...
Defender Tash Pavelin has capped an excellent start to her 2021 Vitality Superleague season by being named as Team Bath Netball’s Rengen Player of the Month for February. She is the first winner of the monthly award which is provided by Rengen, one of the Blue & Gold’s backers and overall sponsor for Team Bath. University of Bath Natural Sciences graduate Pavelin started all three of Team Bath’s Superleague matches in February at goal-defence and...
The University of Bath has been named one of the top 10 places in the world to study sport in a global ranking published today. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 rated Bath as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 23 subjects, with seven subjects earning a top-100 placing. Bath is ranked joint-seventh in the world to study sports-related subjects, while the University’s business and management studies, architecture and...
University of Bath-based Olympic skeleton medallist Laura Deas has been named as one of three British Athletes Commission (BAC) Athletes Ambassadors for 2021. Deas, who trains with the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, will work alongside track and field athletes Hannah Cockroft and Adam Gemili to help the organisation ensure that the voice of GB's elite athletes is constantly championed. “I’m really excited and honoured to take...
University of Bath alumna Marilyn Okoro has announced her retirement from competitive athletics after an outstanding career that saw her win medals on the Olympic, World and European stage. Okoro made some of her breakthrough performances while based at the University between 2003 and 2007, where she combined training under the guidance of Colin Bovell with studying for a degree in French and Politics. As well as a host of national student titles in the...
