News Archive, Month: May 2021

Team Bath join forces with recruitment platform add-victor to provide Dual Career student-athletes with vocational support

31 May 2021

Team Bath has joined forces with specialist recruitment platform add-victor to provide vocational support for the hundreds of Dual Career student-athletes who combine top-class education and sport at the University of Bath. The link will offer student-athletes opportunities for internships, work experience and jobs after university by matching them with employers and companies who value the transferable skills and experiences gained through sport such as communication, leadership, drive and team-work. add-victor was founded in 2012...

Team Bath Netball treat returning fans to winning weekend as fine Vitality Superleague form continues against Stars and Sirens

30 May 2021

Team Bath Netball gave the returning fans plenty to cheer over the Bank Holiday Weekend as they stretched their Vitality Superleague winning run to nine matches with victories over Severn Stars and Strathclyde Sirens. Spectators at London’s Copper Box Arena – back in the stands at top-flight netball matches in the UK for the first time since March 2020 – saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold record a 45-32 success against Stars in Friday’s...

Team Bath Netball excited to see fans back in stands for Vitality Superleague double header against Stars and Sirens

26 May 2021

Anna Stembridge says the welcome return of fans to Vitality Superleague matches will give her Team Bath Netball side another massive lift as they go into their final double header of the regular season. There will be up to 1,000 socially-distanced spectators in London’s Copper Box Arena on both Friday and Saturday when the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold take on local rivals Severn Stars (7.15pm) and top-four contenders Strathclyde Sirens (6pm) respectively. They will...

Judoka Ben Fletcher pleased with recovery so far as he targets Tokyo Olympic Games return just five months after breaking leg

25 May 2021

Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher says not having “time to dwell on things” has helped him stay laser-focussed on recovery as he bids to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games just five months after breaking his leg. Fletcher suffered the injury while representing Ireland at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam in February and underwent surgery a couple of days back in London later to pin the break. Remarkably he was back on his feet later...

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Outstanding medal haul at European Championships and rapid times offer plenty of Tokyo encouragement for Bath-based swimmers

24 May 2021

University of Bath-based swimmers brought home a terrific 25 medals from the 2021 LEN European Championships in Budapest as they showed fantastic form in the last major competition before the Tokyo Olympic Games. Leading the way with six medals apiece – the most of any swimmers competing at the Championships – were British Swimming National Centre Bath trio Freya Anderson, Tom Dean and James Guy, who are all coached by David McNulty in the London...

Liam Broady promises “full focus, full commitment” as Team Bath Tennis star bids to reach Roland Garros main draw for second year

23 May 2021

Team Bath Tennis player Liam Broady will bid to reach Roland Garros for a second successive year when he competes in the French Open qualifying draw this week. Broady, who is coached by Dave Sammel, will take on Chinese Taipei player Jason Jung in the first round of the qualifiers on Monday and is looking for three wins in total to emulate his feat of 2020 and secure his place in the main draw. “The...

(From left) Duncan Scott, James Guy, Matt Richards and Tom Dean won 4x200m freestyle relay silver for GB at the 2021 European Swimming Championships

Tokyo anticipation building as University of Bath-based swimmers add to growing medal haul at LEN European Championships in Budapest

21 May 2021

There were more relay medals for James Guy, Tom Dean and Matt Richards plus a first individual podium place for Freya Anderson as University of Bath-based swimmers continue to excel at the LEN European Championships in Budapest. British Swimming National Centre Bath star Guy, coached by David McNulty at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, was part of a mixed 4x100m medley relay quartet that obliterated the European record on Thursday night to win gold...

Freya Anderson, Tom Dean and James Guy won mixed 4x200m freestyle relay gold with GB at the 2021 European Swimming Championships

Another relay medal and another British record as Bath-based trio continue fantastic start to 2021 LEN European Swimming Champs

19 May 2021

University of Bath-based Freya Anderson, Tom Dean and James Guy made it two medals in as many days as they helped GB to mixed 4x200m freestyle relay gold at the 2021 LEN European Swimming Championships in Budapest. Fresh from having booked his place in Wednesday’s 100m freestyle final, Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Dean led off the British quartet in the event, a relatively new addition to the international schedule, and handed over in first place....

Three-time Olympic high jumper Levern Spencer hoping move to Bath can take her to new heights in Tokyo

19 May 2021

She is the reigning Commonwealth champion, 11-time continental gold-medallist and an official Sports Ambassador for her native Saint Lucia but Levern Spencer hopes moving to Bath will help her secure one thing missing from her incredible CV – an Olympic medal. The high jumper, who will start her season at the first Diamond League competition of 2021 in Gateshead on Sunday (May 23), is set to compete at her fourth Olympic Games in Tokyo this...

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Bath-based quartet help British Swimming make relay history during record-breaking start to 2021 LEN European Championships

18 May 2021

University of Bath-based swimmers Freya Anderson, Tom Dean, James Guy and Matt Richards helped British Swimming make a record-breaking start to the 2021 LEN European Championships in Budapest on Monday. Anderson, coached by David McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, swam a stunning 52.79 anchor leg to hold off a strong challenge from the Dutch team and secure a first-ever European gold for GB in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay in a British...

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