An incredible 19 medals at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, 10 of them gold, is the headline stat from an outstanding year of sport at the University of Bath but there was plenty more to celebrate during an unforgettable 2021. From students winning the Premiership Rugby title at Twickenham and conquering the rowing world from their kitchen to Team Bath Netball lifting their first trophy for eight years and tennis players serving up a...
After a year in which he made ParalympicsGB history, Tokyo 2020 medallist Dan Bethell has enjoyed more success after returning for a training spell at the place where his para-badminton journey began – the University of Bath. Bethell, who won SL3 men’s singles silver when the sport made its Paralympics debut at this summer’s rescheduled Games, took three titles at last week’s UK Para-Badminton Championships in Sheffield after training for the past two months with...
University of Bath swimmer Ben Proud produced a stunning performance to win 50m freestyle gold at the FINA World Short-Course Championships in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The in-form sprinter, coached by Mark Skimming at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, was fastest out of the blocks in the final and level with Ryan Held at the 25m turn before powering past his American rival on the final lap to touch first in 20.45secs. That was...
Team Bath Netball have named 35 of the South West’s most promising young netballers in their U17 and U18 squads for the 2022 season. Many of the players selected supplement their club training by attending a Team Bath Netball Academy Development Centre in their local area, with ADCs situated in each region from Gloucester in the north to Cornwall in the south. The talent-development network is supported by Haines Watts, Team Bath’s principal partner. The...
Incoming Pentathlon GB Performance Director Jon Pett says he is looking forward to being part of a "multi-sport, multi-learning environment" at the University of Bath when he begins his new role in January 2022. Pett has been appointed as successor to the recently-retired Jan Bartu, who established Britain as a global modern pentathlon powerhouse during his 23 years leading the high-performance programme based at the University's Sports Training Village alongside other Olympic and Paralympic sports...
Team Bath go into the Christmas break sitting sixth in the 2021-22 BUCS Super Rugby league table after suffering defeat at local rivals Hartpury in their final game of the calendar year. The Rengen-sponsored men’s 1st XV went into the match off the back of an excellent win over Loughborough and the first half proved to be tightly contested, with the visitors narrowly trailing 14-10 at the interval. However, the game got away from them...
Team Bath's last BUCS Super Rugby match of 2021 sees the Rengen-sponsored men's 1st XV make the short journey to Gloucestershire to face Hartpury tonight (6.30pm). The West Country rivals currently sit side by side in mid-table on 24 points apiece having both won four of their ten matches so far this campaign. Team Bath make just two changes to the starting XV that produced a brilliant victory against title-chasing Loughborough last week, with Erik...
Four Team Bath judoka were crowned as British Champions and there were six medals in total as a memorable 2021 concluded with a fantastic weekend of Senior and U21 competition at the EIS Sheffield. Gregg Varey, captain of the Team Bath High Performance Judo Squad, continued his proud record of winning a medal at every British Championship he has contested since the age of 11 as he secured the senior -66kg title with victory over...
Team Bath Netball’s NPL sides started their season with three wins out of four and there were several well-contested pre-season matches for the Superleague squad during a busy weekend for the Blue & Gold. The University of Nottingham hosted the opening day of the new NPL campaign on Saturday, with Team Bath’s U21s (pictured top) – coached by Natalie Roddy and Anya Le Monnier – producing two impressive performances to beat Saracens Mavericks 59-35 and...
Team Bath Dual Career student-athletes Cara Collins and Toby Dillingham both produced impressive performances at the U19 English National Badminton Championships in Milton Keynes. Fresh from picking up a trophy at the Wiltshire Senior Silver competition, University of Bath Sports Performance student Collins reached the last four of both the ladies’ and mixed doubles with partners Chloe Dennis (Suffolk) and Harry Goode (Hertfordshire) respectively (pictured). [caption id="attachment_66526" align="alignright" width="292"] Dan Bethell (right) won three titles...
