News Archive, Month: December 2022

More than 100 international medals won and new elite training centres opened during a stunning sporting 2022 at University of Bath

26 December 2022

World, European and Commonwealth champions were crowned, more than 100 international medals were won and new elite training centres were opened during another unforgettable year of sport at the University of Bath. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games saw 37 sportspeople who train, study or studied at the University of Bath – named as the University of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023 – compete across nine different sports...

Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee Steve Borthwick appointed as new Men’s Head Coach of England Rugby

20 December 2022

Steve Borthwick, a University of Bath alumnus and Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee, has been appointed as the new England Rugby men’s head coach. Borthwick combined a top-class playing career – in which he captained England, Bath Rugby and Saracens – with studying Politics & Economics at the University, graduating in 2003. He has also had a successful coaching career, leading Leicester Tigers to the Premiership Rugby title earlier this year. Before...

Tom Dean completes international medal haul as University of Bath swimmers past and present excel at World Short-Course Champs

19 December 2022

Tom Dean completed his collection of individual medals from international competitions and Anna Hopkin secured her first as University of Bath students past and present finished 2022 on the podium at the FINA World Short-Course Swimming Championships. Ben Proud, of the University’s swimming club, also went mighty close to defending his 50m freestyle title during an exciting weekend of racing in Melbourne, Australia. Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Dean, coached by David McNulty at the Team...

Golden finish to 2022 as Bath-based bobsleigh and skeleton athletes top the podium at IBSF World Cup in Lake Placid

18 December 2022

It was a double gold weekend for the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association athletes who train at the University of Bath as they topped the podium twice at the IBSF World Cup at Lake Placid in the United States. Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett (pictured top) ended the calendar year in stunning fashion as they claimed only Great Britain’s second four-man World Cup gold since official IBSF records began. Sitting third...

VIDEO: Backs to the fore as five-try Team Bath head into BUCS Super Rugby Christmas break with victory over Leeds Beckett

14 December 2022

Team Bath will go into the Christmas break sitting second in the BUCS Super Rugby table after recording a bonus-point 35-22 victory over Leeds Beckett in bitterly-cold conditions at Shaftesbury Park, home of Bristol club Dings Crusaders. The men’s 1st XV, sponsored by Bath Building Society, scored five well-worked backs tries through Alfie Garside, Alex Clayton, Luca Mignot, Tom Carr-Smith and Sam Harris, the latter kicking all the conversions, as Team Bath recorded their eighth...

Team Bath looking for festive flourish as they take on Leeds Beckett in last BUCS Super Rugby match of 2022

14 December 2022

Team Bath will look to go into the Christmas break on a suitably high note as they take on Leeds Beckett in their last BUCS Super Rugby game of 2022. The Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV sit second in the table going into today’s match, which will now take place at the Shaftesbury Park home of Dings Crusaders RFC in Bristol at 2pm due to the freezing conditions. There are just two changes to...

Team Bath badminton players impress at English National Championships and Guernsey Closed tournament

13 December 2022

Team Bath badminton players produced some outstanding performances when they competed at the English National Championships in Milton Keynes over the weekend. Katie Scott (pictured), who studies Psychology and is coached by Peter Bush at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, reached the last 16 of the women’s singles where she came up against Abigail Holden, the number-one ranked player in England. Team Bath Dual Career student-athlete Scott produced an incredible effort and performed against all expectations, only just...

Team Bath’s BUCS Super Rugby home match against Leeds Beckett moved to Shaftesbury Park in Bristol due to frozen pitch

12 December 2022

There is a new venue and kick-off time for Team Bath’s BUCS Super Rugby match against Leeds Beckett on Wednesday (14th December) due to the freezing weather conditions. It will now take place at the Shaftesbury Park home of Dings Crusaders RFC in Frenchay, Bristol at 2pm (click here for directions). The game had been scheduled to kick-off at 6.30pm at the Team Bath Sports Training Village but has been moved due to a frozen pitch,...

Team Bath trio in Vitality Roses squads for January matches as Jayda Pechova earns BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year nomination

12 December 2022

Team Bath Netball Super League trio Imogen Allison, Tash Pavelin and Jayda Pechova will be on international duty in January after England today named three Vitality Roses squads for matches at the start of a World Cup year. Allison is named in a 16-strong squad for the Roses’ three-match series against Commonwealth Games silver-medallists Jamaica, with fixtures being played at the AO Arena in Manchester (11th January) and London’s Copper Box Arena (14th and 15th...

Team Bath Tennis trio help GB win fifth successive medal at Master’U BNP Paribas world student team tournament

11 December 2022

Ben Jones, Giles Hussey and Holly Hutchinson continued a proud tradition of Team Bath Tennis players helping Great Britain enjoy medal success at the world’s biggest student tennis team tournament. The trio were part of a six-strong GB squad that finished runners-up to the United States at the Master’U BNP Paribas tournament in Honfleur, France – the first time it had been contested since University of Bath graduate Jones helped Britain also win silver at...

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