News Archive, Month: February 2023

Ten swimming medals plus badminton bronze makes up impressive haul for University of Bath student-athletes at 2023 BUCS Nationals

28 February 2023

University of Bath students won 11 medals, including gold for sporting scholar Leah Crisp, and set a host of personal bests when they competed in athletics, badminton, climbing and swimming at the 2023 BUCS Nationals in Sheffield. Leading the way with 10 of the podium places was the Bath student swimming squad, who secured impressive fourth-placed finishes in the men’s, women’s and overall rankings after some superb performances at the BUCS Long Course Championships. Twenty...

VIDEO: Watch highlights of Team Bath Netball’s dramatic 2023 Super League victory over Strathclyde Sirens

26 February 2023

A packed Team Bath Arena enjoyed a pulsating first home game of the 2023 Netball Super League season on Friday as the Blue & Gold held on for a single-goal success against Strathclyde Sirens. Watch the highlights - and listen to the noise - below and read the match report and reaction by clicking here. Don't forget to subscribe to our TeamBathTV YouTube channel to see more highlights and live-stream links throughout the season. And...

Team Bath fans raise the roof as Blue & Gold hold off Strathclyde Sirens comeback to record first win of 2023 Super League season

24 February 2023

Team Bath Netball held off a fierce comeback from Strathclyde Sirens to record their first victory of the 2023 Super League season in dramatic style at a buzzing Team Bath Arena on Friday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold fed off the energy of a near 1,500-strong crowd to produce some excellent netball right across the court and build an 11-goal lead early in the third quarter, only for Sirens to crank up the pressure...

Magnificent seven gold among medal haul for Team Bath judoka at BUCS Judo Championships

22 February 2023

Team Bath judoka won a host of medals when they contested the 2023 BUCS Judo Championships in Walsall over the weekend. The Kyu and above (brown belt and above) category saw Roxy Proctor beat Evie Halvey-Jacobs to women’s-63kg gold in an all-Bath final. The duo combined to win women’s team gold. Sports Performance alumna Chloe Robyns-Landricombe, who still trains at Team Bath and was representing Gloucestershire, took the -57kg title. In the men’s division there...

See champions crowned and Paris 2024 places secured as tickets go on sale for Modern Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships

21 February 2023

Tickets are on sale for the UIPM Modern Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships 2023, a Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifying event coming to Bath this summer. There are just six months to go until the best all-round athletes on the planet do battle in swimming, fencing, horse riding and laser run at the University of Bath, home to Pentathlon GB’s world-leading National Training Centre. [caption id="attachment_68561" align="alignright" width="292"] Olympic Champion Kate French gives some...

Team Bath Netball defeated by Dragons but show more signs of progress ahead of first home game of 2023 Super League season

21 February 2023

Asha Francis said she was happy to see more signs of progress from her Team Bath Netball squad during Monday’s Super League defeat at Celtic Dragons. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold produced some of their best netball of the season so far as they went into half-time in Cardiff with a 28-27 lead having trailed 18-10 after the first quarter. It remained a tight contest for much of the third period but Dragons were...

Team Bath Netball looking to “keep the vision open” as they head to Celtic Dragons for live-streamed Netball Super League Round 3 clash

20 February 2023

Team Bath Netball are back on the road for the second time in three days today (Monday) as they head to Cardiff’s House of Sport to face Celtic Dragons in another live-streamed match (7pm centre-pass). The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold go into Round 3 of the 2023 Netball Super League season on the back of a 72-42 defeat at London Pulse on Friday. Head Coach Asha Francis praised her team’s defensive display but said...

First-ever two-man bobsleigh Overall World Cup medal caps outstanding 2022-23 season for University of Bath-based GB sliders

19 February 2023

British Bobsleigh capped a record-breaking season as pilot Brad Hall and brakemen Taylor Lawrence and Greg Cackett became Great Britain’s first ever two-man Overall IBSF World Cup medallists. The University of Bath-based sliders didn’t finish outside the top five all season as they brought home bronze overall, their medal secured by a fourth-placed finish for Hall and Cackett in Sunday’s final race in Sigulda. Hall, Lawrence, Cackett and Arran Gulliver won Overall World Cup silver...

Barnstorming British Skeleton 1-2 in Sigulda secures overall IBSF World Cup medals for Bath-based Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt

17 February 2023

The University of Bath-based British Skeleton squad finished an outstanding IBSF World Cup season on a suitably high note by winning gold and silver in the men’s race at Sigulda, Latvia. World and European Champion Matt Weston stormed to his fifth gold medal in as many races during 2023 as he finished 0.36secs ahead of team-mate Marcus Wyatt. Craig Thompson went mighty close to completing a British clean sweep of the medals as he sat...

Team Bath looking for home bounce-back after narrow defeat in BUCS Super Rugby top-of-the-table clash at Loughborough

16 February 2023

Team Bath’s unbeaten BUCS Super Rugby run came to a battling end as they went down 20-11 at league leaders Loughborough in Wednesday’s top-of-the-table showdown. A close-fought first half saw the Bath Building Society-sponsored visitors edge ahead through a 17th-minute penalty but strong defending prevented them adding to the score and Loughborough were able to notch the first try, which was converted, just before half-time. There was still time for both sides to exchange penalties...

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