Alicia Barnett’s French Open debut ended in a first-round defeat on Wednesday but only after a near three-hour battle from the Team Bath Tennis player and women’s doubles partner Olivia Nicholls at Roland Garros. The British duo, appearing at their fourth Grand Slam in 11 months, narrowly lost a first-set tie-break to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and Martina Trevisan but stormed back brilliantly to win the second set 6-1. An absorbing third set saw Barnett and...
University of Bath sporting scholar Jayda Pechova has been rewarded for her excellent debut Super League season with Team Bath Netball by being promoted to the senior Vitality Roses ranks for the 2023-24 international season. The 18-year-old defender joins fellow Blue & Gold star Imogen Allison in the 24-strong England programme, while fellow teenager Phoebe Maslen and Tash Pavelin have both been selected for the Future Roses development squad. Pechova, who is supported by a Trendell Sporting Scholarship as she combines her...
University of Bath sporting scholar Leah Crisp will make her World Aquatics Championships debut in Japan this summer after being named in British Swimming’s marathon team. The Economics and Mathematics student, who is supported by a Santander Scholarship, has been selected alongside Hector Pardoe and Amber Keegan following their performances at the Sardinia leg of the World Aquatics Open Water World Cup earlier this month. All three athletes finished inside the top 20 of their...
Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett is scheduled to make her French Open debut on Wednesday when she takes to the famous clay courts at Roland Garros with doubles partner Olivia Nicholls. Barnett, coached by Ian MacDonald at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, and Nicholls have been drawn against Italian duo Martina Trevisan and Jasmine Paolini in the first round in Paris. The match will complete the Grand Slam collection for the British pairing,...
Harvey Cuckson became the latest University of Bath student to represent England Rugby’s men at U20 level when he started their high-scoring victory over Georgia on Saturday. Cuckson, who combines playing for Bath Rugby Academy with studying Sports Performance, lined up in the second row in Tbilisi for the first England side selected by new Head Coach Mark Mapletoft. The tourists came out on top 41-36 after an entertaining encounter, with Cuckson playing his part...
Asha Francis was delighted to see her players’ “freedom and faith” rewarded with a first away win of the 2023 Super League season as Team Bath Netball came out on top in a close contest with Saracens Mavericks. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold and their old rivals went goal for goal in front of the Sky Sports cameras, with just a couple of goals separating the sides for much of the contest, before clinically...
Team Bath Netball head to Saracens Mavericks today (Monday) looking for a response to their game of two contrasting halves at Leeds Rhinos on Saturday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold looked on course for their first away win of the 2023 Netball Super League season as they stormed into a 36-25 lead at the end of an excellent first half. However, the hosts grabbed the momentum during a third period which they won 17-7...
Sporting scholar Cameron Brooker won two medals and Commonwealth champion Brodie Williams secured three as University of Bath-based swimmers stepped up their World Championships preparations on the 2023 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour. Mechanical Engineering student Brooker (pictured), supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, recorded both of his podium places on the first leg in Canet-En-Roussillon, placing third in the 50m backstroke and 2nd in the 100m backstroke. British Swimming Performance Centre Bath training partner Williams...
After wrapping up their home campaign, Team Bath Netball have three away trips left in the 2023 Super League season – two of which are coming up this Saturday and Monday (20th and 22nd). The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold visit the Allam Sports Centre in Hull to face Leeds Rhinos on Saturday (3pm centre-pass). The match is being live-streamed by Sky Sports, watch via this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH0sn7svGkg Team Bath then head to the Hertfordshire...
The University of Bath is proud to reaffirm its commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) 2023 Clean Sport Week campaign, taking place from 22nd to 26th May. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK, and this year’s theme is “Teamwork in Clean Sport”. Athletes are central to the team, responsible for making sure they compete clean – it's their...
