A determined defensive display ensured the University of Bath men’s 1st XV left Swansea with a hard-earned 28-14 victory which guaranteed them a top-four finish in the 2024-25 BUCS Super Rugby league table. Bath rallied from conceding an early converted try to score three of their own through Iwan Coyle (2) and George Doel to lead 21-7 at the interval. Swansea cut the deficit to seven points with another converted try 10 minutes into the...
Sidney Tancock secured a second successive Continental Open podium place and five medals were won at the Senior English Open during another excellent weekend of competition for Team Bath Judo. Tancock, fresh from winning silver in Tunis, gained more World Ranking points after defeating fellow Brit Ashleigh Barnikel in the -48kg bronze-medal bout at the Algiers African Open. [caption id="attachment_71621" align="alignright" width="292"] Sidney Tancock (right) with her fellow -48kg medallists in Algiers. CREDIT: African Judo...
Wheelchair fencing international Susie Seddon-Cowell has been named as the first winner of a new Rengen Athlete of the Month award for high-performing student-athletes on the Team Bath Breakthrough Programme. Seddon-Cowell, who combines her sport with a PhD Research Programme in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath, recently achieved the best result of her international career to date when she placed eighth in the women’s Category A sabre at the Pisa World Cup in...
University of Bath sporting scholar Justin Davies continued his excellent season by winning 800m gold in fine style at the 2025 Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Sunday’s success, which followed on from Davies setting a new Welsh record of 1:45.78 the previous week at the inaugural Keely Klassic, secured the Team Bath AC runner a trip to the Netherlands for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, taking place in Apeldoorn from 6-9 March....
Eight University of Bath students have now competed in the 2025 U20 Six Nations tournament after Connor Treacey and Tyler Offiah made their England age-group debuts against Scotland, while Jack Woods started for Wales. Treacey and Offiah, who study Sports Management & Coaching and Politics & International Relations respectively, came off the bench as England made it three wins from a three with a nine-try 57-13 victory. Two of those tries came from another student,...
Team Bath Netball head on the road for the first time this NXT Gen League season this weekend, looking for a quick return to winning ways following a first defeat of the 2025 campaign. The Blue & Gold, who visit London Mavericks on Saturday 1st March (1.15pm), produced a tireless display in front of another capacity crowd at the Team Bath Arena on Friday but were beaten 56-40 in a physical contest by a London...
University of Bath student-athletes won 21 medals, including gold in the swimming pool and on the athletics track, when they proudly represented The SU Bath at the BUCS Nationals 2025 in Sheffield. Sixteen of those medals were secured by the University’s swimming squad during an excellent weekend which saw them place third in the overall rankings. Alumni Fund Sporting Scholar Josh Gammon led the way with gold in both the 50m butterfly (23.72) and 200m...
Brad Hall steered British Bobsleigh to Overall ISBF World Cup bronze in both the two-man and four-man competitions as an excellent campaign concluded with more medal success in Lillehammer. Fifth place in Saturday’s final two-man race for University of Bath-based Hall and Taylor Lawrence was enough to secure third place overall for the British driver, who was also pushed twice by Greg Cackett during the eight-race season. [caption id="attachment_71583" align="alignright" width="292"] Taylor Lawrence and Brad...
Team Bath Judo’s Sidney Tancock gained her first World Ranking points when she won a superb silver in Tunis on her debut at Continental Open level. Tancock (pictured top left), an International Development with Economics graduate who works for the University of Bath in Student Recruitment and Admissions, defeated Canada’s Heidi Quach and Hong Kong’s Lok Yi Ho to reach the semi-finals of the -48kg weight category. [caption id="attachment_71600" align="alignright" width="292"] Team Bath Judo's Elliot...
A fantastic final quarter saw Team Bath Netball turn a narrow deficit into an eight-goal home victory over Cardiff Dragons as they continued their winning start to the 2025 NXT Gen League season. After leading from the front in their opening match against Nottingham Forest, the Blue & Gold this time showed their ability to come from behind after a slow start saw them trail 15-10 at the end of the first quarter. [caption id="attachment_71586"...
