Olympic medallist Laura Deas has announced her retirement from skeleton after an outstanding career that saw her make more than a century of appearances on the international stage. She has been based at the University of Bath with the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association since 2009 and enjoyed her proudest moment in February 2018 when she won a brilliant bronze at the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. It was a historic moment too as she...
Emerging Team Bath Netball talent Ané De Wet has been named as the national U19 Player of the Season for the 2024-25 Netball Performance League (NPL) campaign. The versatile attacking player made an impressive step up from the U17s, scooping six out of a possible 10 Player of the Match accolades – as voted for by the opposition – as she helped Team Bath place third in the U19 NPL standings. Natalie Roddy, Academy Head...
Paralympic medallist Oliver Lam-Watson and University of Bath student Susie Seddon-Cowell won five gold medals between them at the 2025 British Fencing Para-Fencing National Championships in Sheffield. Lam-Watson (pictured top), who trains at the Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre based at the University’s Sports Training Village, dominated the men’s Category A events to secure the epee, foil and sabre titles. Fellow GB international Seddon-Cowell, representing University of Bath Fencing Club, enjoyed double delight in the...
A nerveless finish from player of the match Charlotte Watts sealed a dramatic extra-time victory for Team Bath Netball in Bristol after another NXT Gen League thriller against London Mavericks. Team Bath had rallied from seven goals down in the final quarter to win 52-51 when the teams last met in March but this time it was Mavericks who come from behind to make it 53-53 with 20 seconds of regular time remaining at Clifton...
Silvers for sporting scholars Matthew Ward and Joshua Gammon were among eight medals won by University of Bath-based swimmers at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student Ward (pictured top) was runner-up to Olympic silver-medallist Duncan Scott in the men’s 200m individual medley, the Bill Whiteley Scholar overhauling Evan Jones and Charlie Hutchison in the closing stages of a thrilling final. There were more fireworks in the men’s...
Team Bath Netball began the second half of the inaugural NXT Gen League season on a winning note as they recorded a 59-44 away victory over Severn rivals Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday. [caption id="attachment_71798" align="alignright" width="292"] Daisy Harrison made her NXT Gen League debut after recovering from a ruptured ACL[/caption] It was an excellent response to the previous week’s defeat at table-topping Loughborough Lightning, with the Blue & Gold quickly settling into their rhythm...
It was a successful weekend for University of Bath-based rowers past and present when they contested the 2025 GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Selection Trials at Caversham. And there was another magical moment for Paris 2024 medallist Becky Wilde when she was named as rowing's BOA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year during the post-event presentation ceremony. Four current members of the South West Performance Development Academy (PDA), formerly known as the GB Rowing...
Olympic Champions Tom Dean and Kieran Bird are among a 49-strong cohort of University of Bath-based swimmers heading to the London Aquatics Centre for the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2025. The first British titles of the LA 2028 Olympic cycle and places in the GB squad for this summer’s World Championships in Singapore will be decided during six days of action, from Tuesday 15th to Sunday 20th April. Triple Olympic gold-medallist Dean, who only returned...
Team Bath Netball will look to build on the lessons learnt from their biggest defeat of the NXT Gen League season to date when they visit Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday. It was a tough afternoon for the Blue & Gold when they travelled to table-topping Loughborough Lightning, with the home side winning each quarter as they recorded a 73-40 victory. Despite the setback, Team Bath remain well placed in a highly-competitive NXT Gen League...
Judoka Anika Rabi’s rapid improvement in competition results has been rewarded after she was named as the Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month for March. Rabi, one of more than 160 student-athletes supported in their dual careers by the Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme, won her first senior British Championships medal in December – bronze in the women’s -70kg division. She followed that up with silver at February’s English Open before winning gold at...
