Five more of the country’s most promising young rugby players are set to pursue their sporting and academic careers at the University of Bath from 2025-26 after signing Senior Academy contracts at Bath Rugby. Alex Ridgway, Jack Harrison, James Linegar, Oscar Thomas and Sam Winters have all applied to study at the University and, subject to receiving their conditional offers, would be eligible to represent the men’s Student Performance Sport squad in the national BUCS...
Double Paralympic medallist Dan Bethell says he is excited to share his knowledge and passion for clean sport with the next generation of sports stars after being appointed to the UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) Athlete Commission. The para-badminton multi-medallist, who trains at the University of Bath, is one of seven new members of the now 12-strong commission – which also includes recently-retired Olympic skeleton medallist Laura Deas – who ensure that athletes are placed at the...
A tremendous all-round performance saw Team Bath Netball inflict only a second defeat of the NXT Gen League season on table-topping Loughborough Lightning after an epic contest that gripped another capacity crowd at the Team Bath Arena. The Blue & Gold shrugged off the disappointment of seeing a big early lead overturned as they went toe to toe with the title favourites, eventually coming out on top 52-50 after going to extra-time for the third...
Recent GB debutant Isabelle Franco says joining the Bath Triathlon Performance Centre has been “a real game changer” after she was named as the latest Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month. Franco, who began studying and training at the University of Bath in October, was selected for the April accolade after finishing a fantastic fourth for British Triathlon – just four seconds outside the medals – at the European U23 Duathlon Championships in Poland....
Team Bath Netball fans are being invited to a special end-of-season party which marks not just the conclusion of the inaugural NXT Gen League campaign but a year of resilience, resurgence and remarkable performances across the South West pathway. The Big #BlueAndGold Bash – built around the final league game against Leeds Rhinos on Sunday 15th June at the Team Bath Arena – will feature on-court award presentations for six of Team Bath’s playing squads,...
Team Bath Netball went to extra-time for the second time this NXT Gen League season but were unable to secure the win on this occasion as they narrowly lost 58-56 at Nottingham Forest on Sunday. It was a frustrating conclusion to a match that had started incredibly positively for the Blue & Gold, who raced into a 7-0 lead inside the first five minutes. They went on to win the first quarter 17-11 but Forest...
Five University of Bath students are among the 20-strong squad selected to represent Aquatics GB at the second edition of the European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships. Making her British debut is Civil Engineering student Niamh Ward (pictured), a member of the Student Performance Sport swimming squad who has won multiple backstroke medals for the University in BUCS competition. Supported in her dual careers by the Team Bath Breakthrough Programme, Ward began her career with the...
The University of Bath Rowing Club produced their strongest BUCS Regatta results ever when they won 11 medals – four of them gold – during a busy Bank Holiday Weekend at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. All of the medals were won by students who train with the British Rowing South West GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) based at the University, with five qualification spots for September’s EUSA European Universities Championships in Poland...
Team Bath Netball closed to within a point of second place in the NXT Gen League as they came from behind to secure a well-earned 58-52 away win over Birmingham Panthers on Sunday. It was a third successive victory for the Blue & Gold, who trailed 17-14 after the first quarter at the University of Worcester Arena but levelled the scores at 30-30 going into the second half. Inspired by a second-successive Most Valuable Player...
Sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons made a winning return from long-term injury as the University of Bath Student Performance Sport athletics squad won three medals at the 2025 BUCS Outdoor Championships. Lizzy Ingram and Ariyanna McGee also ran season’s best times at the Manchester Regional Arena to secure well-earned bronze medals in the 2000m steeplechase and 100m hurdles respectively. Senior GB international Sibbons (pictured top), who is supported by a Santander Scholarship as she studies Architecture...
