Glittering Blues Awards 2025 ceremony celebrates both student sport at University of Bath and achievements of Paris 2024 athletes
Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath‘s Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room.
The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport.
This year’s ceremony also celebrated the achievements of the Paris 2024 Olympians and Paralympians who train or studied at the University of Bath, a UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre, through the presentation of Special Honorary Blues.
It was a double success for Gregory, who also received the Martyn Hedges Award – the highest accolade awarded by the University of Bath Blues Committee – in recognition of her work as player, team captain and chair with the University’s golf club.
The Ivor Powell Award for Excellence in Coaching went to Assistant Swimming Coach Andrei Vorontsov, a University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee who was previously Head Coach for Russia and Sweden at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games respectively.
An excellent evening for the judo club saw chair Ammar Mir receive the David VandeLinde Prize recognising sporting accomplishment, leadership and academic success, while the mixed team that dominated the 2025 BUCS Judo Championships was named as Team of the Year.
Rowing chair Calla Spires had double cause for celebration after Crew Bath took the Club of the Year accolade and she was named as Gethin John Bevan Club Member of the Year. Lucymay Treacy of the Bath Jets Cheerleading Club was SU Sport Volunteer Coach of the Year.
Alumni Fund Sporting Scholar Justin Davies was recognised with the BUCS Individual Performance of the Year honour after being crowned as the British Athletics 800m indoor champion. He, along with Spires and Olympic modern pentathlete Charlie Brown, was also on the Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
Among those receiving Honorary Blues were long-standing badminton coach Peter Bush and seven athletes who have won World Championships or World Cup medals during the past year while training at the University – bobsleigh’s Leon Greenwood and Taylor Lawrence; karate’s Jonny Gough; skeleton’s Amelia Coltman, Tabby Stoecker and Freya Tarbit; and wheelchair fencer Joshua Waddell.
The Blues Awards is an annual University of Bath event which The SU Bath [Students Union] and Department for Sports Development and Recreation [Team Bath] support together. Click here to read The SU Bath’s report with full biographies of the winners.
Blues Awards 2025 roll of honour
Sports Personality of the Year
Charlotte Gregory (golf). Also shortlisted: Justin Davies (athletics), Charlie Brown (modern pentathlon), Calla Spires (rowing).
The Ivor Powell Award
Andrei Vorontsov (swimming).
The Martyn Hedges Award
Charlotte Gregory (golf).
The David Vandelinde Award
Ammar Mir (judo).
SU Sport Volunteer Coach of the Year
Lucymay Treacy (cheerleading).
Gethin John Bevan Club Member of the Year
Calla Spires (rowing).
BUCS Individual Performance of the Year
Justin Davies (athletics).
BUCS Team of the Year
1st: Mixed judo team.
2nd: Women’s netball 2nds.
3rd: Men’s Ultimate indoor 1sts.
Club of the Year
1st: University of Bath Rowing Club.
2nd: University of Bath Lacrosse Club.
3rd: University of Bath Golf Club.
Special Honorary Blue
Athletics: Alastair Chalmers, Chari Hawkins.
Equestrian: Sofia Sjoborg.
Hockey: Tim Nurse.
Para-badminton: Dan Bethell.
Para-swimming: Suzanna Hext.
Rowing: Becky Wilde.
Rugby union: Grace Crompton.
Swimming: Leah Crisp, Henrique Mascarenhas, Ridhwan Mohamed, Tobi Sijuade, Jacob Whittle.
Wheelchair fencing: Gemma Collis.
Honorary Blue
Badminton: Peter Bush.
Bobsleigh: Leon Greenwood, Taylor Lawrence.
Karate: Jonny Gough.
Golf: Charlotte Gregory.
Rugby union: John Taylor.
Skeleton: Amelia Coltman, Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit.
Wheelchair fencing: Joshua Waddell.
Full Blue
Awarded to students who have competed for a University 1st team for two years along with two years’ representation at international level
Fencing: Jacob Mitchell.
Hockey: Emmanuel Langton, Katie Partridge.
Netball: Deni Agnew.
Rugby union: Alex Clayton, Ieuan Davies, Austin Emens, Ludo Kolade, Kim Thurlow.
Ultimate Frisbee: Lloyd Thomas.
Half Blue
Awarded to students with junior international representation or podium finishes in BUCS while competing for a University first team
Badminton: Harry Hodges.
Cue sports: Olivia Warner.
Fencing: Juliet Lumineau.
Judo: Gergo Berendi, Kaitlin Chapple-Allen, Sam Elliott, Lydia Pearson, Roxy Proctor.
Lacrosse: Luca Marshall.
Netball: Scarlett Creasey, Ellie Ervine, Charlotte Watts.
Rugby union: Jasper Spandler.
Taekwondo: Marat Akhmetov, John Steward, Lani Widdeson.
Tennis: Francesca Franchi.
Ultimate Frisbee: Alex Bradshaw.
Water polo: Adam Slezak.
Honorary Colour
Given to students who have made a valuable contribution to the administration and development of a sport or recreation in the University or British Universities, either within a club or SU Sport as a whole
Association Football and Futsal: Joshua Cook, Miriam Owen.
Athletics: Joshua Burton.
Badminton: James McNamara.
Cheerleading: Hannah Lydon, Jasmine Richardson, Lucymay Treacy, Iola May Harper.
Clay Pigeon Shooting: Anna Pretorius.
Dodgeball: Ethan Brown, Dylan Buckley, Aimee Burton.
Hockey: Christian Moody.
Karate: Hiren Venn.
Lacrosse: Louisa Jones.
Rugby union: Egor Varivoda, Alex Briggs, Cameron Davies, George Doel, Fraser McEvoy, Ffion Owen, Ellie Ratcliffe, Gracie Reece-Gresty, Jemima Sewrey.
SU Sport Executive Committee: Ffion Owen, Anna Pretorius.
Taekwondo: Erin Thompson.
Volleyball: Anna Fertig, Tanay Hemchand, Charles Seddon, Miranda Garcia Perez.
Colour
Given to students who have consistently represented the University over a two- or three-year period in BUCS sport
American Football: Angus Gueterbock, Oliver Powell, Noah Swatton, Angus Webber.
Association Football and Futsal: Jimena Alamo, Ava Berglin, Susannah English, Isabella Hale, Liam Hilditch, Izzy Hiles, Tayla Lock, Miriam Owen, Ellie Pearson, Ella Terry, Matthew Wood, Abbie Woodward.
Athletics: Elizabeth Ingram.
Badminton: Brendan Dunne, Dan Kite, Tom Paterson-Watts, Anna Webster, Lucie Whiteman, Catherine Wong.
Basketball: Sophia Al Hussaini, Keira Boucher, Kasper Kranker, Aidan O’Flaherty.
Climbing: Thomas Hodges, Aisha Suhaimi, Alesia Vallance.
Cricket: Hamish Bell, Ben Chapman, Trishan Patel.
Hockey: Olivia Maddox, Benjamin Marshall, Benjamin Millett, Henry Moore, Freddie Palmer, Emma Philpot, Harriet Pope, Rachel Scott, Libby Shepherd, Ella Turner, Maria Uria Kabashima, Anthony White, Amelia Williamson.
Judo: Charlie Bourton Cole, Harvey Creasey-Cottle, Sam Elliott, Ammar Mir.
Karate: Holly Annetts, Farouk Attia, Liam Turpin, Hiren Venn.
Lacrosse: Jamal Akhras, Martha Blomfield, Roben Els, Ella Rose Entwistle, Louisa Jones, Isabella Sankey, Toby West, Scott Williams.
Netball: Stephanie Bryer, Esme Harley, Becca Hinkins, Alanna Pullen, Katie Steele, Rhian Thomas.
Rowing: Ben Furley.
Rugby union: Charlotte Ankerstjerne, Georgina Barham, Harry Breeze, Lily Downes-Hall, Kit Evans, Cassius Forshaw, Archie Friend, Rebecca Lacey, Lucy McGrath, Iona Mitchell, Ffion Owen, Ellie Ratcliffe, Jemima Sewrey, Raff Weston.
Table tennis: Aadya Gupta, Millie Rogove, William Whitehall, Jonathan Yip.
Tennis: Isabella Townsend-Carrasco, Fred Withers.
Ultimate Frisbee: Kate Clewer.
Volleyball: Anna Fertig, Veikka Korhonen, Thomas Stringer.
Water polo: Luke Barnsley, Eve Dadolle, Xanthe Dyer, Charlotte Reed, Rory Ward.
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Awarded to students who have consistently represented the University over a two- or three-year period in non-BUCS sports
Cheerleading: Lily Arnold, Isabella Halladay, Iola Harper, Hannah Lydon, Abbey Marsden, Eleanor Mordue, Jasmine Richardson, Lucymay Treacy, Natasha Williamson.
Latin & Ballroom: Alexandra Bulley, Jack Cooper.
