University of Bath sporting scholars Sophie Kelly, Jayda Pechova and Alanna Pullen helped England win bronze at the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar. Business student Kelly, a Bill Whiteley Scholar, and Sports Performance duo Pechova and Pullen, supported by Trendell and Alumni Fund Scholarships respectively, were part of a 12-strong squad that matched the Roses’ achievement from the last World Youth Cup in 2017. England made smooth progress through the round-robin stage, topping...
University of Bath alumna Natasha Hunt said she was "so overwhelmed" to win the second Women’s Rugby World Cup title of her outstanding career on home soil after helping England to a 33-13 victory over Canada. A record-breaking crowd of 81,885 spectators at Twickenham Stadium roared Hunt and her Red Roses team-mates to glory at the end of a memorable month of competition. [caption id="attachment_72348" align="alignright" width="292"] Natasha Hunt is all smiles during the World...
University of Bath alumni Becky Wilde and Cedol Daffyd won debut World Rowing Championship silver medals within an hour of each other on an excellent morning for Great Britain in Shanghai. Olympic medallist Wilde teamed up with Sarah McKay, Hannah Scott and Lola Anderson to finish runners-up to the Netherlands in a fast-paced women’s quadruple sculls final. The men’s quad of Dafydd, Callum Dixon, Matt Haywood and Rory Harris then battled with Italy throughout an...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV kicked off their 2025-26 BUCS Super Rugby campaign with an eye-catching eight-try away win against defending champions Hartpury. The visitors, sponsored by Bath Building Society, hit the ground running as they rattled up an impressive 54-21 victory in their opening fixture. Max Pearce, one of the try scorers on the evening, said: “The boys have put down a marker. To come to here and score 50 points is...
The University of Bath has been named The Times and The Sunday Times Sport University of the Year 2026, while also climbing from 8th to 7th place in the main academic rankings. The institution is also awarded University of the Year in the Southwest 2026, a new category acknowledging the rise in undergraduates choosing to stay at home and commute to University, and Bath is one of two Universities highly commended for the University of...
Six University of Bath freshers have been awarded Bath Rugby Scholarships for the 2025-26 season. Lock Rory McKnight will combine his burgeoning rugby career with studying Economics with Politics, while hooker Evan Gallagher, back row Fred Kempton, scrum-half Isaac Mears, centre Cameron Ward and full-back/wing Harry Walker are all beginning Sport Management and Coaching courses. Alongside their studies, the players will train with both Bath Rugby Academy and the University’s Student Performance Sport rugby programme,...
Several Team Bath Netball players and University of Bath sporting scholars will be showcasing their talents on the global stage when the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup takes place in Gibraltar from 19th to 28th September. NXT Gen League shooter Dani Carr has been named in the Wales squad and fellow University of Bath student Matilda Smyth has been selected by Scotland, while Immi Shaw and Zoe Maynard will represent Northern Ireland. Lilia Davies and Madison Sims are reserves...
Team Bath Senior Multi-Sports Physiotherapist Katy Williams will be part of the field-of-play medical team when the Women’s Rugby World Cup moves into its knockout phase over the next two weekends. She will be working at Ashton Gate when the Bristol stadium stages Sunday’s quarter-final between host nation England and Scotland, as well as both semi-finals on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th September. “This is a great opportunity and I’m really excited to be involved...
Dimitri Coutya added the Para Fencing World Championships foil title to his Paralympic gold medal during a strong week for the University of Bath-based British Fencing squad in Iksan, South Korea. Coutya, in his first competition since Paris 2024, fought back from 9-4 down to beat China’s Yanke Feng 15-11 in a rematch of the Paralympic Category B foil final to reclaim the title he last won at the 2017 World Championships. He also won...
Olympic medallist Becky Wilde and fellow University of Bath graduate Cedol Dafydd are set to make their World Rowing Championships debuts for Great Britain in Shanghai later this month. The duo, who both trained and studied at the University, have been selected in the women’s and men’s quadruple sculls respectively for the 2025 championships, which take place from 21st to 28th September. Sport and Social Sciences graduate Wilde won women’s double sculls bronze at Paris...
