Ranjuo Tomblin struck gold in all four of his events at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup Super Final as the University of Bath sporting scholar capped a magnificent campaign in stunning style. The Sports Performance student, supported by a Trendell Scholarship, went to Toronto, Canada in excellent form having already won 13 medals, eight of them gold, from the previous four World Cup stops during 2026. He took his performances to another level...
Team Bath Netball star defender Daisy Harrison says she is “grateful and honoured” after being named as the NXT Gen League Player of the Year for 2026. University of Bath sporting scholar Jayda Pechova also swept the board in the Netball Super League awards, winning the Players’ Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Fans’ Player of the Year accolades. Harrison, who plays goal keeper, was voted by the NXT Gen clubs...
Connor Treacey will once again wear the captain’s armband after being named among five University of Bath students in the England U20 Men’s squad for the 2026 World Rugby Junior World Championship in Georgia. Forwards Alex Ridgway (Sports Performance) and Oscar Thomas (Business) have been selected in the Wales squad and Team Bath Breakthrough student-athlete Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi will also represent Italy at the Championships, which get under way on Saturday 27th June. Sport Management and Coaching...
Team Bath Tennis ace Toby Samuel will gain more Grand Slam experience after being awarded wildcard entry into the men’s singles main draw at Wimbledon 2026. It will be a second successive Grand Slam appearance for Samuel, coached by Ian MacDonald and Tiarnan Brady, after making his debut at the French Open last month. Samuel, who reached a new career high of 144 in the ATP world rankings this week, has been preparing for Wimbledon...
World Cup official Adam Nunn has once again been preparing for the high temperatures and humidity he will experience in the United States and Mexico over the next month by undertaking heat training sessions at the University of Bath. The Premier League and FIFA assistant referee, from Trowbridge, has been doing exercise and recovery sessions at the Team Bath Physio & Sports Science Centre in a plastic indoor chamber heated to more than 30 degrees...
University of Bath student Poppy Clark continued an excellent start to her senior pentathlon career when she won a stunning silver at the UIPM World Cup in Budapest, Hungary. Fellow Team Bath Breakthrough student-athlete Sebastian Forrest also earned a place on the wider podium after recording an impressive top-five finish on his first appearance in a men’s final. Biochemistry student Clark, who trains with Pentathlon GB at the University’s Sports Training Village, was making just...
Pentathlete Poppy Clark, swimmer Christian Ryan and rugby player Max Pearce are the latest winners of the Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month award. All three student-athletes study and train at the University of Bath, where they are supported in their dual careers by the Student Performance Sport Breakthrough scheme. [caption id="attachment_72985" align="alignright" width="292"] Poppy Clark with Rengen's Sarah Baker and University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley, who is holding a Team...
Ellie Ervine, Daisy Harrison and Lowri Windsor have joined Poppy Tydeman as winners of Team Bath Netball’s NXT Gen League end-of-season awards for 2026. Mid-courter Ervine received the Spirit of Bath award and defender Harrison was the Coaches’ Player of the Year, while wing-attack Windsor took the Most Improved accolade after making a big impression during her first year in Blue and Gold. Wales international Tydeman had already been named as Fans’ Player of the...
University of Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin continued his outstanding Artistic Swimming World Cup form by claiming three more gold medals at Stop 4 of the 2026 season in Pontevedra, Spain. The first came in the mixed duet technical as Tomblin and Izzy Thorpe topped the rankings for a third time this year, this time with a score of 225.9034. Tomblin, a Sports Performance student who is supported by a Trendell Scholarship, added to his...
University of Bath-based Dimitri Coutya took his gold-medal tally for the 2026 Para Fencing World Cup season to six by securing two more titles when Bradenton, Florida hosted the third competition of the year. The double Paralympic Champion claimed a third successive Category B foil victory in dominant fashion, conceding just 19 hits across three knockout rounds before defeating Thailand’s Chitipat Charoenta 15-4 in the final. That came a day after the pair had also...
