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...
