It’s been another busy and rewarding week of competition both at home and around the world for Team Bath Tennis. GB Fed Cup player Samantha Murray continued her impressive return to the international circuit following injury by reaching the semi-finals of an ITF World Tennis Tour event in Canada for the second week running. She was narrowly edged out of a place in the final at the Tevlin Challenger in Toronto by former Wimbledon semi-finalist...
Team Bath Dual Career athlete Katie Scott won her second singles title in two weeks on the Badminton England circuit after another impressive display at the Dorset Senior Silver event. The University of Bath Psychology student battled past fellow Dual Career athlete Jessica Li 20-22 22-20 21-19 on route to the final, where she defeated Cara Collins 21-16 21-13 to secure the title and emulate her success at the Essex Senior Silver. Scott and Li...
Double Olympic Champion Lizzy Yarnold says she is looking forward to helping "continue the sports' momentum" after being appointed to the Board of Directors of the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA). Yarnold became Team GB's most successful Winter Olympian while training with the BBSA at its University of Bath headquarters, winning women's skeleton gold at both the Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018 Games plus the World and European titles before calling time on her...
Their wait for an away win continues but a last-minute try ensured Team Bath men’s 1st XV at least came away from today’s BUCS Super Rugby match at Leeds Beckett with a bonus point. The much-changed visitors, missing a number of players through injury, were always chasing the game after conceding two early tries and, despite a battling performance, were never quite able to get back into contention. They did keep it in the balance...
Four players will make their first starts for Team Bath when the men’s 1st XV head to Leeds Beckett this afternoon for round six of the 2019-20 BUCS Super Rugby season. Ivor Powell Sporting Scholar George Worboys starts at fly-half and fellow Bath Rugby Academy player Max Ojomoh lines up at centre. James Richardson, who made several appearances off the bench last season, gets his first start on the wing and hooker Rory Mead comes...
She is the current Vitality Superleague Young Player of the Year, one of the brightest stars in the new generation of England Roses – and she is back in Blue & Gold for 2020. Sophie Drakeford-Lewis is today confirmed as a Team Bath Netball player for a third successive Superleague season and, as part of the new-look England squad as well, she is eagerly looking forward to a big year ahead. “I am really excited...
The journey to the Youth Olympics for five youngsters who train with the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) at the University of Bath gathered pace at the weekend as the first of the qualification races took place in Norway. Charlotte Longden, who has previously competed for Team Bath Athletics Club, led the way with ninth and 11th-placed finishes in the girls’ mono-bob competition while representing Great Britain in Race 1 and 2 of the...
It has been a successful couple of weeks of competition on the Badminton England circuit for University of Bath students. Molly Chapman, who studies Sports Performance and is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, won both the women’s and mixed doubles titles at the Middlesex Senior Gold Tournament, partnering Abbygael Harris and Matthew Widdicombe respectively. [caption id="attachment_62563" align="alignright" width="292"] Molly Chapman won the women's double with Abbygael Harris (top) and mixed doubles title with Matthew...
The University of Bath-based four-man bobsleigh team that have been promoted onto the podium following doping violations at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games will finally receive their bronze medals at next month's Team GB Ball in London. The GB 1 crew consisting of John Jackson, Bruce Tasker, Stuart Benson and Joel Fearon finished the competition in fifth place but have retrospectively moved up the rankings following the disqualification of two crews from Russia after...
It was a frustrating wet Wednesday evening in Melksham for the Team Bath men’s 1st XV as they succumbed to a 31-12 BUCS Super Rugby defeat against local rivals Hartpury, The Blue & Gold – sponsored by Fulkers Bailey Russell – gifted Hartpury two of their three first-half tries, the visitors ruthlessly capitalising on an interception and a charge-down as they opened up a 24-5 lead. The second half of a bruising encounter – played...
