University of Bath sporting scholar Ben Jones helped Great Britain cement their growing reputation as one of the leading nations in the world for university tennis by reaching a second successive Master’U BNP Paribas final. The United States gained revenge for their defeat at the same stage last year, winning 4-1, but it could not detract from another excellent weekend of tennis by the Brits at the world’s leading university tennis team tournament. Chemistry student...
Great Britain international Ilaria Brandimarte will showcase her new solo routine when Team Bath Synchro Club stage their Christmas Show at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. She will be joined by former GB stars, national athletes and the thriving club’s talented youngsters at the festive event in the London 2012 Legacy Pool on Sunday, December 16 (2.15pm). It is fully open to the public and Brandimarte, who made her GB debut at the...
Alison Oliver today returned to the world-class Sports Training Village that she helped to establish to be inducted into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Oliver, now Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust, was part of the team that delivered the initial presentation and subsequent lottery-funding and planning applications for the £30million STV during her time as Deputy Director of Sport at the University from 1998 to 2004. The facility has...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV got back to winning ways in BUCS Super Rugby in superb style on Wednesday as they recorded their first-ever away victory over West Country rivals Hartpury. Chris Barry’s second-half try and Hugo Stiles’ conversion proved to be the difference as the Fulkers-sponsored Blue & Gold claimed a hard-fought 13-11 victory. Hartpury had chance to snatch a draw after scoring a try in the dying seconds but, from the last kick...
After helping two teams reach finals in her native Australia this year, new recruit Kim Commane is determined to go one step further when she lines up for Team Bath Netball in the 2019 Vitality Superleague. The 30-year-old specialist shooter brings bags of experience to the Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold having won the 2009 World Youth Championships with Australia U21 and played professionally down under, first with New South Wales Swifts in the ANZ Championship...
University of Bath sporting scholar Ben Jones has been called into the Great Britain team travelling to France this week looking to defend their title at the Master’U BNP Paribas event – the world’s biggest annual university tennis team tournament. Chemistry student Jones, who is supported by a Buchan Jones sports scholarship, replaces George Houghton who has had to withdraw from the six-strong squad through illness. Barry Scollo, Director of Tennis at the University of...
Nearly 100 aspiring Team Bath Netball stars got to learn from current Blue & Gold Superleague players and coaches during an inspirational Futures Academy Day at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Saturday. Teenage players travelled from the Futures Academies and Hubs across the South West to take part in the event, designed to allow the athletes and coaches to meet and learn from each other. The day started with a presentation on...
British Skeleton’s excellent start to the 2018-19 season continued as they won six more medals, including three gold, in Winterberg, Germany. After recording her first international victory for three years when she came out on top in the Intercontinental Cup (ICC) race, Olympic medallist Laura Deas only had to wait 24 hours for her second success after completing back-to-back wins. MJ Church Ambassador Ashleigh Pittaway narrowly missed out on joining Deas on the podium in...
Former Team Bath judoka Alex Paske won his first medal on the international stage as he took a superb silver at the Yaounde African Open in Cameroon. The University of Bath Chemistry graduate, who trained with Team Bath for 11 years before leaving this summer due to family commitments, overcame two home judoka – Ebenezer Njoh Ndongue Miano and Joseph Hell Bapou – on his way to the -73kg final. A waza-ari was all that...
Lizzy Yarnold and Vicky Holland, who both won global titles this year while training at the University of Bath, are in the running for the BT Sport Action Woman of 2018 Award. A public vote is now under way – click here to take part – and the winner will be announced during a ceremony being shown live on BT Sport 2 on Monday, December 3. British Skeleton history-maker Yarnold became Britain’s most decorated Winter...
