University of Bath-based swimmers James Guy, Anna Hopkin and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor all bagged bronze medals on the first day of competition at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. British Swimming National Centre Bath swimmer Guy, coached by Jol Finck at the Sports Training Village, went out hard in his 400m freestyle final before digging deep in the closing stages to finish third behind Australians Mack Horton and Jack McLoughlin. Fellow National Centre Bath swimmer O’Connor...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV’s dreams of reaching the BUCS Super Rugby Championship final were dashed by an excellent Cardiff Met performance tonight. Bath, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, got off a fine start and led through a Levi Davis try converted by Will Partington, only for the visitors to respond through Tom Morgan and George Simpson. A Jack Davies try, added to by Partington, briefly levelled the scores at...
Eleven swimmers based at the University of Bath will be competing at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the first of six days of racing getting under way at 1.31am BST on Thursday. Among those taking part are eight members of the highly-successful British Swimming National Centre Bath, who are coached by Dave McNulty and Jol Finck in the London 2012 Legacy Pool at the Sports Training Village. Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, James Guy, Andrew Willis...
University of Bath-based sportspeople Eilidh Doyle and Jazz Carlin has been named as flag bearers, for Team Scotland and Team Wales respectively, for Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Hurdler Doyle, a double Commonwealth silver-medallist, will become Scotland's first-ever female flag bearer after being chosen by her fellow team members to lead the country into the Carrara Stadium. "I'm so over the moon," said Doyle, who is coached by Brian Doyle at the...
Triathlete Vicky Holland says the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games were “a career-defining moment” for her – and she is hoping the Gold Coast 2018 edition will provide a similar milestone after a year plagued by injury problems. The Rio 2016 Olympic bronze-medallist will be the first of the 30 University of Bath-based sportspeople at the Games to compete in a final when she lines up in the women’s individual competition on Thursday (12.31am BST). It...
The Isle of Man is taking a team of 32 to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games – and three of them are based at the University of Bath. Swimmer Guy Davies and badminton player Jessica Li are both students at the University, studying Biology and Economics & Mathematics respectively, while Ben Li – Jessica’s older brother and mixed doubles partner – has been training with the University’s badminton squad in the build-up to the...
Pentathlon GB athletes recorded three top-ten finishes when they competed in Los Angeles at the second Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the 2018 season. Former World Champion Samantha Murray (pictured) achieved her highest international placing since 2015 when she finished a fine fifth in the women’s competition, with team-mate Francesca Summers placing 18th overall. Rio 2016 Olympian Jamie Cooke was seventh in the men’s competition, his fourth top-ten finish in as many visits to the United...
Olympic judoka Emmanuel Nartey believes that training in the University of Bath’s inspirational educational environment was a key factor in his completion of a PhD in International Law and Human Rights Law. Nartey, who represented his native Ghana at London 2012, has been part of Team Bath’s elite training squad for the past 14 years and has combined competing on the international stage with his career as a soldier in the Royal Tank Regiment. In...
The University of Bath student swimming squad will once again be represented on the global stage when Anna Hopkin and Miles Munro compete at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Both combine their studies – in Sport & Exercise Science and Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering respectively – with an intensive but supportive training programme at the University’s world-renowned Sports Training Village, using the Olympic-sized London 2012 Legacy Pool and the state-of-the-art Team Bath Gym....
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV will have home advantage in the semi-finals of the BUCS Rugby Championship as they look to secure their place at Twickenham. The IKON Construction-sponsored team, who are also supported by Investigo, will take on Severn Derby rivals Cardiff Met at the Sports Training Village on Wednesday, April 4 (7pm kick-off) and admission to spectators is free. Victory that night would see Bath through to the national final at...
