Five-time Olympic swimmer Mark Foster and former Director of Sport Ged Roddy have become the first inductees of 2017 into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Foster won 51 major international medals – including six World titles and two Commonwealth Games gold medals – during an illustrious swimming career that lasted 23 years. While at Bath, Foster pioneered the kind of land-training that today’s swimmers take for granted. Roddy’s pioneering spell as...
England Hockey U18 Boys will take on Team Bath Buccaneers men’s 1sts when they visit the University of Bath this weekend for a training camp. Sunday’s visit continues the international theme during an outstanding month of hockey which has seen Buccs’ Liam Sanford called into the senior England squad and Chemistry student Eloise Laity help Wales Ladies record their best-ever finish at the FIH World League in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fellow students Kate Holmes and Fiona...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV produced a storming second-half display as they gave BUCS Super Rugby league leaders Hartpury College a mighty scare on Wednesday. In their first match of 2017, the Blue and Gold – sponsored by Ikon Construction – got off to a great start as, from their first attacking lineout, Sports Performance student Darren Atkins went over for a try and Hugo Stiles added the conversion. However, the home side...
University of Bath students Elodie Wallace (left) and Alice MacAulay (right) are flying out to Almaty, Kazakhstan this week to represent Great Britain at the World University Winter Games. Recognised as the second largest multi-sport Games in the world after the Olympics, the Winter Universiade – taking place from January 29 to February 8 – will feature more than 2,500 athletes. Natural Sciences student MacAulay, supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, will be making her second...
Team Bath MCTA Tennis professional Marcus Daniell’s hopes of reaching the Australian Open men’s doubles quarter-finals came to a battling end in Melbourne on Monday. Daniell and partner Marcelo Demoliner had recorded a stunning second-round victory as they beat number six seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram 6-1 7-6(4), recovering from a 5-2 deficit in the second set. That put them through to the last 16, matching Daniell’s best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, but...
Donna Creighton won the third gold of her career, there were medals for Kim Murray and Jerry Rice, and Mica McNeill equaled her best-ever World Cup result during another good weekend for athletes with the University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA). Creighton (pictured) took top spot at the latest North American Cup event in Lake Placid, a week after winning silver in Intercontinental Cup competition in Calgary. Fellow skeleton athlete Rice won bronze...
Thirteen potential future stars for both club and country have been named in the Team Bath Netball squad for the 2017 U19 National Performance League season, which begins this weekend. Seven of the squad – selected from across the South West region and all aged between 14 and 19 – wore the Blue and Gold in the national development competition during 2016, finishing fifth overall. The returning players include Ella Powell-Davies and Abi Robson, both...
Some of the country’s top tennis players are in action at the University of Bath this week as Team Bath Tennis once again proudly hosts the Aegon British Tour event for both men and ladies. This year’s open-entry singles competition has a combined prize fund of £3,200 and is, for the first time in Bath, a Tier 1 event meaning it has attracted a stronger overall field. Aegon British Tour events take place throughout the...
Rising hockey star Liam Sanford has made history after becoming the first-ever Team Bath Buccaneers player to be called up to the England Hockey national men’s squad. The 20-year-old is one of nine new faces added to the 27-man central programme – funded by UK Sport and the National Lottery – by England and Great Britain Head Coach Bobby Crutchley, who was previously Head Hockey Coach at the University of Bath. Former Team Bath players...
University of Bath Masters student Tom Edwards has started 2017 on a high after rising to number one in the British Fencing epee rankings. His new status reflects a consistent run of impressive performances on the national and international stage by Edwards, who studies Sport & Exercise Science. “I’m very happy,” he said. “I’ve been British Champion and Welsh Champion, and represented my country at World Cups so this is another major target ticked off...
