Team Bath treated a nearly 6,000-strong crowd at The Rec to one of their best-ever BUCS Super Rugby performances as they stormed to a 40-13 victory over reigning champions Durham in the Rengen-sponsored Anniversary Game. The men’s 1st XV were in outstanding form throughout, feeding off the energy of a vocal crowd to dominate for much of the 80 minutes and run in five tries through Ludo Kolade, Jasper Spandler, George Doel, Archie Griffin and...
Imogen Allison co-captained England to a Test series success and new recruit Bethan Dyke was named as player of the tournament for Wales as Team Bath Netball Super League stars impressed on international duty against Uganda. Mid-courter Allison started at centre in the opening 60-51 victory and then impressed at wing-defence as the Vitality Roses wrapped up a series win by beating the She Cranes 53-45 in match two. The Blue & Gold star, who...
University of Bath students Emma Whitaker and Charlie Brown struck mixed relay gold at the end of an impressive week for Pentathlon GB at the Modern Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Poland. Both had recorded top-ten finishes in Saturday’s individual finals, with Sports Performance student Whitaker – who is supported by a Santander Sporting Scholarship - placing fifth in the women’s competition and Sports Management & Coaching student Brown finishing eighth in the men’s event....
Livewire New Zealand mid-courter Ali Wilshier says she cannot wait to immerse herself in the “family culture” at Team Bath Netball after today being confirmed as the final member of the club’s 2023 Superleague squad. The 23-year-old centre and wing-attack has spent the past two seasons with Southern Steel in the ANZ Premiership, where she established a reputation as a ‘pocket rocket’ with speed and finesse around the attacking circle. Now she is ready to...
Team Bath recorded their first win of the 2022-23 BUCS Super Rugby season in fine style as they beat Leeds Beckett 24-5 in Yorkshire on Wednesday afternoon. The Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV got off to a strong start as co-captain Tom Williams and England U20 international Jasper Spandler both scored tries from driven lineouts in the opening stages. Bath Rugby Academy winger Byron Lloyd-Gilmour then finished off some good wide attacking play and...
Mark Silva and Graham Richardson have been appointed as Performance Director and Head Coach respectively of University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh for the new Olympic cycle. The pair will lead GB's pursuit of success in Milan Cortina in 2026 as bobsleigh returns to UK Sport funding for the first time in four years. Silva steps up from his role as Bobsleigh Manager within the GB set up, while Richardson joins after seven successful seasons with...
Free BUCS Super Rugby is making an eagerly-awaited return to The Rec after a three-year gap this October as Team Bath men’s 1st XV take on league champions Durham in the Rengen-sponsored Anniversary Game. The last edition of the University of Bath’s student-sport showcase fixture in 2019 saw more than 6,000 spectators head to the iconic city-centre home of Bath Rugby to roar Team Bath to a 52-25 victory over Cardiff, with 11 tries scored...
Seven University of Bath students have been selected to represent Pentathlon GB at the 2022 Junior World Pentathlon Championships, taking place in Zielona Góra-Drzonków, Poland from 2-9 October. Santander Sporting Scholar Emma Whitaker (pictured, Sports Performance) and Alex Bousfield (Politics and International Relations) will look to build on impressive senior performances when they contest the women’s events. Looking to gain more international experience in the men’s competition is Guy Anderson (Accounting and Finance), Charlie Brown...
Team Bath’s opening match of the 2022-23 BUCS Super Rugby season ended in a frustrating single-point defeat as Cardiff claimed the spoils from the last play of the game at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. An 800-strong Freshers’ Week crowd saw the men’s 1st XV, sponsored by Bath Building Society, battle back from a 17-7 half-time deficit to lead 21-17 as George Doel and Max Pearce added to an early try from co-captain Alfie...
Wheelchair fencers based at the University of Bath won four gold medals and a silver during another hugely-impressive weekend at the IWASF Leaning Tower World Cup in Pisa, Italy. Dimitri Coutya topped the podium in every event he contested, dominating both the Category B epee and foil competitions before joining forces with training partners Piers Gilliver, Oliver Lam-Watson and Joshua Waddell to win the men’s team foil title. Paralympic Champion Gilliver also claimed gold in...
