Asha Francis was delighted to see her players’ “freedom and faith” rewarded with a first away win of the 2023 Super League season as Team Bath Netball came out on top in a close contest with Saracens Mavericks. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold and their old rivals went goal for goal in front of the Sky Sports cameras, with just a couple of goals separating the sides for much of the contest, before clinically...
Team Bath Netball head to Saracens Mavericks today (Monday) looking for a response to their game of two contrasting halves at Leeds Rhinos on Saturday. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold looked on course for their first away win of the 2023 Netball Super League season as they stormed into a 36-25 lead at the end of an excellent first half. However, the hosts grabbed the momentum during a third period which they won 17-7...
Sporting scholar Cameron Brooker won two medals and Commonwealth champion Brodie Williams secured three as University of Bath-based swimmers stepped up their World Championships preparations on the 2023 Mare Nostrum Swim Tour. Mechanical Engineering student Brooker (pictured), supported by an Ivor Powell Scholarship, recorded both of his podium places on the first leg in Canet-En-Roussillon, placing third in the 50m backstroke and 2nd in the 100m backstroke. British Swimming Performance Centre Bath training partner Williams...
Team Bath Netball’s Imogen Allison has been named in the England squad for the 2023 Netball World Cup, taking place in South Africa from 28th July to 6th August. It will be a first senior World Cup for the dynamic mid-courter, who helped England win bronze at the World Youth Cup in 2017. Allison has won 28 senior caps since making her Vitality Roses debut in 2020 and was a standout performer on her previous...
University of Bath student Grace Crompton bagged four tries as Great Britain’s women finished seventh overall at the France 7s tournament in Toulouse, the last event of the 2022-23 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Crompton, who studies Sports Management and Coaching, scored the decisive third try in a 19-12 victory over Japan and touched down again as Great Britain beat Spain 33-12 in their second match of Pool C. She continued her scoring streak against...
Kerenza Bryson claimed double gold and there was a first international victory for University of Bath student Charlie Brown as Pentathlon GB enjoyed an excellent weekend at the UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bryson was in fantastic form throughout the women’s individual final on Saturday, recording a perfect record and picking up several bonus points in the fencing ranking round to go into the decisive laser-run in fourth place. [caption id="attachment_68946" align="alignright"...
The successful British Rowing Start talent development programme based at the University of Bath is holding trials for aspiring Olympians this month. Taking place at the Team Bath Sports Training Village on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st May, they are open to women aged 14-22 who are 178cm or taller and men aged 14-20 who are 188cm or taller. Trialists need no previous rowing experience, just the right physique and attitude to give rowing a...
Team Bath Netball treated another capacity crowd to arguably their best performance of the season so far as they narrowly lost out 67-63 to defending Netball Super League champions Manchester Thunder. A memorable last home game of the 2023 season saw the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold provide a 1,700-strong crowd in the Team Bath Arena with plenty to cheer as they took a 38-33 lead into half-time. Thunder used all of their experience to...
University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman got her international season off to a strong start by winning bronze at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Montpellier, France. Olympian Shortman, who is supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, and partner Isabelle Thorpe showcased the work they have put into their new Women’s Free Duet routine by earning a high execution mark of 238.49 to comfortably place on the podium with an overall score...
Team Bath Netball will have another capacity crowd behind them on Friday when they take on Manchester Thunder in their final home match of the 2023 Netball Super League season. A club-record 12,200 tickets have been sold for the eight fixtures at the Team Bath Arena this year and it will be a full house once again when the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold face the defending champions live on Sky Sports (7.30pm centre-pass). Asha Francis, Team Bath Netball Head...
