Sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons made a winning return from long-term injury as the University of Bath Student Performance Sport athletics squad won three medals at the 2025 BUCS Outdoor Championships. Lizzy Ingram and Ariyanna McGee also ran season’s best times at the Manchester Regional Arena to secure well-earned bronze medals in the 2000m steeplechase and 100m hurdles respectively. Senior GB international Sibbons (pictured top), who is supported by a Santander Scholarship as she studies Architecture...
Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...
Sporting scholar Justin Davies has been named as the latest Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month after a fantastic February which saw him smash national records, win a first British title and qualify for the European Athletics Championships. The Team Bath AC athlete, who trains and studies at the University of Bath, has enjoyed an excellent winter campaign which has seen him slice nearly four seconds off his 800m indoor personal best. His winning...
University of Bath sporting scholar Justin Davies continued his excellent season by winning 800m gold in fine style at the 2025 Microplus UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Sunday’s success, which followed on from Davies setting a new Welsh record of 1:45.78 the previous week at the inaugural Keely Klassic, secured the Team Bath AC runner a trip to the Netherlands for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, taking place in Apeldoorn from 6-9 March....
University of Bath student-athletes won 21 medals, including gold in the swimming pool and on the athletics track, when they proudly represented The SU Bath at the BUCS Nationals 2025 in Sheffield. Sixteen of those medals were secured by the University’s swimming squad during an excellent weekend which saw them place third in the overall rankings. Alumni Fund Sporting Scholar Josh Gammon led the way with gold in both the 50m butterfly (23.72) and 200m...
More than 100 school pupils from across Bath and North East Somerset got to experience sport at the home of Olympic, Paralympic and World Champions when they took part in two fun festivals hosted by Team Bath Tribe. The children in School Years 3&4 got to work on their racket skills with Team Bath Tennis community coaches, practice their passing and shooting with Team Bath Netball NXT Gen League stars Ellie Ervine and Sienna Rutherford,...
A Paris 2024 pentathlete, history-making artistic swimmer and aspiring Olympians in athletics, hockey, sailing and swimming are among an impressive 11 University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. Charlie Brown, Ranjuo Tomblin, Justin Davies, Patrick McElhinney, Oscar Cawthorne, Joshua Gammon, Dylan Registe and Matt Ward will all benefit from a cash award to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. Netballer...
A new and improved Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme will provide more than 160 University of Bath student-athletes across 25 different sports with bespoke support designed to help them maximise their academic and sporting potential. Supported by Team Bath partners Rengen, the programme offers best-practice personal development and performance support to the students - all identified as having long-term athletic potential – as they seek to make the step up from pre-elite level to sustained...
The Government’s commitment to a £344million investment into Olympic and Paralympic sports over the next four-year cycle, announced in this week's Budget, has been welcomed by UK Sport and its partners, including the University of Bath. It is the equivalent of an extra £9 million a year on Paris-cycle funding levels and Sally Munday, CEO of UK Sport (pictured), said: “We are confident that the amount announced, alongside the excellent support provided by The National...
Bath Building Society is investing in a healthy and active future for children, as well as supporting the goals of aspiring athletes, after coming on board as main partners of the Team Bath youth sports programme. The support of Bath Building Society – this year marking 120 years of service to the local community – will help around 600 young people from the ages of two to 18 get active in a host of sports...
