It was a busy Bank Holiday Weekend for University of Bath student-athletes as they contested the BUCS Rowing Regatta and BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships, winning five medals. Crew Bath fielded 34 crews during four days of racing at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham and started strongly with a medal in the first final, Tom Osmond (top left) winning silver in the open beginner single sculls in 3:27.80. There was also silver in...
The University of Bath has been reaccredited as a UK Sport Elite Training Centre (ETC), recognising its ongoing role in supporting Olympic and Paralympic athletes to achieve success on the world stage. The accreditation, first awarded in 2023, highlights the University’s contribution to providing world-class daily training environments, bringing together high-quality facilities, expert practitioners and a strong performance culture to support athletes and coaches. As part of the UK Sport network of Elite Training Centres,...
University of Bath student-athletes won 27 medals, six of them gold, across four different sports when they represented The SU Bath at BUCS Nationals 2026 in Sheffield. The top-performing individual athlete was swimmer Jack Skerry who won both the 50m and 100m backstroke titles at Ponds Forge. The US Foundation Scholar also struck gold for Bath in the 4x100m medley relay with Christian Ryan, Matt Ward and Cam Brooker. The latter, an Ivor Powell Scholar,...
With the 50th anniversary approaching of the UK’s first sporting scholarships being awarded at the University of Bath, beneficiaries – including Olympic medallist Kate Shortman – joined current and prospective donors for a special reception. Shortman, a Bill Whiteley Scholar who famously won artistic swimming silver for Team GB at Paris 2024, was joined by fellow Olympian Charlie Brown (modern pentathlon, Santander Scholarship) and aspiring LA 2028 stars Jack Skerry (swimming, US Foundation) and Aleeya...
Want to swim between lectures, serve up some rallies on the tennis and badminton courts, shoot some hoops indoors or outdoors, or join a group of friends for five-a-side football? University of Bath students can do all this and more for FREE with the student-exclusive Sports Pass! Simply take your library card to the Team Bath Sports Training Village reception to activate your Sports Pass and gain access to a host of daily activities in our inspirational sporting facilities on campus. These include: ...
GB sprinter Aleeya Sibbons had double cause for celebration as she graduated from the University of Bath and was named as the latest Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month. The award recognised the excellent progress made by Sibbons following her successful return from a long-term ankle injury that had dashed her hopes of competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. After 10 months of recovery and rehabilitation, Sibbons won 100m gold in her comeback...
University of Bath sporting scholar Justin Davies secured the first major individual medal of his international career as he won an excellent 800m silver at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway. The Team Bath AC runner, coached by Martin Rush, produced a perfectly-timed dip on the line to clock 1:44.97 and pip Italy’s Giovanni Lazzaro to second spot by one-hundredth of a second. “This one really hasn’t sunk in, I don’t think it...
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...
