University of Bath sporting scholar Matthew Ward says winning bronze for host nation Scotland at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games is “what dreams are made of”. Ward, who studies and trains at the University, led off for Scotland in Tuesday’s mixed 4x100m medley relay and put them firmly in medal contention by placing second in the backstroke leg. Angharad Evans and Keanna Macinnes kept the hosts in the hunt before Scottish legend Duncan Scott produced...
University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley knows what it is like to stand on the podium at a Commonwealth Games in Scotland – and he is hoping this year’s crop of sportspeople get to experience that at Glasgow 2026. Stephen remains Team England’s only badminton men’s singles gold medallist following his success in Edinburgh in 1986. Now, 40 years on, he is cheering on the University of Bath-associated athletes, coaches and support staff...
Five students and three recent graduates are among the University of Bath-associated athletes, coaches and support staff who will be proudly representing their countries at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, which begin this week. Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Matthew Ward will be racing for Team Scotland in the swimming pool, while his Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre team-mates Cam Brooker, Jack Skerry and Jacob Peters – at his third Games – will be competing for...
Sprinter Aleeya Sibbons has become the latest University of Bath-based athlete to be officially selected for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Sibbons, coached by Colin Bovell, has been named in the Team England women’s 4x100m relay squad along with Amy Hunt, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith. It will be a first major championship for former sporting scholar Sibbons, who first began training at the University when she started an Architecture degree course in...
Middle-distance athlete Justin Davies and netballer Jayda Pechova are the latest University of Bath sporting scholars to be officially selected to compete at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Biomedical Sciences student Davies, who is supported by an Alumni Fund Scholarship and coached by Martin Rush at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, will represent Team Wales in the 800m, an event in which he holds the national record both indoors and outdoors. Trendell Sporting Scholar...
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: ...
