University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Zoe Shipperley is guaranteed at least a silver medal with the England hockey team at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games after they beat New Zealand in a tense semi-final this afternoon (Friday). The game was all-square at 1-1 after the Kiwis scored a last-gasp equaliser, but England went through 3-1 in the penalty shoot. That means England now face Australia in the final at 8.15pm tomorrow (Saturday). Fellow Sports...
University of Bath graduate Heather Olver collected a silver medal for helping England to second place in the team badminton competition at the Glasgow 204 Commonwealth Games today (Monday). Olver, who has a Coach Education and Sports Development degree from the University, featured in the earlier rounds of the competition but did not play in today’s final against Malaysia, where England went down 3-1. Her silver medal joins the bronze she won for England in...
Some 70 athletes with University of Bath links have now been selected to compete at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games – including 13 current students and 20 alumni. They will represent 10 countries – England, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – and compete in 10 sports – athletics, badminton, gymnastics, hockey, judo, netball, shooting, swimming, triathlon and weightlifting. The most recent announcements have seen the selection of...
Former world champion hurdler Dai Greene will get the chance to defend his Commonwealth title at Glasgow 2014 after being selected today to represent Wales. Greene (pictured right), who trains at the University of Bath with Malcolm Arnold, British Athletics’ Lead Hurdles coach, runs the 400m hurdles for Wales. He is joined in the Welsh team by Rhys Williams, who used to train in Bath and who took bronze behind Greene at the Delhi Commonwealth...
University of Bath graduates Mariana Agathangelou and Alex Hutchings will play badminton for Jersey at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Agathangelou is a Coach Education and Sports Development graduate who played for England at the Delhi Games in 2010 where she was a member of the England team that won team bronze. She also partnered fellow University of Bath graduate Heather Olver in the women’s doubles, reaching the quarter-finals. Agathanelou has now returned to play...
University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate Heather Olver just missed out on gold at badminton’s inaugural London Grand Prix at the weekend. Olver and partner Chris Langridge, the English national mixed doubles champions and number three seeds at the grand prix, lost to German second seeds Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michels 21-19 21-14 at the Copper Box Arena. The England pairing are ranked 25 in the world and Olver said: “I think...
Special Olympics GB Chief Executive Karen Wallin said athletes went home from the Bath 2013 Games ‘smiling and with amazing memories’. Karen praised the facilities at the University of Bath’s Claverton Down campus, which hosted athlete accommodation and most of the sports. She said she couldn’t have wished for a more successful Games. "In my wildest dreams I could not have wished for a more successful event,” she said. “The athletes, who all have intellectual...
Tomorrow (Saturday) marks the final day of sporting action at what has been a fantastic Bath 2013 Special Olympics National Summer Games. The Games are organised by Special Olympics GB, a charity providing year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities (also known as learning disabilities) in England, Scotland and Wales. As well as 1700 athletes, 500 volunteers, 600 coaches and 120 sports officials, the Games also attracted many family members...
Hundreds of athletes with intellectual disabilities went into action on the opening day of the Bath 2013 Special Olympics GB National Summer Games. The University of Bath is the main host venue for the Games, hosting the athletes’ accommodation and nine of the 12 sports at the Games. Day one of the Games saw athletes from around the country taking part in a wide range of sports at the University, including athletics, boccia, football, gymnastics,...
University of Bath graduate Heather Olver has been named in the England team to compete at this summer’s World Badminton Championships in China. Olver, a Coach Education and Sports Development graduate, is named in an 11-strong England squad for the championships, which take place in Guangzhou from 5 to 11 August. The 27-year-old partners Chris Langridge in the mixed doubles – a partnership that won this year's English National Championships. She also teams-up with Kate...
