Team Bath badminton player Mariana Agathangelou scored one of the biggest successes of her career to date by winning the Spanish Open mixed doubles title partnering Robin Middleton. The University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development student and her partner collected the title by comfortably beating India’s Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan 21-16, 21-15 in the final. The unseeded pair went through the tournament in Madrid without losing a single game. They had already...
Team Bath badminton player Chris Coles collected a bronze medal with the England team at the European Junior Team Championships in Milan. Sixteen-year-old Coles was a member of the England team that won all of their pool games at the under-19 championships and then beat France in the quarter-finals in the first knockout contest. That brought England up against Denmark in the semi-finals. Denmark took the match 3-0, with Emil Holst beating Coles 21-15, 16-21,...
Team Bath badminton player Chris Coles claimed two titles at the Under-17 Nationals in Stoke-on-Trent, taking both the men’s and the mixed doubles. Chris partnered Matthew Nottingham to victory in the men’s doubles, beating Ed Thomas and Michael Baw in the final – that pair had earlier defeated fellow TeamBath player Josh Green and his partner Phillip Aspinal in the semis. Chris then went on to claim the mixed doubles title with partner Jess Fletcher...
University of Bath student Mariana Agathangelou collected a silver medal for her role for England at badminton’s European Team Championships. England finished runners-up as they went down 3-2 to Denmark in the final of the competition, which was held in Liverpool. Agathangelou, a 20-year-old Coach Education and Sports Development student at the University of Bath, played one match in the competition – winning the women's doubles contest partnering Jenny Wallwork as England beat Wales 5-0...
University of Bath student and badminton player Mariana Agathangelou made a successful European Team Championships debut last night (Thursday). The 20-year-old Coach Education and Sports Development student partnered Jenny Wallwork in England’s women’s doubles tie against Wales at the championships, which are being held in Liverpool. The England pair comfortably beat Carissa Turner and Caroline Harvey 21-12, 21-16 as England went on to secure a 5-0 victory over Wales. England top their group in the...
