University of Bath sporting scholar Jayda Pechova helped England battle past South Africa to secure a well-earned place in the netball semi-finals at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Sport and Exercise Science alumna Imogen Allison also played a key role as England recovered from a 17-11 deficit after the first quarter to win 58-54 in a match which determined who would finish runners-up to Australia in Pool A. Head Coach Anna Stembridge, formerly of Team...
Swimmers from the University of Bath ended the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games with four medals between them after Jacob Peters helped Team England win men’s 4x100m medley relay silver on the final night of competition at the Tollcross International Centre. The Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre swimmer (pictured) helped England to victory in the morning’s heats with a 52.64 split for the butterfly leg. England went on to finish runners-up to Australia in the last...
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 judo coach Adam Hall has come out of retirement to enjoy “one last hurrah” at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games – and he is hoping it will be a golden one. Hall stepped away from competition eight years ago when he began his coaching career, first as assistant to Juergen Klinger before succeeding the Team Bath legend as High-Performance Judo Coach in 2020. He was a coach for Team England at Birmingham...
University of Bath-based Cam Brooker collected a second swimming silver of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after again playing his part in Team England relay success. The Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre swimmer led off for England in the men’s 4x200m freestyle heats and got the quartet off to a strong start, his split of 1:49.75 establishing a hold on second place which his team-mates maintained. The quartet again changed for the evening’s final, with...
Swimmer Cam Brooker became the first University of Bath-based athlete to win a medal at Glasgow 2026 as he helped Team England secure men’s 4x100m freestyle relay silver on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games. The Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre swimmer produced a brilliant swim in the heats, maintaining England’s hold on second spot with a split time of 48.34 as the quartet – anchored by former Bath Sporting Scholar Tom Dean – eased...
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 four 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...
University of Bath student Lowri Windsor and fellow Team Bath Netball player Poppy Tydeman have been named in the Team Wales netball squad for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Team Bath Academy and NXT Gen Head Coach Natalie Roddy will also be travelling to Scotland as Assistant Coach to Bath alumna Emily Handyside. Selection in the Wales 12 continues a rapid rise for Sports Performance student Windsor, who has just completed her first year of...
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...
