Around 1,500 youngsters from across the West of England headed to the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Wednesday to take part in the 2018 Wesport Summer School Games. The annual event saw pupils from 85 schools – 55 primary and 30 secondary – compete in ten different sports including athletics, inclusive cricket, gymnastics, golf and mini tennis to be crowned as county champions. They also got to try their hand at circus skills...
Olympic gold-medallist Amy Williams has thrown her support behind a summer fitness campaign launched by Team Bath encouraging people to burn calories and back a charity. The #20For20 challenge is for people to burn an additional 20,000 calories above their normal routine over a 20-week period. To help reach those goals, Team Bath is running a series of free activities in the £30million Sports Training Village and the surrounding University of Bath campus including guided...
Team Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics’ Senior Girls produced an incredible hoop routine to win a well-deserved gold medal at the British Championships. Tiola Gleeson, Selina Brown, Lola Cockburn Marsh, Evie Coles, Sarah Dennis and Lottie Wittich performed exceptionally across the weekend to earn a combined score of 21.8 and be crowned as All-Round British Champions for 2018. They were fourth after an opening day that saw the group produce a passionate rope and ball routine to...
More than 2,000 people of all ages took the chance to enjoy a wide range of sports and activities as the "best Team Bath Family Fun Day yet" took place on Saturday. Free have-a-go sessions in badminton, beach volleyball, boccia, fencing, laser shooting, tennis, trampolining and more proved hugely popular, as did displays from Team Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in the sports hall and Team Bath Synchro Club in the London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool....
City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club have officially joined the community sporting clubs competing under the Team Bath banner. The thriving club, which has trained and hosted competitions at the University of Bath Sports Training Village for a number of years, will now be known as Team Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club. They competed under their new name for the first time last weekend when they staged the 2018 Bath Open – one of the largest...
City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club warmed up for their home Bath Open at the University of Bath Sports Training Village by enjoying a successful visit to the Welsh Championships in Cardiff. In the Level 3 section, Elle came away with a silver in Junior Clubs and Lola won bronze in the U12 Ribbon as she finished second overall in her age group. Sarah did some outstanding routines in her Senior category and was rewarded...
City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club members, who train at the University of Bath, were out in force at the Rose Cup in Northampton this weekend. The Espoir Group Red (pictured) performed a sparkling routine against some tough competition to win a superb silver medal. The individual competitions saw Sarah, in her 15th year with the club, strike gold in the Level 4 senior division. Kashvi won an impressive silver medal in ball and clubs,...
A new television series is starting on CBBC today (May 1), going behind the scenes with City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club as they train at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Gym Stars, which will be shown at 5.45pm on Tuesdays and will also be available on iPlayer, features the young City of Bath gymnasts as they prepare for competition in the Team Bath Arena, capturing the emotions and drama as they pursue...
Swimmer Anna Hopkin has capped an excellent few months of competition by being voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath Sports Personality of the Year at the 2018 Blues Awards – the annual celebration of student sport. The Sports & Exercise Science student and MJ Church Ambassador, also supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, received the accolade after representing her country at both the 2017 World University Games in Taipei and...
Four teams and four individuals from City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club competed this weekend at the National Group Seeding and Open Apparatus Competition - one of the largest in the UK - against more than 400 gymnasts and 69 groups. The Bath Senior Group gained silver medal, potentially qualifying for the British Championships with a fantastic rope and ball performance by Tiola, Selina, Lola, Evie and recreational coach Sarah Dennis. Kashvi, Elisabeth, Elle, Elena, Rosie...
