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...
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,...
Team Bath Judo won 12 gold medals, including an outstanding men’s team victory, when they contested the 2026 BUCS Judo Championships in Walsall. Harvey Creasey-Cottle, Ralf Callaway, Yonas Aldous and George Riley rallied superbly following an injury to Elliot Wilkinson in the third round against Cambridge to claim a well-earned team title (pictured top) with brilliant victories in the semi-final against Oxford and gold-medal showdown with London. Sport and Exercise Science student Riley, who is...
Judoka Amelia Alder has been named as the first Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month Award winner of 2026. The Biology student, who trains in the Sports Training Village dojo with Team Bath Judo, won -52kg silver at the British Judo Senior Championships just a day after bagging bronze in the Junior competition. Those performances earned Alder, coached by Adam Hall, a place in both the British Junior (U21) and Senior national squads, as...
A Para Lioness footballer, two England U20 rugby players and aspiring Olympians in artistic swimming, judo and sailing make up the inspirational cohort of University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year. Maria Slade, Diamond Ayiehfor, Tate Williams, Cara Zeidler, George Riley and Matthew Rayner will all benefit from scholarship funding to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. They follow in...
Team Bath judoka brought home a super seven medals from the British Judo Championships 2025 in Nottingham. The Senior Championships saw Roxy Proctor win a third consecutive silver in the women’s -63kg division, an achievement matched by Biology fresher Amelia Alder in the -52kg category. Anika Rabi was a -70kg bronze-medallist and George Riley, a Sport and Exercise Science first-year, ranked third overall in the men’s -100kg contest. It was Riley and Alder’s second medals...
Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...
Judoka Anika Rabi’s rapid improvement in competition results has been rewarded after she was named as the Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month for March. Rabi, one of more than 160 student-athletes supported in their dual careers by the Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme, won her first senior British Championships medal in December – bronze in the women’s -70kg division. She followed that up with silver at February’s English Open before winning gold at...
University of Bath students dominated the 2025 BUCS Judo Championships, coming away from Walsall with the overall team title after a tremendous 21-medal haul which included both men’s and women’s team gold. Gergo Berendi, Sam Elliott, Elliot Wilkinson, Charlie Bourton-Cole and Ollie Isaacs made up the successful men’s team, while Evie Halvey-Jacobs, Anika Rabi and Kaitlin Chapple-Allen combined to secure the women’s title. Chemistry for Drug Discovery student Rabi won women’s -70kg gold, one of...
