Former Team Bath judo player Darren Harris had been selected to compete at his second successive Paralympic Games – but this time as a footballer. Darren is a visually impaired athlete and currently does some of his conditioning work at Team Bath. He represented Great Britain in the judo competition at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and returns to action at London 2012, this time as a member of the Great Britain five-a-side football squad...
Team Bath judo player Megan Fletcher achieved the highest World Cup finish of her career to date when she came seventh in Budapest at the weekend. Despite a tough draw in the 70kg class, she beat players from Ukraine and Russia before going down to the eventual gold medallist Fei Chen from China. That put her in a repechage contest against Iljana Marzok, which the German won to take fifth. Megan's brother, Ben, is scheduled...
Team Bath judo players collected three titles at the British Closed Championships at Sheffield at the weekend. Jan Gosiewski and Tom Reed both impressed in taking gold medals in the senior competition at under-73kg and under-81kg respectively. Gosiewski is a University of Bath Mechanical Engineering graduate and Reed is a Business Administration graduate. There was also a gold in the under-90kg junior competition for Sam Potts, a Sports Performance student at the University. Pharmacy graduate...
Team Bath judo player Andy Burns struck gold at the Malaga European Cup at the weekend. Burns, a University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate, won the under-90kg class. Adam Hall, who competes at under-100kg, won silver in Malaga – his first medal competing at this level. Gregg Varey came fifth at under-66kg, with Jan Gosiewski seventh at under-73kg and Tom Reed seventh at under-81kg. Two Team Bath judo players feature in the...
Team Bath judo player Ben Fletcher is celebrating the biggest win of his career to date after taking bronze at the World Junior Championships in South Africa. The 19-year-old judo player was one of only two British medallists at the championships and his performances in Cape Town have opened up the possibility that the young player could yet earn a place on the British team for the 2012 Olympics. Juergen Klinger, head judo coach at...
Three Team Bath judo players have been named in the British team to compete at next months European Championships in Turkey, while a fourth player will compete at the Visually Impaired World Games, also in Turkey. Jan Gosiewski, Tom Reed and Megan Fletcher are members of Britain’s 19-strong team for the Europeans, which take place in Istanbul from 21-23 April. Britain can have up to two fighters in each weight division at the Europeans, which...
Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey secured a seventh place finish for Ghana at the Budapest World Cup at the weekend. Nartey won his opening three preliminary round contests in the under-73kg competition before losing to Japan’s Yasuhiro Awano, who went on to win bronze. That put Nartey through to the repechage, where he lost to Petro Kuzmin. There was disappointment for Andy Burns, a University of Bath Coach Education and Sports Development graduate, who...
University of Bath graduate and Team Bath judo player Andy Burns has been selected to represent Great Britain at the first men’s World Cup of the year, which takes place in Hungary this weekend. Burns, a Coach Education and Sports Development graduate, competes in the under-90kg class at the World Cup in Budapest after winning bronze at the Belgium Open last month. Fellow Team Bath athlete Emmanuel Nartey represents Ghana in the under-73kg class in...
Team Bath judo players will aim to make their mark at the British trials, which take place in Sheffield this weekend. Three athletes who won gold medals at the Senior European Cup in Sweden in October will lead the Team Bath challenge. Jan Gosiewski, a University of Bath Mechanical Engineering graduate, goes in the 73kg class at the senior trials, while Tom Reed, a Business Administration graduate, contests the 81kg class, and Megan Fletcher goes...
Team Bath judo player Emmanuel Nartey has collected his second World Cup medal and taken a step closer to competing at his first Olympic Games. The 27-year-old Ghanaian trains at the world-leading facilities at the University of Bath and services in the British Army. He has just won a bronze medal in the under-73kg class at the Margarita Island judo World Cup in Venezuela. It was his second World Cup medal following his gold in...
