Outstanding success at the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games plus the visit of sporting and actual royalty ensured that the University of Bath’s 50th anniversary was celebrated in fitting style during 2016. When the University received Royal Charter status on October 25, 1966, there were no sporting facilities on the Claverton Down campus. Five decades later, it has developed into what Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley believes is “the most vibrant, exciting and dynamic sporting...
The depth of talent among student athletes at the University of Bath has been demonstrated once again after 22 potential stars of the future were awarded sporting scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year. Competing in sports as diverse as alpine skiing, clay pigeon shooting, modern pentathlon and rowing, all have demonstrated their potential to succeed both academically and on the national and international sporting stage. Among those selected are Team Bath Netball and England U21...
University of Bath graduate Samantha Murray finished the 2016 modern pentathlon season on a high note as she took women’s individual silver at the Champion of Champions event in Doha over the weekend. Pentathlon GB team-mate and fellow alumna Jo Muir also impressed as she finished eighth overall, while Rio 2016 Olympian Jamie Cooke narrowly missed out on a podium place in the men’s event. Former World Champion and London 2012 Olympic silver-medallist Murray was...
Rio Olympians Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray will conclude their 2016 modern pentathlon seasons at the Champion of Champions event in Doha this month. The Qatar-based event is now widely regarded as the season finale and the British duo will get their last taste of competitive action for this year before their winter training continues at the University of Bath, Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre. Cooke and Murray teamed up at the Kremlin Cup in...
Pentathlon GB’s Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray narrowly missed out on a podium place after strong performance in the mixed relay at Sunday’s Kremlin Cup in Moscow. In their first appearances since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the University of Bath-based duo – renowned as two of the best swimmers on the international pentathlon circuit – got off to a storming start by finishing three seconds clear of the field in the pool. Twenty wins...
Rio 2016 Olympians Jamie Cooke and Samantha Murray will head to Moscow this weekend to represent Pentathlon GB in the Kremlin Cup. The University of Bath-based athletes will both be making their debuts in the invitational event, which will see 12 nations competing in a mixed relay on Sunday. Murray, who won Olympic silver at the London 2012 Games, was the highest-placed former medallist in Rio as she finished ninth overall after a strong second...
Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic medallists are among the University of Bath-based athletes and alumni shortlisted for this year’s Bath Chronicle Sports Awards. Paul Blake, who won gold and silver at the Paralympic Games, is in the running for Disability Sports Performer of the Year along with training partner Sophie Kamlish, who set a new world record in Rio – both are coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village. Also shortlisted are badminton player...
A long international season that included a trip to Rio 2016 came to an end for University of Bath student Joe Choong at the 2016 Junior World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo, Egypt. The 21-year-old, making his last appearance at junior level, was the only Pentathlon GB athlete to reach the men’s individual final and was well placed in sixth after strong performances in the fencing and the swim. However, the exertions of a season...
Staff, families and friends of Team Bath’s new partners MJ Church got active during a fabulous Fun Day at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Saturday. Hundreds of people of all ages tried their hands at a variety of sports including athletics, badminton, boccia, fencing, judo, tennis and skeleton on the unique outdoor push track. There were also inflatables, climbing walls and zip wires for have-a-go youngsters to enjoy while their parents enjoyed...
Athletics legend Colin Jackson returned to his former University of Bath training base on Wednesday to officially open the extensively-refurbished Team Bath Gym. The double World 110m hurdles champion was joined by gym members, University of Bath staff and representatives of Matrix Fitness UK – the company that has kitted out the gym with new state-of-the-art equipment – as he cut a Blue and Gold ribbon in the Sports Training Village facility. “It gives me great...
