More than 100 school pupils from across Bath and North East Somerset got to experience sport at the home of Olympic, Paralympic and World Champions when they took part in two fun festivals hosted by Team Bath Tribe. The children in School Years 3&4 got to work on their racket skills with Team Bath Tennis community coaches, practice their passing and shooting with Team Bath Netball NXT Gen League stars Ellie Ervine and Sienna Rutherford,...
Team Bath Netball treated an appreciative sell-out home crowd to an excellent all-round team display as they got the 2025 NXT Gen League season off to a winning start. The Blue and Gold established a narrow early lead against Nottingham Forest, edging the first quarter 16-13, and fought to maintain that advantage during a fast, physical contest before strong defensive pressure and key turnovers allowed them to pull away in the final quarter. The 62-53...
Live netball returns to a sold-out Team Bath Arena tonight (Friday) as the Blue & Gold host Nottingham Forest in the first-ever match of the new national NXT Gen League competition. A 600-strong capacity crowd will cheer on Team Bath Netball's flagship squad as they launch a new era for both the club and the sport domestically. University of Bath Sports Performance student Lily Jones, who has Super League experience and is supported by the...
Young pupils at Twerton Infant School enjoyed an inspirational day of sporting fun at the University of Bath, thanks to Team Bath Netball and their partners at Bath Recreation Limited. Around 50 children in School Years 1 and 2 got the chance to run on the indoor sprint track, work on their racquet and ball skills, and made medals to celebrate their sporting achievements. [caption id="attachment_71501" align="alignright" width="292"] Pupils at Twerton Infant School enjoyed their...
Dynamic defensive mid-courter Lucy Button has been added to the Team Bath Netball squad for the 2025 NXT Gen League season, which starts in early February with a sell-out home fixture against Nottingham Forest. Button, who plays wing-defence and centre, has been elevated into the U23s following her excellent performances in training with Team Bath’s U21 Player Development Programme and in BUCS competition for the title-winning University of Bath’s performance squads. The Sports Performance student,...
Students on the University of Bath performance netball programme are celebrating a first-ever BUCS Premier Division South title double. A wonderful Wednesday at the Team Bath Sports Training Village saw the 1st beat Exeter 68-37 to secure the Premier South 1 title, then unbeaten Bath 2nds defeat UCL 59-27 to clinch the Premier South 2 crown with a match to spare. It is the first year the student netball programme – led by Anya Le...
Lisa Pagett has already had a huge impact on the growth of women’s cricket across the South West of England – now she is looking to do the same with netball after joining Team Bath as interim Netball Manager. Pagett has been extensively involved in sport since graduating from the University of Bath in Coach Education & Sports Development in 2007, most notably in the development of women’s cricket in the West of England and...
The University of Bath student netball club, one of the strongest university set-ups in the UK, has agreed a new partnership with match-ball suppliers Rhino. All squads will use Rhino’s Vortex Pro match ball and the club will also play a key advisory role in the development of future netballs. Anya Le Monnier, University Performance Netball Head Coach at the University of Bath, said: “We are really excited to be partnering with Rhino, they have...
Olympic and Paralympic success in Paris is just one of the highlights of a truly monumental year of sport at the University of Bath. World Cup victories, European crowns, groundbreaking international debuts, emotional reunions, national accolades, innovative new partnerships and an extensive gym refurbishment are also among the many high points from an action-packed 2024. In total athletes brought 93 senior international medals back to their Team Bath training base, 17 of which were secured...
Team Bath Netball duo Alanna Pullen and Phoebe Maslen have been named in a 16-strong England U21 squad that will tour Australia in the new year. Former Blue & Gold stars Sophie Kelly and Jayda Pechova – who, like Pullen, are University of Bath student-athletes and supported by sporting scholarships – are also in an exciting squad that will face the host nation and New Zealand during a tournament taking place in Canberra from 17-23...
