Team Bath Netball will go into their first home Vitality Superleague match for two years this week off the back of a fantastic victory at Leeds Rhinos that proud coach Anna Stembridge says epitomises the club’s culture and ethos. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold travelled to Yorkshire on Monday without their regular coaching team due to Covid and missing several experienced players through injury and illness. The squad stepped up to the plate, though,...
Did you know that on the very same day Serena Guthrie came to netball trials at Team Bath, aged 16, she’d also been invited to football trials with a big, national club? She chose to attend the netball ones, not because she preferred it as a sport but because she wasn’t as good at netball and thought they would provide a better challenge. The rest, as they say, is history. This is one of the...
Anna Stembridge said she was proud to see her players show their “grit and character” as Team Bath Netball began the 2022 Vitality Superleague season with a good win against Strathclyde Sirens before being edged out in the game of the weekend against London Pulse. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold went into the double header at Resorts World Birmingham managing injuries within the squad and without international stars Serena Guthrie, who is managing some...
Team Bath Netball are “buzzing” to get the 2022 Vitality Superleague under way this weekend after a challenging but rewarding pre-season campaign. With nearly half of the squad having spells on international duty with England, South Africa and Wales, it has been an opportunity for several emerging stars to gain valuable court-time for the Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold ahead of what promises to be a hotly-contested season. It begins with a Season Opener double-header...
England star Imogen Allison says she is proud and “super excited” to be named as Team Bath Netball captain for the 2022 Vitality Superleague season. The inspirational wing-defence will be joined in a new-look Blue & Gold leadership group by Australian shooter Kim Borger, who wore the armband in 2020 and 2021, and fellow Roses internationals Sophie Drakeford-Lewis and Layla Guscoth. She may only be 23 years old but Allison, regarded as one of netball’s...
Team Bath Netball’s England quartet had to settle for runners-up medals at the 2022 Quad Series but will take a lot of positives from the week overall. Captain Serena Guthrie and star defender Layla Guscoth started all four matches during the series, which looked to be heading for a home success when the Vitality Roses led 41-40 going into the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s final against Australia. However, the defending champions produced an excellent last...
Team Bath Netball stars Layla Guscoth and Serena Guthrie were named as Player of the Match against South Africa and New Zealand respectively as England made an outstanding start to the 2022 Quad Series. Goal-defence Guscoth was in fantastic form as the Vitality Roses stormed to a 71-47 victory over the SPAR Proteas on Saturday, the biggest win in Quad Series history. Fellow Blue & Gold stars Imogen Allison and Sophie Drakeford-Lewis came off the...
Team Bath Netball star Serena Guthrie says this week’s Quad Series against Australia, New Zealand and South Africa will play a crucial part in England’s preparations for this summer’s Commonwealth Games title defence. The tournament is taking place for the first time since 2019 and will see four of the five top-ranked teams in world netball battle it out at London’s Copper Box Arena from January 15-19. The Vitality Roses will once again be captained...
An incredible 19 medals at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, 10 of them gold, is the headline stat from an outstanding year of sport at the University of Bath but there was plenty more to celebrate during an unforgettable 2021. From students winning the Premiership Rugby title at Twickenham and conquering the rowing world from their kitchen to Team Bath Netball lifting their first trophy for eight years and tennis players serving up a...
Team Bath quartet Imogen Allison, Sophie Drakeford-Lewis, Layla Guscoth and Serena Guthrie helped England Netball record a Vitality Roses Reunited Series victory over Jamaica. Guthrie captained the Roses and was joined in the starting seven for all three matches by Guscoth as England won 55-45 in the opening fixture at London’s Copper Box Arena and 66-47 in the second match at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena before the Sunshine Girls took the third contest 63-53. University of...
