Team Bath’s netballers created a big impact when they met hundreds of school students from 20 Bristol schools this week. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold squad, who represent the South West’s netball franchise, were on hand at Merchants’ Academy in Bristol to lead drills, talk to the students and play sport alongside them. “It was fantastic to work together with so many schools”, said Team Bath Director of Netball Jess Thirlby. “We really enjoyed meeting...
Team Bath Netball produced their highest-scoring performance of the Vitality Superleague season so far as they beat Sirens 63-47 to move up to fourth in the table. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold looked in confident form from the off in both attack and defence, playing some slick netball in front of another fantastic four-figure home crowd as they dominated the first three quarters to take a 49-32 lead. Sirens, who needed a win to keep...
Team Bath Netball Superleague stars Imogen Allison and Jess Shaw have been named in the England U21 squad for this summer’s Netball World Youth Cup in Botswana. Paige Reed has also been named as a reserve for the squad, which will be coached by Team Bath’s Emily Perry and Denise Ellis. Both Allison and Reed are University of Bath students and are supported by King and Santander Sports Scholarships respectively. The squad leaves for a...
Team Bath Netball will go into this week's final home match of the 2017 Vitality Superleague season on the back of five straight wins after recording a well-earned 56-44 success at Team Northumbria on Monday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold were made to work hard for the win in Newcastle but had the edge throughout, with all 12 players playing their part in another impressive performance. The result means Team Bath stay level on points...
Four rising Team Bath Netball stars helped England U21s successfully defend their Netball Europe title in Glasgow, Scotland, over the weekend. University of Bath Sports Performance student Paige Reed, supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, started all three matches alongside Blue and Gold team-mates Tash Pavelin – who studies Natural Sciences – and Abi Robson. Shona O’Dywer was also in the starting seven for the 78-23 victory over Northern Ireland that got England off to...
Team Bath Netball produced an outstanding performance to hold off a fierce fightback from Wasps and record a memorable win in a sensational game of Vitality Netball Superleague at the University of Bath on Monday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold were in fantastic form in both defence and attack as they forged into a 44-35 lead going into the final quarter of a match sponsored by The Royal High School, Bath, and shown live on...
More than 8,000 people enjoyed an action-packed day of family fun when the University of Bath celebrated its 50th anniversary by staging its first-ever community Festival. There were activities across the Claverton Down campus, including the Active Zone at the £30million Sports Training Village where visitors got to try out 15 different sports and take on a Mini Olympics challenge. Team Bath Netball Superleague stars Shantal Slater and Vangelee Williams staged a shooting challenge and...
England hockey international Peter Scott was named as the University of Bath’s Sports Personality of the Year at a Blues Awards ceremony attended by HRH The Earl of Wessex. Sports Performance student Scott, a Trendell Sports Scholar who made his senior England debut in March, topped a poll of Students’ Union Sport members from a shortlist that also included tennis player Emma Hurst and judoka Jan Gosiewski and Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz. Scott was presented with his...
Team Bath Netball will go into next week’s home match against Wasps on the back of three successive wins after coming from behind to record a hard-fought victory at Surrey Storm on Bank Holiday Monday. The 56-49 success moves the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold to within three points of defending champions Storm, who currently sit in the fourth and final play-off position with five games of the regular Vitality Superleague season remaining. Storm led 30-25...
Team Bath Netball produced an “absolutely awesome” performance to record their biggest win of the 2017 Vitality Superleague season to date as they defeated Severn Stars 59-33 on Friday. The first-ever West Country derby at the University of Bath promised to be a tight affair, with Stars going into the game on the back of an excellent win against Surrey Storm. However, they came up against a home side in inspired form right across the...
