Team Bath Netball closed to within a point of second place in the NXT Gen League as they came from behind to secure a well-earned 58-52 away win over Birmingham Panthers on Sunday. It was a third successive victory for the Blue & Gold, who trailed 17-14 after the first quarter at the University of Worcester Arena but levelled the scores at 30-30 going into the second half. Inspired by a second-successive Most Valuable Player...
Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...
Emerging Team Bath Netball talent Ané De Wet has been named as the national U19 Player of the Season for the 2024-25 Netball Performance League (NPL) campaign. The versatile attacking player made an impressive step up from the U17s, scooping six out of a possible 10 Player of the Match accolades – as voted for by the opposition – as she helped Team Bath place third in the U19 NPL standings. Natalie Roddy, Academy Head...
A nerveless finish from player of the match Charlotte Watts sealed a dramatic extra-time victory for Team Bath Netball in Bristol after another NXT Gen League thriller against London Mavericks. Team Bath had rallied from seven goals down in the final quarter to win 52-51 when the teams last met in March but this time it was Mavericks who come from behind to make it 53-53 with 20 seconds of regular time remaining at Clifton...
Team Bath Netball began the second half of the inaugural NXT Gen League season on a winning note as they recorded a 59-44 away victory over Severn rivals Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday. [caption id="attachment_71798" align="alignright" width="292"] Daisy Harrison made her NXT Gen League debut after recovering from a ruptured ACL[/caption] It was an excellent response to the previous week’s defeat at table-topping Loughborough Lightning, with the Blue & Gold quickly settling into their rhythm...
Team Bath Netball will look to build on the lessons learnt from their biggest defeat of the NXT Gen League season to date when they visit Cardiff Dragons on Easter Saturday. It was a tough afternoon for the Blue & Gold when they travelled to table-topping Loughborough Lightning, with the home side winning each quarter as they recorded a 73-40 victory. Despite the setback, Team Bath remain well placed in a highly-competitive NXT Gen League...
Team Bath Netball produced perhaps their most polished performance of the 2025 NXT Gen League season to date as they got back to winning ways with a 54-47 victory over new franchise Birmingham Panthers. Another capacity crowd at the Team Bath Arena was treated to an entertaining contest which saw the Blue & Gold hold a slender lead at half-time before their fast-paced, high-intensity netball paid dividends in the third quarter as they built an...
Team Bath Netball will go into this Friday’s home match against Birmingham Panthers looking for an instant response to a second successive narrow NXT Gen League defeat, this time away to Leeds Rhinos. Sunday’s match at the First Direct Arena was tightly contested throughout, particularly in the first half which saw the opening quarter tied at 15-15 before the visitors edged into a 28-27 lead at the interval. The advantage should have been greater, though,...
Team Bath Netball’s first NXT Gen League match in Bristol proved to be a thriller as they were edged out by a single goal by Manchester Thunder at Clifton College. A vocal crowd at the Chellaram Sports Complex saw the Blue & Gold race into a 15-9 lead after the first quarter before Thunder – who featured Jade Clarke, England’s most-capped player, in their ranks – cut the half-time deficit to 26-25. [caption id="attachment_71691" align="alignright"...
Five University of Bath student sports teams – three tennis and two netball – contested the 2025 BUCS Big Wednesday national finals. The netball club’s 1sts and 2nds, coached by Anya Le Monnier, capped a historic season – where they won a BUCS Premier South title double for the first time – by winning silver in their respective cup competitions. Bath’s 1sts were beaten 65-43 by Loughborough in the National Championship final, the second time...
