Swimmer Cam Brooker became the first University of Bath-based athlete to win a medal at Glasgow 2026 as he helped Team England secure men’s 4x100m freestyle relay silver on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games. The Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre swimmer produced a brilliant swim in the heats, maintaining England’s hold on second spot with a split time of 48.34 as the quartet – anchored by former Bath Sporting Scholar Tom Dean – eased...
University of Bath Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley knows what it is like to stand on the podium at a Commonwealth Games in Scotland – and he is hoping this year’s crop of sportspeople get to experience that at Glasgow 2026. Stephen remains Team England’s only badminton men’s singles gold medallist following his success in Edinburgh in 1986. Now, 40 years on, he is cheering on the University of Bath-associated athletes, coaches and support staff...
Five students and three recent graduates are among the University of Bath-associated athletes, coaches and support staff who will be proudly representing their countries at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, which begin this week. Bill Whiteley Sporting Scholar Matthew Ward will be racing for Team Scotland in the swimming pool, while his Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre team-mates Cam Brooker, Jack Skerry and Jacob Peters – at his third Games – will be competing for...
Local football clubs could become clean energy hubs as student-led research shows how they can cut carbon, save costs and generate green energy for communities With international football met with increasing criticism over its carbon footprint, University of Bath students are working with Bath City FC to show how community football could help tackle climate change. Using real data from the club, researchers identified practical, low-cost decarbonisation options, alongside longer-term investments that could transform how...
University of Bath student-triathlete Mack Downey secured his maiden international senior victory as he surged through the field to take gold at the 2026 Africa Triathlon Premium Cup Larache in Morocco. The MRes Sociology student, coached by Jack Hall at the Bath Triathlon Performance Centre, was in a group eight seconds behind the leaders after solid performances in the open-water swimming (10:24) and on the bike (28:56). Downey then produced comfortably the quickest run, his...
Four more emerging talents are set to develop their rugby careers while studying and playing at the University of Bath after signing their first Senior Academy contracts with Bath Rugby. Bailey Cutts, Max Hooper, Declan Treacey and Alex Yeabsley will join the University this September, subject to receiving their conditional offers, and be eligible to play for the men’s 1st XV in BUCS Super Rugby, a competition that has provided so many Academy players with...
It may have ended in the narrowest of defeats but Team Bath Tennis ace Toby Samuel produced a performance to be proud of on his senior Wimbledon men's singles debut. The wildcard went toe to toe with 15th seed and French Open semi-finalist Jakub Mensik during five incredible sets on Court 3, only losing out in a match tie-break as the Czech progressed 5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 7-6 (10-7). Samuel, coached by Ian MacDonald and...
University of Bath student Lowri Windsor and fellow Team Bath Netball player Poppy Tydeman have been named in the Team Wales netball squad for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Team Bath Academy and NXT Gen Head Coach Natalie Roddy will also be travelling to Scotland as Assistant Coach to Bath alumna Emily Handyside. Selection in the Wales 12 continues a rapid rise for Sports Performance student Windsor, who has just completed her first year of...
Sprinter Aleeya Sibbons has become the latest University of Bath-based athlete to be officially selected for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Sibbons, coached by Colin Bovell, has been named in the Team England women’s 4x100m relay squad along with Amy Hunt, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith. It will be a first major championship for former sporting scholar Sibbons, who first began training at the University when she started an Architecture degree course in...
Cedol Daffyd won gold on “the lake of the Gods” and Joshua Knight enjoyed an excellent GB Rowing Team senior debut as graduates of the University of Bath-based South West Performance Development Academy (PDA) impressed at the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne. Sport Management and Coaching alumnus Dafydd and crew-mates Callum Dixon, Tobias Schröder and Rory Harris went out hard in the men’s quad A final and were able to defend their lead in the...
