Three Team Bath Breakthrough Programme student-athletes are among a 10-strong contingent of athletes and coaches from the University of Bath heading to Germany for the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games. Jemima Hall, who graduates in Business next week, and Mathematics student Christian Ryan will represent Great Britain in the swimming pool in Berlin, while Sport and Exercise Science student Rebekah Court has been named in the rowing squad along with South West Performance Development...
Olympians Rachel Smith and Anna Hopkin, who both studied and trained at the University of Bath, will be sharing their experience with emerging athletes after being appointed to key roles with Team GB for the Skopje 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF). Smith (pictured top), who captained Team GB’s rhythmic gymnastics team during London 2012, has been selected as Chef de Mission for Skopje 2025 while Tokyo 2020 swimming gold-medallist Hopkin will take on the...
Young people under the care of Bristol Children’s Hospital had the chance to carry an Olympic Torch, see an Aston Martin F1 car and try a host of fun sports and activities when ‘Make a Move!’ returned to the University of Bath for a fourth year. Nearly 200 youngsters took part in the event which encourages those undergoing treatment for cancer and blood conditions to get active and have fun, helping to combat the physical...
University of Bath sporting scholar Sophie Kelly helped London Pulse secure their first-ever Netball Super League title at The O2 Arena on Sunday. The goal-attack, who is supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, was among the impact players for Pulse as they defeated defending champions Loughborough Lightning 53-45 in a Grand Final watched by a record NSL crowd of 9,326 spectators. Kelly has spent the past three years juggling her netball career with studying Management...
University of Bath student James Hulme followed up his bronze medal at the European Juniors by securing a top-five finish on the global stage at the UIPM Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Hungary. The Sports Performance student, who trains with Pentathlon GB at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, topped the fencing rankings with 21 victories and then excelled in the obstacle course racing to maintain his overall lead. A solid swim kept him at...
Team Bath Tennis star Alicia Barnett, a two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist, is returning to SW19 for a fourth successive year. She is contesting the ladies’ doubles with fellow Brit Eden Silva and the duo will begin their tournament on Wednesday 2nd July against Colombia’s Camila Osorio and Alycia Parks of the United States. Barnett will also find out on Wednesday whether she will be contesting the mixed doubles with Marcus Willis, the pair having reached the...
University of Bath graduate Cedol Dafydd helped Great Britain secure the 2025 World Rowing Cup overall title after winning another gold with the men’s quadruple scull in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Crew Bath rower and team-mates Callum Dixon, Matt Haywood and Rory Harris produced a superb sprint finish to overhaul Poland, who had led for the first three-quarters of the final, and take the victory – their second of 2025 following their success at the European...
Jack Skerry stormed to victory and there were medals for fellow sporting scholars Cameron Brooker and Matthew Ward as University of Bath students excelled at the European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships in Samorin, Slovakia. Computer Science student Skerry, supported by a US Foundation sports scholarship, was half-a-second clear of the field as he took 100m backstroke gold in 53.35. He was joined on the podium by Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre training partner Ward, who...
Max Ojomoh is in line for his first senior England cap and seven fellow students have been selected for the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship ahead of a busy international summer for rugby players at the University of Bath. Business student Ojomoh, fresh from playing a key role in Bath Rugby’s historic trophy treble, is among 10 uncapped players named by Steve Borthwick – himself a University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee...
Team Bath Netball and England U21 star Alanna Pullen has capped a stellar season by being named as the latest Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month. The Alumni Fund Sporting Scholar was a standout performer for the Blue & Gold during the inaugural NXT Gen League season, starting every game and playing an influential role as the squad won silver medals. Pullen also helped the University of Bath’s 1sts reach the BUCS Championship Final...
