Athlete Katrina Hart and student-swimmer Miles Munro are the latest University of Bath-based sportspeople who will be heading to Australia in the new year to compete in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Both have previous Commonwealth experience, with former World Champion and Paralympics medallist Hart – coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village – having won T37 100m gold at the Delhi 2010 Games. She will compete in the T38 100m in...
A performance of true grit and determination saw the University of Bath men’s 1st XV overcome a fierce fightback from Durham University to claim a second successive BUCS Super Rugby home victory. Buoyed by their recent win over Hartpury and comeback draw at Leeds Beckett, Bath stormed out of the blocks and were 19-0 up inside as many minutes thanks to two sparkling tries from full-back Will Hughes (pictured) either side of an Austin Hay...
Shooting star Kristian Callaghan will have chance to add to his Commonwealth Games medal collection after becoming the latest University of Bath-based athlete to be selected for the Gold Coast 2018 Games in Australia. Callaghan, who graduated in Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering during the summer and continues to train at the Sports Training Village, will once again represent Team England in the pistol competition having won bronze in the 25m rapid fire event at...
University of Bath students Emma Hurst and Pippa Horn helped Great Britain win a historic gold medal during a memorable weekend at the prestigious Master’U BNP Paribas tournament in France. Already guaranteed their best-ever finish at the world’s biggest annual student tennis team event following an emphatic 7-0 semi-final win over China, Britain produced a stunning performance to beat the United States – winners of the trophy for the previous six years – 4-2 in...
University of Bath sporting scholar Emma Stacey hit her target of gold when she competed in the BUCS Clay Pigeon Shooting Championships over the weekend. Her terrific total score of 87 out of a possible 100 after 12 rounds put the Politics & International Relations student, who is supported by a Santander Scholarship, ten points clear of her nearest challenger in the women’s singles competition. Former Bath student Ben Sutton also won the men’s alumni...
Two-time Olympic fencer Johnny Davis has been appointed as Event Director for the 2019 Modern Pentathlon European Championships, which are being staged at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Davis, who often trained with pentathletes during his sporting career, was selected for the role following an extensive recruitment process by Pentathlon GB. The European Championships, taking place in August 2019, will be a qualifying event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. “I feel extremely...
After his recent induction into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport, Team Bath TV caught up with Paralympic athletics champion Paul Blake to discuss the ceremony and reflect on his stellar career so far. Blake, who has also won three World Championships titles since joining Rob Ellchuk's successful training group at the Sports Training Village in 2009, was quick to thank his coach, parents and University staff for their support. Watch our...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV produced another tremendous show of character as they rallied from 22-5 down to earn a deserved draw at high-flying Leeds Beckett University in Wednesday’s BUCS Super Rugby contest. In a match played in bitterly cold conditions at West Park RFC, there was little to choose between the teams during a tight first half with the only points coming from a Zach Scott-Gray try for the hosts. Leeds flew...
Promising Team Bath Synchro Club youngsters Megan Pyke and Sophie Sandberg both impressed when they made their first appearances at the annual Swim England Synchronised Swimming National Age Group Championships in Gloucester. Competing in the 12-and-under category, they had to perform four technical figures in front of different judging panels – ballet leg single, barracuda, oceanita and surface prawn. Megan placed 65th overall with a combined score of 50.0001, putting her 18th in the country...
Olympic triathlon medallist Vicky Holland has become the latest University of Bath-based athlete to be selected for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. It will be a second Commonwealth Games for Holland, who moved her training base to the Sports Training Village after winning bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She won the first major individual medal of her career at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, a bronze in the women’s race, and followed...
