University of Bath sporting scholar Matthew Ward says winning bronze for host nation Scotland at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games is “what dreams are made of”. Ward, who studies and trains at the University, led off for Scotland in Tuesday’s mixed 4x100m medley relay and put them firmly in medal contention by placing second in the backstroke leg. Angharad Evans and Keanna Macinnes kept the hosts in the hunt before Scottish legend Duncan Scott produced...
University of Bath judo coach Adam Hall has come out of retirement to enjoy “one last hurrah” at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games – and he is hoping it will be a golden one. Hall stepped away from competition eight years ago when he began his coaching career, first as assistant to Juergen Klinger before succeeding the Team Bath legend as High-Performance Judo Coach in 2020. He was a coach for Team England at Birmingham...
Team Bath Tennis professional Toby Samuel made a stunning start to his hard court season as he secured his biggest title win to date at the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger in Canada. Samuel didn’t drop a set all week as he claimed his first success at ATP Challenger 75 level, moving him to a new career high of 112 in the world. In his first competition since Wimbledon, Samuel – coached by Ian MacDonald and...
University of Bath-based Cam Brooker collected a second swimming silver of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after again playing his part in Team England relay success. The Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre swimmer led off for England in the men’s 4x200m freestyle heats and got the quartet off to a strong start, his split of 1:49.75 establishing a hold on second place which his team-mates maintained. The quartet again changed for the evening’s final, with...
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 four 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...
