University of Bath-based athlete Paul Blake says he is honoured and surprised to be named alongside Laura Sugar as the British Athletics team captains for the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha. Blake, coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village, will be bidding for a third successive world title when the championships take place in the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium from October 22-31. And the 25-year-old, who also won two medals at the London...
Three World Champions and two University of Bath students are among nine swimmers based at the Sports Training Village to be named in British Swimming’s 2016 performance squads. Sixty-six athletes across Podium (21) and Podium Potential (45) have been selected to the World Class Performance Programme for the 2015/16 season following an extensive selection procedure. Five members of British Swimming’s National Centre Bath training programme will receive Podium level support after being identified as having...
There were two silvers and a bronze medal for Team Bath’s elite judoka to celebrate when the European Open took place in Scotland and Portugal at the weekend. Tom Reed reached the under-81kg final at the men’s event in Glasgow, while Ben Fletcher strengthened his grip on a Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualification place with bronze in the under-100kg division. And over at the women’s event in Lisbon, Megan Fletcher won a silver medal in...
It is exactly 300 days until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games get under way – and Team Bath’s elite judoka face a crucial competition as they bid to reach Brazil. Valuable qualification points for the Games are up for grabs at the European Judo Open, which takes place this weekend in Glasgow for men and Lisbon for women. Among those heading to Scotland is Ben Fletcher, pictured, who currently meets the qualification criteria for Rio...
Britain’s biggest-ever bobsleigh squad was announced at the University of Bath this week. The skeleton team for the new season was also confirmed, with the two winter sports coming together this year under one organisation – the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association. Both sets of athletes are based at the £30million Sports Training Village, where they use the world-class gym and the newly-improved outdoor push-track – the only one of its kind in the country....
Two South Africans who played starring roles at the 2015 Netball World Cup have joined Team Bath Netball for the 2016 Vitality Superleague season. Karla Mostert (left), who plays at goal-defence or wing-defence, and goal-shooter Lenize Potgieter (right) join a squad already boosted by the return of England defender Eboni Beckford-Chambers and the arrival of Wales star Chelsea Lewis. Potgieter – who describes her move to Team Bath as “the chance of a lifetime” – and...
Commonwealth champion Zoe Smith and University of Bath student Sonny Webster have been named in a nine-strong British Weight Lifting team for next month’s IWF World Championships in the United States. Smith, who won under-58kg gold at Glasgow 2014 and also competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games, does some of her training at the Sports Training Village. “It’s the first time in nearly 30 years the Championships have taken place in the USA so...
Skeleton World Champion Lizzy Yarnold has been named on the final shortlist for the prestigious main honour at the 2015 Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year Awards. Swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor – who, like Yarnold, trains at the University of Bath – is in contention for the Young Sportswoman of the Year prize. And World, Olympic and European women's pair rowing champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning - both of whom started their...
Team Bath has joined Arsenal FC in becoming one of only three sporting institutions in the country to host a prototype sprint treadmill designed to improve an athlete’s foot-speed and explosive power. The self-powered machine has been introduced to the world-class Sports Training Village gym this week. It is the only treadmill that allows users to do both prowler and parachute exercises, and up to 45kg of weight resistance can be added. Tony Ali of...
Team Bath Buccaneers hockey players Liam Sanford (left) and Peter Scott (right) have been named in the Great Britain under-21 squad for this month’s Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia. Scott – who has just started a Foundation in Sports Performance degree at the University of Bath – captained England under-18s last season, while Sanford is in his second season with defending EHL Men’s Conference West champions Buccs. Toby Reynolds Cotterill and Ed Horler, who...
