A bronze statue of former Welsh international footballer and University of Bath football coach Ivor Powell MBE was unveiled at the University today (Tuesday). The 94-year-old retired a year ago after 37 years working as a football coach at the University. It followed a remarkable career that saw him play for Wales, Blackpool, Aston Villa and Queen’s Park Rangers. The 18-inch tall statue is cast in bronze and was paid for by the University of...
Team Bath’s netballers have secured a place in the end of season play-offs of the Fiat Netball Superleague. Saturday’s 52-49 victory over Leeds Carnegie, combined with a defeat for Loughborough Lightning, who are fifth in the table, ensured Team Bath will finish at least fourth in the Superleague. Team Bath are currently third in the table and if they can finish third they will book a home tie in the first round of the end...
Team Bath’s netballers edged ever closer to a place in the FIAT netball Superleague play-offs with a 52-49 win over Leeds Carnegie at home today but they were made to fight all the way to the wire for it. Trailing 44-45 with six and a half minutes to the final whistle, Team Bath needed a goal-surge in the final three minutes to get the win in front of the Bank Holiday weekend home crowd at...
Team Bath’s netballers picked up maximum points from their Fiat Superleague double-header this weekend with wins against Celtic Dragons and Team Northumbria to maintain a top four slot with four matches to go before the play-offs. Back-to-back wins were important for coach Jess Garland after the previous double-header weekend saw Team Bath win convincingly on the Friday but losing on the Sunday. Pre-weekend the former England international had told her players to concentrate on the...
One of the biggest multi-sports events in the UK takes place at the University of Bath this weekend when Bath hosts the British Colleges Sport National Championships for the first time. Around 2200 teenagers and staff from the further education sector around the country will attend the event, which features three days of high-level action across 14 sports. The students will battle it out in badminton, basketball, cross-country, golf, hockey, netball, rugby, five-a-side soccer, squash,...
Team Bath’s netballers won one and lost one in their double-header weekend in the Fiat Netball Superleague to remain fourth in the table. The reigning Superleague champions ran out 57-48 winners at Surrey Storm on Saturday, making the most of their possession to outscore Storm in each of the four quarters. Team Bath head coach Jess Garland was pleased overall. “The team focused on what they needed to and in the process delivered a better...
Defending champions Team Bath went down to top-of-the-table Hertfordshire Mavericks 52-42 in tonight’s (Friday) Fiat Netball Superleague clash at the University of Bath. The contest, played out in front of another bumper crowd of around 940 fans, was a rematch of last season’s final - but the losing side then came out on top tonight, following their one-goal victory in February with a more decisive margin this time around. Team Bath found themselves playing catch-up...
A devastating second quarter slump played its part in Team Bath’s first home defeat of the 2011 Fiat Superleague season by 49-52 to Northern Thunder in front of a capacity crowd. Team Bath went from a 19-12 first quarter lead to trail 26-30 at half-time at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. “We self-destructed”, said home side coach Jess Garland. “You can’t give away that many goals to a side of Thunder’s calibre and...
Bath’s first ATP Challenger Tour international tennis tournament and home netball fixtures against two of the top teams in the Fiat Superleague are the highlights of a month of stunning sporting action at the University of Bath Sports Training Village in March. The indoor tennis courts at the Sports Training Village host an Aegon GB Pro-Series ATP Challenger event for the first time from Saturday 19 March to Sunday 27 March. The competition is likely...
Team Bath clocked up a 64-29 Fiat Superleague home victory – their fifth from six matches so far this season - against Glasgow Wildcats at the University of Bath Sports Training Village this evening. The gulf in form between reigning champions Team Bath and a young Scottish side was evident from the start but Bath were disappointed that their victory was not more emphatic. “I’m definitely disappointed that the margin wasn’t bigger”, said Team Bath...
