University of Bath graduates Amy Williams and Sam Weale have been named winners of the British Olympic Association Athlete of the Year awards for their respective sports. Williams, a Sports Performance graduate, collected the bobsleigh/skeleton award after winning skeleton gold for Great Britain at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. She said: “I’m delighted to receive the BOA Olympic Athlete of the Year award. This caps a really special year for me, the highlight of...
University of Bath-based Olympic Winter Games gold medallist, Amy Williams, has been shortlisted for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. Viewers can vote for Amy by phone during the live BBC Show on Sunday evening, starting at 7pm. Amy faces stiff opposition from heptathlete world-beater Jessica Ennis, golfer Graeme McDowell and boxer David Haye amongst others. “To be shortlisted for the Award is a phenomenal achievement in itself”, said the University’s Director of...
Mayor of Bath Councillor Shaun McGall has paid tribute to Bath-based athletes who competed at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. The Mayor hosted a civic reception for athletes in the historic surroundings of the Mayor’s Parlour in the Guildhall. Athletes who train at the University of Bath and represented England, Scotland and Wales in Delhi attended the reception. They brought a fine collection of Commonwealth Games medals along with them. The Mayor said: “I wanted...
Three members of England’s bronze medal-winning Commonwealth Games team feature in the Team Bath Netball Superleague squad aiming to win a historic fifth title in 2011 and secure three titles in a row for the first time. The 14-strong squad is an exciting combination of youth and experience. It features four current University of Bath students and six University of Bath graduates. The squad features Pamela Cookey, who has already stamped her mark on the...
Bath’s Olympic golden girl Amy Williams was presented with her MBE by The Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace today (Thursday). The University of Bath Sports Performance graduate received the honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List following her outstanding performance in winning skeleton gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games in March. Amy said: “I was really proud and pleased today. It’s a lovely medal, it’s really pretty, and it’s going to go alongside...
New Zealand’s mighty All Blacks warmed up for their final autumn international with a training session at the University of Bath today (Tuesday). It’s the second time the All Blacks have trained at the University of Bath following an earlier visit four years ago. Victory over Wales in Saturday’s clash at the Millennium Stadium would give the All Blacks a remarkable seventh consecutive European tour clean sweep since Graham Henry became the team’s coach. Darren...
This Saturday (20 November) boxing makes its long-awaited return to Bath with a bill at the Sports Training Village that features an English title fight. Wiltshire’s Nick ‘Bang Bang’ Blackwell takes on York’s Harry Matthews for the vacant English middleweight belt in the headline contest. The highly-rated 20-year-old Trowbridge boxer gets a shot at the English belt after only six professional bouts. There is also a full supporting card. The action takes place at the...
University of Bath student Katrina Hart was today named International Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month for October 2010. The announcement followed an online public vote in which Katrina claimed 48 per cent of votes cast. The University of Bath Sports Performance student collected the award after winning gold for England in the T37 100m at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. She said: “I’m really pleased to win this award and I’d like to thank everyone...
Sprinter Katrina Hart was back training at the University of Bath Sports Training Village just four days after winning a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Delhi. Hart, who is studying Sports Performance at the University of Bath, won England’s first athletics gold medal in Delhi when she sprinted to victory in the T37 100m in a personal best time and British record of 14.36 seconds. But she was soon back in training in Bath with...
The British bobsleigh team has returned to its roots to train at the University of Bath. The partnership between British Bobsleigh and TeamBath was announced at a launch event at the Sports Training Village today (19 October) before the British crews head off around the world for the start of the new season. Michael Hoch, Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Sport, said: “We are delighted to add bobsleigh to the TeamBath family, especially...
