Olympic Champion Tom Dean and Paralympian Suzanna Hext both recorded Paris 2024 nomination times when University of Bath-based swimmers contested the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. University of Bath Swimming Club’s Ben Proud also booked his place at a third Olympic Games in fine style, while Tokyo gold-medallist Anna Hopkin is heading to her second after a double title success for the Bath alumna. There were also gold medals for Team Bath Dual...
A strong second-half performance gave Team Bath Netball plenty of positives to build on despite slipping to a Super League home defeat against Leeds Rhinos. The visitors flew out of the blocks and led 10-3 after five minutes before stretching their lead to 39-24 at half-time. However, cheered on by a 1,300-strong crowd at the Team Bath Arena, the Blue & Gold kept battling and were much improved right across the court during the third...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV produced a magnificent performance against BUCS Super Rugby champions Exeter but suffered National Championship semi-final heartbreak for the fifth time in seven seasons after slipping to a 40-27 away defeat. The Bath Building Society-sponsored visitors put up a tremendous fight and were right in the contest at half-time, only trailing 20-17, but they were always chasing the game in the second period as the boot of Charlie McCaig...
A storming second half saw the University of Bath men's 1st XV defeat Durham to reach the BUCS National Championships semi-finals for another year. The Bath Building Society sponsored visitors trailed 18-12 at half time but were superb in the second period as they secured a 33-23 success. Bath, who are also supported by Rengen, will now visit South West rivals and BUCS Super Rugby league champions Exeter in the semi-finals on Wednesday 3rd April...
University of Bath sporting scholar Jenny Hesketh became the latest student to make her senior international rugby debut this season when she started for Wales in their Guinness Women’s Six Nations opener against Scotland. The Sports Management and Coaching student, who is supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, played the full 80 minutes at full-back as Wales narrowly lost 20-18, only being denied a draw by a last-minute missed conversion. Hesketh, who plays her club...
Matt Weston added Overall World Cup gold to his previous World and European Championship title successes as University of Bath-based British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association athletes concluded another impressive season. Corie Mapp matched Weston’s achievement in the Para Bobsleigh competition as silver and bronze in the last two races of the season in La Plagne secured Overall World Cup gold for the second time in his remarkable career. Weston joins Kristan Bromley, Shelley Rudman and...
Team Bath Netball were beaten 60-44 at Surrey Storm on Saturday but the final scoreline does not reflect how closely fought the Super League match was for most of the evening. The Blue & Gold deservedly held a 15-14 advantage after the first quarter and the lead continued to change hands during the next two quarters of a competitive contest. Excellent defending from Jayda Pechova and Tash Pavelin, who recorded five interceptions and eight deflections...
On Friday 15th March a very special event was held, welcoming back the 1974 University of Bath Football team which had stormed to victory, against all odds, in the UAU Football Championship, with the final held in March 1974 at the St Andrew’s home of Birmingham City. In March 1974, it was election year; Margaret Thatcher had visited Bath to speak at King Edward’s School shortly after a General election which had seen Edward Heath’s...
Team Bath Netball were unable to build on a strong first quarter as Super League rivals Saracens Mavericks hit back to win 60-48 at the Team Bath Arena on Friday. Roared on by a 1,600-strong crowd, the Blue & Gold raced into a 15-12 lead after an excellent opening 15 minutes and could have been further clear. However, mistakes crept back into their game which allowed Mavericks to put a couple of runs of goals...
Iwan Price-Thomas’s last-minute penalty completed a dramatic turnaround victory in Cardiff for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV in their last BUCS Super Rugby league match of the 2023-24 season. An early yellow card set the tone for a disappointing first half for the Bath Building Society-sponsored visitors, who found themselves trailing 26-0 at the break. It was a completely different story in the second half, though, as a brilliant try from Iwan Coyle...
