There was a dream start to the 2019 Modern Pentathlon European Championships for the host nation as Myles Pillage and Kerenza Bryson won mixed relay gold on the opening day of competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. The young Pentathlon GB duo provided a vocal home crowd with plenty to cheer throughout the day as they won the swimming, fencing and riding disciplines to take a 40-second advantage into the decisive run-shoot....
Athletes and officials from 25 nations have arrived on campus and the University of Bath has been transformed as preparations are finalised for the 2019 Modern Pentathlon European Championships, which begin on Tuesday. More than 150 of the continent’s finest all-round sports people, including 13 Pentathlon GB athletes, are competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying event which runs until Sunday (August 11). All five pentathlon disciplines – swimming, fencing, riding and the combined run/shoot...
They study and train at the University of Bath – now three members of the British squad for the 2019 Modern Pentathlon European Championships are getting ready to compete there too. Charlie Follett, Oliver Murray and Myles Pillage will all gain valuable experience on the senior stage when they represent Pentathlon GB in the relay competitions, which start the continental championships on Tuesday and Wednesday. Biochemistry student Pillage, who is supported by a Trendell Sports...
World Cup Final Champion Joe Choong, World Champion Jamie Cooke and continental silver-medallist Kate French have today been named in a 13-strong British team that will compete on home soil at next week's Modern Pentathlon European Championships at the University of Bath (click here for ticket information). Graduates Sam Curry, Jo Muir, Tom Toolis and Jess Varley will also compete in the individual events, along with 2015 World Junior Champion Francesca Summers, where eight Tokyo...
With exactly one year to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher is excited at the prospect of competing at his sport’s spiritual home not just once but twice in the next 12 months. Fletcher – one of 50 University of Bath-based sportspeople past and present training towards the Games – will compete at the legendary Nippon Budokan next month when it hosts the 2019 World Judo Championships, a Tokyo...
Visually-impaired alpine ski champion Kelly Gallagher MBE will return to the University of Bath today (Tuesday) to receive an honorary degree as the summer award ceremonies begin at the city’s Theatre Royal. Kelly graduated from Bath with a degree in Mathematics in 2006 and went on to make history as the winner of Britain’s first winter Paralympic gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. She competes in all five alpine disciplines (slalom, downhill, combined,...
Joe Choong became the first University of Bath-based athlete to set the Tokyo 2020 qualifying standard when he magnificently won Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final gold in the Olympic host city. “To get over the line in first and claim my first senior gold medal, as well as an Olympic Qualification spot, is an absolutely amazing feeling,” said the MJ Church Ambassador after his trademark sprint finish in the run-shoot had clinched victory in the...
The Olympic Day values of ‘move, learn and discover’ shone through when more than 300 people took part in over 20 inclusive sports and activities at the second Try Games event. Team Bath was among the partners working with organisers from Three Ways School, in Bath, to provide a whole range of interactive activities that the whole family could enjoy. They included a laser shooting challenge with Pentathlon GB and a chance to try netball...
It was a brilliant Bank Holiday Weekend for sportspeople based at the University of Bath as they won nine medals, five of them gold, on three continents across three different sports – modern pentathlon, wheelchair fencing and judo. Pentathlon GB athletes continued their fantastic start to a 2019 that includes this summer’s European Championships in Bath (click here to buy tickets) by securing four podium places at the fourth World Cup of the season in...
Team Bath Dual Career athlete Kristian Callaghan has been selected to represent Team GB at the Minsk 2019 European Games, taking place in Belarus from June 21-30. The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth bronze-medallist, who is studying a PhD Research Programme in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, is one of two pistol shooters selected for the competition. Team GB will be represented by 101 athletes across 11 sports at the second iteration of...
