An array of talented young student athletes from across 12 sports have been awarded University of Bath scholarships. Among the 2014 scholars are athletes who have already represented their countries at Commonwealth Games, World Under-23 Championships and European Youth Championships. University of Bath students with the potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships, which are awarded each year. The scholarships are supported by alumni and friends of...
Aspiring Paralympians took another important step on their quest to represent their country at Rio 2016 this weekend as 60 Paralympic hopefuls and support staff attended the ParalympicsGB Potentials Camp at the University of Bath. The first camp of the Rio cycle, hosted at the University in January 2014, set a strong precedent for the athletes in attendance this weekend. Of 45 graduates from the January camp, 60 per cent have so far gone on...
University of Bath student Sam Courty helped the British women’s eight to the silver medal at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Italy. The American crew led from the start of the final and went on to capture gold at Varese, leaving the GB boat battling it out with Germany and Australia for silver and bronze. And it was the GB eight, with Sport and Exercise Science student Courty in the number five seat, that...
University of Bath student Sam Courty has been named in the Great Britain team to compete at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships later this month. The 21-year-old Sport and Exercise Science student will row in the British women’s eight at the championships, which take place in Varese, Italy from 23 to 27 July. Courty is a member of the 50-strong British squad for the championships. She trains on the GB Rowing Team’s Start programme at...
University of Bath student Sam Courty has been selected to row in a senior British crew for the first time at the Windermere Cup in Seattle this weekend. The 21-year-old Sport and Exercise Science student is a member of a 10-strong squad for the women’s eight. The third year student joined the GB Rowing Team’s Start programme 18 months ago. “She has always had the right attitude,” said Dan Harris, Talent Development Coach – Bath...
University of Bath graduate and London 2012 Olympic gold medal winning rower Heather Stanning has completed a six-month tour as part of the British military’s force in Afghanistan. Heather, who graduated from the University with a degree in Sports Technology in 2007, joined forces with Helen Glover to become the first British women’s rowing Olympic gold medallists. The pair learned to row at the University of Bath. Following her Olympic success Captain Stanning returned to...
University of Bath sporting alumni Helen Glover added a World Championship gold to the Olympic rowing title she won at London 2012 last year. Glover won gold in the women’s pair partnering Polly Swann at the World Championships on Lake Tangeum in Korea on Saturday. It was Glover’s first World Championship gold following a pair of silvers in 2010 and 2011 with University of Bath Sports Technology graduate Heather Stanning, with whom also struck gold...
Olympic rowing gold medallist Helen Glover and her partner Polly Swann completed a hat-trick of 2013 World Cup gold titles when they won in Switzerland on Sunday (14 July). The British duo struck gold in the women’s pair in Lucerne in the face of strong opposition from New Zealand and the USA. Their victory in Lucerne followed on from earlier successes this year in Sydney and Eton Dorney. Glover, the Olympic champion with Heather Stanning...
University of Bath student Frazier Christie faces another big step at the weekend en route to his goal of rowing at this year’s World Under-23 Championships. The Economics student competes in the Great Britain Senior and Under-23 Trials at Caversham. The top under-23s will be asked to stay at Caversham next week to take part in seat racing trials. Christie needs to make sure he reaches the seat-racing phase to have a chance of securing...
Four of the University Championship crews finished in the top six at the BUCS Head, held over a five kilometer course, in Boston, Lincolnshire. The Start athletes who were at GB Rowing Trials the previous weekend, were back in action claiming third in the Mens Championship 4-, the crew of Jack Cadman, Frazier Christie, Alex Wilding , Ben Jackson took bronze in a highly contested event. They then went on to team up with Start...
