A barnstorming last 20 minutes saw the University of Bath men’s 1st XV turn a 32-17 deficit into a 39-32 victory as they kicked off 2025 with a rearranged BUCS Super Rugby away fixture against Nottingham. The original fixture had been snowed off in November and icy temperatures meant Sunday’s rescheduled contest had to be moved to the artificial pitch at Leicester Forest East RFC. Bath took a while to get warmed up and found...
Olympic and Paralympic success in Paris is just one of the highlights of a truly monumental year of sport at the University of Bath. World Cup victories, European crowns, groundbreaking international debuts, emotional reunions, national accolades, innovative new partnerships and an extensive gym refurbishment are also among the many high points from an action-packed 2024. In total athletes brought 93 senior international medals back to their Team Bath training base, 17 of which were secured...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV saw their unbeaten home run come to an end following a disappointing second-half display against BUCS Super Rugby league leaders Loughborough on Wednesday. An eagerly-anticipated showdown between two in-form teams was evenly-matched during a first half which saw both teams score four tries apiece, with just a couple of successful conversions separating the sides. Bath touched down twice during the first 10 minutes, through Charlie Griffin and Kit...
Kepu Tuipulotu scored a hat-trick of tries against Welsh opposition for the second time this BUCS Super Rugby season as the University of Bath men’s 1st XV eased to a 59-16 home victory over Cardiff on Wednesday. Bath made nine changes to the 15 that had started the previous week’s excellent away win in Durham and it didn’t take long for one of those new starters to make an impact, Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi scoring the opening...
A Paris 2024 pentathlete, history-making artistic swimmer and aspiring Olympians in athletics, hockey, sailing and swimming are among an impressive 11 University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. Charlie Brown, Ranjuo Tomblin, Justin Davies, Patrick McElhinney, Oscar Cawthorne, Joshua Gammon, Dylan Registe and Matt Ward will all benefit from a cash award to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. Netballer...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV completed their first win double of the 2024-25 BUCS Super Rugby season as they recorded an impressive 41-27 victory at Durham. Bath went into Wednesday’s match having played just once in the previous month due to last week’s fixture at Nottingham being snowed off and found themselves trailing 20-7 as the first half drew to a close, their points coming from a penalty try. However, a Tyler Offiah...
Captain Max Pearce (pictured) scored a hat-trick of tries as the University of Bath men’s 1st XV returned from their two-week BUCS Super Rugby break in style by beating Swansea 57-19 at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. The hosts were without several players who have been representing Bath Rugby in the Premiership Rugby Cup but demonstrated their strength in depth by running in nine tries during an excellent squad performance. Oli Sedgwick opened the...
It is shaping up to be another impressive season of representation for University of Bath student rugby players after four earned international call-ups and seven more made their senior club debuts. Max Ojomoh, who studies Business, has been named in the England A squad for the match against Australia A at Twickenham Stoop on Sunday 17th November. Helping with match preparation is Economics with Politics fresher Charlie Griffin, one of five England U20 players invited to...
A new and improved Student Performance Sport Breakthrough Programme will provide more than 160 University of Bath student-athletes across 25 different sports with bespoke support designed to help them maximise their academic and sporting potential. Supported by Team Bath partners Rengen, the programme offers best-practice personal development and performance support to the students - all identified as having long-term athletic potential – as they seek to make the step up from pre-elite level to sustained...
After a stunning summer of success for University of Bath sporting scholars, past and present beneficiaries of the programme joined current and prospective donors for a special celebration event at Rengen House. Four of the six medals won by University-associated athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games went to student-athletes who have been supported in their dual careers by scholarships – Tom Dean (swimming, gold, Bill Whiteley Scholarship), Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz (judo, silver, King Scholarship), Kate...
