Six University of Bath students have been selected for the 2025 U20 Men's Six Nations, with four of them being named in England’s match-day 23 for the tournament’s opening fixture against Ireland. Tighthead prop Billy Sela (Sports Performance), who helped England win the title in 2024, lines up in the front row alongside Sports Management and Coaching student Kepu Tuipulotu. The hooker will earn his first U20 cap in Thursday’s international, as will Economics with...
Students on the University of Bath performance netball programme are celebrating a first-ever BUCS Premier Division South title double. A wonderful Wednesday at the Team Bath Sports Training Village saw the 1st beat Exeter 68-37 to secure the Premier South 1 title, then unbeaten Bath 2nds defeat UCL 59-27 to clinch the Premier South 2 crown with a match to spare. It is the first year the student netball programme – led by Anya Le...
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...
Team Bath Netball duo Alanna Pullen and Phoebe Maslen have been named in a 16-strong England U21 squad that will tour Australia in the new year. Former Blue & Gold stars Sophie Kelly and Jayda Pechova – who, like Pullen, are University of Bath student-athletes and supported by sporting scholarships – are also in an exciting squad that will face the host nation and New Zealand during a tournament taking place in Canberra from 17-23...
Freya Anderson added to her international medal collection when the University of Bath-based swimming star anchored Aquatics GB to women’s 4x100m medley relay silver at the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Bath Performance Centre swimmer (pictured top, right) dived in for the freestyle leg in third place after strong swims from team-mates Abbie Wood, Angharad Evans and Eva Okaro. She then clawed back China in the closing stages to touch...
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...
An 18-medal haul, including a golden hat-trick from Joshua Gammon, ensured University of Bath student swimmers enjoyed their strongest performance for many years at the 2024 BUCS Short Course Championships. The women’s team finished second and the men’s team were third as Bath secured a top-three finish overall with 710 points after an excellent weekend of racing at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Sports Performance student Gammon (pictured top), fresh from being named in the Aquatics...
Five Paris 2024 medallists were among the Olympians and Paralympians whose achievements were celebrated at a special homecoming reception at the University of Bath. The athletes all train, study or studied at the University, one of the country’s leading institutions for high-performance sport, and were joined at the gathering by staff, coaches and civic representatives from Bath and Somerset. Double Paralympic Champion Dimitri Coutya (wheelchair fencing) and Olympic gold-medallist Kieran Bird (swimming) were in attendance...
Another historic year for University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and partner Izzy Thorpe was recognised when they once again shared the Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year honour at The Aquatics GB Awards 2024. Bill Whiteley Scholar Shortman, who studies International Management and Modern Languages (French), and Thorpe claimed Britain's first-ever Olympic and World Championship medals in the duet events during an incredible year. The stunning artistic swimming achievements of Shortman and Thorpe...
University of Bath student-athlete Joshua Gammon will make his first appearance on the senior global stage when he represents Aquatics GB at the World Aquatics Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest next month. The Sports Performance student has joined the Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre this season and will be competing in Hungary alongside two of his new training partners, fellow butterfly specialist Jacob Peters and Tokyo Olympic champion Freya Anderson. Gammon, who made his...
