Four University of Bath-based swimmers have been officially selected to represent Aquatics GB at the 2026 European Championships, taking place in Paris from 10-16 August. Sports Performance alumnus Josh Gammon secured his place in the 36-strong British squad by winning 50m butterfly gold at the Aquatics GB Championships. He is joined by Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre team-mates Jacob Peters and Jack Skerry, the latter a Computer Science student supported by a US Foundation Sports...
History-making Olympian Kate Shortman made a medal-winning return to competition and fellow University of Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin continued his excellent form when Paris hosted Stop 2 of the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup 2026. [caption id="attachment_72807" align="alignright" width="292"] Ranjuo Tomblin won two solo medals in Paris. PICTURES: Anh Viet CHAU / World Aquatics[/caption] Bill Whiteley Scholar Shortman and partner Izzy Thorpe reunited to win Women’s Duet Technical bronze in their first competition...
Team Bath Judo won 12 gold medals, including an outstanding men’s team victory, when they contested the 2026 BUCS Judo Championships in Walsall. Harvey Creasey-Cottle, Ralf Callaway, Yonas Aldous and George Riley rallied superbly following an injury to Elliot Wilkinson in the third round against Cambridge to claim a well-earned team title (pictured top) with brilliant victories in the semi-final against Oxford and gold-medal showdown with London. Sport and Exercise Science student Riley, who is...
Nine University of Bath students represented their countries during the U20 Men’s Six Nations 2026, gaining invaluable international experience ahead of this summer’s Junior World Championship in Georgia. Captain Connor Treacey (pictured top) and Aiden Ainsworth-Cave played all five games for England, who finished third overall. They were joined in the pack for the final two matches, against Italy and France, by Tate Williams who, like Ainsworth-Cave, is supported by a Hudson Powell sporting scholarship....
There were a host of top-three finishes, including victory for Joshua Gammon, as University of Bath-based swimmers stepped up their Aquatics GB Championships preparations by racing at the 2026 Edinburgh International Swim Meet. Sports Performance alumnus Gammon touched the wall first in the 50m butterfly (23.49) and was fourth over 100m (53.26) and 200m (1:59.82). Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre training partner Jacob Peter was third in the 50m butterfly (23.63) and fifth in the...
University of Bath student-athletes won 27 medals, six of them gold, across four different sports when they represented The SU Bath at BUCS Nationals 2026 in Sheffield. The top-performing individual athlete was swimmer Jack Skerry who won both the 50m and 100m backstroke titles at Ponds Forge. The US Foundation Scholar also struck gold for Bath in the 4x100m medley relay with Christian Ryan, Matt Ward and Cam Brooker. The latter, an Ivor Powell Scholar,...
Eleven University of Bath students have been selected to represent their countries during the 2026 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, which is being contested from 6th February to 15th March. Connor Treacey (Sport Management and Coaching), co-captain of the University men’s 1st XV in BUCS Super Rugby, will also wear the armband for England, who begin their campaign against Wales. Joining Treacey in the England squad are fellow Bath Rugby Academy players James Linegar (Sport...
A Para Lioness footballer, two England U20 rugby players and aspiring Olympians in artistic swimming, judo and sailing make up the inspirational cohort of University of Bath student-athletes to be awarded sporting scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year. Maria Slade, Diamond Ayiehfor, Tate Williams, Cara Zeidler, George Riley and Matthew Rayner will all benefit from scholarship funding to help them meet the demands of training, competing and studying at an elite level. They follow in...
With a new Olympic year about to dawn, it is time to reflect on another memorable 12 months of sport at the University of Bath during 2025. It has been a year where achievement and impact have been measured not just by the traditional yardstick of medals and awards – among them the accolade of The Times and Sunday Times Sport University of the Year 2026 – but also innovation, collaboration and ambition. The UK’s...
Sporting scholar Matthew Ward hailed the “good vibe” at the University of Bath after swimmers won 17 medals, seven of them gold, and set five new records at the National Winter Short Course Championships in England and Scotland. Engineering student Ward secured four of those national record times as he completed a clean sweep of backstroke titles at the Scottish Championships in Edinburgh, clocking 23.60 in the 50m, 51.08 in the 100m and 1:50.37 in...
