Five University of Bath students are among the 20-strong squad selected to represent Aquatics GB at the second edition of the European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships. Making her British debut is Civil Engineering student Niamh Ward (pictured), a member of the Student Performance Sport swimming squad who has won multiple backstroke medals for the University in BUCS competition. Supported in her dual careers by the Team Bath Breakthrough Programme, Ward began her career with the...
The University of Bath Rowing Club produced their strongest BUCS Regatta results ever when they won 11 medals – four of them gold – during a busy Bank Holiday Weekend at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. All of the medals were won by students who train with the British Rowing South West GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) based at the University, with five qualification spots for September’s EUSA European Universities Championships in Poland...
Sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons made a winning return from long-term injury as the University of Bath Student Performance Sport athletics squad won three medals at the 2025 BUCS Outdoor Championships. Lizzy Ingram and Ariyanna McGee also ran season’s best times at the Manchester Regional Arena to secure well-earned bronze medals in the 2000m steeplechase and 100m hurdles respectively. Senior GB international Sibbons (pictured top), who is supported by a Santander Scholarship as she studies Architecture...
Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...
Athletes from the British Rowing GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) based at the University of Bath topped the medal table when Olympic rowing hopefuls from across the country contested the Olympic Pathway Regatta. The National Watersports Centre in Nottingham hosted the competition, which provides athletes from all five regional Academies with valuable competitive racing experience against their closest rivals before regatta season begins for the summer. South West GB Performance Development Athletes, the majority of...
Silvers for sporting scholars Matthew Ward and Joshua Gammon were among eight medals won by University of Bath-based swimmers at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student Ward (pictured top) was runner-up to Olympic silver-medallist Duncan Scott in the men’s 200m individual medley, the Bill Whiteley Scholar overhauling Evan Jones and Charlie Hutchison in the closing stages of a thrilling final. There were more fireworks in the men’s...
It was a successful weekend for University of Bath-based rowers past and present when they contested the 2025 GB Rowing Team Senior and U23 Selection Trials at Caversham. And there was another magical moment for Paris 2024 medallist Becky Wilde when she was named as rowing's BOA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year during the post-event presentation ceremony. Four current members of the South West Performance Development Academy (PDA), formerly known as the GB Rowing...
Sporting scholar Justin Davies has been named as the latest Team Bath Rengen Athlete of the Month after a fantastic February which saw him smash national records, win a first British title and qualify for the European Athletics Championships. The Team Bath AC athlete, who trains and studies at the University of Bath, has enjoyed an excellent winter campaign which has seen him slice nearly four seconds off his 800m indoor personal best. His winning...
A host of University of Bath students, graduates and coaches played key roles as Bath Rugby ended their 17-year wait for silverware with an outstanding 48-14 victory over Exeter Chiefs in the 2024-25 Premiership Rugby Cup Final. Management student Tom Carr-Smith grabbed the first of seven Bath tries and Sports Performance alumnus Tom Dunn touched down twice on a perfect Sunday afternoon at Sandy Park. Joining Carr-Smith in the starting line-up were fellow students Jasper...
Reigning Olympic champions Tom Dean and Kieran Bird plus a quartet of sporting scholars are among the eight University of Bath-based swimmers confirmed on Aquatics GB’s World Class Programme (WCP) for the 2025 season. Bird and triple Olympic champion Dean, who both won men’s 4x200m freestyle relay gold for Team GB at Paris 2024, are joined on the Podium tier by Bath Performance Centre training partners Jacob Peters and Jacob Whittle. The Podium Potential athletes...
