University of Bath graduate Grace McCatty is guaranteed a second World University Games medal when Great Britain play in the women’s football final in Russia tonight (Monday). The Coach Education and Sports Development graduate won bronze in Belgrade last time around and is now certain of at least a silver in Kazan. Great Britain secured a place in the final against Mexico by beating Brazil 1-0 in Saturday’s semis. Tonight’s final is at 8pm local...
University of Bath graduate and swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Sportsman of the Year. The 24-year-old Sports Performance graduate was named winner of the prize at last night’s (Thursday) BUCS Awards Dinner. He said: “I’m delighted to have been named BUCS sportsman of the year. I owe a lot of thanks to the University for their support in the past few years, without whom I would not have...
University of Bath graduate Michael Jamieson features on the shortlist for the British Universities sportsman of the year award. Jamieson, who has just graduated in Sports Performance, won silver in the 200m breaststroke at the London 2012 Olympics. He features on a three-strong shortlist for the award, along with table tennis player Chris Doran of Nottingham Trent University and hockey player Harry Martin of the University of Nottingham. The winner will be announced at the...
Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson has been named as one of five University of Bath-based swimmers selected by British Swimming for the World Championships from July 28 – August 4 in Barcelona. Jamieson trains, a Sports Performance student, trains at the British Gas ITC on campus and for the Scot the prospect of the World Championships, after a difficult preparation for the national championships, is an exciting one. “I was surprised by my swims at...
University of Bath-based swimmers were in impressive form in Edinburgh at the weekend with Joe Roebuck collecting a hat-trick of titles and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Stacey Tadd winning a brace of golds a-piece. London 2012 Olympian Roebuck, who transferred train at British Swimming’s Bath Intensive Training Centre earlier this year, won golds in the 100m butterfly (53.40), 200m butterfly (1:59.10) and 200m individual medley (2:02.42) at the East District Open SASA Grand Prix. Seventeen-year-old O’Connor,...
Two of Britain’s top Olympic breaststrokers of all time met at the University of Bath as part of a BBC Scotland sports programme being screened on Thursday (16 May) night. David Wilkie set a world record to win Olympic gold in the 200m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and followed that up with silver in the 100m breaststroke. He came to the Bath to interview University of Bath student Michael Jamieson, who won...
The countdown to the country’s biggest multi-sport disability event of the year continued with the formal signing of contracts for the University of Bath to host the Special Olympics GB 2013 National Summer Games. The Games run from 28 August through to 1 September and will see more than 1700 athletes with intellectual disabilities from across Great Britain taking part in a programme featuring 12 different sports. The majority of sports will be held at...
Paralympic swimmers are taking part in a sponsored swim at the University of Bath to raise money for an inspirational charity that raises money to help seriously ill or disabled children enjoy the holiday of a lifetime. Two teams will complete the 4½ hour swimming challenge in the 50m pool at the Sports Training Village on Sunday (31 March) in the Dreamflight Generations for Generations sponsored swim. They aim to raise £3,500 for the charity...
The latest Team Bath athletes of the month award winners have been presented with their awards. Bath Intensive Training Centre swimmers Michael Jamieson and Anne Bochmann received the joint awards for November and December, with pistol shooter Kristian Callaghan collecting the men’s January award. Netballer Pamela Cookey was winner of the women’s award for January but could not attend the ceremony. The Team Bath athlete of the month awards are sponsored by Oakley and Ellis...
British Swimming is set to reaffirm its commitment to its Intensive Training Centre at the University of Bath. The University of Bath ITC will continue for another four years, British Swimming has announced. It is one of four ITCs British Swimming will continue to operate following a value for money analysis linked to performance outcomes since the five existing centres opened in 2008. The Bath ITC, which is run by head coach David McNulty and...
