Team Bath Student Performance Sport athletes will be able to access free and professional mental health support 24 hours a day thanks to a new partnership with the Sporting Wellness charity. Nearly 300 young people who combine study and performance sport at the University of Bath will benefit from the service, which offers a 24/7/365 support helpline and live chat. They will also be able to arrange counselling, either in person, online or over the...
The student-exclusive Sports Pass is part of the sports experience for all University of Bath students. It allows access to a host of facilities at the Team Bath Sports Training Village including our London 2012 Legacy Swimming Pool; tennis, squash and badminton courts; athletics track; astro pitches; and indoor sports hall. Holding a Sports Pass also gives holders access to dedicated student participation times, priority booking opportunities and coaching/guidance from the knowledgable coaches on campus. Activating your sports pass...
Olympic gold-medallist Amy Williams says it is important for children to enjoy sport and get active from a young age after becoming the first-ever Ambassador for Team Bath Tribe. Amy has a close personal connection to the youth sport programme, whose new term of activities start today (11th September), with her two young sons among the hundreds of children who take part in a wide range of sporting activities each week in the inspirational surroundings...
Team Bath Tennis is launching weekly pan-disability sessions in September following the success of an Inclusive Tennis Festival. Fifteen young people aged between five and 20 took part in the event at the Team Bath Sports Training Village (STV), where coaches adapted games and drills using specialist equipment. The Festival was run in conjunction with the Bath-based Blue Sky Tennis Foundation and Access Sport, a national charity who provided Disability Inclusion Training for all the...
Team Bath Tennis players Toby Samuel and Alicia Barnett have gained more invaluable Grand Slam experience after competing at Wimbledon 2023. It was a first-ever Grand Slam for Samuel, who enjoyed a dream senior debut on the world-famous grass courts as he and men's doubles partner Connor Thompson beat Pedro Cachin (Argentina) and Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) 7-5 6-3 on Thursday. Weather delays meant they had to wait four days for their second-round match against number...
Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett and partner Olivia Nicholls have been drawn against Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in their opening women’s doubles match at Wimbledon 2023. It is a tough draw for the Brits against the number 9 seeds for the tournament, with Kudermetova having reached the final with Elena Vesnina on her last appearance at the All England Club in 2021. The match is scheduled to be played when the doubles...
Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett and women’s doubles partner Olivia Nicholls began their grass-court season by reaching the final of the Lexus Surbiton Trophy. The duo, ranked number three for the tournament, were in fine form throughout the week as they eased through the knockout rounds without dropping a set. A 6-1 7-6(4) victory over fellow Brits Harriet Dart and Heather Watson was followed up with a well-earned 7-6(3) 7-5 success against Quinn Gleason...
Alicia Barnett’s French Open debut ended in a first-round defeat on Wednesday but only after a near three-hour battle from the Team Bath Tennis player and women’s doubles partner Olivia Nicholls at Roland Garros. The British duo, appearing at their fourth Grand Slam in 11 months, narrowly lost a first-set tie-break to Italy’s Jasmine Paolini and Martina Trevisan but stormed back brilliantly to win the second set 6-1. An absorbing third set saw Barnett and...
Team Bath Tennis player Alicia Barnett is scheduled to make her French Open debut on Wednesday when she takes to the famous clay courts at Roland Garros with doubles partner Olivia Nicholls. Barnett, coached by Ian MacDonald at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, and Nicholls have been drawn against Italian duo Martina Trevisan and Jasmine Paolini in the first round in Paris. The match will complete the Grand Slam collection for the British pairing,...
The University of Bath is proud to reaffirm its commitment to clean sport by backing UK Anti-Doping’s (UKAD’s) 2023 Clean Sport Week campaign, taking place from 22nd to 26th May. Clean Sport Week is UKAD’s national awareness week championing clean sport, education and anti-doping initiatives with sports across the UK, and this year’s theme is “Teamwork in Clean Sport”. Athletes are central to the team, responsible for making sure they compete clean – it's their...
