Olympic and Paralympic titles, World Championship success and 27 Commonwealth Games medals are just some of the reasons that 2014 has been another unforgettable year of sport at the University of Bath. And the year ahead promises to be equally memorable, with the Modern Pentathlon European Championships and Australia’s Rugby World Cup squad both being hosted at the Sports Training Village. The undoubted highlight of 2014 came on Valentine’s Day when British Skeleton star Lizzy...
An array of talented young student athletes from across 12 sports have been awarded University of Bath scholarships. Among the 2014 scholars are athletes who have already represented their countries at Commonwealth Games, World Under-23 Championships and European Youth Championships. University of Bath students with the potential to succeed both academically and in their chosen sport can apply for the scholarships, which are awarded each year. The scholarships are supported by alumni and friends of...
Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy player Samantha Murray said she could draw plenty of positives from the biggest match of her career to date, after going down to Maria Sharapova on Court 1 at Wimbledon this afternoon (Tuesday). Murray, ranked 247 in the world, started positively against Sharapova, world number five, the 2004 Wimbledon champion and recent winner of the French Open. The opening two games went with serve, and Murray had the chance to...
Special Olympics GB Chief Executive Karen Wallin said athletes went home from the Bath 2013 Games ‘smiling and with amazing memories’. Karen praised the facilities at the University of Bath’s Claverton Down campus, which hosted athlete accommodation and most of the sports. She said she couldn’t have wished for a more successful Games. "In my wildest dreams I could not have wished for a more successful event,” she said. “The athletes, who all have intellectual...
Hundreds of athletes with intellectual disabilities went into action on the opening day of the Bath 2013 Special Olympics GB National Summer Games. The University of Bath is the main host venue for the Games, hosting the athletes’ accommodation and nine of the 12 sports at the Games. Day one of the Games saw athletes from around the country taking part in a wide range of sports at the University, including athletics, boccia, football, gymnastics,...
Team Bath MCTA Academy player Sam Murray has achieved a career high world ranking of 189, making her the first Team Bath player to achieve a place in the world’s top-200. Murray has climbed almost 100 places in the rankings this season – she ended 2012 with a world ranking of 283. Back to back finals appearances at the Granby and Winnipeg ITF tournaments in Canada last month saw her progress to the top-200. And...
University of Bath graduate Grace McCatty has won her second World University Games medal after the British women’s football team beat Mexico in last night’s (Monday) final to strike gold. The GB team ran out 6-2 winners in the final – scoring four second half goals after the two teams were all-square at 2-2 at half time. The result means that McCatty adds a 2013 World University Games gold to the bronze she won in...
Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy player Samantha Murray battled hard for over an hour on Court 10 at Wimbledon before going out of the women's singles Championships. Ranked at no.235 in the world, Murray got a wild card into the main singles draw after some good results this season so far but went down 3-6, 4-6 to Camila Giorgi of Italy, the world no.93. Murray and her Team Bath MCTA counterpart Lisa Whybourn still have...
Team Bath MCTA Tennis Academy players Samantha Murray and Lisa Whybourn are set to make their debuts in the Wimbledon main draw after being handed wildcards for The Championships 2013. They are joined by another Team Bath MCTA player, Mel South, who returns to play at Wimbledon in the women’s doubles main draw. Murray has been given a wildcard to play in both the singles and the women’s doubles at this year’s Wimbledon. She partners...
Team Bath MCTA tennis player Samantha Murray has won the Aegon GB Pro-Series Glasgow title - the first Challenger event success for a Team Bath tennis player. In the final, 25 year-old Murray defeated seventh seed Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to win her first ever title at a Futures level. On her way to the final, unseeded Murray recorded some impressive wins over second seeded Romanian Cristina-Andreea Mitu, whom she beat in...
