One of the largest sporting events in England returned to the University of Bath over the weekend as 1,800 college students took part in the AoC Sport National Championships. It was the fifth successive year the three-day, 14-sport competition had been staged at the Sports Training Village, with students and organisers once again impressed by the facilities. The students taking part were aged 16 to 19 and each had qualified to take part in the...
More than 1,800 college students from across Britain will get to experience the world-class facilities at the University of Bath this weekend when they compete in the AoC Sport National Championships. The Sports Training Village will provide the venue for basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, football, hockey, netball, rugby, table tennis, tennis, trampolining and volleyball, as well as opening and closing ceremonies. Evening meals will take place in the Claverton Rooms and Fountain Canteen on...
Team Bath MCTA Tennis coach Tom Ellis has been named as Aegon LTA National Coach of the Month for March after helping to deliver another highly-successful fun day at the University of Bath. More than 100 pupils in Reception and Year 1 from schools across Bath and Wiltshire attended Saturday’s free event at the International High Performance Centre, learning racket skills and practising agility, balance and coordination drills. Twelve LTA coaches delivered the sessions and...
University of Bath students Alex Walker and Natasha Starling teamed up to win the women’s doubles at the BUCS Individual Tennis Championships at Loughborough. Walker (Msc Management) and Natasha Starling (BSc Business Administration) lived up to their billing as top seeds by not dropping a set in their four matches over the weekend. And they saved their best performance for the final, where they defeated the home pair of Olivia Nicholls and Louise Holtum...
Kiwi-born Team Bath-MCTA player Marcus Daniell won his second career ATP Doubles Event in Montpellier, France, last week. The win put him into the world top 100 from his 2014 year-end ranking of 114. Daniell and his partner Artem Sitak had to work hard for their title. They came through three tough sets to reach the semi-finals with a 7-6, 6-7, 11-9 quarter-final thriller against 2012 Wimbledon winner Jonathan Marray and Colin Fleming before needing...
Team Bath MCTA tennis player Anna Smith made her Federation Cup debut an event to remember today. The 26 year old doubles specialist pulled GB through an incredible rally to save match point with Jocelyn Rae and pave the way for a three-set doubles win which saw GB through to the next round against Belarus tomorrow. Smith chased a lob and then picked up a difficult volley to keep British hopes alive and save the...
Team Bath’s James Davis and Alex Walker won the British Tour Men's and Women's events held at the University of Bath recently. Davis, 16, originally from Kent had home court advantage to defeat Piers Farhang from Southampton 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the final. Earlier he beat fellow Academy player Will Bissett 6-2 6-0 in the semi final. Big serving Davis, a student at Monkton Combe School moved to the TeamBath Academy just over a year...
Team Bath MCTA’s Anna Smith has been called up by Federation Cup Captain Judy Murray to play for Britain when the event takes place in Hungary next month. The 26 year-old, who is coached by Ian MacDonald and Dave Sammel, was delighted to be selected. After receiving a phone call from Murray with the big news she said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been selected. It’s a great honour to represent your country. I’m...
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...
The Aegon GB Pro Series men’s singles title went to Belgium’s Maxime Authom whilst Stephanie Vogt took her third title of the Series in the equivalent women's event. The 24 year old Vogt, from Liechtenstein, followed up on her $15,000 singles win in 2013 and doubles title in 2012 with an excellent win over Italy’s Alberta Brianti 6-3; 7-6. In the Sunday final, Vogt closed out the first set comfortably and then raced to a...
