Our event record

The University of Bath has established a reputation for hosting high-quality training and preparation camps and events.

Hundreds of competitors and spectators enjoyed the 2023 UIPM Laser-Run and Pentathlon World Championships, staged at the University of Bath over 10 days. CREDIT UIPM World Pentathlon / Nuno Gonçalves

In 2023 we welcomed a record-breaking field of more than 800 athletes from 50 countries – ranging from under-9s through to over-70s – to the 2023 UIPM Pentathlon and Laser-Run World Championships. That was an Olympic qualifying event, as were the Modern Pentathlon European Championships successfully staged in 2015 and 2019.

Other highlights include three Invictus Games UK Team Trials; and the first Fed Cup tennis event to be staged in Great Britain for 25 years.

Athletes from a dozen nations trained at the University ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. They included Olympic swimmers from China and badminton players from Malaysia, and we were chosen to host ParalympicsGB’s main preparation camps ahead of London 2012. Other international squads to have staged training camps here include England Rugby, both men’s and women’s; Australia during the 2015 Rugby World Cup; and New Zealand and South Africa netball.

We also regularly host domestic netball matches which are attended by up to 2,000 spectators.

Johanna Konta salutes the crowds who packed into the Team Bath Sports Training Village for the 2019 Fed Cup tennis

Among the major events we have hosted are:

- UIPM Laser-Run and Pentathlon World Championships 2023
- Modern Pentathlon European Championships 2019
- Fed Cup tennis 2019
- Invictus Games UK trials 2018
- BUCS Big Wednesday 2017
- Invictus Games UK trials 2017
- Invictus Games UK trials 2016
- Modern Pentathlon European Championships 2015
- Strength in Depth European Finals, 2014 to present
- Special Olympics GB National Summer Games 2013
- England v Australia netball international 2012 & 2013
- British Colleges Sport National Championships in 2011 and 2012
- Aegon ATP Challenger tennis tournaments in 2011, 2012 & 2013
- BBC South West Sports Awards in 2008 and 2009
- England v Japan badminton international in 2009
- England v New Zealand and England v Australia netball internationals in 2009
- UK School Games in 2008
- British Transplant Games in 2006 & 2010
- British University Games in 2004
- European Youth Olympic Games in 1995