Pentathlon GB’s Jamie Cooke and Joe Choong looking for ‘competition craft’ and consistency as World Cup campaign continues

Jamie Cooke and Joe Choong are hoping the pieces of the modern pentathlon ‘jigsaw puzzle’ start to fall into place this weekend when they compete in the third UIPM World Cup of a busy month. Just days after the second competition of the season concluded in Sofia, Pentathlon GB’s athletes - who train at the University of Bath - go again in the Bulgarian capital with the women’s qualifiers today (Thursday) and the men in...

15 April 2021

100 days to Tokyo: Kate French reflects on super start to Olympic season for herself and Pentathlon GB team-mates

With 100 days to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Pentathlon GB’s women have been showing fantastic form on the international stage – no more so than University of Bath alumna Kate French. The Rio 2016 Olympian smashed the women’s pentathlon fencing world record on her way to gold at the UIPM World Cup in Budapest last month, then followed that up with silver in Sofia last week. While her compatriots go again at another World Cup...

14 April 2021

100 days to Tokyo: Vicky Holland pleased with Olympic prep after different but productive winter of training at Team Bath STV

There are exactly 100 days to go until the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games finally begin and triathlete Vicky Holland believes she is on the right track after a very different but productive winter of training in Bath. The Rio 2016 bronze-medallist, who has already been named in the Team GB squad for this summer’s Games, would normally spend some of the cold, dark months on warm-weather camps overseas and competing abroad but the global pandemic...

14 April 2021

100 days to Tokyo: Euro Champs are next step on road to Olympics for Team Bath judoka Megan Fletcher after a year like no other

“No athletes have had to qualify for an Olympics during a global pandemic before and I know if I get to Tokyo I will have really achieved something.” After a qualification period unlike any other, the finish line is coming into sight for Team Bath judoka Megan Fletcher with just 100 days to go until the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games finally get under way. Her place in the Ireland squad isn’t confirmed yet but she...

14 April 2021

Freya Anderson excited to put hard work into practice as Bath-based swimmers target Olympic places at British Swimming Selection Trials

Freya Anderson says she is excited to finally be competing for Tokyo Olympic qualification as University of Bath-based swimmers head to the London Aquatics Centre for this week’s British Swimming Selection Trials. World, European and Commonwealth medallist Anderson is among 18 swimmers based at the Team Bath Sports Training Village taking part in the Trials, with places in the Team GB squad for this summer’s rescheduled Olympic Games the ultimate prize. Anderson joined the British...

13 April 2021

Helen Glover makes triumphant return to competition by striking gold with Polly Swann at European Rowing Championships

Former Team Bath-based rower Helen Glover made a winning return to the international stage when she and Polly Swann claimed women’s pair gold at the 2021 European Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy. Vicky Thornley also won silver in the women’s single scull and University of Bath alumna Sara Parfett narrowly missed out on a medal as the women’s eight finished fourth during an impressive return to competition by the GB Rowing Team who last raced...

11 April 2021

Scrappy performance but another win as Team Bath Netball finish first half of Vitality Superleague season with victory over London Pulse

Team Bath Netball made it 10 wins from 11 matches in Wakefield on Saturday as they concluded the first half of the 2021 Vitality Superleague season with a scrappy 37-27 victory over London Pulse. The Haines Watts-sponsored Blue & Gold, off the back of Friday night’s hard-earned 52-46 win against league newcomers Leeds Rhinos, stormed out of the blocks with the opening seven goals of the game and led 15-3 at one stage in the...

10 April 2021

Returning Imogen Allison inspires Team Bath Netball to important Superleague success against Leeds Rhinos

A strong second quarter, inspired by Imogen Allison’s impactful return from injury, set Team Bath Netball up for a 52-46 win in their first-ever Vitality Superleague meeting against Leeds Rhinos on Friday. There was no separating the teams during a first quarter that finished locked at 10-10 but the introduction off the bench of England international Allison, who had missed the previous week’s single-goal defeat to Saracens Mavericks with an ankle knock, helped to turn...

09 April 2021

Second UIPM World Cup medal in two weeks for Kate French as Pentathlon GB women impress again in Sofia

Pentathlon GB’s Kate French continued her superb return to competition as she won a silver medal in the women’s final at the second UIPM World Cup of 2021 in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday. Fellow University of Bath Sports Performance graduate Jo Muir also collected more valuable Olympic qualification points by finishing fourth, as did Francesca Summers in ninth, and Natural Sciences alumna Jess Varley was 11th on her first international appearance for 15 months. “I’m...

09 April 2021

Incredible ippons help Team Bath Judo captain Gregg Varey reach quarter-finals on Grand Slam debut in Turkey

Team Bath Judo’s Gregg Varey enjoyed an excellent Grand Slam debut for Great Britain as he finished seventh overall in Antalya, Turkey. It may have been his first competitive outing for 15 months but Varey was soon into his stride in the -66kg category, defeating home judoka Talha Buyukeser in the opening round before scoring an ippon to beat five-times African Championship medallist Imad Bassou of Morocco. The Team Bath High Performance Judo Squad captain...

06 April 2021