New training venue for Team Bath Netball U17s as Bridgwater & Taunton College joins Blue & Gold’s South West network

Bridgwater & Taunton College has joined Team Bath Netball’s rapidly-expanding network of training venues across the South West of England after becoming the new home of the U17 squad. The youngest of the Blue & Gold’s age groups, coached by Denise Ellis and Kerry Walsh, will train at the college’s Taunton campus located at the heart of the club’s catchment area – two hours from both the most northernly and southernly Academy Development Centres, in...

07 December 2020

Wheelchair fencing’s Peter Rome named as High Performance Coach of the Year at prestigious 2020 UK Coaching Awards

After guiding members of the successful University of Bath-based GB wheelchair fencing squad to World titles and Paralympic medals, Peter Rome now has a trophy of his own after being among the winners at the 2020 UK Coaching Awards. Rome, lead coach on the EiS World-Class Wheelchair Fencing Programme since 2016, was named as High Performance Coach of the Year during a virtual ceremony on Thursday. “The shock is still settling in,” he said. “I’m...

04 December 2020

Team Bath coaches keeping British Judo community active during December with Technical Thursday virtual training sessions

Team Bath Judo coaches Adam Hall and Tom Reed are helping the British Judo community stay active, motivated and in shape by streaming weekly virtual Technical Thursday sessions during the build-up to Christmas. The online training sessions, open to British Judo members aged 12 and over, will centre around players continuing their technical development while training from home or restricted to non-contact training. They start on December 2nd and will run for three consecutive Thursdays...

02 December 2020

Meet the next generation of aspiring Team Bath Netball stars as 2020-21 Academy Development Centre squads are announced

Nearly 150 of the most talented young netballers in the South West of England will benefit from additional top-level coaching this season after being selected for Team Bath Netball’s Academy Development Centre (ADC) programme. The players – all aged between 15 and 18 years old – will have access to coaching and lifestyle support from the Blue & Gold within their home region at ADCs located in seven host venues across the South West –...

01 December 2020

Team Bath Tennis players and coaches enjoy inspirational Q&A session with Australian Open men’s doubles champ Joe Salisbury

Australian Open men’s doubles champion Joe Salisbury provided an insight into his career and some inspirational advice during an online Q&A session with Team Bath Tennis players, parents and coaches. Salisbury – whose success alongside Rajeev Ram in Melbourne in January made him only the fourth Brit during the Open era to win a men’s doubles Grand Slam title – looked back on his experiences as a junior, at US college and now on the...

30 November 2020

Bronze-medallist Marcus Wyatt ends GB men’s seven-year wait for World Cup podium place as British Skeleton impress again in Latvia

Marcus Wyatt won a first men’s IBSF World Cup medal for seven years as University of Bath-based British Skeleton athletes continued their excellent start to the 2020-21 season. Wyatt was sixth after the first run in Sigulda, Latvia but dipped below the 50-second barrier on his second to take a fantastic third place in a combined time of 1:39.85. In doing so, he became the first British man to earn a Skeleton World Cup podium...

27 November 2020

British record for Freya Anderson and another big win for Tom Dean helps London Roar finish third in 2020 International Swimming League

Freya Anderson eclipsed her own British record and Tom Dean claimed another eye-catching victory as University of Bath-based swimmers shone once again for London Roar in the grand final of the 2020 International Swimming League in Budapest, Hungary. Anderson, who joined the British Swimming National Centre Bath high-performance squad this summer, has been in fantastic form throughout the six-week competition and continued that into the last session on Sunday as she clocked 1.51.87 in the...

23 November 2020

Gwilym Bradley and Will Flinn make top-flight debuts as University of Bath Rugby Club players line up on national and international stage

It was a proud weekend for the University of Bath Rugby Club as nine current and former students lined up for club and country. Two of them - Gwilym Bradley and Will Flinn (pictured) - were making their top-flight debuts, with scrum-half Flinn coming on for his first Premiership Rugby appearance for Gloucester Rugby where he is currently on loan from RFU Championship club Hartpury. Flinn and fellow Sports Performance graduate Freddie Clarke both came...

22 November 2020

Four top-eight finishes provide an impressive start to 2020-21 IBSF World Cup season for British Skeleton athletes

British Skeleton athletes who train at the University of Bath made an impressive start to the 2020-21 IBSF World Cup season as they recorded four top-eight finishes in Sigulda, Latvia on Friday. Olympic medallist Laura Deas recorded her best finish since February 2019 as she placed sixth in the women’s race, securing a wider podium place with a combined time of 1:45.52 from her two runs. 2016 Youth Olympic Champion Ashleigh Pittaway was 12th in...

20 November 2020

Former Team Bath FC Head Coach Paul Tisdale appointed as new Bristol Rovers first-team manager

Paul Tisdale, who famously coached Team Bath FC on a history-making FA Cup run, has been appointed as the new first-team manager at League One club Bristol Rovers. Tisdale was Head Football Coach at the University of Bath from 1999 to 2006, during which time the Blue & Gold won four promotions through the non-league pyramid. They also became the first University side since 1880 to reach the first round proper of the FA Cup...

20 November 2020