Club and country are full-time focus as University of Bath graduate Imogen Allison recommits to Team Bath for 2021 Netball Superleague season

She may have completed her academic studies but rising England star Imogen Allison is delighted to be continuing her sporting education with Team Bath Netball after signing up for the 2021 Vitality Superleague season. The 22-year-old wing-defence has spent her previous four seasons in the Blue & Gold, combining some outstanding on-court performances with studying Sports & Exercise Science at the University of Bath. Having graduated in the summer, Allison is now looking forward to...

12 November 2020

Welsh shooter Betsy Creak hungry for more top-flight experience as she signs for second Netball Superleague season with Team Bath

After a fleeting but eye-catching start to her Vitality Superleague career, Welsh shooter Betsy Creak is ambitious to further establish her top-flight credentials after recommitting to Team Bath Netball for the 2021 season. The 24-year-old came off the bench twice for the Blue & Gold during the curtailed 2020 campaign and impressed both times, looking cool and composed in front of nearly 10,000 spectators on her debut against Loughborough Lightning before converting 100 per cent...

12 November 2020

New graduate Abi Robson eager to continue sporting education with Team Bath Netball during 2021 Superleague season

She is educating youngsters in her new job off court but Abi Robson is also ready to continue her own learning on court after extending her long-standing association with Team Bath Netball into the 2021 Vitality Superleague season. The 22-year-old defensive mid-courter has returned to her alma mater, Monkton Combe School in Bath, as a teaching assistant after graduating with first-class honours from a Geography degree at the University of the West of England in...

12 November 2020

Tash Pavelin looking to build on breakthrough performances after recommitting to Team Bath for 2021 Netball Superleague season

She was one of the Vitality Superleague’s breakout stars of the truncated 2020 season and defender Tash Pavelin cannot wait to build on those performances after committing to Team Bath Netball for the 2021 campaign. The 22-year-old started at goal-defence in all three of the Blue & Gold’s matches before lockdown and excelled in each of them, particularly the memorable home victory over Wasps in which she was named as player of the match. They...

12 November 2020

Rachel Shaw targeting elusive Grand Final appearance after committing to Team Bath Netball for ninth Superleague season

She helped to keep the netball community active and engaged during lockdown, now Rachel Shaw is looking forward to getting back on court after committing to Team Bath Netball for a ninth Vitality Superleague season. The effervescent England-capped wing-attack streamed weekly online training sessions from her front room during the spring and early summer, which proved to be hugely popular and were enjoyed by thousands of netballers and clubs from across the country and overseas....

12 November 2020

“It’s good to be home” – England defender Layla Guscoth excited to rejoin Team Bath Netball for 2021 Superleague campaign

England defender Layla Guscoth says “it feels good to be home” after returning to Team Bath Netball and the Vitality Superleague for the 2021 season. The 28-year-old’s magnificent form during her previous spell in Blue & Gold saw her named in the Superleague Team of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, with her performances all the more impressive as she was combining netball with a demanding off-court career as a trainee doctor. After completing...

12 November 2020

“I’m feeling refreshed and ready to come back” – England superstar Serena Guthrie returns to Team Bath Netball for 2021 Superleague season

She’s refreshed, recharged and raring to go – England superstar Serena Guthrie is back with Team Bath Netball for the 2021 Vitality Superleague season. The mid-court maestro enjoyed her first competitive outings since July 2019, when she captained England to victory in the bronze-medal match against South Africa at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool, when she won her 99th and 100th caps for the Roses in this month's international series against World Champions New...

12 November 2020

Five more Team Bath Netball Academy players hoping to represent England after being selected for U17 Roses trials

Five more promising young Team Bath Netball Academy players are in contention to represent England at age-group level this season after being selected to trial for the Roses’ U17 squad in December. Giselle Burnett, Sophie Hamilton, Daisy Harrison, Charlotte Steer and Isabella Valeur-Adu received the news just days after fellow Blue & Gold rising stars Rosie Bartlett, Molly Hole, Lily Jones and Isla May were selected for U19 trials. Burnett is a talented mid courter...

09 November 2020

Wheelchair fencers Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver add to trophy collections with more awards on national and international stage

Wheelchair fencing World Champions Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver, who both train at the Team Bath Sports Training Village, have once again been rewarded on the national and international stage for their outstanding performances. The duo have been named on the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sport Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing list of 2019 ‘Best Athletes’, recognising the fencers who have achieved the most points in their individual discipline and category during the calendar year. Gilliver...

08 November 2020

New British record for Freya Anderson as Bath-based swimmers past and present continue to impress in International Swimming League

There were four wins and a new British record for Freya Anderson as University of Bath-based swimmers past and present continued to impress for London Roar at the International Swimming League in Budapest. Fresh from recording five top-two finishes in Roar’s second match of the competition, Anderson – part of the British Swimming National Centre Bath squad that train at the Team Bath Sports Training Village – excelled once more as Roar finished runners-up to...

07 November 2020