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

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

Quartet of exciting Team Bath Netball Academy players “with great potential” selected to trial for England U19 squad

Four rising Team Bath Netball stars have been selected to trial for the England Roses U19 squad for the 2020-21 season. Rosie Bartlett, Molly Hole, Lily Jones and Isla May have all been part of the Blue & Gold’s Academy Development Centre (ADC) programme, based across the South West of England and supported by Team Bath Netball's principal sponsor Haines Watts, and represented Team Bath in NPL (Netball Performance League) competition. Bartlett, from Cornwall, is...

05 November 2020

Triathlon Olympic medallist Vicky Holland becomes first University of Bath-based sportsperson to be officially selected for Tokyo 2020

Vicky Holland today became the first University of Bath-based sportsperson to be officially selected for Tokyo 2020 after being named in the Team GB triathlon squad for next summer’s rescheduled Olympic Games. It will be a third Games for the 34-year-old, who made history at Rio 2016 when she bagged a brilliant bronze to become the first female triathlete to win an Olympic medal for Great Britain. Shortly after the Games, Holland moved her training...

04 November 2020

First cap for Imogen Allison, 100th for Serena Guthrie as England Netball return to action with three-match tour of New Zealand

University of Bath alumna Imogen Allison made her senior debut and current sporting scholar Sophie Drakeford-Lewis gained more international experience as England Netball took on World Champions New Zealand during a three-match tour. Team Bath Netball legend Serena Guthrie also won her 100th cap for the Vitality Roses during the Cadbury Netball Series in Hamilton, the first competitive international netball since January. Wing-defence Allison – who graduated from a Sports & Exercise Science degree course...

03 November 2020