Former University of Bath BUCS Super Rugby trio sign for RFU Championship club Hartpury for 2020-21 league season

Three former University of Bath Rugby Club players will be lining up in the RFU Championship during the 2020-21 season after joining Gloucestershire-based Hartpury University RFC. Lock forward Scott Russell, scrum-half Will Flinn and back-three player Wil Partington all wore the Blue & Gold with distinction in BUCS Super Rugby while studying Sports Performance at the University of Bath. Russell and Flinn, who graduated in 2018, both have Championship experience with Coventry, with Russell being...

09 June 2020

Anna Stembridge keen to celebrate the class of 2020 as Team Bath Netball start preparing for the future

The 2020 Vitality Superleague season may have been all too brief but Team Bath Netball coach Anna Stembridge says it is important to still celebrate it as part of the building process for 2021. The Blue & Gold were only able to play three times before the league’s initial suspension in March but they won all of their matches in style, playing some outstanding netball right across the court and scoring 206 goals in the...

02 June 2020

From Team Bath to Team GB – Georgina Harland named as Chef de Mission for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games

Georgina Harland, who won an Olympic medal while training at the University of Bath, has been appointed as Team GB’s Chef de Mission for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. In doing so, the former modern pentathlete becomes the first ever female Chef de Mission for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at an Olympic Games. Harland, who won bronze at Athens 2004 while training with Pentathlon GB at the University’s Sports Training Village, will take...

01 June 2020

2020 Vitality Netball Superleague season voided

England Netball, following consultation with Team Bath Netball and all their fellow clubs, confirmed on Wednesday that the 2020 Vitality Netball Superleague season will be voided. Since the league’s initial suspension on March 15th, the ten clubs and Superleague officials have been holding regular online meetings to discuss various ways that the season might eventually resume in a manner that was safe for players, staff and spectators. However, with 12 rounds of fixtures already postponed,...

27 May 2020

Return to training starts Wednesday

Following the UK Government’s updated guidance on the phased return of sport and recreation, a small group of elite swimmers and coaches will become the first to resume their training at the University of Bath from Wednesday, May 27. Wednesday at 10am also sees the opening of the University outdoor tennis courts to students and academy players on site, following Lawn Tennis Association guidance on social distancing and using the following booking link : https://www.teambath.com/bookonline/ ‎ Staff...

26 May 2020

Mental Health Awareness Week: Top tips and techniques to help support your wellbeing

Practising good mental health is vitally important, no more so than during these challenging times, so we have teamed up with Reason To Be to provide a toolkit of simple, basic techniques that you can use to support your wellbeing. These top tips and techniques can be put into practice straight away to help you feel better and deal with any challenges coming your way. In a series of informative videos, occupational psychologists Aurea Fellows...

18 May 2020

Pedalling a cure – new Team Bath podcast provides entertaining personal insight how cycling can help both your physical and mental health

Is cycling the best drug on Earth? Miles Peyton of Team Bath thinks so - and, in our new podcast series, he looks at how getting out on your bike can help shine a bright light in these darker times. During the four-part podcast series, each episode around five-minutes long, Miles will share his passion for cycling and how it is helping him get through the anxiety of lockdown and the threat of Coronavirus. You...

15 May 2020

Team Bath Netball coach, player and supporters among finalists in 2020 Netball South West Goalden Globes Awards

Team Bath Netball Academy Head Coach Natalie Roddy and Futures Pathway player Alice Clark are both among the regional finalists in the 2020 Goalden Globe Netball Volunteer Awards. Roddy, who is also chairman of Team Bath Community Netball Club, is shortlisted for the Muriel McNally Grassroots award in the Netball South West Goalden Globes. Clark, who trains with Team Bath’s Somerset Hub at Millfield School, is a finalist in the Young Volunteer category for her...

12 May 2020

British Swimming National Centre Bath’s David McNulty and Tom Dean reflect with Jazz Carlin on adapting to lockdown

Swimmer Jazz Carlin, who won two Olympic medals while training at the University of Bath, has been catching up with former coach David McNulty and student-athlete Tom Dean to see how they are coping and adapting during the lockdown. The British Swimming National Centre Bath squad, who use the Sports Training Village’s Olympic-sized pool and high-performance gym for their training, should have been honing their preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at this time....

04 May 2020

Good news for Pentathlon GB stars as qualification process is finalised for rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games

Pentathlon GB athletes based at the University of Bath will have until mid-June of 2021 to set the qualification standard for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Joe Choong, Jamie Cooke and Kate French – who had already met the qualification criteria through their performances in 2019 – have also been told they remain eligible for Team GB selection under the new guidelines set out by the UIPM, modern pentathlon’s international governing body. Under the...

02 May 2020