University of Bath sporting scholars and emerging Team Bath talent head to Gibraltar for 2025 Netball World Youth Cup

Several Team Bath Netball players and University of Bath sporting scholars will be showcasing their talents on the global stage when the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup takes place in Gibraltar from 19th to 28th September. NXT Gen League shooter Dani Carr has been named in the Wales squad and fellow University of Bath student Matilda Smyth has been selected by Scotland, while Immi Shaw and Zoe Maynard will represent Northern Ireland. Lilia Davies and Madison Sims are reserves...

14 September 2025

Team Bath Senior Physio Katy Williams tackling medical team role as Women’s Rugby World Cup heads to Ashton Gate

Team Bath Senior Multi-Sports Physiotherapist Katy Williams will be part of the field-of-play medical team when the Women’s Rugby World Cup moves into its knockout phase over the next two weekends. She will be working at Ashton Gate when the Bristol stadium stages Sunday’s quarter-final between host nation England and Scotland, as well as both semi-finals on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th September. “This is a great opportunity and I’m really excited to be involved...

11 September 2025

Paralympic gold-medallist Dimitri Coutya reclaims Para Fencing World Championships crown as Bath-based squad impress in Iksan

Dimitri Coutya added the Para Fencing World Championships foil title to his Paralympic gold medal during a strong week for the University of Bath-based British Fencing squad in Iksan, South Korea. Coutya, in his first competition since Paris 2024, fought back from 9-4 down to beat China’s Yanke Feng 15-11 in a rematch of the Paralympic Category B foil final to reclaim the title he last won at the 2017 World Championships. He also won...

08 September 2025

Bath graduates Becky Wilde and Cedol Dafydd selected to make World Rowing Championships debuts for Great Britain

Olympic medallist Becky Wilde and fellow University of Bath graduate Cedol Dafydd are set to make their World Rowing Championships debuts for Great Britain in Shanghai later this month. The duo, who both trained and studied at the University, have been selected in the women’s and men’s quadruple sculls respectively for the 2025 championships, which take place from 21st to 28th September. Sport and Social Sciences graduate Wilde won women’s double sculls bronze at Paris...

02 September 2025

Women’s team silver and fantastic fourth place for student James Hulme as Pentathlon GB impress at World Championships

University of Bath alumnae Charlie Follett, Olivia Green and Emma Whitaker won women’s team silver for Pentathlon GB at the 2025 UIPM Pentathlon World Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. There was also a fantastic fourth-placed finish at his first senior World Champs for James Hulme in the men’s final, the Team Bath Breakthrough Programme student-athlete capping an excellent season which also saw him win bronze at the European Junior Championships and place fifth at the World...

01 September 2025

Alanna Pullen becomes third University of Bath sporting scholar to be awarded Netball Super League contract for 2026 season

University of Bath sporting scholar Alanna Pullen has followed up her Netball World Youth Cup selection by being awarded a 2026 Super League contract by Birmingham Panthers. It comes after a standout season for the dynamic attacking mid-courter with Team Bath Netball, where she started every game as the Blue & Gold finished runners-up in the inaugural NXT Gen League campaign. Pullen - a Sports Performance student supported an Alumni Fund Scholarship - also excelled...

22 August 2025

Bath alumna Natasha Hunt proud to be part of Red Roses home squad as 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off in England

University of Bath graduate Natasha Hunt is aiming to win a second Women’s Rugby World Cup title with England – and this time on home soil. The 2025 tournament kicks off on Friday 22nd August with the host nation taking on the United States at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, live on BBC1. Hunt will win her 83rd cap in the match, having been selected at scrum-half, and is one of four players in the Red...

20 August 2025

Trio of props become latest University of Bath students to join Bath Rugby Academy after impressing in BUCS Super Rugby

The partnership between the University of Bath and Bath Rugby continues to go from strength to strength as three talented front-row players have become the latest current students to formally join the Premiership champions' Academy pathway.  Claudius Wheeler, who studies Biomedical Sciences, and Sports Performance students Alfie Griffin and Henry Mountford have all played a prominent role for the University’s BUCS Super Rugby side in recent seasons. Their form has earned them scholarship agreements with...

20 August 2025

England call on Team Bath’s Alanna Pullen and scholar Sophie Kelly for 2025 Netball World Youth Cup

Team Bath Netball’s Alanna Pullen and University of Bath sporting scholar Sophie Kelly have been named in the England U21 squad for the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup, taking place in Gibraltar from 19-28 September. Trendell Sporting Scholar Jayda Pechova is a non-travelling reserve for the tournament, which features the top 20 teams in the world and sees England take on Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Tonga and Wales in the group stages. Pullen, a dynamic wing-attack...

15 August 2025

VIDEO: EFL Academy footballers get a taste of student-athlete life during inspirational pre-season training camps at University of Bath

Young players from four English Football League (EFL) clubs have benefited from pre-season training camps at the University of Bath’s elite sporting facilities – and got to experience a potential post-Academy student-athlete career. The U18 squads from Crewe Alexandra, Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town and Millwall each spent a week in campus accommodation while training at the University’s Sports Training Village as part of their preparations for the 2025-26 season. As well as train and play...

11 August 2025