Johanna Konta looking forward to home support as Great Britain name exciting team for Fed Cup tie at Team Bath Tennis

Johanna Konta and Heather Watson have been named in a five-strong Great Britain team that will take to the tennis courts at the University of Bath Sports Training Village next month for the first Fed Cup by BNP Paribas tie staged in this country for 26 years. The experienced duo will be joined by Katie Boulter, who has broken into the world’s top 100, Bristol’s Katie Swan and debutant Harriet Dart for the eagerly-awaited Europe/Africa...

07 January 2019

Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas miss out on World Cup bobsleigh medal by just hundredths of a second

University of Bath-based bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas recorded their best-ever World Cup result on Saturday as they finished fourth in an incident-packed race at Altenberg, Germany. The British pair had what appeared to be a cup thrown onto the track during the start of their second run and then were ranked as sixth in the official results before being rightfully upgraded after the clock was adjudged to have been nearly four-tenths of...

06 January 2019

Team Bath Netball tame Celtic Dragons to get 2019 Superleague season off to a winning start

Team Bath Netball made a winning start to the 2019 Vitality Superleague season as they beat Celtic Dragons 58-41 in the opening Super 10 match at Arena Birmingham. There were impressive performances right across the court as the Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold took control during the first quarter and went on to record a solid victory. Great defensive pressure from Summer Artman, Eboni Usoro-Brown, Serena Guthrie and player of the match Imogen Allison provided the...

05 January 2019

Bury Football Club train at University of Bath ahead of League Two visit to Yeovil Town

Sky Bet League Two side Bury became the latest football club to train at the University of Bath when they visited today. The Shakers used the outdoor playing pitches to prepare for their league visit to nearby Yeovil Town on Saturday. Several football clubs have taken the opportunity to train at the University in recent years including Barnsley, Bristol City, Crystal Palace, Oldham Athletic, Aldershot Town and Partick Thistle. The FA Premier League also use...

04 January 2019

Shooting star Hannah Passmore completes Team Bath Netball Superleague squad ahead of Super 10 season opener

Young shooting star Hannah Passmore has been named as the 15th and final member of the Team Bath Netball squad for the 2019 Vitality Superleague season, which gets under way this weekend. Passmore, a student at Millfield School in Somerset who celebrated her 18th birthday in December, has been with the squad throughout pre-season as a Training Partner and has now been fully promoted to the senior ranks after impressing with her maturity and desire...

02 January 2019

Olympic, World and Commonwealth crowns among highlights of unforgettable sporting 2018 at University of Bath

One historic Olympic title defence, two World crowns, three Commonwealth gold medals and a multitude of other national and international medals added up to another outstanding year of sport at the University of Bath in 2018. The University’s unique push-start track, the only one of its kind in the UK, became the focus of national attention in February when three athletes who train on it with British Skeleton won medals for Team GB at the...

26 December 2018

Players step up but handling errors prove costly as Leeds Beckett end Team Bath’s BUCS Super Rugby winning run

Team Bath men’s 1st XV may have seen their winning run come to an end at Leeds Beckett on Wednesday but there were still plenty of positives to take from the final BUCS Super Rugby game of 2018. The Fulkers-sponsored Blue & Gold were without a number of players due to the Christmas break but those who stepped up from the 2nds contributed to a hard-fought contest that saw the visitors score three tries. However,...

20 December 2018

Another epic epee gold medal for wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver on the road to Toyko 2020

University of Bath wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver continued his perfect start to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games qualification period when he won Category A epee gold at the latest IWASF World Cup in Kyoto, Japan. The MJ Church Ambassador followed up his success in Georgia last month by dominating the field, winning all of his contests by five points or more to cap a hugely successful 2018. World and European Champion Dimitri Coutya, who trains alongside...

18 December 2018

Team Bath stars among England Netball team honoured at 2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards

It was a memorable night for Team Bath Netball’s Eboni Usoro-Brown and Serena Guthrie as they were part of the England Netball squad honoured as Team of the Year at the 2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. The Roses’ historic last-second winner in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games final against Australia was also named as Greatest Sporting Moment, a new category voted for by the public. Usoro-Brown and Guthrie were joined on...

17 December 2018

University of Bath swimmers past and present bag multitude of medals at National Winter Short-Course Champs

There were seven golds amongst a 20-medal haul for University of Bath-based swimmers past and present at the Swim England National Winter Short-Course Championships in Sheffield. World and European Champion James Guy, coached by Jol Finck at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, set quick times as he topped the podium in both the 100m butterfly (50.66) and 200m butterfly (1:52.08). Jessica Fullalove went under 58 seconds for the first time in a short-course 100m...

16 December 2018