Double Olympic medallist Jazz Carlin announces her retirement from competitive swimming

Swimmer Jazz Carlin, who won two silver medals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games while training at the University of Bath, has today announced her retirement after a hugely-successful 14-year career. Carlin, who has been coached by David McNulty at the British Swimming National Centre Bath since 2014, won World, European and Commonwealth medals before enjoying her greatest moment in Rio when she won 400m and 800m freestyle silver. “It’s really hard for me to pick...

27 February 2019

The new Team Bath Gym & Fitness Centre is officially open to students, staff and the public!

The new Team Bath Gym & Fitness Centre has been hailed as “a pretty special place” after it was officially opened to students, staff and the public at the University of Bath Sports Training Village today. Professor Bernie Morley, the University’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, was joined by Olympic gold-medallist Amy Williams, Rugby World Cup winner Lewis Moody and Director of Sport Stephen Baddeley for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Guests were then given a guided tour of the...

26 February 2019

London 2012 Olympic swimming medallist Michael Jamieson inducted into University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport

Olympic swimming medallist Michael Jamieson today returned to the University of Bath, the place where he both trained and studied, to become the latest inductee into the Hall of Fame for Sport. Jamieson famously won 200m breaststroke silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games, smashing the British record three times during the championships and only being denied gold by a World Record swim from Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta. He also won silver at both the Delhi...

25 February 2019

Epic comeback sees Team Bath men’s 1st XV claim big away win and go second in BUCS Super Rugby table

Team Bath men’s 1st XV head to Exeter University this Wednesday having become the BUCS Super Rugby league leaders’ nearest challengers with an epic team performance and victory against Northumbria on Friday. The Blue & Gold, sponsored by Fulkers and supported by MJ Church, stretched their winning run to three game In fantastic style as they overturned a 36-20 deficit to secure a 44-36 victory at Newcastle Falcons’ Kingston Park ground, moving up to second...

23 February 2019

Wasps’ second-quarter surge proves decisive as Team Bath Netball go down fighting against Superleague champions

A frustrating second quarter ultimately proved to be Team Bath Netball’s undoing as they went down fighting against Vitality Superleague leaders Wasps in front of a capacity crowd on Friday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold went toe to toe with the two-times champions in a pulsating first quarter that finished all square, only for the game to get away from them during a feisty second period that Wasps won 17-7. Roared by a noisy 1,200-strong...

22 February 2019

Second spot is target for Team Bath as they make long journey to fellow BUCS Super Rugby high-fliers Northumbria

Team Bath men’s 1st XV have the chance to go second in the BUCS Super Rugby table tonight (Friday, 7pm) but face a tough challenge when they head to Kingston Park, home of Newcastle Falcons, to face Northumbria. With both Hartpury and Cardiff Met dropping points in Wednesday’s fixtures, the Fulkers-sponsored Blue & Gold – who are also supported by MJ Church – know that a win would move them up to behind leaders Exeter....

22 February 2019

Double Championship record and magnificent seven gold medals for University of Bath athletes at BUCS Nationals

There were two new championship records for swimmer Tom Dean and 25 medals, seven of them gold, as sporting University of Bath students impressed at the 2019 BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] Nationals in Sheffield. MJ Church Ambassador Dean (pictured), a 2018 European Champion who is in the first year of a Mechanical Engineering degree and supported by a Bill Whiteley Sports Scholarship, eclipsed Olympic medallist Duncan Scott’s previous mark as won 200m freestyle...

19 February 2019

Sell-out Wasps test will provide perfect motivation as Team Bath Netball seek quick response to Saracens setback

Anna Stembridge believes that back-to-back sell-out Vitality Superleague home matches against Wasps and Manchester Thunder will provide the perfect motivation as Team Bath Netball seek an instant response to their disappointing defeat at Saracens Mavericks. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold, missing co-captains and England Commonwealth champions Serena Guthrie and Eboni Usoro-Brown through illness and injury, made a number of uncharacteristic errors during Saturday’s match which ruthless Mavericks took full advantage of to record a 68-45...

18 February 2019

World Cup gold and three silvers continue run of podium success for wheelchair fencers Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya

University of Bath-based wheelchair fencers Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya continued their outstanding run of podium success on the international stage when they won four medals between them at the latest IWAS World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The event was part of the IWAS World Games, being staged in Sharjah this week, and saw MJ Church Ambassador Gilliver secure a third successive gold medal in the men’s Category A epee by beating Gang...

14 February 2019

VIDEO: Team Bath run in magnificent seven tries to make amends for BUCS Super Rugby defeat at Cardiff University

Team Bath men’s 1st XV scored seven tries, six of them during a dominant second half, as they beat Cardiff University 53-17 in the first BUCS Super Rugby game of 2019 at the University of Bath. The Fulkers-sponsored Blue & Gold, who are also supported by MJ Church, had lost 28-24 when the two teams met at the end of January and led by just one point after an evenly-matched first half. However, Team Bath...

13 February 2019