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

Hosts take the honours as Team Bath Netball serve up a Christmas cracker of a tri-tournament

Team Bath Netball provided a festive flourish to their pre-season preparations when they won their annual tri-tournament with two excellent displays in front of their home fans – and a watching live audience on BBC Sport. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold looked in good shape ahead of the 2019 Vitality Superleague season as they followed up a 40-34 victory over Surrey Storm with a 46-32 defeat of benecosMavericks in the winner-takes-all third match at the...

15 December 2018

Three-times British judo champion Jan Gosiewski graduates from University of Bath

Three-times British judo champion Jan Gosiewski this week swapped his judogi for an academic gown when he was awarded his PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Bath’s Winter Graduation Ceremonies, held at the Assembly Rooms in Bath. Having first arrived at the University of Bath as an undergraduate in Medical Engineering over a decade ago in 2006, Jan has combined his studies with an illustrious sporting career, coached by Team Bath’s Juergen Klinger...

14 December 2018

VIDEO: Team Bath hold off Hartpury comeback to complete brilliant BUCS Super Rugby double over local rivals

In-form Team Bath men’s 1st XV produced another tremendous performance to complete their first-ever BUCS Super Rugby double over local rivals Hartpury. A fortnight after recording a historic 13-11 success in Gloucestershire, the Fulkers-sponsored Blue & Gold – who are also supported by MJ Church – again held off a late comeback from the league leaders to secure a deserved 33-31 victory at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Hugo Stiles, who kicked superbly...

12 December 2018

Christmas comes early for netball fans as Team Bath tri-tournament is broadcast live on BBC Sport

Team Bath has teamed up with BBC Sport to deliver an early Christmas present for netball fans ahead of a massive 2019 for the sport. The annual Blue & Gold tri-tournament – taking place at the Team Bath Arena on Saturday (December 15) – will, for a second successive year, be broadcast to a national audience on the BBC Sport website (click here to watch) and app. The full event, which sees an exciting new-look Team...

12 December 2018

Christmas cracker on the cards as Team Bath seek BUCS Super Rugby double over league leaders Hartpury

Team Bath men’s 1st XV will be looking to complete a rare BUCS Super Rugby double over local rivals Hartpury when they play their final home match of 2018 at the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (6.30pm, free entry). The Fulkers-sponsored Blue & Gold, who are also supported by MJ Church, recorded a memorable 13-11 victory – their first away success against Hartpury – when the two teams met in Gloucestershire a fortnight...

12 December 2018

Winning weekend as Team Bath quartet strike gold at 2018 British Judo Championships

Adam Hall, Rhys Thompson, Gregg Varey and Oliver Nash all struck gold during an excellent weekend for Team Bath judoka at the 2018 British Judo Championships in Sheffield. Hall, who is assistant coach to Juergen Klinger at the University of Bath, came out on top in the senior men’s +100kg weight division, while Thompson – supported by the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) – took the -100kg honours for the first time. Team Bath High...

10 December 2018

Crew Bath’s Kate Hunt wins British Rowing Indoor Championships title as Invictus athlete Kelly Ganfield returns to podium

University of Bath Boat Club’s Kate Hunt went one step better than last year when she won gold at the 2018 Mizuno British Rowing Indoor Championships. The International Development with Economics student, part of Dan Harris’ GB World-Class Start training group at the University, finished four seconds clear of the field in the women’s U23 2000m competition. Joe Russell raced in the senior category against the GB men, including Olympic Champion Mo Sbihi who won...

09 December 2018

Student-swimmer Filippos Iakovidis hoping to be a record breaker at FINA World Short-Course Champs in China

University of Bath student Filippos Iakovidis has set his sights on another national record when he represents his native Cyprus at the FINA World Short-Course Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China. Iakovidis, who studies Sport & Exercise Science and is supported by the Team Bath Dual Career programme, smashed his own records in both the 50m and 100m backstroke while racing for the University of Bath at last month’s BUCS National Championships in Sheffield. “I would...

08 December 2018