Vicky Holland excels in Edmonton to win her second gold of 2018 ITU World Triathlon Series

University of Bath-based Vicky Holland won her second ITU World Triathlon Series gold of the season as she recorded an excellent victory in the Elite Women’s race in Edmonton, Canada. The Rio 2016 Olympic medallist, coached by Rhys Davey at the Sports Training Village, made the best transition from the bike ride to the run and then produced the fastest 5km in the field to cross the line first and repeat her 2015 success in...

30 July 2018

Jens Hullah bags bronze as Great Britain junior rowers retain Coupe de la Jeunesse title

University of Bath rower Jens Hullah won a bronze medal and helped Great Britain record victory in both the men’s and overall competition after an excellent weekend of rowing at the 2018 Coupe de la Jeunesse in Cork, Ireland. Eighteen-year-old Hullah, part of the GB Rowing Team World-Class Start Programme coached by Dan Harris at the University and Minerva Bath RC, raced with Leander Club’s Joe Murphy in the men’s double scull at the annual...

29 July 2018

Students on the scoresheet as Bath Rugby fall just short of Premiership Rugby 7s semi-finals

A Bath Rugby squad featuring five University of Bath students suffered a last-gasp defeat to Harlequins in the quarter-finals of the Premiership Rugby 7s tournament at Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton. A late try from Business Masters student and Santander Sporting Scholar Jack Davies looked to have won it for the Blue, Black and White but, with the clock in the red, Quins captain Callum Waters scored from a quickly-taken penalty to seal a 31-29 victory. Defeat...

28 July 2018

Jens Hullah earns Coupe chance as GB Rowing Team call on Bath rowers past and present

University of Bath-based rowers past and present are preparing to compete on the international stage after being selected to race for the GB Rowing Team in the coming weeks. Jens Hullah, who is part of the GB Rowing Team World-Class Start Programme at the University of Bath, will race alongside Leander Club’s Joe Murphy in the men’s double scull at this weekend’s Coupe de la Jeunesse in Cork, Ireland. Eighteen-year-old Hullah - a member of...

25 July 2018

Eilidh Doyle to make record appearance as University of Bath-based athletes are selected for 2018 European Championships

Eilidh Doyle is all set to make more sporting history after being named as one of four University of Bath-based athletes in the British Athletics squad for the 2018 European Championships in Berlin. Doyle – who is Scotland’s most decorated athlete with 15 medals on the international stage – will, along with Anyika Onuora, make a record-equalling fifth appearance for Britain at a European Championships when they take place from August 6-12. The 2014 400m...

24 July 2018

Two years to go – aspiring Tokyo 2020 Olympic judoka head to Japan for training camp

With exactly two years to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games get under way, Team Bath judoka aspiring to compete in Japan have been to the home of their sport for a productive three-week training camp. Head Coach Juergen Klinger travelled to Tokyo with Rio 2016 Olympian Ben Fletcher, an ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church, Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Megan Fletcher, Gregg Varey, Rhys Thompson and King Sporting Scholar Prica Awiti-Alcaraz,...

24 July 2018

Medals for Kate French and Joe Choong as Pentathlon GB enjoy their most successful European Championships yet

Pentathlon GB won medals in both the men’s and women’s individual competitions for the first time at a European Championships as Kate French and Joe Choong both recorded excellent podium finishes in Hungary. Sports Performance graduate French continued her superb form to win silver on Saturday, her first medal at a major international championships. The celebrations continued 24 hours later as MJ Church Ambassador Choong, fresh from graduating from the University of Bath in Mathematics,...

23 July 2018

Olympic medalist and former Euro champ in strong Bath quartet for 2018 Accenture British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup

Olympic medalist Vicky Holland is part of an exciting quartet who will represent Team Bath in the 2018 Accenture British Triathlon Mixed Relay Cup, taking place in London next month. Holland (pictured), who won bronze at Rio 2016, is joined in a strong line-up by 2016 European Champion India Lee, Will Crudgington and University of Bath Mechanical Engineering student Alex Chantler-Mayne. All train at the Bath National Performance Centre, set up at the University of...

21 July 2018

Double Olympian and University of Bath graduate Andrew Willis announces retirement from swimming

Double Olympian Andrew Willis has today announced his retirement from swimming. The University of Bath Chemical Engineering graduate is one of the most experienced and longest-serving swimmers in the successful British Swimming National Centre Bath programme, having trained with David McNulty at the Sports Training Village since beginning his studies in 2009. During that time he reached two Olympic 200m breaststroke finals, at London 2012 and Rio 2016 where he missed out on a medal...

20 July 2018

Windsurfing scholar Sarah Jackson targeting top-ten finish at Senior World Champs after narrow medal miss at Juniors

University of Bath windsurfer Sarah Jackson is determined to bounce back from unfortunately missing out on a medal at this month’s IFCA Slalom Youth World Championships by securing a top-ten finish at the Senior event in September. The Sports Performance student, who is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, was in contention for overall victory at the Youth Championships on Lake Garda in Italy after recording her first international race win in the second round....

19 July 2018