Kate French and Joe Choong are best of British as University of Bath hosts national modern pentathlon champs

Rio 2016 Olympians Kate French and Joe Choong were crowned as the new British Modern Pentathlon Champions after a thrilling day of competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Sports Performance graduate French, fresh from winning World Cup gold in Bulgaria, overtook Holly Parker on the second 800m loop in the decisive run-shoot discipline and went on to record an ultimately convincing win. Parker, producing arguably the best performance of her career so...

09 June 2018

Phenomenal fightback falls agonisingly short as Team Bath Netball are edged out by Loughborough Lightning

A sensational final-quarter fightback was not quite enough to salvage a result for Team Bath Netball as Loughborough Lightning held on for a single-goal victory that takes them top of the Vitality Netball Superleague. The Sitec-sponsored Blue & Gold found themselves trailing 37-27 at the end of a third period that saw tremendous defensive pressure and ruthless finishing give the visitors a seemingly unassailable lead. However, Team Bath – playing their third home game in...

08 June 2018

Athlete Futures Roadshow provides University-based sportspeople with careers advice for life after sport

Olympic, World and Commonwealth champions based at the University of Bath were among a host of athletes who received careers advice for life after sport. The University hosted the third of four Athlete Futures Roadshow events in 2018, organised and run by the Athlete Futures Network, a partnership between UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) that is supported by the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association. The Network provides services...

07 June 2018

England Hockey call up University of Bath scholars for U21 internationals against the Netherlands

University of Bath sporting scholars Peter Scott and Tim Nurse have been named in the England U21 hockey for this month’s international matches against the Netherlands. Scott and Nurse, who play for the University in BUCS competitions and their club hockey for Team Bath Buccaneers, study Sports Performance and are supported by King and Trendell Sports Scholarships respectively. Both have previously represented their country at U21 level, with Scott – the 2017 Sports Personality of the...

06 June 2018

Terrific Team Bath Netball make amends for Sirens setback to move back into top four of Vitality Superleague table

Team Bath Netball moved back into the top four of the Vitality Netball Superleague as an excellent all-round team performance secured an impressive 60-34 victory over UWS Sirens. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold, fresh from a vital 54-45 victory over top-four rivals benecosMavericks on Friday, set the tone during a phenomenal first quarter as they stormed into a 17-4 lead. Scottish franchise Sirens, who had inflicted a surprise defeat on Team Bath in Glasgow nine...

04 June 2018

Mayor of Bath gets a taste of bobsleigh and skeleton at UK’s only outdoor push-start track

The Mayor of Bath has praised the University of Bath’s unique outdoor push-start track as “a fantastic facility” after trying his hand at bobsleigh. Cllr Ian Gilchrist got to sample the facilities, also used by Olympic skeleton champions Lizzy Yarnold and Amy Williams for their UK training, during a visit in the closing weeks of his tenure as Mayor. He was given an introduction to the sport by Donna Creighton, a former international skeleton and...

03 June 2018

Fab fans roar Team Bath Netball to vital victory over benecosMavericks in race for Superleague semi-finals

Team Bath Netball reinvigorated their challenge for a semi-final spot after overcoming top-four rivals benecosMavericks 54-45 in a pulsating Vitality Superleague showdown on Friday. The Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold went into the match three points adrift of their fourth-placed rivals and knowing that victory was essential after last weekend’s surprise setback against UWS Sirens. They looked to have the points safely in the bag as they took an eight-goal lead into the final quarter thanks...

01 June 2018

Narrow defeat for Team Bath Tennis’ Anna Smith in French Open first round at Roland Garros

Team Bath Tennis player Anna Smith and partner Xenia Knoll were edged out in a hard-fought three-set first round in the French Open women’s doubles competition at Roland Garros. Smith, coached by Ian MacDonald and Dan Smethurst at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, and Swiss partner Knoll won the first set on a tie-breaker against Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu. However, just one break of serve in each of the next two tightly-fought...

31 May 2018

Fans’ role is “so important” as Team Bath Netball prepare for crucial home run in Vitality Superleague

Team Bath Netball fans have been told their support is “so, so important” as the Blue and Gold embark on a critical run of four home Vitality Superleague games in the space of just two weeks. The next three Fridays see Sitec-sponsored Team Bath entertain top-four rivals benecosMavericks (June 1), Loughborough Lightning (June 8) and Wasps Netball (June 15) as the race for the end-of-season semi-final spots reaches a decisive stage. They also have a...

29 May 2018

Chari Hawkins smashes longstanding record to take heptathlon gold at England Athletics Combined Events Champs

University of Bath Masters student Chari Hawkins smashed a record that had stood for nearly three decades when she claimed a runaway heptathlon victory at the England Athletics Combined Events Championships in Bedford. Hawkins, a US international who is coached by Colin Bovell at the Sports Training Village, performed superbly across the weekend to total 6,137 points from the seven events and eclipse 1988 Olympian Kim Hagger’s previous championship record set in 1989. Day one...

28 May 2018