Bath alumnae named in Team England women’s rugby sevens squad for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

University of Bath graduates Deborah Fleming, Natasha Hunt and Amy Wilson Hardy have been named in the Team England women’s rugby sevens squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. It is the first time that the sport will have been contested at a Commonwealth Games, with England being drawn against Fiji, host nation Australia and Wales in Pool B. Hunt, who studied Coach Education & Sports Development, and Wilson Hardy, an Integrated Mechanical &...

26 March 2018

New recruit Chloe Tutton looking to join ranks of National Centre swimming medallists at Gold Coast 2018

After missing out on a medal by just six-hundredths of a second at Rio 2016, swimmer Chloe Tutton – the latest Olympian to move her training base to the University of Bath – is determined to get on the podium when she races at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games next week. The 21-year-old, who joined the renowned British Swimming National Centre Bath training group last month, is one of 11 University-based swimmers who will...

25 March 2018

Dream Team Relay is a splash hit as Team Bath AS swimmers raise hundreds of pounds for Sport Relief

Team Bath AS raised the roof on Friday night as coaches, parents, swimmers, friends and families united to stage a Dream Team Relay to raise more than £700 for Sport Relief. The Dream Team was made up of Head Coach Chris Alderton, former GB swimmer Tilly Gray and the team’s Strength and Conditioning Coach, Mike Muckelt. One squad swimmer was also recruited to the Dream Team via a draw, with the lucky swimmer on the...

24 March 2018

Rising Team Bath AS star Laura McNab heading to second European Junior Champs with British Swimming

Team Bath AS swimmer Laura McNab has once again been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Junior Championships, this year taking place in Helsinki, Finland from July 4-8. It is Laura’s third opportunity to represent her country, with her selection following success at the British Championships in Edinburgh earlier this month. At the event, Laura won the Junior 200m freestyle title and made the Senior 100m freestyle final, finishing an impressive sixth against...

23 March 2018

10-try Bath storm into national quarter-finals

Two high scoring phases at the beginning of each half proved the cornerstones of a 58-15 ten-try home win Wednesday for the University of Bath first XV team against Cardiff University in the last-16 of the BUCs Super Rugby Championships. Cardiff held the floodgates in the first half, countering the Ikon-sponsored and Investigo-supported Bath side’s three opening tries with two of their own. Pressure mounted on the visitors in the second half with some powerful,...

21 March 2018

Team Bath’s Marcus Daniell gets to hit with tennis great Roger Federer at Indian Wells Masters

Team Bath Tennis player Marcus Daniell got to practice with the greatest of all time this week when he hit with Roger Federer at the Indian Wells Masters in California. Daniell earned his place at the tournament after reaching the men’s doubles quarter-finals at this year’s Australian Open and he repeated that achievement at Indian Wells with new partner Diego Schwartzman of Argentina. Their run was ended on Thursday by home favourites Mike and Bob...

16 March 2018

VIDEO: Interviews with Dame Katherine Grainger and Laura Deas as University hosts Commonwealth Big Lunch

Olympic legend Dame Katherine Grainger was the guest of honour when the University of Bath hosted the UK's first Commonwealth Big Lunch this week. The event doubled as a rousing send-off for the 30 University-based sportspeople who will be competing at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and a chance to welcome skeleton bronze-medallist Laura Deas back to her home training base after her PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games heroics. TeamBathTV caught up with Dame Katherine,...

14 March 2018

University of Bath celebrates Gold Coast 2018 and PyeongChang 2018 links by hosting UK’s first Commonwealth Big Lunch

Some of the country’s top sportspeople joined dignitaries, students and local schoolchildren at the University of Bath today to celebrate its links to both the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The Commonwealth Big Lunch, organised and hosted in conjunction with UK Sport, saw 130 guests enjoy food from around the Commonwealth in the first of a nationwide series of events building up to the Commonwealth Heads of Governnment...

13 March 2018

Student Jenny Nesbitt selected for Gold Coast 2018 ahead of Commonwealth celebration at University of Bath

Sporting scholar Jenny Nesbitt has become the 30th University of Bath-based sportsperson to be selected for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after she was called into the Welsh athletics squad. The news comes a day before the University celebrates its Gold Coast links with a Commonwealth Lunch that will be attended by a host of the selected sportspeople, students from 22 Commonwealth nations and dignitaries including Guest of Honour Dame Katherine Grainger, the Chair...

12 March 2018

Dimitri Coutya makes history with medal hat-trick as University of Bath-based wheelchair fencers excel in Italy

Dimitri Coutya became the first Brit to win three individual medals at a World Cup event during another outstanding weekend for University of Bath-based wheelchair fencers on the international stage. Coutya won Category B epee and foil gold, as well as sabre bronze, while MJ Church ambassador Piers Gilliver also excelled as he claimed the Category A epee title in Pisa, Italy. Double World Champion Coutya has dominated his epee category in recent months and...

12 March 2018