Quartet crowned as British champions as University of Bath-based swimmers impress in Scotland

There were six golds amongst a 14-medal haul for University of Bath-based swimmers at the 2018 British Swimming Championships, which were incorporated into the Edinburgh International Meet. Despite being in heavy training for next month’s Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, British Swimming National Centre Bath swimmer James Guy was able to add two more national titles to his haul. He was a second clear of the field in the 200m butterfly, clocking 1:58.05, and then...

05 March 2018

“Very special” first individual global medal as Eilidh Doyle wins World Indoor Champs bronze in Birmingham

University of Bath-based athlete Eilidh Doyle said winning her first individual global medal was “very special” after she bagged 400m bronze at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. It was a 14th podium finish at a major championship for the 30-year-old, who has won Commonwealth and European medals in her specialist 400m hurdles discipline but had previously narrowly missed out on the indoor or outdoor World stage. Roared on by a home crowd at...

05 March 2018

Team Bath Netball star Chelsea Lewis “could not be prouder” after Wales selection for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Chelsea Lewis has become the third Team Bath Netball player to be selected for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after her place in the Wales squad was confirmed on Thursday. The prolific goal-shooter, who can also play goal-attack, has vast international experience having played at two Netball World Cups, in 2011 and 2015, and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. “I am so honoured to be selected to represent Wales at Gold Coast 2018,” said...

02 March 2018

University swim coach Dr Andrei Vorontsov to present on Preparation of Olympic Athletes at International Forum in Japan

University of Bath Assistant Swimming Coach Dr Andrei Vorontsov is going to Japan this weekend after being invited to speak at the Human High Performance International Forum 2018. The world-renowned coach will make a presentation on the Preparation of Olympic Athletes during the global event at the University of Tsukuba, focusing primarily on his work with Sarah Sjostrom while Head National Coach for Sweden from 2013 to 2016. Sjostrom became the first Swedish woman to...

02 March 2018

Men’s 1st XV caught cold in icy conditions before turning up the heat in second half at Hartpury

A strong second-half performance gave the University of Bath men's 1st XV some positives to take from their final BUCS Super Rugby league match of the 2017-18 season, a 29-17 defeat away to local rivals Hartpury College. The match was played in snowy conditions and IKON Construction-sponsored Bath were caught cold in the first half, going 24-0 down. They were much improved in the second period, though, and got on the scoresheet when Will Partington...

28 February 2018

Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher moves into world’s top ten after winning Grand Slam silver in Germany

Team Bath judoka Ben Fletcher has hailed his silver medal at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany as “probably the best result of my career”. The Rio 2016 Olympian and MJ Church ambassador was only denied the -100kg gold by Georgia’s Varlam Liparteliani, an Olympic and World silver-medallist who is currently ranked number one in the world. Fletcher had to battle through four rounds to reach the final, recording impressive victories over Temur Rakhimov of...

27 February 2018

“Resilience and determination” helps Team Bath Netball edge out Severn Stars in last seconds of Superleague thriller

Head Superleague Coach Anna Stembridge has praised her players’ “resilience and determination” after a goal in the dying seconds against West Country rivals Severn Stars maintained Team Bath Netball’s perfect start to the season. An epic derby match at the University of Worcester on Monday saw the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold trail 39-36 going into the final quarter but draw level at 40-40, only for Stars to respond with three unanswered goals to seemingly regain the momentum. Team...

27 February 2018

BBC Breakfast visit University of Bath’s outdoor push-start track to learn more about skeleton’s formula for success

BBC Breakfast marked the end of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games by broadcasting live this morning from the UK’s only outdoor push-start track at the University of Bath. Intrepid reporter John Maguire tried his hand at skeleton as he found out more about the world-class programme run by the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) at the University that has now produced seven Olympic medallists from the last five Games. Three of those medals...

26 February 2018

PyeongChang 2018: Four-man bobsleigh crews bring Winter Olympic Games to a close

Team GB’s four-man bobsleigh crews brought the curtain down on the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games by finishing 17th and 18th respectively on Sunday. There were just three-hundredths of a second between the British crews after four rounds of competition in South Korea, with Brad Hall, Nick Gleeson, Joel Fearon and Greg Cackett (pictured) edging in front after a quicker final run on the last day of the Games. They clocked 3:18.26 overall, while Lamin Deen,...

25 February 2018

Team Bath Netball provide plenty of home cheer as they quell Storm in front of sell-out crowd

Team Bath Netball maintained their 100 per cent record for the 2018 Vitality Netball Superleague season by beating Surrey Storm in front of a delighted home crowd on Friday. In their first match this year at the Team Bath Arena, the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold were pegged back to 12-12 at the end of a fluctuating first quarter before giving a sell-out crowd of 1,420 supporters plenty to cheer during a stunning second period. With...

23 February 2018