PICTURES: Sun shines on first Team Bath Sportive as cyclists enjoy ride to Glastonbury and back

More than 100 cyclists enjoyed a sunny Sunday cycle through Somerset as they took part in a successful first-ever Team Bath Sportive. Entrants from as far afield as London, Cardiff and Devon joined local club and recreational bikers for the organised 102km ride from the University of Bath Sports Training Village to Glastonbury and back again. Around 30 more cyclists took on a shorter 50km route, with all who took part in the non-competitive event...

23 April 2018

Doubles delight as ace Bath students win four medals at BUCS Individual Tennis Championships

Tiarnan Brady and Ben Jones won the men’s doubles title and there were three more medal finishes as University of Bath students enjoyed a successful visit to the BUCS Individual Tennis Championships. Sports Performance student Brady and Chemistry student Jones, who is supported by a Buchan Jones sports scholarship, beat University of Stirling pair Scott Duncan and Kieran Macarty 5-7 6-1 10-2 in Sunday’s final. It was their fifth win of a busy weekend at...

22 April 2018

Team Bath’s Anna Smith in GB Fed Cup tennis team for World Group play-off in Japan

Team Bath Tennis player Anna Smith is aiming to help Great Britain return to World Group level for the first time in 25 years when she competes in the Fed Cup this weekend. Doubles specialist Smith, coached by Ian MacDonald at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, is part of the GB team for the World Group II play-off match in Japan. It will be played on indoor hard courts at the Bourbon Beans...

20 April 2018

Sun shines on Varsity as University of Bath sporting students win for a third year running

There was plenty of sporting fun in the sun as University of Bath students won their annual Varsity fixture against Cardiff Met for a third successive year. The warmest day of the year ensured there were big crowds and a tremendous atmosphere for the student sport showdown, which this year took place at the Sports Training Village and Founders Hall. Among the highlights of the ten wins from 13 matches for Bath were a 43-40...

19 April 2018

Spanish show-jumping silver for Laura Simpson at first Student Riding Nations Cup of year

University of Bath student Laura Simpson won individual show-jumping silver when she represented Great Britain in the first Student Riding Nations Cup of 2018 in Segovia, Spain. Simpson, who is in the fourth year of an Economics course, also finished fifth overall in the combined standings – just one point off second place – after reaching round two of the dressage. “It is completely different to any other equestrian competition as the entire event is...

19 April 2018

Commonwealth champions back in Blue and Gold fold as Team Bath Netball resume Superleague season

Team Bath Netball will look to take inspiration from the return of golden girls Eboni Beckford-Chambers and Kadeen Corbin when they resume the 2018 Vitality Superleague season with a visit to defending champions Wasps on Sunday (3pm). Beckford-Chambers and Corbin will be back in the Blue & Gold fold, just a week after helping England to a historic title at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chelsea Lewis and Zanele Vimbela, who represented Wales and...

18 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: Netballers make history as University-based sportspeople end Commonwealth Games with 17 medals

Eboni Beckford-Chambers and Kadeen Corbin will return to Team Bath Netball this week as history-makers after helping England win Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games gold in magnificent fashion. The Blue and Gold duo were both part of a Roses team that won the coveted title for the first time with a sensational 52-51 victory over hosts and favourites Australia, victory being secured by a Helen Housby goal in the last second of an epic final....

15 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: Eboni Beckford-Chambers helps England reach first Commonwealth Games final

Team Bath Netball captain Eboni Beckford-Chambers was a game changer as England came from behind to beat Jamaica with a last-second winner in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games netball semi-finals. Jo Harten’s goal from the last shot of the game put England into their first-ever Commonwealth Games final, where they will contest the gold medal with hosts and defending champions Australia on Sunday (4.02am BST). England were trailing 33-27 at half-time but the introduction...

14 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: Leon Reid “loving it” as he receives his 200m bronze medal at Commonwealth Games

University of Bath-based Leon Reid said his Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games experience had been “surreal” after he collected his 200m bronze medal on Friday. Reid, coached by James Hillier at the Sports Training Village, finished fourth in Thursday’s thrilling final but was promoted onto the podium after race winner Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for impeding an opponent. Team England’s appeal against the decision, which was rejected, meant the medal ceremony was delayed until Friday...

13 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: Third Commonwealth Games silver for Eilidh Doyle as Leon Reid claims historic 200m medal

Hurdler Eilidh Doyle and sprinter Leon Reid won silver and bronze respectively on a dramatic night of athletics as University of Bath-based sportspeople took their Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games medal tally to 15. Doyle thanked her “fantastic” support team after once again producing a superb performance on the big stage as she finished runner-up in the 400m hurdles final, replicating her achievements at Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014. Reid then won Northern Ireland’s first-ever...

12 April 2018