Bethan Dyke, Tash Pavelin and Kirsty Harris among award winners as Team Bath Netball celebrate 2024 season across all age groups

Super League captain Bethan Dyke was a double winner as Team Bath Netball celebrated the 2024 campaign across all age groups at their end-of-season awards evening. Wales international Dyke, who had been awarded with the Fans’ Most Valuable Player Award at the previous night’s All-Star Match, was also her team-mates’ choice as Players’ Player of the Year. Vitality Roses defender Tash Pavelin was Coaches’ Player and Kirsty Harris received the Spirit of Bath Award during...

25 June 2024

Olympic champions gathering at University of Bath for Imaginarium exploring a healthy and sustainable future for sport

Olympic medallists Heather Fell, Jason Gardener and Amy Williams are returning to their former University of Bath training base this week to support an inspirational event exploring a healthy and sustainable future for sport. The Sport Imaginarium Bath (click here for free tickets) is a sustainability workshop, run by Olympians Etienne Stott and Laura Baldwin, which aims to harness the power of imagination and the sporting mindset to inspire action to tackle the climate and...

24 June 2024

Rewatch our All-Stars celebration as Team Bath Netball Super League legends return to the Blue & Gold

There was a celebratory atmosphere at the Team Bath Arena on Friday as past and present Team Bath Netball players donned the famous Blue & Gold once again to celebrate the club's trailblazing Super League era. A host of iconic players from the club's two decades - including five members of the inaugural Super League squad in 2005-06 - took to the court alongside the 2024 Super League squad for a hugely-entertaining evening enjoyed by...

21 June 2024

Team Bath Futures coach Grace Crompton and fellow University graduates earn Team GB selections for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Team Bath Futures coach Grace Crompton and fellow University of Bath alumna Amy Wilson Hardy have been named in the Team GB women’s rugby 7s squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Sports Performance graduate Tim Nurse has also been selected as travelling reserve for a Team GB men’s hockey squad that includes former Team Bath Buccaneers defender Liam Sanford. It will be an Olympic debut for Crompton, who has been working on the Futures...

19 June 2024

Coaching greats Jess Thirlby and Anna Stembridge back on the Blue & Gold benches for Team Bath Netball All-Stars celebration match

Team Bath Netball coaching greats Jess Thirlby and Anna Stembridge will be back on the bench at the Team Bath Arena this Friday after being confirmed as the coaches for the All-Stars celebration match. Thirlby and Stembridge, present and past England head coaches respectively, famously forged a successful coaching partnership together with Team Bath but will be on opposition sides for one night only as a Blue team take on a Gold team. The duo...

18 June 2024

Double European silver helps sporting scholar Kate Shortman maintain medal momentum ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games

There was another two-medal haul for University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe as they continued their Paris 2024 Olympic Games preparations at the European Championships. Shortman and Thorpe secured silver in both the Tech Duet and Free Duet competitions in Belgrade, following on from their silver and bronze at the World Championships in February and Tech Duet gold at last month’s Olympic Test Event in Paris. “If someone...

17 June 2024

Team Bath Netball keep fighting to the end as Super League era comes to an emotional conclusion in Cardiff

Team Bath Netball’s historic 19-year tenure in the Super League came to an end on Saturday on an emotional evening in Cardiff. Cardiff Dragons claimed a well-deserved 58-41 victory on the night, built on a strong first-half performance, but Team Bath fought to the end and gave a large, vocal travelling contingent of fans in the Utilita Arena plenty to cheer as they won the second half 23-21. Player-coach Kadeen Corbin, a veteran of three...

16 June 2024

David McNulty, coach to Olympic Champions at the University of Bath, awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours for services to swimming

David McNulty, Head Coach of the hugely-successful Aquatics GB Performance Centre squad based at the University of Bath, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for his services to swimming. McNulty, an inductee into the University’s Hall of Fame for Sport, has coached swimmers to 11 medals at the past three Olympics and is now gearing up for another Games – the sixth of his outstanding career – on the Team GB...

15 June 2024

Five gold among 28-medal haul as University of Bath swimmers enjoy roaring success at Golden Bear Meet in Croatia

The University of Bath Swimming Club won five gold medals, 14 silver and nine bronze as they enjoyed another successful visit to the annual Golden Bear Meet in Zagreb, Croatia. In total the 19-strong squad achieved 52 final placings and Mark Skimming, Head of Swimming at the University, said: “There was a good percentage of personal bests and some very good performances in not ideal conditions compared to what the swimmers are normally used to....

14 June 2024

Trailblazing champions among Team Bath Netball legends back in Blue & Gold for All-Stars celebration match at Team Bath Arena

A host of iconic players from Team Bath Netball’s storied past will be donning the famous Blue & Gold once again on Friday 21st June for an All-Stars match celebrating the franchise’s trailblazing contribution to the sport. Rachel Dunn, Clare Elsley, Tamsin Greenway, Jo Vann and current Head Coach Asha Francis, who all helped Team Bath win the inaugural Super League title during the 2005-06 season, are among the returning stars taking to the Team...

13 June 2024