Prince Harry and Meghan Markle cheer on 2018 Invictus Games hopefuls as University of Bath hosts UK team trials

HRH Prince Harry and fiancee Meghan Markle marked the start of three days of inspirational competition at the University of Bath as they visited the Invictus Games UK Team Trials at the Sports Training Village on Friday. It is the third successive year that the STV has hosted the UK Trials and, as in 2016 and 2017, Prince Harry – Patron of the Invictus Games Foundation – was once again on hand to cheer on...

06 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: Relay provides silver lining as James Guy wins second swimming medal at Commonwealth Games

University of Bath-based swimmer James Guy claimed his second medal of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games as he helped Team England to silver in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay on Friday. The British Swimming National Centre Bath swimmer anchored the quartet – which also featured David Cumberlidge, Ben Proud and Jarvis Parkinson – to second place behind hosts Australia. It was Guy’s second final of the night, having narrowly missed out on a medal...

06 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: University-based swimmers claim medal hat-trick on opening day of Commonwealth Games

University of Bath-based swimmers James Guy, Anna Hopkin and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor all bagged bronze medals on the first day of competition at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. British Swimming National Centre Bath swimmer Guy, coached by Jol Finck at the Sports Training Village, went out hard in his 400m freestyle final before digging deep in the closing stages to finish third behind Australians Mack Horton and Jack McLoughlin. Fellow National Centre Bath swimmer O’Connor...

05 April 2018

Twickenham dream dashed as University of Bath are beaten by impressive Cardiff Met in BUCS Super Rugby semi-final

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV’s dreams of reaching the BUCS Super Rugby Championship final were dashed by an excellent Cardiff Met performance tonight. Bath, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, got off a fine start and led through a Levi Davis try converted by Will Partington, only for the visitors to respond through Tom Morgan and George Simpson. A Jack Davies try, added to by Partington, briefly levelled the scores at...

04 April 2018

VIDEO: University of Bath-based swimming stars look ahead to Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Eleven swimmers based at the University of Bath will be competing at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the first of six days of racing getting under way at 1.31am BST on Thursday. Among those taking part are eight members of the highly-successful British Swimming National Centre Bath, who are coached by Dave McNulty and Jol Finck in the London 2012 Legacy Pool at the Sports Training Village. Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, James Guy, Andrew Willis...

04 April 2018

Gold Coast 2018: Jazz Carlin and Eilidh Doyle named as flag bearers for Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

University of Bath-based sportspeople Eilidh Doyle and Jazz Carlin has been named as flag bearers, for Team Scotland and Team Wales respectively, for Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Hurdler Doyle, a double Commonwealth silver-medallist, will become Scotland's first-ever female flag bearer after being chosen by her fellow team members to lead the country into the Carrara Stadium. "I'm so over the moon," said Doyle, who is coached by Brian Doyle at the...

03 April 2018

University-based triathlete Vicky Holland hoping to put injury troubles firmly behind her at 2018 Commonwealth Games

Triathlete Vicky Holland says the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games were “a career-defining moment” for her – and she is hoping the Gold Coast 2018 edition will provide a similar milestone after a year plagued by injury problems. The Rio 2016 Olympic bronze-medallist will be the first of the 30 University of Bath-based sportspeople at the Games to compete in a final when she lines up in the women’s individual competition on Thursday (12.31am BST). It...

02 April 2018

University of Bath-based Isle of Man trio looking forward to competing at Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Isle of Man is taking a team of 32 to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games – and three of them are based at the University of Bath. Swimmer Guy Davies and badminton player Jessica Li are both students at the University, studying Biology and Economics & Mathematics respectively, while Ben Li – Jessica’s older brother and mixed doubles partner – has been training with the University’s badminton squad in the build-up to the...

01 April 2018

Pentathletes hit the top ten in Los Angeles during encouraging Modern Pentathlon World Cup

Pentathlon GB athletes recorded three top-ten finishes when they competed in Los Angeles at the second Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the 2018 season. Former World Champion Samantha Murray (pictured) achieved her highest international placing since 2015 when she finished a fine fifth in the women’s competition, with team-mate Francesca Summers placing 18th overall. Rio 2016 Olympian Jamie Cooke was seventh in the men’s competition, his fourth top-ten finish in as many visits to the United...

31 March 2018

“Perfect environment” of study and sport at University of Bath helps judoka Emmanuel Nartey achieve PhD goal

Olympic judoka Emmanuel Nartey believes that training in the University of Bath’s inspirational educational environment was a key factor in his completion of a PhD in International Law and Human Rights Law. Nartey, who represented his native Ghana at London 2012, has been part of Team Bath’s elite training squad for the past 14 years and has combined competing on the international stage with his career as a soldier in the Royal Tank Regiment. In...

30 March 2018