GB debutant Niamh Ward and quartet of Bath sporting scholars named in British squad for European U23 Swimming Champs

Five University of Bath students are among the 20-strong squad selected to represent Aquatics GB at the second edition of the European Aquatics U23 Swimming Championships. Making her British debut is Civil Engineering student Niamh Ward (pictured), a member of the Student Performance Sport swimming squad who has won multiple backstroke medals for the University in BUCS competition. Supported in her dual careers by the Team Bath Breakthrough Programme, Ward began her career with the...

08 May 2025

Championship medals, European qualification and standout debuts add up to best BUCS Regatta yet for University of Bath rowers

The University of Bath Rowing Club produced their strongest BUCS Regatta results ever when they won 11 medals – four of them gold – during a busy Bank Holiday Weekend at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. All of the medals were won by students who train with the British Rowing South West GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) based at the University, with five qualification spots for September’s EUSA European Universities Championships in Poland...

07 May 2025

Team Bath Netball come from behind to tame Birmingham Panthers and stretch NXT Gen League winning run

Team Bath Netball closed to within a point of second place in the NXT Gen League as they came from behind to secure a well-earned 58-52 away win over Birmingham Panthers on Sunday. It was a third successive victory for the Blue & Gold, who trailed 17-14 after the first quarter at the University of Worcester Arena but levelled the scores at 30-30 going into the second half. Inspired by a second-successive Most Valuable Player...

06 May 2025

Golden comeback for scholar Aleeya Sibbons as University of Bath students win three medals at 2025 BUCS Outdoor Athletics Champs

Sporting scholar Aleeya Sibbons made a winning return from long-term injury as the University of Bath Student Performance Sport athletics squad won three medals at the 2025 BUCS Outdoor Championships. Lizzy Ingram and Ariyanna McGee also ran season’s best times at the Manchester Regional Arena to secure well-earned bronze medals in the 2000m steeplechase and 100m hurdles respectively. Senior GB international Sibbons (pictured top), who is supported by a Santander Scholarship as she studies Architecture...

05 May 2025

Glittering Blues Awards 2025 ceremony celebrates both student sport at University of Bath and achievements of Paris 2024 athletes

Golfer Charlotte Gregory was voted by her fellow students as the University of Bath's Sports Personality of the Year when the 2025 Blues Awards took place at the historic Roman Baths and Pump Room. The Psychology student was presented with her prize by Professor Cassie Wilson, the University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience), during the annual celebration of student sport. [caption id="attachment_71828" align="alignright" width="292"] Charlotte Gregory is presented with the Sports Personality of the Year prize...

02 May 2025

University of Bath students among the medals as South West rowers enjoy Olympic Pathway Regatta success

Athletes from the British Rowing GB Performance Development Academy (PDA) based at the University of Bath topped the medal table when Olympic rowing hopefuls from across the country contested the Olympic Pathway Regatta. The National Watersports Centre in Nottingham hosted the competition, which provides athletes from all five regional Academies with valuable competitive racing experience against their closest rivals before regatta season begins for the summer. South West GB Performance Development Athletes, the majority of...

01 May 2025

“It’s been an amazing journey” – Olympic medallist Laura Deas confirms her retirement from skeleton

Olympic medallist Laura Deas has announced her retirement from skeleton after an outstanding career that saw her make more than a century of appearances on the international stage. She has been based at the University of Bath with the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association since 2009 and enjoyed her proudest moment in February 2018 when she won a brilliant bronze at the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. It was a historic moment too as she...

30 April 2025

“Exciting talent” Ané De Wet wins national U19 NPL Player of the Season award after stellar campaign with Team Bath Netball

Emerging Team Bath Netball talent Ané De Wet has been named as the national U19 Player of the Season for the 2024-25 Netball Performance League (NPL) campaign. The versatile attacking player made an impressive step up from the U17s, scooping six out of a possible 10 Player of the Match accolades – as voted for by the opposition – as she helped Team Bath place third in the U19 NPL standings. Natalie Roddy, Academy Head...

29 April 2025

Bath-based GB internationals win fantastic five titles at 2025 British Fencing Para-Fencing National Championships

Paralympic medallist Oliver Lam-Watson and University of Bath student Susie Seddon-Cowell won five gold medals between them at the 2025 British Fencing Para-Fencing National Championships in Sheffield. Lam-Watson (pictured top), who trains at the Wheelchair Fencing National Training Centre based at the University’s Sports Training Village, dominated the men’s Category A events to secure the epee, foil and sabre titles. Fellow GB international Seddon-Cowell, representing University of Bath Fencing Club, enjoyed double delight in the...

28 April 2025

MVP Charlotte Watts coolly nets extra-time winner as Team Bath Netball edge past Mavericks again in another NXT Gen League thriller

A nerveless finish from player of the match Charlotte Watts sealed a dramatic extra-time victory for Team Bath Netball in Bristol after another NXT Gen League thriller against London Mavericks. Team Bath had rallied from seven goals down in the final quarter to win 52-51 when the teams last met in March but this time it was Mavericks who come from behind to make it 53-53 with 20 seconds of regular time remaining at Clifton...

26 April 2025