Wheelchair fencers hoping to turn top ranking into gold at World Championships in Rome

After a busy summer of training, University of Bath-based Piers Gilliver says he is in good shape ahead of this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Rome, Italy. The Rio 2016 Paralympic finalist and Ambassador for Team Bath partners MJ Church is a former Junior World Champion in epee and will be looking to add the senior title to his growing list of honours after finishing runner-up in 2015. Training partner Dimitri Coutya (pictured...

07 November 2017

Global champions in star-studded line-up as day two opens on Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

Winners of titles at this year’s Wimbledon, Australian, French and US Open tournaments are joining Rio 2016 Paralympic gold-medallists in a star-studded line-up for the 2017 Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. The prestigious event started yesterday at the University of Bath Sports Training Village following a hugely-successful debut last year, with spectators invited to watch world-class sport for free from Wednesday - Saturday. A stacked men’s singles competition features eight of the world’s top-ten ranked players...

07 November 2017

Team JST overcome final scare to power to fourth successive Strength in Depth European crown

Wigan-based Team JST (pictured) were crowned as Europe’s fittest team for the fourth year running when the annual Strength in Depth tournament returned to the University of Bath Sports Training Village over the weekend. They had to do it the hard way, though, as an injury to masters athlete Paul Hopper and a platform error in the ninth and final challenge of two brutal days of competition allowed the CrossFit Oslo Wolfpack from Norway to...

06 November 2017

City of Bath rhythmic gymnasts produce dream performance at national Gymfusion event

City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club are celebrating after wowing the crowds at this weekend’s Gymfusion Midlands at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. The event had a ‘dream’ theme and featured an array of gymnastics routines performed by squads from all over the country. In the only rhythmic gymnastics discipline at the show, the Bath club enthralled the audience with a complex and delightful routine using ribbons, balls, clubs and hoops based on the dream of...

05 November 2017

Bath show tremendous character to claim first BUCS Super Rugby win of season with last-kick success

The University of Bath men’s 1st XV will go into Wednesday’s home derby against Exeter University looking to build on a dramatic first victory of the 2017-18 BUCS Super Rugby season. Will Flinn converted a Will Partington try with the last kick of a pulsating contest to give the IKON Construction-sponsored Blue and Gold a confidence-boosting 27-26 away win at Nottingham Trent University on Friday. Both teams were desperate to get their first win on...

04 November 2017

More doubles delight for talented young Team Bath MCTA Tennis aces on ITF World Junior Tour

A trophy-laden month for Team Bath MCTA Tennis on the ITF World Junior Tour concluded with more success in both the Middle East and Europe. Joe Leather and Yusuke Tamaki, coached by Rob Morgan, went one better than the previous week’s tournament in Bahrain as they won the boys’ doubles title at the Fujairah ITF Junior West Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates. After battling through the opening two rounds via decisive third-set tie-breakers,...

03 November 2017

100 days to go – slider Dom Parsons feeling in good shape as PyeongChang 2018 gets ever closer

With just 100 days to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, University of Bath student Dom Parsons says he is in a good place physically and mentally for a massive skeleton season ahead. Parsons is on track for his second Olympic Games after once again being selected in British Skeleton’s World Cup squad for 2017-18, with the first race taking place at Lake Placid in New York on November 9. He has been...

01 November 2017

Five more titles for Team Bath MCTA Tennis players as ace run of international success continues

Samantha Murray and Amelia Bissett won two titles apiece and there was more doubles success for Luke Johnson and Richard Gabb as Team Bath MCTA Tennis players continued their excellent form. Murray (pictured left), fresh from winning the women’s doubles at the Joue-Les-Tours tournament in France, dominated the ITF Futures event in Wirral and dropped just one set on her way to securing the singles crown. An opening 6-4 6-0 win over Rosalie van der Hoek of...

30 October 2017

Performance pathway graduates named in 2018 Team Bath Netball Superleague squad as Lois Rideout returns as Futures chief

Asha Francis, Paige Reed, Abi Robson and Jazz Scott are the latest players confirmed in the Team Bath Netball squad for the 2018 Vitality Superleague season. All of them are graduates of the Blue and Gold’s prolific performance pathway, which has expanded this season to include a network of Academies and Hubs for players right across the South West. Heading up the new Futures Pathway will be Lois Rideout, a former Team Bath Superleague player...

27 October 2017

Team Bath’s finest share expertise with rising young judo stars before big weekend of competition

The University of Bath hosted an up-and-coming wave of young, talented judo players from around the South West this week ahead of a big few days of international competition for the current high-performance squad. Teenagers on the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme took part in training sessions guided by Team Bath Head Coach Juergen Klinger and world-class judoka including Olympian Ben Fletcher and Commonwealth Champion Megan Fletcher, providing a fresh and challenging take on judo...

26 October 2017