Severn Derby against Cardiff Met marks return of BUCS Super Rugby to University of Bath for 2018

BUCS Super Rugby returns to the University of Bath for the first time in 2018 tonight (Wednesday) when high-flying Cardiff Met head to the Sports Training Village for an eagerly-awaited Severn Derby. The Blue & Gold, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, will be looking to build on their encouraging pre-Christmas form that saw them win three and draw one of their last six matches to move up to sixth in the table....

17 January 2018

World-ranked players head entry list for LTA British Tour event at Team Bath Tennis this week

Ten players with a world ranking, including British number five Liam Broady, are competing in a LTA British Tour tennis event at the University of Bath Sports Training Village this week. Two days of qualification matches have whittled the 166 entrants – 87 men and 79 women – down to the final 32 in each competition, with the main draw getting under way on Wednesday morning. Broady, who has just returned from the Australian Open...

16 January 2018

More England experience for scholar Peter Scott at EuroHockey Indoor Championships

University of Bath sporting scholar Peter Scott gained more international experience over the weekend as he represented England at the EuroHockey Indoor Championships. Wins proved elusive for England at the event in Turkey, with Croatia overturning a 2-0 deficit to win the opening match 3-2 and Sweden scoring a last-minute penalty corner to draw 4-4 in the second. England were also edged out 3-2 by Italy, then fought back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3...

15 January 2018

Dom Parsons sliding into form at perfect time as skeleton and bobsleigh athletes impress at St Moritz

Dom Parsons recorded his best result for two years and there were top-ten finishes for Lizzy Yarnold and bobsleigh drivers Mica McNeill and Bradley Hall as British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) athletes competed in the latest IBSF World Cup at St Moritz. It was the last competition before selection is confirmed for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, which are now less than a month away. Parsons – a Mechanical Engineering PhD student at...

14 January 2018

Pentathlon GB’s 2018 season starts with ranking wins for Olympic duo at University of Bath base

Reigning British Champions Samantha Murray and Jamie Cooke enjoyed more success on home soil when the University of Bath Sports Training Village hosted the first Pentathlon GB ranking competition of 2018. Rio 2016 Olympian Cooke led from start to finish in the men’s competition, winning 27 of his 36 fencing bouts and recording the third fastest 200m freestyle swim of the day in the London 2012 Legacy Pool. He then maintained his advantage in the...

13 January 2018

Season to remember continues as Beck Cutting is selected for England Rugby U20 EPS ahead of Six Nations

He recently took on a new academic challenge at the University of Bath, now rising rugby star Beck Cutting is continuing his international sporting education after being named in the England U20 Elite Player Squad for 2017-18. The 19-year-old hooker has just completed his first week of training with the 32-strong squad at Bisham Abbey ahead of the U20 Six Nations, which get under way against Italy on February 2, and the World Rugby U20...

12 January 2018

Bobsledder Bruce Tasker to miss PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games due to health reasons

British Bobsleigh athlete Bruce Tasker will miss the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games after suffering a minor stroke last week. He is expected to make a full recovery and has already targeted a return to the track later in the year but has been advised on medical grounds not to compete in what would have been his second Olympics, with the Games now less than a month away. “I’m gutted not to be able to...

11 January 2018

Event rider Rupert Batting is a world champion after helping GB to golden hat-trick at Nations Cup Finals

University of Bath student Rupert Batting has described winning a hat-trick of team gold medals and individual silver at the AIEC Student Rider Nations Cup  (SRNC) World Finals as “an experience I’ll never forget”. The event rider, who is studying International Development with Economics, teamed up with Sophie Hall and India Wishart to claim the overall combined title for Great Britain in Poland, as well as gold in the team dressage. Britain also tied for...

10 January 2018

Fed Cup return is ideal boost for Team Bath Tennis ace Anna Smith ahead of 2018 Australian Open

Team Bath Tennis ace Anna Smith has returned to the Great Britain Fed Cup team for next month’s Europe/Africa Group I matches in Estonia. Smith – who flew out to Melbourne on Monday to compete in the 2018 Australian Open – will once again represent her country having finished 2017 ranked in the world’s top 50 doubles players. She previously appeared at the Fed Cup in 2015 and 2016, winning four of her five rubbers,...

09 January 2018

Brace of Buccs teams book their places at Indoor National Hockey finals

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club are through to the national finals of the Jaffa Super 6s Men’s Indoor Championships for the first time in their history. Buccs confirmed their place in the televised showpiece event – taking place at London’s Copper Box Arena on Sunday, January 28 – after securing a top-four finish in the Premier Division. They went into the second weekend of the league stages sitting at the top of the table after...

08 January 2018