Six of the best – Bath-based athletes in contention for TASS Stars Awards

Six athletes who receive Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) support at the University of Bath have been shortlisted in the first-ever TASS Stars Awards for their performances during the past year. Shooter Kristian Callaghan, who graduated earlier this month with a Masters in Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, is in contention for the Most Inspirational prize. Judoka Rhys Thompson is shortlisted for Most Enterprising athlete, while two of the three contenders for Most Dedicated are...

22 July 2017

Defending champions and debutant all set for FINA World Swimming Champs in Budapest

Four defending champions will be among the University of Bath-based swimmers competing at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary next week. James Guy, Calum Jarvis, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Chris Walker-Hebborn of the British Swimming National Centre Bath will all be hoping to repeat their golden achievements from the 2015 Championships in Kazan, Russia. Thomas Tsiopanis, who recently graduated in Sports Performance and is supported by a Santander Sports Scholarship, will make his World Championships...

21 July 2017

University of Bath Hawks aiming to soar with England Scholars touch rugby teams in France

Four members of the University of Bath Hawks touch rugby team are in France this week to represent the England Touch students team, the England Scholars.  Nye Davis and Ollie Lee, who study Mechanical Engineering and Sport & Exercise Science respectively, are in the men's team for the European Federation of Touch (EFT) Championship Permit tournament. Sport & Social Sciences student Abi Caple and Jade Traynor, who studies Sport & Exercise Science, will represent the...

20 July 2017

Polly Maton hails community and London 2017 support after top-five finish at World Para-Athletics Champs

Polly Maton has thanked the University of Bath and the local community for their support after contesting the first of her two finals at the London 2017 IPC World Para-Athletics Championships. The 17-year-old, coached by Colin Baross at the Sports Training Village, ran a season’s best of 13.04 as she finished fifth in the T47 100m final at the London Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. While she was slightly disappointed with her time, Maton was thrilled...

19 July 2017

Modern Pentathlon European Championships to return to University of Bath in 2019

The University of Bath will once again stage the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in 2019 - a qualifying competition for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Pentathlon GB, whose National Training Centre has been based at the University since 1998, has been awarded the event by the European Confederation of Modern Pentathlon (ECMP) following a competitive bidding process. It will be the second time in four years that the European Championships have been staged at the £30million Sports Training Village...

18 July 2017

Sophie Kamlish joins ranks of University of Bath-based World Champions after London 2017 triumph

World record in the afternoon, World Champion in the evening – it was a magical Monday at London 2017 for Sophie Kamlish as she became the latest University of Bath-based athlete to win global gold. The 20-year-old, who has been coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village since 2011, finally got the international title she has been striving for after two stunning performances in the T44 100m at the World Para-Athletics Championships. Kamlish...

18 July 2017

Defensive duo and star shooter commit to Team Bath Netball for 2018 Superleague season

Captain Eboni Beckford-Chambers, defensive partner Layla Guscoth and goal-shooter Chelsea Lewis are the first Team Bath Netball players to officially sign up for the 2018 Superleague season. Beckford-Chambers and Guscoth forged an outstanding partnership during the 2017 campaign, which saw the Sitec-sponsored Blue and Gold concede the fewest goals of any franchise in the competition. Both were shortlisted for the Vitality Superleague Player of the Year award. “I am delighted to have signed to Team...

18 July 2017

Team Bath Netball quartet help England U21 to World Youth Cup bronze in Botswana

Team Bath Netball players and coaches helped England’s U21s record their best Netball World Youth Cup result since 2005 as they won bronze in Botswana. University of Bath student Imogen Allison, supported by a King Sporting Scholarship, and Jess Shaw both started Sunday’s convincing 70-35 victory over Fiji in the third-placed play-off. It was the perfect response to Friday’s hard-fought 59-39 semi-final defeat to Australia, the only reverse suffered by England during an encouraging week...

17 July 2017

Service please – Team Bath CoMpete Tennis Festival returns for 15th year

Wimbledon may be over for another year but there will still be plenty of tennis to enjoy when the University of Bath hosts the 2017 Team Bath CoMpete Tennis Festival next week. The annual LTA Grade 2 tournament, which has been staged at the Sports Training Village for the past 15 years, features all age groups from U10s through to men’s and women’s open singles. It makes full use of the Team Bath tennis facilities,...

17 July 2017

Cameron Chalmers provides golden finish to great week for student athletes at European U23 Champs

University of Bath sporting scholar Cameron Chalmers enjoyed his “best moment in sport so far” when he anchored the Great Britain men’s 4x400m relay team to gold at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Poland. The Sport Performance student, supported by a Thompson Education Trust Scholarship, held off a challenge from the host nation’s quartet to secure victory in the last event of the championships in Bydgoszcz. Chalmers, who captained the British team, said: “We’re...

16 July 2017